frimdig
Inquisitive ⬩ asking ⬩ desirous ⬩ inquisītīvus ⬩ desīdĕrans ⬩ requīrens
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Inquisitive, asking, desirous; inquisītīvus, desīdĕrans, requīrens Man him sóna funde, ðæs ðe he frimdig wæs one soon found for him, what he was desirous, Ælfc. T. 36, 13. Swá gé frimdie wǽron sīcat dīcĭtis, Ex. 12, 31.
Lǽden-nama
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H] hwylces cynnes hé sý if you do not know some Latin noun, of what gender it is, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 35
B
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old
molsnian
To moulder ⬩ become corrupt ⬩ decay
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To moulder, become corrupt, decay Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made, Blickl. Homl. 21, 28.
Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian
æbs
A fir-tree ⬩ abies
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Gr. 5; Som. 4, 45: 9, 26; Som. 11, 18
be-lisnod
a eunuch
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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 32 : Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 53
ofgangend-líc
derivative
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Gr. 14; Som. 17, 4: 17; Som. 20, 35
cwic-beám
The QUICKBEAM, a sort of poplar? forte ⬩ populus tremula? cariscus, juniperus
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The QUICKBEAM, a sort of poplar? forte populus tremula? cariscus, juniperus Genim cwicbeám take quickbeam, L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 1. Cwicbeám cariscus, Ælfc. Gl. 46 ; Som. 64, 119; Wrt. Voc. 32, 53
Linked entries: cuic-beám cwic-treów
býmian
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To sound or play on a trumpet; tuba canere, buccinare Ic býme salpizo vel buccino,Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 14; Wrt. Voc. 60, 49. Býmiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum mónþe mid býman buccinate in neomenia tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4
Linked entry: bíman
a-scirian
To cut from ⬩ separate ⬩ divide ⬩ part ⬩ sever ⬩ separare ⬩ sejungere ⬩ excommunicare ⬩ destinare
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To cut from, separate, divide, part, sever; separare, sejungere, excommunicare, destinare He ascirede Adames bearn he separated Adam's sons, Deut. 32, 8. Ascyrud beón fram mannum moveri ab hominibus, Somn. 280.
ge-wýscendlíc
Optative
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Gr. 21; Som. 23, 28. Gewíscendlíce optativa, 38; Som. 40, 25
Linked entry: -wýscendlíc
of-gangende
derivative
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Gr. 18; Som. 20, 58. Sume (pronouns) synd derivativa, ðæt synd ofgangende, 15; Som. 17, 33. Hwæt sí betwux ðám genitvum ðæra frumcennedra pronomina and ðæra ofgangendra. Som. 19, 41
hider
Hither
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Sume hyder sume ðyder some on one side, some on the other, Elen. Kmbl. 1093; El. 548
fer
a going ⬩ journey ⬩ iter ⬩ a vessel ⬩ ship ⬩ nāvis
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M. 139, 6. a vessel, ship; nāvis Wæs se sunuLamehes of fere acumen the son of Lamech was come from the vessel [= ark ], Cd. 75; Th. 93, 12; Gen. 1544. V. fær; n
frecnes
glis ⬩ clammy earth ⬩ argilla ⬩ glus
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glis, Cot. 96, Som. Lye: also clammy earth; argilla, Som. Ben. Frecnis glus, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 157, 25
sceáwend-wíse
A jesting song, song of a jester
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A jesting song, song of a jester Ic sceáwendwísan hlúde onhyrge, Exon. Th. 391, l; Rä. 9, 9
hilde-leoþ
battle-song, ⬩ war-song
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battle-song, war-song, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 28; Jud. 211
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Sóna swá hí wǽron swá gehende ðet ǽgðer on óðer háwede as soon as they were so near as to be in sight of one another, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 8. Hý mé háwedon and mé beheóldon ipsi consideraverunt et conspexerunt me, Ps. Th. 21, 16.
bæc-þearm
The entrails ⬩ anus ⬩ longanon
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Gr. 13; Som. 16, 23. Bæcþearm vel snǽdel extales, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 66; Wrt. Voc. 44, 48. Bæcþearmes útgang morbus, fortasse, ani procidentia; Som
fús-leóþ
A parting-song ⬩ death-song ⬩ dirge ⬩ mŏrientis cantus ⬩ fūnebris nēnia
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A parting-song, death-song, dirge; mŏrientis cantus, fūnebris nēnia Ðǽr wæs ýþfynde innan burgum fúsleóþ galen there was easy to be found within the dwellings the death-song sung, Andr. Kmbl. 3097; An. 1551.