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beofer

(n.)
Grammar
beofer, beofor, es; m.

A beavercastor

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A beaver; castor Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 13

Linked entry: beber

emnyttan

(v.)

to make equal

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to make equal, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56

fyrs

(n.)
Grammar
fyrs, es; n.

A verseversus

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A verse; versus, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3

Linked entries: fyres færs

binn

(n.)

a manger

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a manger, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 27

blód-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-leás, adj.

BLOODLESSexsanguis

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BLOODLESS; exsanguis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 58

ge-mencgan

(v.)

to mingle,

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to mingle, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 33

hundseofontigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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seventieth Se hundseofontigoða septuagesimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 283, 12

smeágend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
smeágend-líc, adj.

Meditative

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Meditative Smeágendlíc meditativa Ælfc. Gr. 34; Zup. 211, 6

bæc-þearm

(n.)
Grammar
bæc-þearm, es; m.

The entrailsanuslonganon

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Bæcþearmas the bowels; extales, Ælfc. 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

CEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CEÓ, ció; indecl. f.

A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdawcornix, gracculus, monedula

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A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdaw; cornix, gracculus, monedula Ðeós ceó hÆc cornix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Som. 13, 58. Ceó gracculus vel monedula, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 13; Wrt. Voc. 29, 36

Linked entries: chýae ció

trahtnian

(v.)
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Add Swá swá wé nú sceortlíce trahtnodon, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 11, 7. Þæt hí ðǽra bóca andgit him trahtnodon, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 28. Wé ne magon þisne part fullíce trahtnian on Engliscum gereorde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 240, 16

dreór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-líc, dreórilíc; adj.

bloody sanguinolentusmournful, sad mœstus, tristis

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bloody; sanguinolentus Ne wearþdreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf.

Linked entry: dreórig-líce

lendan

(v.)
Grammar
lendan, p. de

To arrive

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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá hé lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14

un-þwagen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þwagen, -þwægen, -þwegen, -þwogen; adj.

Unwashed

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Ælf. E.; Th. ii. 392, 14. Unþwogenum (-þwagenum, MS. A.: -ðwægnum, Rush.: -ðuegenum, Lind.) handum manibus non lotis, Mk. Skt, 7, 2. Unþwogenum (-ðuénum, Lind.: -ðwegenum, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 20. Unðweánum, p. 17, 11

be-riówsian

(v.)

to repent

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to repent, Ælfc. Gr. 33, MS. D; Som. 37, 22

ciorian

(v.)

to complain

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to complain, Ælfc. Gr. 29, MS. D; Som. 33, 52

bicge

(n.)

a bitchcanicula

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a bitch; canicula,Ælfc. Gl. 21; Wrt. Voc. 23, 33

bit-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
bit-mǽlum, adv. [bit, mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, n.]

Piecemeal, by bitsmordicus

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Piecemeal, by bits; mordicus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 5

ge-hafen

(v.; part.)

raised upfermented

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raised up, fermented, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Wrt. Voc. 41, 15

Linked entry: hæfe

sixtigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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sixtieth Se sixteogoþa sexagesimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 283, 12