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ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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One who increases or augments Ðon hé cymþ of ðam worde augeo ic geíce and hé getácnaþ geeácnunge ðon macaþ hé hic auctor ðes ícend and hæc auctrix ðeós ícestre when it comes from the word augeo I increase, and indicates augmentation, then it makes hic

Linked entry: ícestre

in-gehrif

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehrif, es; n.

The womb

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The womb Of ingerife ex utero, Ps. Spl. T. 21, 8

Linked entries: ge-hrif in-gerif

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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A LEECH, [Shakspere uses the word once, and even now it has not quite died out, but perhaps, in prose at least, its meaning is usually that given by Bailey in his Dictionary 'a Farrier or Horse-Doctor,' a doctor rather for animals than men], doctor, physician

Linked entries: lǽca léce

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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A body [living or dead] generally the latter; the word remains in lich-gate, lyke-wake Líc oððe líchama corpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 16. Líc ǽgðer ge cuces ge deáðes corpus; líc oððe hreáw funus; líc oððe hold cadaver, Wrt. Voc. 85, 51-54: 49, 25

flyhte-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
flyhte-cláþ, es; m.
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A patch of cloth Flycticláð commisura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 22. Flyhtecláþ commissura, 22, 35. C'út vel flihtecláþ, 132, 11

hliniend

(n.)
Grammar
hliniend, es; m.
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One who reclines Ðrihtenlices breóstes hliniend dominici pectoris accubitor Hpt. Gl. 414, 57

metsung

(n.)
Grammar
metsung, e; f.

Provisionfood

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Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 25. Hí tó metsunge féngon and tó gafle they accepted provisions and tribute, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 26.

wiþer-méde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-méde, adj.

contrary-mindedcontraryadversehostileopposedopposedperversedepraved

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Gif huoelc uiðirmoedo (contraria) sindon in húse esnes ðínes, Rtl. 123, 12. opposed to good, perverse, depraved Ic (Eve ) wæs wiþerméde and unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden, Blickl. Homl. 89, 9

Linked entry: wiþer-mód

on-drysnu

(n.)
Grammar
on-drysnu, -desnu; f.
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Ðonne esne on-drysnum his hláforde cwemeþ, Ps. Th. 122, 2. reverence Hié hæfdan miccle lufan and geleáfan tó ðære ciricean, and eác heálíco ondrysnu ( profound reverence for the church ), Blickl. Homl. 205, 9

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcuttingright of cutting timber in a wood

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Woodcutting, right of cutting timber in a wood Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and wudurǽden be landside (the amount of wood that he may cut is to be determined by local custom), L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27.

fram

(adj.)
Grammar
fram, adj.
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Se fromesta (fyrmesta, v.l.) esne vir strenuissimus, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 183, 18: 5, 20; Sch. 674, 4. chief. Cf. fromrinc Ealdra ł fromra feónda principum inimicorum, Ps. Rdr. p. 292, 42

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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On the same day Se ðe sleá his ágenne þeówne esne and hé ne sý ídæges deád he who smites his own slave, and he die not on the same day, L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 13.

Linked entry: ig-dæges

weorold-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hláford, es; m.
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Se esne ðe ǽrendaþ his woroldhláforde wífes, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 2. Beó manna gehwylc hold and getrýwe his worldhláforde. Wulfst. 74, 9. Hí ic wille wyrðian swá swá man worldhláford sceal, Shrn. 196, 32.

hám-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weard, adv.
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Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde tó his hláforde the servant brought her home to his lord, Gen. 24, 61

calu

(adj.)
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Catus cwydas þæs calwan esnes, Angl. viii. 321, 29. of plants, trees, bare On þone calewan telgan, C. D. i. 258, 7. Oþ þone calewan stoc, ii. 216, 1

wirgung-galere

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung-galere, es; m.

One whose incantations are cursesa sorcerer

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One whose incantations are curses, a sorcerer Wyrincgalere, Marsum (the passage is: Marsum, qui virulentas matrices ad sacrae Virginis laesionem incantationum carminibus irritabat)Ald. 70 Hpt. Gl. 519, 46

Linked entries: galere wyrm-galere

un-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-synnig, adj.

innocentguiltlesswithout sinundeserved

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Gif esne oðerne ofsleá unsynnigne, L. Ethb. 86; Th. i. 24, 11: L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 6: 35; Th. i. 84, 2: Beo. Th. 4185, B. 2089. Unsynnige insontem, Wrt. Voc. 11. 46, 22.

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
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. ¶ The word glosses uapuldre in Lk. p. 7, 19 Esne . . . huónum gemérsia gefæstnað seruum . . . paucis uapulare confirmat. In the text, Lk. 12, 47, uapulabit is glossed gesuuincgde ł gemǽnde

ég-streám

(n.)
Grammar
ég-streám, éh-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, a river, the sea aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre

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A water-stream, a river, the sea; aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre Hæfde Metod égstreám eft gecyrred the just Creator had averted the stream, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 15; Gen. 1415. Here wícode égstreáme neáh the host encamped near the river, Elen. Kmbl. 132; El. 66

Linked entries: eá-streám éh-streám

menen

(n.)
Grammar
menen, mennen, minnen, es; n.

A female servantbondwomanhandmaid

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CCL ðara monna, esna and mennena (servos et ancillas), Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 20