efen-heáfda
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A fellow, comrade Ꝥá wæs óðer man, þæs mannes efenheáfda ( unus de conservis suis, Mt. 18, 28), þætte him sceolde án hund peninga . . . hé náne líðe þám his efenheáfdan gedón nolde, Nap. 19
ac-lǽc-cræft
An evil art ⬩ ars mala vel perniciosa
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An evil art; ars mala vel perniciosa Ðú ðé, Andreas, aclǽccræftum lange feredes thou, Andrew, hast long betaken thyself to evil arts, Andr. Kmbl. 2724; An. 1364
Linked entry: ag-lǽc-cræft
dim-hofe
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Add: dim-hofu (?), e; f.: -hof, es; n. On dimhofe (dat. or acc.?) in latibulum (on dimhoue; dimhof latibulum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 77-8), An. Ox. 3768. Dimhoua latibula, i. secreta, 1677
deór-haga
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A deer-enclosure, deer-park Ic an mine cnihtes þat wude at Aungre búten þat dérhage, Cht. Th. 574, 20. [O. H. Ger. Teorhage (local name]. Cf. Ger. wild-gehäge.] v. next word
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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a line, rope, a coil of rope Langre línan with a long line, Salm. Kmbl. 589; Sal. 294. Línan spiræ, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 14; Wrt. Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down
stapa
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One who steps. a name given to the grasshopper or locust Stapan locuste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 20: 71, 62. v. gærsstapa. [O. H. Ger. houui-staffo locusta.] in cpds. án-, eard-, hǽþ-, hild-, mearc-, mór-stapa
glæppe
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Buck-bean(?) Þás wyrta . . . bisceopwyrt and glæppe and ribbe and gearwe, Lch. iii. 292, 5. Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl bútan glappan ánon, i. 398, 9. Cf. On glæppan felda, C. D. ii. 411, 20: iii. 227, 34. An gleppan felda, ii. 74, 3
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ele-tredde
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2
cwice
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Add: cwice, es; m. Quiquae, quicae, quice gramen, Txts. 66, 464. Cwice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 64. Quicae, cuique virecta, Txts. 106, 1088. Cwice gramis birecta, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 75. Cwicas gramina, Hpt. Gl. 433, 30: frutecta, i. arbusta, An. Ox. 2, 28
self-cwala
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A suicide Wé sceolan witan ꝥ nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181
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ostre
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An oyster Ostre ostrea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 71: i. 65, 67: ostrea vel ostreum, 77, 70. Ðonne cumaþ ða oftost of mettum and of cealdum drincan swá swá sindon cealde ostran and æpla, Lchdm. ii. 244, 2: Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
gold-óra
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A mass of gold Wudebǽre gyrda bearewum on smǽtum rédes goldórun, [gold- ?] wecgum vimina siluestria (e frondosis) nemoribus (allata mutavit) in obrizum flauentis auri metallum (cf. ðá grénan gyrda wurdon tó reádum golde áwende, Hml. Th. i. 64, 1), An
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wer-tihtle
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
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horte
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A whortleberry Hortan facinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 69. Wínberigena (i. hortena) deáge deághian bacciniorum fuco inficere, Hpt. Gl. 524, 22. Hortena, An. Ox. 2, 433: 8, 340. (The last three are glosses to Ald. 75, 17.) Cf. (?) On hortan ford, C. D. vi.
ge-fylcea
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An ally (?) Of þǽm teóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ Porrus se kyning seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige, and mín geféra and gefylcea (my comrade and ally; or ? gefylcea gen. pl., my comrade and (my) troops'; the Latin is: Factus amicus
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lencten-tíma
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spring-time, spring Lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað . . . Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 25-28. Lententíma vernale tempus An. Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman,
teld-sticca
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A tent-peg Gelǽhte seó wífman án ðæra teld-sticcena geslóh ðá ... ðæt se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod ... Hé geseah hwár Sisara læg and se teldsticca sticode þurh his heáfod tulit Iahel clavum tabernaculi ... et clavum defixit in cerebrum ... vidit
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púca
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A goblin, mischievous spirit Púca larbula, An. Ox. 23, 2. Wandrigende púcan (printed wucan) uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. ¶ in a place-name :-- Ðis synd ðá landgemǽru ðe sceótað dún tó Púcanwylle, C. D. iii. 423, 28. ¶ Cf. (?) Wæs sumes gesíðes tún
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stig-wita
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An officer of a household (v. stig) Ða ðe Sodoma and Gomorra golde berófan bestrudon stigwitum those who robbed Sodom and Gomorrah of gold, despoiled their houses of officers, Cd. Th. 125, 14 ; Gen. 2079. Weallas beofiaþ ofer stíwiturn the walls tremble
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Sunnan-úhta
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The time before day-break on Sunday; as an ecclesiastical term the hour of matins on Sunday, or the service then held:?-'On Sunnandæg ðú cymst tó mé'. . . Se apostol on ðam Sunnanúhtan ǽrwacol tó ðære cyrcan com, Homl. Th. i. 74, 20. Gé sculon singan