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tó-slúpan

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Add Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan coeperunt se caligarum corrigiae dissolvere, Gr. D. 221, 23. <b>IV a.</b> add :-- Nú sint sionwe tóslopen (in the facsimile reprint it is p not þ), An. 1427

stunian

(v.)
Grammar
stunian, p. ode.
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hǽtte ðeós wyrt. . . stond heó wið áttre stunaþ heó wærce stíðe heó hátte wiðstunaþ heó áttre it resists poison, dashes on pain, stiff is it called, dashes against poison, Lchdm. iii. 32, 22.

Linked entry: stinan

meahte-líce

(adv.)
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Heó ðone migðan mihtelíce gebét, Lch. i. 222, 4. Add

tó-cyme

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Ne bið heó ná swincende on feforádlum, ne eác heó ne gyrneð Basilies tócymes neque febribus laboratura est, neque Basilium quaesitura. Gr. D. 29, 24. Add

buoptalmon

(n.)
Grammar
buoptalmon, es; n. [βούφθαλμον=βοῦς, ὀφθαλμός]

Ox-eye, chamomile ⬩ anthemis nobilis

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Ox-eye, chamomile; anthemis nobilis, Lin Buoptalmon . . . heó hafaþ geoluwe blóst-man eal swylce eáge, ðanon heó ðone naman onféng Ox-eye . . . it has yellow blossoms all like an eye, whence it took the name, Herb. 141, l; Lchdm. i. 262, 4

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ very wakeful ⬩ quite sleepless

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Hí on heora gebedum wunodon þurhwacole óð midde niht, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 44. Hí ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. Hí heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Genim ða twá wyrta, ðæt is, lilie and róse; ber tó bearneácenum wífe ... gif heó nimþ lilian, heó cenþ cnyht; gif heó nimþ rósan, heó cænþ mǽden, 144, 10-13.

eahtatíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
eahtatíne-wintre, adj.
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Eighteen years old Þá heó eahtatýnewintre wæs, Hml. S. 33, 36

smearcian

(v.)
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Ðá heó þis gehýrde, þá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Hml. S. 23 b, 590. Add

flinten

(adj.)
Grammar
flinten, adj.

Flinty

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Flinty, of flint Heó wǽron flintenre heortan, Wlíst. 252, I note

deáh

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deáh, is of use, is good or virtuous, avails, Herb. 2, 22; Lchdm. i. 86, 18. Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 15: Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 5; Fä. 48: Beo. Th. 1151; B. 573; pres.
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of dugan

Linked entry: dég

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordained ⬩ not in holy orders

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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence ... ne biþ heó ná wið God unscyldig, þeáh heó ungehádod wǽre de puella non ordinata.

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ dispose ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre

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Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100

líþ-ness

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Heó heóld on hyre þeáwum hálige drohtnunge þurh módes líþnesse, Hml. S. 2, 96. Líðnysse lenocinio (the English word seems to be a gloss to the phrase blandimentorum lenocinio, rather than to the single word.

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.

a serving-man, ⬩ attendant ⬩ a servant of a lord or king, ⬩ a thane, ⬩ minister

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in a general sense, a serving-man, attendant Wæs amang ðám Malchus heora ðénigmann, and ða eáðelícan þénunga ðe hé ðider bróhte heom geornlíce þénode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 239.

píl

(n.)
Grammar
píl, es; m.
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Heó (sea-holly) hafaþ stelan hwítne, on ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre beóþ ácennede scearpe and þyrnyhte pílas (sharp and thorny prickles ), Lchdm. i. 304, 1. Hé gehæfte hí on ánum micclum stocce, and mid ísenum pílum heora ílas gefæstnode, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-píled

mǽrsung

Grammar
mǽrsung, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Heora fixnoðe gelamp micel earfoðnys, þæt Crístes tácne gelumpe micel mærsung, Hml. Th. ii. 290, 6. Wé on lofsangum hyre mǽrða cýðað, ꝥ heó ús þingige tó hyre suna, ꝥ hé ús miltsige for ðǽre mǽrsunge þe wé hyre gedóó, Hml.

gyden

(n.)
Grammar
gyden, e; f: gydene, an; f.

A goddess ⬩ dea

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Seó hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde alibban she had promised their goddess Diana that she would live her life in virginity; virgo vestalis Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 17

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es; n.

A necklace ⬩ collar ⬩ band for the neck

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A necklace, collar, band for the neck Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wulfst. 253, 23. Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele (monile), Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo.

Linked entries: sigele sigel

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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Heó wæs sumne dǽl hæbbende of þám reáfe þæs Hǽlendes and hyt swýðe deórwyrðlíce heóld, Hml. A. 187, 179. Se bisceop underféng þone cniht and hine deórwurðlíce heóld ... and hé (the young man) wunode swá mid him (the bishop ) on árwurðnysse, Ælfc. T.