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wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode
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Up ábrǽcan, wapeladan ebulliebant, emergebant (cadavera vermium examina ebulliebant, Ald. 48), Hpt. Gl. 488, 11. Wapeledan ł up ábræcan bullirent, exundaverunt (cum Ethnae montis incendia favillis scintillantibus bullirent, Ald. 55), 499, 46.

clústor-loc

Grammar
clústor-loc, pl. -locu (not -loca).
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Clústerlocu crustra (ærea portarum clustra, Ald. 148, 30), 90, 57

eal-mægen

all power, all might

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all power, all might

Linked entry: al-mægen

hǽmed-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-dreám, (?), hǽmed-drím, hǽmed-dríme (?), es; m.
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, a life of pleasure Hǽmedrímes (hǽmeddrímes), [hæmed-] scipes lenocinii (antequam Samson illecebrosis lenocinii nexibus nodaretur, Ald. 72, 15), An. Ox. 5046. (Cf. 5245, under hǽmed; )

Linked entries: hǽmed-rím hémed-scipe

eal-cræftig

all-powerful, all-mighty

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all-powerful, all-mighty

Eald-Seaxe

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Wǽron Frysan, Dene, Ealdseaxan (Ald-, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 590, 9. Add

swengan

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Dele fram- at end, and add Fram swengde excussit (tiro ... procul excussit jaculatas fraude sagittas, Ald. 167, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 75: 31, 55. Cf. Fram áswengde vel tódráf excussit, 146, 17

hréða

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H. éðan melote (Amos, dum spoliare se melote et amiculis erubesceret, Ald. 50, 25), 82, 79: 56, 63

ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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. ¶ Gewyrce plastica (in rerum visibilium plastica Ald. 75, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 35. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, v. ge-wyrcan; Ǽhteswán gebyreð stífearh, and his gewirce ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, Ll. Th. i. 436, 23.

Linked entries: ge-wirce wyrce

a-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hýdan, p. de; pp. ed

To hide ⬩ abscondere ⬩ occuhare

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Rómáne gesomnodon al ða goldhord and sume on eorþan ahýddon the Romans collected all the treasures and hid some in the earth, Chr. 418 ; Th. 18, 6, col. 1

wlita

(n.)
Grammar
wlita, an; m.

face ⬩ countenance ⬩ beauty

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Similar entries v. wlite) decore (in pulcherrimo pubertatis decore, Ald. 71), Hpt. Gl. 520, 22

Linked entry: wlite

fǽring

(n.)
Grammar
fǽring, e; f.

ecstasy ⬩ rapture ⬩ accusation

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Ox. 4842), Ald. 69, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 20

Linked entries: fǽran færeng

næss

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Add Næssas cautes (rupibus in celsis qua tundunt caerula cautes, Ald. 267, 24), An. Ox. 26, 56. add: Cf. Hí nyþer ge*-*feallað under neowulne grund descendant usque ad abyssos, Ps. Th. 106, 25

hrá-lic

(adj.)
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Funereal Heófendlice, hráwlic funebre (cf. ii. 76, 76 where carmen funebre, Ald. 13, 22, is glossed ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 4

Linked entry: hráw-lic

rúh

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Add Rúh wærihtnys callositas (quos dira cutis callosilas elephantino tabo deturpans, Ald. 49, 15), Hpt. Gl. 490, 36. v. healf-, un-rúh

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . '. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

eax-faru

(n.)
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Aexfaru aparatu (perhaps a gloss on Ald. 64, 10 :-- Scythicae gentis impetum, quae cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens. In An. Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186

flyhte

(n.)
Grammar
flyhte, es; m.

A patch

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Nǽnig mon setteþ cláþ flyhti neówenne in hrægl ald nemo inmittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. R. 9, 16

Linked entry: cláþ-flyhte

sweart

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Ox. 1736. add: — Sweartum ceco (ceco carpitur igne et clandestinis inflammatur stimulis, Ald. 66, 11), An. Ox. 4653

for-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceppan, -sceóppan; p. -sceóp, pl. -sceópon; pp. -scepen

To transform ⬩ transformāre

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To transform; transformāre Heó alle forsceóp Drihten to deóflum the Lord transformed them all to devils, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 14; Gen. 308. Scinnan forscepene [their] beauty transformed, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 12; Sat. 72

Linked entry: for-sceóppan

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