wyrm-galere
A serpent-charmer, sorcerer
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Wyrmgalera marsorum (Chaldaeorum et hierophantorum phantasmata, simulque ariolorum et marsorum machinas, Ald. 45), 82, 9: 56, 74: Hpt. Gl. 483, 14
Linked entries: wirgung-galere wyrm-galdere wyrm-hǽlsere
heah-rún
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'A damsel having a spirit of divination' Heahrún pithonissa (pithonissam necromantiae spiritu vaticinantem, Ald. 26, 11. The reference is to Acts 16, 16 : Puellam quandam habentem spiritum pythonem), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 47.
Linked entry: hell-rún
wyrþen
a field
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Wyrþenna leti (the passage in which the gloss occurs is: Graculus, qui segetum glumas, et laeti cespites occas depopulare studet, Ald. 142. Perhaps wyrþenna should be taken as a gloss to occas, v. wyrþing), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 57: 52, 20
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eald
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Ðá aldu (ældo, L.) pharisaei, Mk. R. 2, 16: 7, 1. Ðá aldo, Mt. L. 16, 1. Ðá aeldo, Lk. L. 7, 30. Ðá alde wearas, Jn. R. 4, 1. Æfter gesetnisse ældra ( seniorum ), Mk. L.R. 7, 5. From ældum a senioribus, 8, 31
eall-beorht
All-bright ⬩ pĕnĭtus splendĭdus, fulgentissĭmus
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All-bright; pĕnĭtus splendĭdus, fulgentissĭmus Englas eall-beorhte angels all-bright, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 23; Sat. 522
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eall-hwít
All-white ⬩ omnīno albus
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All-white; omnīno albus On eallhwítre þryh in an all-white coffin, Th. Diplm. A.D. 970; 241, 11
snǽsan
To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit
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Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 13. [ Þe deoflen schulen mid helle sweordes al snesien (snesen, MS. C.: sneasin, MS. T.) ham þuruhut A. R. 212, 22.]
eal-gréne
All-green ⬩ omnīno vĭrĭdis
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All-green; omnīno vĭrĭdis Geségun eorþan ealgréne they saw the earth all-green, Exon. 24 b; Th. 69, 31; Cri. 1129
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eall-gearo
All-ready
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All-ready; omnīno promptus Ic beóm eall-gearo I am all-ready, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 19; Rä. 24, 4
eall-rúh
All-rough ⬩ omnīno hirsūtus
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All-rough; omnīno hirsūtus Se wæs reád and eall rúh he was red and all hairy, Gen. 25, 25
eala-hús
An ale-house ⬩ taberna
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An ale-house; taberna On eala-húse in an ale-house, L. Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 9
Linked entries: eal-hús ealu-clýfe ealu-hús
ge-hwanon
From all sides
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From all sides Fela ðearfan gehwanon cumene many needy come from all sides, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 78
ceáp-ealeðel
an ale-house ⬩ taberna, popina, cervisiarium
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The ale-selling place, an ale-house; taberna, popina, cervisiarium Ne sceolon mæsse-preóstas æt ceáp-ealeðelum ne etan ne drincan mass-priests should not eat nor drink at ale-houses, L. E. I. 13; Th. ii. 410, 18
bismer-gleó
Unseemly
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Bysmergle(ó) ludicra (prima juventutis calcans severe, Ald. 158, 8: cf.lascivam aetatis petulantiam crudeliter castigans, 33, 35), An. Ox. 17, 17
swecc
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(See for both these Ald. 45, 3.)
þennan
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</b> figurative, to extend the fame of, exalt :-- Þenaþ, tóbǽd prosequitur, i. tractat t laudat (integritatem immensis rumorum laudibus prosequitur, Ald. 26, 8), An. Ox. 1919
eall-ísig
All-icy ⬩ omnīno glaciālis
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All-icy; omnīno glaciālis Saturnus is se cealda eall-ísig tungel Saturn is the cold all-icy star, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 45; Met. 24, 23. Se is eall-ísig it is all icy, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13
hláford-searu
Plotting against the life of a king or lord
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Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 9. Be hláfordsearwe. Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie, síe hé his feores scyldig and ealles ðæs ðe hé áge of plotting against a lord. If any one plot against the king's life, let him forfeit his life and all that he owns, L.
Linked entry: hláford-swice
ealo-gál
Ale-drunk ⬩ cervĭsia inebriātus
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Ale-drunk; cervĭsia inebriātus Ic gehýre ealogálra gylp I hear the boast of the ale-drunken, Cd. 109; Th. 145, 19; Gen. 2408