ǼÐM
A vapour ⬩ breath ⬩ a hole to breathe through ⬩ a smell ⬩ halitus ⬩ spiritus ⬩ vapor
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Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how vast the black vapour may be, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704
éðyl-stæf
A family staff or support, stay of the house ⬩ prædii sustentáculuin
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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentáculuin Ic eorn orwéna ðæt unc se [seó MS.] éðylstæf ǽfre weorþe gifeðe I am hopeless that to us two the staff of the family will ever be by lot, Cd. 101; Th. 134, ii; Gen. 2223
Linked entries: édulf-stæf éðel-stæf
Wir-healh
Wirral ⬩ the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey
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Hié fóron ðæt hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum; seó is Légaceaster geháten, 894; Th. i. 170, 171
Linked entry: healh
be-weaxan
to overgrow
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Wæs se mere eall mid wudu beweaxen stagnum erat circumdatum habun*-*danti silva, Nar. 12, 8. to overgrow, cover with a growth Sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe seó ród mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37
geó-dæg
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Iúdagum se biscop Theophilus wrát ǽnne pistol, 322, 45. See geó in Dict., and cf. ǽr-dæg
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Ðá forlét se cyng ða hlǽfdian seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne [of Eward putting away his wife, Godwin's daughter], Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 20.
wilde
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powerful Ac ꝥ is bedeóhlod ús hweþer þá wyldre wǽre in Stephane and þone sigor áhte sed quid in eo vicerit nos latet, Gr. D. 320, 24
efen-niht
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Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice emniht, 24. Seó emniht byð on .xii. kl. Octobris, Angl. viii. 311, 26. Fram þǽre emnihte þe . . . ys vernale geháten, ꝥ ys seó lengtenlice emniht, 322, 40.
hlís-eádig
Successful in acquiring fame, ⬩ famous, ⬩ renowned
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Successful in acquiring fame, famous, renowned Biþ hlíseádigra se ðe hit selþ ðonne se ðe hit gaderaþ: eác ða welan beóþ hlíseádigran ðonne ðonne hie mon selþ ðonne hie beón ðonne hí mon gaderaþ.
á-swellan
To swell up
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Seó hýd ásweoll, 157, 8. Ásweoll him se líchama, Guth. 68, 8. Ásuollen,ássuollan tuber, tumor, Txts. 103, 2071. Gif sié þá ceácan áswollen, Lch. ii. 46, 21 : 48, 27. Be áswollenre lifre ... Gif se geswollena mon swá áswollen gebít, 200, 18-23. Add:
ge-treówsian
To justify one's self ⬩ clear one's self ⬩ prove one's self innocent ⬩ se justĭfĭcāre ⬩ se purgēre
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To justify one's self, clear one's self, prove one's self innocent; se justĭfĭcāre, se purgēre Getreówsie hine fácnes let him prove himself innocent of the treachery, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 5, note 8, MS. H: 36; Th. i. 84, 15, note 36, MS. B
Linked entries: treówsian ge-trýwsian
mǽw
A sea-mew ⬩ gull
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Se grǽga mǽw, Andr. Kmbl. 742; An. 371. Mǽw singende, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 11; Seef. 22. Mǽwes song, 106 b; Th. 404, 25; Rä. 25, 6. Mere, mǽwes éðel, 123 b; Th. 474, 6; Bo. 25
Linked entry: meáu
langian
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Syððan langað seó niht and wanað se dæg, Angl. viii. 311, 28. Éfern longeð aduesperascit Lk. R. 24, 29. impers. to cause longing, &c. Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel. 154.
hnappian
To slumber, ⬩ sleep, ⬩ doze
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Ne slǽpþ se no fæsðe ac hnappaþ non autem dormire sed dormitare est, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 8. Ac ðonne hnæppiaþ úrebrǽwas palpebræ vero dormitant, 195, 2.
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citel
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Olla aenea cytel; sed ideo additus aenea quia est et olla fictilis, id est crocca, 65, 36. Cyteles sartaginis, An. Ox. 4127. Seóð on cetele, Lch. ii. 230, 7. Man sceal habban hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, Angl. ix. 264, 9.
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ge-ríp
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Ic sende iów girip (giripa? the Latin is metere) ꝥte gé ne wunnun, Jn. R. 4, 38. See next word
æf-geréfa
exactor
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glosses exactor Ðý lǽs se doemere seleð ðec ðǽm æf-groefe (exactori) and se æfgroefa (exactor) sendað ðec in carcern, Lk. L. 12, 58
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recen
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(See the glossary for other instances. See also rekenli in the same work, and in Sir Gawayne.) O. Frs, rekon (of a road which is clear) : L. Ger. reken. v. Richthofen. Cf. O.
ufor
Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later
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Se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest, Homl.
nytenness
ignorance ⬩ laziness ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy
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ignorance Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht bútan seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 5. Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, 314. 5. Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30.