pull-spere
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A pool-spear, a reed (such as grows by pools, cf. hreód-pól under pól) Pulsper harundinem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7
médan
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For on méde in l. 2 onméde from onmédan (< on-mód, as eáþmédan < eáþ-mód) may be read
be-ufan
Above ⬩ supra
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Above; supra Swá we hér be-ufan cwǽdon as we here have said above, L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, 4
ciricsceat-weorc
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Work connected with the grain contributed as ciric-sceat. v. C. D. v. 162, 26: ii. 398, 20 (quoted under ciric*-*sceat)
hefig
force ⬩ violence
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action as of a heavy body, force, violence: All in ꝥ hefig wyrcas omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. L. 16, 16
smicerness
Elegance, neatness
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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation) Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 53
hreów
fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus
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In Andr. Kmbl. 2233; An. 1118 the alliteration seems to require reów. In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently
BERIE
a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva
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a BERRY; bacca Berian berries, Cot. 36. Bergan berries; baccæ, Cot. 23. Nym wínberian, ðe beóþ acende after óðre berigian take grapes, which are formed after other berries, Lchdm. iii. 114, 5. a grape; uva. Though wín-berie, q. v. a wine-berry, is generally
eormen
Universal, immense, whole, general ⬩ universālis, immensus, permagnus, tōtus, ūnĭversus
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Universal, immense, whole, general; universālis, immensus, permagnus, tōtus, ūnĭversus. Used in composition, as in eormen-cyn, -grund, -láf, -ríc, -strýnd, -þeód
mene-scilling
A coin worn as an ornament
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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72
Linked entry: scilling
ge-bisnian
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Add: to give example of, exemplify Munucregol ðe Benedictus ús gebysnode monastic rule as exemplified by Benedict's, Hml. S. 3, 148
wíte-swinge
A stroke given as a punishment ⬩ chastisement
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A stroke given as a punishment, chastisement Ongæt gumena aldor hwæt him Waldend wræc wíteswingum, Cd. Th. 112, 2 ; Gen. 1864
Linked entry: swinge
tude
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As 'parma' is ablative [v. Ald. 71, 35] tudu is a more probable form for the nominative
sceamlíce
Shamefully, disgracefully
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Shamefully, disgracefully Ða ðè ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce and sceamlíce, Homl. As. 19, 140. Hésceandlíce (scamelíce, MS. N. ) sáwlode, 59, 202
ælmes-bæþ
Washing of the poor done as an act of charity
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Washing of the poor done as an act of charity Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum ælmesbæð, hwílum þearfena fótþweál, Wlfst. 171, 2
ǽngan-cundes
In a way that is unique
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In a way that is unique (?) Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25
ge-smiðian
To forge ⬩ to make as a smith does ⬩ fabricare
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To forge, to make as a smith does; fabricare Bend agimmed and gesmiðed diadema, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Wrt. Voc. 40, 46
trus
Fallen leaves and branches or twigs as material for fuel
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Fallen leaves and branches or twigs as material for fuel vi. fóðra truses élce geáre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 169, 10
winter-gegang
What happens as the years pass
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What happens as the years pass Winter-gegonge fato, (cf. wyrde oððe gegonges fati, 33, 65) Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 9
Linked entry: ge-gang
strǽl-wyrt
Club-moss ⬩ callitrichon
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Club-moss (?). Somner gives the word as glossing callitrichon Gif dolh fúlige, ceów strǽlwyrt on and gearwan, Lchdm. ii. 96, 9