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bælc

(n.)
Grammar
bælc, es; m.

a BELCHeructatiothe stomachpridearrogancestomachussuperbiaarrogantia

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a BELCH; eructatio, Mann. the stomach, pride, arrogance; stomachus, superbia, arrogantia He him bælc forbígde he bent their pride, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 15; Gen. 54: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 18; Jud. 267

Linked entry: bælcan

glésing

(n.)
Grammar
glésing, glésincg, e; f.

GLOSSINGinterpretationexplanationglossa

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A GLOSSING, interpretation, explanation; glossa Ðæt is glésincg ðonne mann glésþ ða earfoðan word mid eáðran Lédene that is glossing when one explains the difficult words with easier Latin, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 43

Linked entry: glésan

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, adv.
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Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.
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. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying :-- Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne, ne wyrne him man ná, . . . ðæt bið his wegnyst (viaticum), and ǽlces ðæra manna ðe tó Godes ríce becymð, L.

Linked entry: nest

crisma

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Ásprungenra manna líc ( cadavera ) man byreð on ciricean and mid crysman smyreð his breóst, Ll. Th. ii. 162, 1. Ne crismena nec balsamorum (sacris chrismatibu unctum, Ald. 154), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 34: 61, 1. <b>I a.

ge-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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Syndon eahta heálice mægnu þurh Godes mihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 68, 19. <b>II a.

Linked entry: ge-scyftan

gyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrnan, girnan; p. de
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Ne gyrne gé ðæt eów man Láreówas nemne vos nolite vocari Rabbi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 8. Gyrnende orontes, Mk. Skt. 11, 24

Linked entries: geornan gernan girnan

cyssan

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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add

cúþ

Grammar
cúþ, <b>; I.</b>
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Manige his cúðra manna, ge æþelcunde ge óðre, þá þe hine swíðe árodon, Gr. D. 22, 14

ǽ-mód

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Man sceal lǽwedum mannum secgan be heora andgites mǽðe, swá ðæt hí ne beón ðurh ðá deópnysse ǽmóde, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 8. Add

weoruld-hád

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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24

þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Míne wealas eriaþ mea mancipia arant, mínra þeówra manna æceras meorum mancipiorum segetes, mínum ðeówum mannum (mancipiis) ic dǽle penegas, míne þeówan men (mancipia ) ic ðreáge, fram mínum þeówum mannum ic eom gefultumod, Ælfc.

fæla

(num.; adj.)

many

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many, Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 18

missenlic-ness

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Seó missenlicnes (diversitas) manna líchamena . . . seó missenlicnes manna synna, 333, 23. Add

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle

ge-fýsan

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Beornþreút monig farað ofestum gefýsde many a man marches on, hastening and hurrying, Pa. 52. Swá lagu tóglídeð, flódas gefýsde ( wind-driven waves ), El. 1270

ge-lóme

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Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add

of-settan

(v.)
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Swéte etan on manegum leahtrum biþ ofsett hit getácnaþ to dream of eating sweets betokens a man will be sunk in many faults, 202, 25. Ofsettum obsessis, Wülck. Gl. 251, 5. v. next word

un-wynsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wynsumness, e; f.
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Se mann gewyrðeþ tóswollen and tó stence áwended mid unwynsumnysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50; 23

Linked entry: wynsumness

gǽlsa

(n.)
Grammar
gǽlsa, an; m.
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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa ( he will be a glutton of work ), Lch. iii. 158, 15