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scenc

(n.)
Grammar
scenc, es; m.

A draught, cup

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Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte seáw ánne scenc (scænc,MS. H.), i. 110, 21. Nim þrý scenceas (scæncas,MS. B.) gódes wínes, 90, 19: 110, 10. He lette heom bringen schenches of feole cunne drenches, Laym. 13461

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, fleese flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

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Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga búgende uncnytte, Mk. Bos. l, 7; I knelinge am not worthi for to undo the thwong of his schoon, Wyc.

Linked entries: beág beáh

cyne-scipe

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Heó hiræ cinehláford bitt for cynescypæ þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðe, Cht. Th. 552, 30. Ic (Cnut) beóde ꝥ hý fylstan þám biscopum tó Godes gerihtum and tó mínum kynescype . . .

ge-clipian

(v.)
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Wyrðe ꝥte ic sé gicliopad érendwraca dignus uocari apostolus, Rtl. 60, 7. Is geclioppad appellatur, 43, 37

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Se wyrm onwóc, Beo. Th. 4563; B. 2287. Ða men onwócan, and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 22. to arise, spring, be derived, be born Ðú wást ðæt ðú of mínre ( the speaker is Eve ) dehter, Drihten, onwóce, Blickl. Homl. 89, 20: Cd.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

FLAXE

(n.)
Grammar
FLAXE, an; f.

A FLASKbottleflascafiascolăgēna

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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him flaxan ĕgo ĕmo cŭtes et pelles, et făcio ex iis flascōnes, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 37

bót-wyrþe

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Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne for-wyrce man máre þonne his wer, Ll. Th. i. 266, 12. Æt Bótwurðan þingan béte man mid .v. pundum, 340, 28. Substitute: That admits of expiation by the payment of bót; and add: —

tó-þindan

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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.

sin-fulle

(n.)
Grammar
sin-fulle, an ; f.
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man sempervivum and óðrum naman sinfulle nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 236, 20. Genim sinfullan, ii. 190, 2. Nim ða miclan sinfullan, 240, 8. See Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1 : ii. 405, col. 1

uma

(n.)
Grammar
uma, huma, an; m.

a weaver's beamthe name of some plant

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Hessels 106, 206 (the word is omitted by Wright in Voc. ii. 120, 26, and in Txts. 97, 1832). the name of some plant Genim uman, and medmicelne bollan fulne ealað; bewyl ðæt ealo on ðære wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 276, 12

Linked entry: huma

hydele

(n.)
Grammar
hydele, hnydele, an ; f.
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Genim þás wyrte þe Grécas brittanice and Engle hǽwen hydele nemnað. Lch. i. 126, 4-6: 16, 21. Hǽwen[h]y[l]dele (h has been blotted out and l struck out, Wülck. Gl. 296, 23) brittanice, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 32. Hǽwene hnydele, Lch. iii. 24, 8.

Linked entry: hnydele

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.

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Lowsituated beneathbottom of

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Wyrc hié of nioþoweardre netlan, Lchdm. ii. 128, 6. Wyl neoþewearde netelan, 312, 5. Lege on ðone pyt neoþeweardne lay it at the bottom of the pit, i. 398, 22. Neoþouard crepidinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 5.

þæc

(n.)
Grammar
þæc, es; n.
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Nam ic wyrðe ðæt ðú gá under þacu mínne ( sub tectum meum ), 8, 8. the material of which a roof is composed, thatch Ðæs húses hróf wæs mid ðæce beþæht culmen domus erat foeno tectum, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 32.

be-hát

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A. 35, 273. a threat (cf. beót; Icel. heit; pl. threats) Ðeós wyrt tó manegum þingon wel fremað, ꝥ ys . . . wið gehwylce behátu and wið andan and wið ógan, Lch. i. 312, 25

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Him ofðyncð ðæt hé hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt hé ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mæge ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, Past. 227, 23

stede

(adv.)
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</b> official position :-- On his styde se ðe is wyrðe efterfylige in loco eius (decanus) qui dignus est succedat, R. Ben. I. 54, 9. Mathias wæs gecoren on Iúdan stede, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.

Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.]a fever

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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on hátum stówum this plant is produced in hot places, Herb. 115, 1; Lchdm. i. 228, 6. Hé háte lét teáras geótan he let hot tears gush forth, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 14; Gú. 1029.

hwý

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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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wyrd) hit swá be þínum heáfde and fóre hafað árǽded vivus in patriam non reverteres, quum fata ita de tuo capite statuerunt, Nar. 29, 14. to read a riddle Ic árǽdde Antiochus rǽdels, Ap. Th. 24, 12 : 5, 2. Hé ꝥ sóð árǽdde, 4, 20.