wægn-geréfa
A wain-reeve ⬩ one who has charge of carriages
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A wain-reeve, one who has charge of carriages Wǽngeréfa carpentarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 44: ii. 16, 66
þearlwís-líc
Severe, ⬩ hard
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Severe, hard Drihten hyne þreáde myd þearlwýslícere swingle the Lord punished him with a severe flogging, Shrn. 98, 15
Cananéisc
Canaanitish ⬩ Chananæus
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Canaanitish; Chananæus Cham ys fæder ðære Cananéiscre þeóde Ham is the father of the Canaanitish people, Gen. 9, 18
for-wyrcan
to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre
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He wiste forworhte, ða he ǽr wlite sealde he knew [they had] done wrong whom he had before gifted with beauty, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 6; Gen. 857.
Linked entries: for-wyrht un-forworht for-wyrht
æfstig
Envious ⬩ emulous ⬩ æmulus
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Hat. 17 a, 11
be-hringed
Inclosed in a ring ⬩ encircled ⬩ surrounded ⬩ circumdatus
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Inclosed in a ring, encircled, surrounded; circumdatus Behringed beón to be surrounded Past. 21, 5; Hat. MS. 32 a, 8
drisn
A wig, false hair ⬩ capillāmentum, galerĭcŭlum
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A wig, false hair; capillāmentum, galerĭcŭlum Rupe vel drisne capillāmenta, Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 96; Wrt. Voc. 28, 73
Linked entry: drysn
mis-scrýdan
to clothe improperly
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to clothe improperly Bindaþ ðone misscrýddan ( the man who had not on the wedding garment ), Homl. Th. i. 530, 13
ge-dróf
Dirty ⬩ muddy ⬩ turbĭdus ⬩ lŭtōsus
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Dirty, muddy; turbĭdus, lŭtōsus On ðæm gedrófum wætere in the muddy water, Past. 54, 1; Swt. 421, 8; Hat. MS
wyn-mǽg
A beloved kinswoman
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A beloved kinswoman Seó fǽmne, wuldres wynmǽg (the kinswoman in whom he had delighted), Exon. Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319
horn-bora
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In El. 54 the MS. has hleópon not hleówon. Add
copenere
A lover ⬩ amator
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A lover; amator Ðú eart forlegen wið manigne copenere tu fornicata es cum amatori multo Past. 52, 3; Hat. MS
ge-þeccan
To cover; ⬩ tegere
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To cover; tegere Lago hæfde geþeahte éðel the water had covered the country, Cd. 73; Th. 90, 8; Gen. 1492
Linked entry: ge-deccan
burg-steal
a fortress, city, steal a place ⬩ A city-place ⬩ arcis locus, arx
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A city-place; arcis locus, arx Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29
Linked entry: burh-steal
K
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THE letter k appears to have had no distinct duty to perform in the oldest English, but to have been a mere variant of c. In the MSS.
land-riht
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prince had before given me that, i.e.
dyrodine
Scarlet dye or colour ⬩ coccus = κόκκos
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Scarlet dye or colour; coccus = κόκκos On ðæs sacerdes hrægle wæs dyrodine twegera bleó on the priest's raiment there was twice-dyed scarlet, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18 b, 1.
Linked entry: derodine
earfeðe
Hard, difficult, troublesome ⬩ diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus
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Hard, difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne willan Dryhtnes mínes it is not hard for me to endure the will of my Lord, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 6; Gú. 1038.
mann-swica
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In l. 2 read mannslagan, and add: a deceiver, cheat Án unlagu æt ðám ætfengan þe swicigende manswican lufedan be-westan, Ll. Lbmn, 244, 28. Swá geráde manswican (man-, v. ll. ) þe on ðá wísan swǽslíce swiciað on unriht, þæt syndan forbodan Antecrístes
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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Ilike a fyngir has a name, als men thaire fyngers calle, The lest fyngir hat litye man, for hit is lest of alle; The next fynger hat leche man, for qwen a leche dos oȝt, With that fynger he tastes all thyng howe that hit is wroȝt. In Prompt. Parv.
Linked entry: gold-finger