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fulluht-ere

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-ere, fulwiht-ere, es; m. [ful, full; uht, wiht; ere; es; m.]

A baptizer ⬩ the Baptist ⬩ baptista

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Bos. 3, 1: 14, 2: Mk. Bos. 6, 14: Lk. Bos. 7, 20, 28, 33: Homl. Th. i. 356, 7: 358, 22: 478, 1, 30. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco căput Joannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8: Mk. Bos. 6, 24: Homl.

Linked entries: bædzere fulhtere fulwere fulwiht-ere

un-fealdan

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Add: to unfold a material object, open a book Þá bóc unlýsan and unfealdan solvere librum, Gr. D. 333, 10. fig. to unfold by narrating Ic unfealde and gerecce twá dǽda Benedictes duo Benedicts facta replico, 162, 10

Galiléisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Galiléisc, Galilésc; adj.

Galilean ⬩ Galilæus

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Bos. 23, 6 : 22, 59 : Mk. Bos. 14, 70 : Jn. Bos. 7, 52. Of ðære Galileiscan Bethsaida a Bethsaida Galilææ, Jn. Bos. 12, 21. Wið da Galileiscan sǽ juxta măre Galilææ, Mt. Bos. 4, 18 : 15, 29 : Mk. Bos. 1, 16.

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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A sword's edge On ðæs Paternosters ðǽre swíðran handa is gyldenes sweordes onlícnis . . . and ðæs dryhtenlican wǽpnes seó swíðre ecglást (gender influenced by that of ecg?) hé ( the true gender of -lást?) is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa

DUMB

(adj.)
Grammar
DUMB, def. se dumba, seó, ðæt dumbe; adj.

DUMB, speechless, mute ⬩ mūtus, e-linguis

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Bos. 9. 33: Lk. Bos, 11, 14. Dumbes elinguis, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 1. Híg brohton him dumbne man obtŭlērunt ei hŏmĭnem mūtum, Mt. Bos. 9, 32: Mk. Bos. 9, 17: Ex. 4, 11.

sundor-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
sundor-boren, adj.
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Borne or born apart, not to be reckoned with others Su[n]derborene non . . . adnumerandas (sex alias nothas (the vowels ) non dicimus adnumerandas, i. e. the vowels are separated from the consonants, Ald. 257, 4), An. Ox. 26, 17

Affrica

(n.)
Grammar
Affrica, indecl: but Lat. Affrica, gen. æ; acc. am; f.

Africa

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Hý ða þrý dǽlas on þreó tonemdon — Asiam, and Európam, and Affricam they named the three parts by three names — Asia, and Europe, and Africa, id; Bos. 15, 5 : 5, 11; Bos. 109, 23: 6, 30; Bos. 126, 32

Linked entry: Africa

fíc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-treów, es; n.

A FIG-TREE ⬩ fīcus

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Bos. 11, 21: Mt. Bos. 21, 20: Wrt. Voc. 80, 11. Ðæs fíctreówes of the fig-tree, Mk. Bos. 11, 13. Leornigeaþ bigspel be ðam fíctreówe ab arbŏre fīci discĭte părăbŏlam, Mt. Bos. 24, 32: Mk. Bos. 13, 28.

CRÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen

To CROW as a cock ⬩ cantare instar galli

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Bos. 14, 68; Lk. Bos. 22, 60. Ðá eftsóna creów se hana Mk. Bos. 14, 72;

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 190, 9 : 34, 12. Tó Stóce, 203, 21. Intó Stóce, 123, 8.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

Cartaina

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaina, indecl: Cartaine, an; f.
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Carthage; Carthago Cartaina toworpen wæs Carthage was overthrown, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 18. Scipia hæfde gefaren to ðære niwan byrig Cartaina Scipio had gone to the new city Carthage, 4, 10; Bos. 93, 41: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 27.

ge-scádwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-scádwíslíce, comp. or; adv.

Wisely, prudently, clearly ⬩ prudenter

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Wisely, prudently, clearly; prudenter, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 20: 2, 1; Bos. 38. 29

a-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wendan, ic -wende, ðú -wendest, -wenst, he -wendeþ, -went, pl. -wendaþ; p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend, -went.

To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire

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Bos. 15, 8. He wæter awende to wínlícum drence he turned water into winelike drink, Ælfc. T. 27, 7: Ps. Spl. 101, 28: Gen. 19, 26: Cd. 14; Th. 17, 13; Gen. 259: Jn. Bos. 10, 35.

Linked entries: a-wændan a-wend a-went eowendende wendan

a-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorþan, a-wurþan, ic -weorþe, -wurþe, ðú -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþeþ, -wurþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wurþaþ; p. -wearþ, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden; v. intrans. [a from, away, weorþan to become]

To cease to be ⬩ become insipid or worthless ⬩ evanescere

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Bos. 5, 13: Lk. Bos. 14, 34. Ðú awordena raca, Mt. Bos. 5, 22

Linked entries: a-worden a-wurþan a-wyrþ

agof

(n.)
Grammar
agof, = agob
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A word formed in the Riddles by inverting the. order of the letters in the word boga a bow. Agob [MS, agof] is mín noma eft onhwyrfed agob is my name transposed, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 12; Rä. 24, 1

gang-here

(n.)
Grammar
gang-here, es; m.

A foot-army ⬩ infantry ⬩ pedester exercĭtus

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A foot-army, infantry; pedester exercĭtus Pirrus him com to mid ðam mǽstan fultume, ǽgðer ge on ganghere, ge on rádhere Pyrrhus came to them with the greatest force, both in infantry, and in cavalry, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 40

deófol-seócnes

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-seócnes, deóful-seócnes, deófel-seócnes,deófol-seóc-ness , deófol-seóc-nyss, e; f.

Devil sickness, possession with the devil ⬩ dæmŏnium = δαιμόκιoν

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Bos. 10, 17. Sumne we gesáwo on ðínum naman deófolseócnessa útadrífende vidĭmus quemdam in nomine tuo ejicientem dæmŏnia, Mk. Bos. 9, 38 : 16, 17 : Lk. Bos. 9, 49 : 38, 32.

Linked entries: deófel-seócnys deóful-seócnys feónd

fǽman

(v.)
Grammar
fǽman, p. de; pp. ed [fám foam]

FOAM or froth ⬩ spūmāre

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Bos. 9, 39. Fǽmende spūmans, Mk. Bos. 9, 20

Linked entry: FÁM

for-scranc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scranc, p. of for-scrincan.

shrank up ⬩ dried up ⬩ withered

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Bos. 21, 19: Mk. Bos. 4, 6;

cyfes-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cyfes-boren, def. se cyfes-borena; part.

Born in concubinage, base-born ⬩ e concubina genĭtus

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Born in concubinage, base-born; e concubina genĭtus His cyfesborena bróðor siððan ríxode, se ðe wende to Scottum his base-born brother afterwards reigned, who had gone to the Scots, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 17

Linked entry: cifes-boren

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