scín-lǽce
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Ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25. Add
puslian
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to pick out the best bits Wyl on meolcum óþ ðæt hié sýn wel mearuwe, pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time, Lchdm. ii. 356, 13. 'Peuselen summis digitis varia cibarria carpere,' Kilian
ge-cwician
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D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe hé wyl hé gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29
candel-wyrt
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25
afor-feorsian
To defer ⬩ delay ⬩ prolong ⬩ prolongare
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Spl. 119, 5; Lambeth has, Eardbegengnes oððe elþeódignys mín afeorrad oððe gelængd is, Ps. 119, 5; my pilgrimaging is drawen along, Wyc
reádian
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Wyl þás þreó on meolcum oþ ꝥ hý reádian, 292, 5. Add
cottuc
Mallow ⬩ malva
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Mallow; malva Cottuc wyl on wætere boil mallow in water L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19; 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 23. Nim niðeweardne cottuc take the netherward part of mallow 1, 68;Lchdm. ii. 144, 5
fant-wæter
Font-water, baptismal water ⬩ baptistērii aqua
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Font-water, baptismal water; baptistērii aqua Ðæt hálige fant-wæter, ðe is geháten lífes wyl-spring, is gelíc on hiwe óðrum wæterum the holy font-water, which is called the well-spring of life, is in appearance like other waters, Homl.
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eástan
From the east, easterly ⬩ ab ŏriente
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Æðeltungla wyn eástan líxeþ the delight of the noble stars shines easterly, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 6; Ph. 290: 57 a; Th. 204, 24; Ph. 102: 20b; Th. 55, 19; Cri. 886. Eásten hider from the east hither, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 16; Gen. 555.
salfige
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Wyl sealuian, 44, 17
for-rotodnes
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Wyð þæs múþes and gómena fúlnysse and forrotudnysse, Lch. i. 264, 1. Add
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.
swingel
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Wæs sum wyln gehæft tó swinglum ... and læg on hæftnédum ꝥ heó hetelíce wǽre þæs on morgen beswungen ... Heó clypode tó þám hálgan Swýðúne ꝥ hé ... fram þám réðum swinglum hí áhredde, Hml. S. 21, 166-171.
Eást-Francan
East-Franks ⬩ Franci orientāles
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East-Franks; Franci orientāles Wyð norþan Donua ǽwylme. and be eástan Ríne, syndon Eást-Francan to the north from the spring of the Danube, and to the east of the Rhine, are the East-Franks, Ors. I. 1; Bos. 18, 30.
of-gifan
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Hwæðer fámig sǽ dǽl ǽnigne grénre eorðan ofgifen hæfde, Gen. 1454. to give up a state or condition Hí (Adam and Eve) éðles wyn geómormóde ofgiefan sceoldon, Ph. 412. <b>III a.
borgian
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To take or give a loan, BORROW, lend; mutuari, commodare Ðam ðe wylle æt ðé borgian, ne wyrn ðú him volenti mutuari a te, ne avertas, Mt. Bos. 5, 42. Borgaþ se synfulla and ná gefillþ oððe he ne agylt mutuabitur peccator et non solvet, Ps.
tiriaca
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A medicine, properly an antidote for poison, cf. tiriaca drenc wyð áttre, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 20 Tyriaca is gód drenc wiþ eallum innoðtýdernessum, and se man se ðe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segþ, ðonne mæg hé him miclum gehelpan . . .
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húf
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Des lǽcecræft deáh wyð ðone húf ad uvam. This medicine is good for tumour on the epiglottis, Lchdm. iii. 106, 6. Of ðan úve droppaþ uppan ða tunga, 138, 28
þrostle
A throstle ⬩ singing-thrush
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Of ðam leá on þrostlan wyl, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 3
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wérigian
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Cum hider ꝥ wyt magon etan, þe lǽs þe wit wérigian (wérgien, v.l.) on þysum wege (ne lassemur in via ), 128, 14. Hé ongan him ondrǽdan and wérgian (lassescere), 36, 19. Add