a-fliéman
To cause to flee ⬩ to banish
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To cause to flee, to banish Síe he afliémed let him be [as one] banished, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 17
a-steápan
To deprive ⬩ bereave ⬩ as children of their parents ⬩ orbare ⬩ orphanum ⬩ reddere
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To deprive, bereave, as children of their parents; orbare, orphanum reddere Síen bearn his asteápte fiant filii ejus orphani, Ps. Surt. 108, 9
ceorl-strang
manlike ⬩ fortis, virilis
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Strong as a man, manlike; fortis, virilis Ceorl-strang fǽmne a manlike woman; virago, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 10; Wrt.Voc. 17, 18
eád-wacer
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Substitute: <b>eád-wacer,</b> eáþ-wacer (?); adj. Easily roused (?), alert, vigilant. As a proper name, Rä. 1, 16
twi-fiðerede
Double-winged ⬩ shaped as if with two wings (?) ⬩ forked
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Double-winged, shaped as if with two wings (?), forked Twyfyrede (twyfyþerede, MS. C.: twifeðerede, MS. V.) bisulcus Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11
Linked entry: fiþerede
þeówincel
A young slave ⬩ a slave
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A young slave, a slave Ðiówincelu familici (the word has been taken as if connected with famulus ), Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 15
gange-wifre
A ganging weaver ⬩ spider ⬩ viītĭca arānea
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A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Swindan ðú dydest swá swá
Linked entries: geonge-wifre wæfer-gange gongel-wæfre gonge-wifre -wifre
un-brygd
A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing
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A not unfair turn, fair dealing(?) Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean
grindel
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A bar, bolt; in pl. lattice-work, hurdle; crates Geslægene grindlas greáte forged large gratings, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384. Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description
rǽde-gafol
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Rent that can be paid all at once, as opposed to rent that is discharged by service rendered, and consequently takes time for its payment Gif mon geþingaþ gyrde landes oððe máre tó rǽdegafole and geereþ gif se hláford him wile ðæt land árǽran tó weorce
dafenian
To be seemly or becoming ⬩ decere
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To be seemly or becoming ; decere Swá swá dafnaþ munuce as becomes a monk; sicut decet monacho, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5
getyng-cræft
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Rhetoric [v. ge-tynge; I. 3; but the word is put as a gloss to mechanica] Getincgcræft mechanica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 50
cyn
Akin, suitable, fit, proper ⬩ congruus, condignus
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Akin, suitable, fit, proper; congruus, condignus Ðæt is cyn that is proper or reasonable, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 122, 4. Swá hit cynn [cyn Cot.] was as was suitable or fit, 35, 4; Fox 162, 24. Swylce hit kyn [cyn MS. B; cynn H.] sié as it may be right, L. In
DÁH
DOUGH ⬩ farina subacta,
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DOUGH; farina subacta, massa = μάζα Blóma oððe dáh massa, Wrt. Voc. 85, 16: 94, 63. Dáh [MS. dað] vel blóma massa, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 9; Wrt. Voc. 34, 68. Cned hyt ðæt hit sí swá þicce swá dóh knead it that it may be as thick as dough, Lchdm. iii
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Frysisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Of or belonging to Friesland, Frisian; Frīsĭcus Nǽron hie náðor ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 2, col. 2; 177, 2. Ðǽr wearþ ofslegen Lucuman, and ealra manna, Frysiscra
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scip-fæt
A vessel in the form of a ship
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A vessel in the form of a ship Húseldisc patena, scipfæt cimbia (the word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum), Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 32. Cf. Hec acerra a schyp for censse, 230, col. 2. Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in
E
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net, met, ; as, Nett, bedd, weddian, hell, well, denn, fenn, webb, ende. the short e in Anglo-Saxon generally comes before a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two
hrepian
To touch ⬩ treat
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To touch, treat Se ðe eów hrepaþ hit mé biþ swá egle swylce hé hreppe ða seó mínes eágan he that touches you, it will be as painful to me as if he touches the apple of my eye, Homl. Th. i. 392, 15: 516, 22. Seó hrepaþ swýðost ymbe Cristes godcundnysse
Linked entries: æt-hreppian a-hrepian hreopian
ram-hund
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Add: The true form of the word, which is given only in comparatively modern MSS., is doubtful. Rain-, raine-hound, as well as ram-hundt, occur (v. Ll. Lbmn. 626, 2), and these seem to represent the original word more nearly than does ram-. In a MS. of
rudig
Ruddy
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Ruddy Rudi purpureus, rubicundus, Hpt. Gl. 475,8 . Rudi scheome, A. R. 330, 20. Þi rudi neb schal as gres grenen, H. M. 35, 22