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cyrfel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrfel, es; m. [cyrf a cutting off]

A little stake, a pegpaxillus

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A little stake, a peg; paxillus Cyrfel vel litel stigul [ = sticel?] paxillus, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 46; Wrt. Voc. 26, 45

geóguþ-hádnes

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-hádnes, -ness, e; f.

The state of youth, youthădŏlescentia

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The state of youth, youth; ădŏlescentia On ða ǽrestan tíd mínre geóguþhádnesse cum prīmævo ădŏlescentiæ tempŏre, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 36

tunglen

(adj.)
Grammar
tunglen, adj.
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Of the stars, sidereal Seó tunglene heofon, Anglia vii. 12, 109, 115. Tunglenes éþeles wlite sidereae patriae decus, Hymn. Surt. 58, 2

a-grafan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grafan, p. -gróf, pl. -grófon; pp. -grafen

To engraveinscribesculperecælaresculptareinscribere

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To engrave, inscribe; sculpere, cælare, sculptare, inscribere He sealde Moise twá stǽ nene wexbreda mid Godes handa agrafene dedit Moisi duas tabulas scriptas digito Dei, Ex. 31, 18.

Linked entries: a-græfen a-gróf

mǽsc-wyrt

Grammar
mǽsc-wyrt, máx-wyrt, e; f.

Mash-wortthe wort in the mash-tub

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On the malt boiling water is poured and allowed to stand three quarters of an hour; the liquid is wort, or mash-wort,' Lchdm. ii. 399, col. i Máxwyrte amber fulne, L. M. 1, 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 16.

reódan

(v.)
Grammar
reódan, p. reád.

to redden, stain with bloodto redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill

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to redden, stain with blood Deáþwang rudon, Andr.

Linked entry: on-reódan

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson's Dict.
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Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8.

Linked entries: wároþ sǽ-wár waar

stalian

(v.)
Grammar
stalian, p. ode
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Ne stala ðú, L. Alf. 7; Th. i. 44, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 208, 24. Be stale. Gif hwá stalie (stalige) ... Gif hé stalie (stalige) on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14-17: 22; Th. i. 116, 9-10. Be þeófum.

Linked entry: stal-gang

belle

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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 4-10. Hos-tiarius. . . sceal mid bellan bícnigan þá tída. Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29. Bellan gehíran. Lch. iii. 174, 9. Bellan teón, ringan, Tech. ii. 118, 18, 20.

ge-bærnan

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Add: to expose to the action of heat Gebær[n]d stán calcis vi[v]a, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 27. Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33.

stycce

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Add Lytel sticce hé ligeð seóc (cf. sumne tíman hé síclað aliquod tempus egrotat, 33, 19), Archiv cxxix. 35, 13. v. cís-, hwíl-, stán-stycce

fers

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Add: a verse of poetry Engla sum . . . þás vers him mid gyldenum stafum áwritene on þám handum betǽhte . . . þǽra versa anginne þe benyðan þám forman verse stant, healfe þá vers gebyriað tó þám termene, Angl. viii. 325, 46-326, 10. sentence, verse of

holh

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Of ðám ylcan stáne, in þám wæs þæt holg þæs nearwan scræfes ex petra eadem, quae in semetipsa concava angustum specus fecerat Gr. D. 211, 7.

hirde-belg

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-belg, -belig, es; m.

A shepherd's bag

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A shepherd's bag Ðá nam he fif stánas on his herdebelig then he took five stones in his shepherd's bag, Blickl. Homl. 31, 17

án-steled

(adj.)
Grammar
án-steled, an-steallet

One-stalkedhaving one handle or stalkunicaulis

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One-stalked, having one handle or stalk; unicaulis, L. M. I, l; Lchdm. ii. 20, 15 : Lchdm. iii. 70, 2

Linked entries: -steled án-steallet

hægsteald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
hægsteald-hád, es; m.

The unmarried state, bachelorhood, virginity

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The unmarried state, bachelorhood, virginity Hehstaldhád virginitas, Rtl, 105, 19 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 36. Hægstealdhád cælibatus, Mone B. 1419

á-grafan

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Add: to engrave, emboss, inscribe Se engel ágróf mid his fingre ródetácn on ðám stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. Ágróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word, Shrn. 141, 15. Þás race on ánum leádenum tabulan mid stafon hí ágrófon, Hml. S. 23, 343.

on-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-styrian, <b>. I.</b> in l. 1 after lîchoma insert hine,
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Ne mihte hundteóntig oxena þone stân onstyrian ( movere ), Gr. D. 49, 10. Ongan ꝥ wrigels beón upp âhafen. Onstyredum þâm wrigelse . . . coepit operimentum sublevari.

or-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
or-mǽte, adj.

Immense, excessive

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Ðǽr læg sum ormíéta stán, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 29. Duru ormǽte. Exon. Th. 19, 32 ; Cri. 309. þreát ormǽte, 270, 14; Jul. 465. þreá ormǽte. Andr. Kmbl. 2333; An. 1168. Hé mid ormǽtre angsumnysse wæs gecwylmed. Homl. Th. i. 88, 5.

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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Hol stán fornix, Cot. 93, Lye. Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe St. Mary gave birth to him in a hollow cave, Shrn. 29, 28. Ðæt wæter dranc of his holre hand drank the water out of the hollow of his hand, 50, 11.