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cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17.

Linked entry: commuc

fulla

(n.)
Grammar
fulla, an; m.
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104

firen-earfeðe

(n.)

a sinful woe

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a sinful woe

heals-ome

Grammar
heals-ome, l. heals-óme (or -óman; pl., only plural forms of the simple word seem to occur. v. -óman),
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Se man sé ðe biþ on healsóman nime healswyrt. and add

wíte-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-stów, e; f.

A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell

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Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl. Homl. 85, 29

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness

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uneasiness of mind, anxiety, trouble, grief, difficulty Hé ealle ða word gehýrde, and ǽfre wæs his uneáðnys wexende, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 621. Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinu, ne nǽnig unéþnes, ne sorg ne wóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.

for-weoren

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>for-weoren</b> (-wer-, -wor-); adj. (ptcpl.) Withered away, very old, decrepit, worn out with age Decrepita i. vetula forweren valde senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 76. Forwered, forworen decrepita, i. inueterata, An. Ox. 2109.

un-willa

(n.)
Grammar
un-willa, an; m.

What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one

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What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40. Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. against one's will, unwillingly

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

wamm

(adj.)
Grammar
wamm, adj.
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Add: — Wom[mum?] maculoso, An. Ox. 17, 48

ge-strúdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strúdian, p. ode
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To commit rapine, prey on Þá biód þǽr on mǽstre nearonesse forþylmed þá þe hér hiora líchaman mid mǽstum unrihtum byldað and ꝥ on óðrum mannum mid wó gestrúdiaþ, Nap. 32. See next word

Linked entry: strúdian

hwol

Grammar
hwol, An. Ox. 37, 6. The word is given as a gloss to infingens in the passage : Inruit in quamdam spinulam . . . medelanium plantae ipsius
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infigens, Guth. Gr. 153

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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., yet further, yet again. alone Þá word þe ic hér git (gyt, v. l.) secgan wille ea quae subjungo, Gr. D. 42, 19. Nú wille wé eác lǽran . . . And git wé willað myngian, Ll. Th. i. 326, 1-6.

sige-wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wǽpen, es ; n.
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A weapon with which victory is won, Beo. Th. 1612 ; B. 804

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will

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Þeáh him ðæt word ofscute his unnþances licet verbum illud improviso exprimerit, 1055; Erl. 189, 6. Ðonne sió sául hire unðonces gebǽdd wierð ðæt yfe tó forlǽtanne, Past. 36; Swt. 251, 12. Ðis folc ðe úre unþances faran wyllaþ, Ex. 14, 5.

Linked entry: un-þances

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

seóc

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S. xxxix. 322), lenden-, wéden(d)-, wód-seóc

helle-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
helle-bealu, gen. wes; n.

Hell-bale ⬩ woe of hell,

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Hell-bale, woe of hell, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 18; Cri. 1427

bæc

(n.)
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The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C. D. iii. 386, 15.

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
    • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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water Wæter aqua,hlúttor wæter limpha, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 17, 18. Wæter limphale, ii. 52, 19. Ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta. Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5. Blód fléwð ofer eorðan swá swá wæter, Blickl. Homl. 237, 6. Byrneþ wæter swá weax, Exon. Th. 61, 23 ; Cri

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