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flint

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Seó clǽnnes þá fulnesse mid flinte torfað (saxo percutit), Prud. 12 a. God hét þæt Abraham náme scearpecgedne flint, Hml. Th. i. 92, 34: Wlfst. 195, 9.

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, es; m.
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Dó steáp fulne wínes tó wóse. Lchdm. ii. 18, 4. Gif man óðrum steóp ásette ðǽr mæn drincen ágelde vi. scill. ðam ðe man ðone steáp áset if a man remove(?)

Linked entries: steóp stípel

a-merian

(v.)
Grammar
a-merian, -myrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To examine ⬩ purify ⬩ examinare ⬩ purgare ⬩ merum reddere

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Genim ánne cuculere fulne ameredes huniges take a spoon-full of purified honey, Herb. 106; Lchdm, i. 220, 12. Fýre ðú us amyrdest swá swá amyred biþ seolfor igne nos examinasti sicut examinatur argentum, Ps. Spl. 65, 9. Amerodest examinasti, Ps.

Linked entry: a-myrian

grama

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Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, Hml. S. 23, 694. wrath, ill effect on another as a consequence of a person's anger Becóm Godes grama ofer hí ealle, Hml. Th. i. 10, 29. Wolde hé tóbrecan Godes templ mid teónfullum graman, Hml. S. 25, 723.

GÆRS

(n.)
Grammar
GÆRS, gers, græs, es; n.

GRASS ⬩ a blade of grass ⬩ herb ⬩ hay ⬩ grāmen ⬩ herba ⬩ fænum

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Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spica, Mk. Bos. 4, 28 : Gen. 1, 11 : Num. 22, 4.

Linked entries: græs gers

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a basket ⬩ trunk

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Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, L. R. S. 11; Th. 1. 438, 9. Leápas corbes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 52. Ðá bær man up of ðan ðe hí lǽfdon twelf leápas fulle, Wulfst. 293, 32. trunk [of the body], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 111

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp

EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn ⬩ spīca

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An EAR of corn; spīca Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spīcam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spīca, Mk. Bos. 4, 28.

þung

(n.)
Grammar
þung, es; m.

A poisonous plant ⬩ (vegetable) poison ⬩ aconitum ⬩ eleborus ⬩ mandragina ⬩ toxa

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Ámber fulne holenrinda and æscrinda and þunges, 332, 16. Nim ðone miclan þung, 154, 14. Thungas, þungas aconita, Txts. 36, 23. Þungas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 20

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

mitta

(n.)
Grammar
mitta, an; m.

A measure, both dry and liquid, as for corn, meal, ale, honey

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Sellemon xxx ombra gódes Welesces aloþ, ðet limpaþ tó xv mittan, and mittan fulne huniges, oððe twegen wínes, Chart. Th. 460, 22-28. Mittan bata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 52: chori, 15, 82.

Linked entry: an-mitta

plóg

(n.)
Grammar
plóg, es ; m.
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In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.

ge-drincan

(v.)
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Ðæs wóses geswéttes mid hunige gedrinc bollan fulne, Lch. ii. 30, 25. to swallow the contents of a vessel Hé sende him glæsfat full wínes, and ꝥ se bysceop gebletsade.

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon

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Hé gesette ðone mónan fulne, 238, 27. Ðæt geár hæfþ twelf níwe mónan, 248, 25-26

mæssian

(v.)
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Sé þe geþrístlǽcð tó mæssianne oððon húsl tó ðicganne, and wát hine sylfne on synnum fúlne, Wlfst. 34, 14

fæst-rǽd

Grammar
fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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Uton habban fulne hyht and fæstrǽdne geleáfan on úrne Drihten, Wlfst. 282, 5. Ánræ-acute; dne geleáfan and fæstrǽde geþanc tó úrum Drihtne, 101, 23. Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc they cannot cast down my constant mind, Hml. S. 8, 20

hete

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Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, Hml. S. 23, 695. Hine þurh hete héngon fæderas ússe, El. 424.

irmþ

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Hié on ðǽm iermþum heora líf geendodon, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 19. in a moral sense, badness Gif hine mon leahtor-fulne ongit. . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs hé mid his yrmðe ( miseria ) óþre geleahtrige, R.

slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum

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Gilt sliporne ł fúlne culpam lubricant 15, 38. Ne tunge leás ne eágan syngian slipere ne lingua mendax occulive peccent lubrici 24, 27. [ Ps. 34, 6.

Linked entries: slifor slípan

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Ic eom geunrótsod fulneáh óþ ormódnesse, 41, 2; Fox 246, 14

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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Sax. times, a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, an ACRE, that is 4840 square yards; jugeri spatium, jugerum, a jugo quod tantum fere spatii uno jugo boum arari posset: also ager - Ger. acker an acre Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre omni

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

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