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sulh-handle

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-handle, (-a; m.?), an; f.
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A plough-handle, plough-tail Sulhhandla (-e? v. handle stiba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 10) stiba, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 8. Sulhandlan stivam, Hpt. Gl. 470, 33

Linked entry: handle

swolgettan

(v.)
Grammar
swolgettan, p. te
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To swallow, take into the throat Ðonne sceal mon ðone geagl swillan gelóme on ðære ádle ( quinsy ), and swolgettan eced wiþ sealt gemenged, Lchdm. ii. 48, 16

frǽ-dréman

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Take here freá-dréman in Dict., and add Wé singaþ and wé freádrémaþ strengða þíne cantabimus et psallemus uirtutes tuas, Ps. L. 20, 14. Cf. frǽ-þancian

gefeá-lic

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Fæger and gefeálig fugles tácen, Ph. 510. Add

ge-cwilman

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Take here ge-cwylman in Dict., and add Ge-cwylmdon secto, Germ. 400, 524. Heora líchaman sceoldon beón mid mislicum tintregum gecwilmede, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 18

Linked entry: ge-cwelman

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, es; m.
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Take here hlýp, es; m. and add

Linked entries: hlípe hlýp

of-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
of-hende, adj.

Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one

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Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one Gif him ǽnig ðara ofhende wyrþ if any one of them is lost to him, Met. 25, 34

Linked entries: æf-hende on-hende

micel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
micel-ness, e; f.

greatnessbignesssizegreatnessmultitudeabundancegreatnessmagnificence

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Sancte Johannes mycelnesse se Hǽlend sylfa tácn sægde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 17

Tenet

(n.)
Grammar
Tenet, Tænet[t]; also Tenet-land
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Tanet, 118, 1. Tanat, vi. 189, 31. Tanatos insulam, iv. 237, 20. Insula Tanatorum, iii. 347, 15. Thanet, i. 13. 30: 18, 15. Ðanet, v. 21, 19. Insula Thaeneti, i. 42, 16. Insula Thaenet, 116, 27

ród

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Hé beseah tó þǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne, Hml. S. 23, 499. Hié oncneówon Crístes róde mǽre tácen, An. 1339. Ðis seondan ðára monna noman ðe ðæt geðafedon and mid Crístes róde tácne gefaestnedon, Cht.

sceáda

(n.)
Grammar
sceáda, (sceáde; f. (?)), an; m.

The top of the head, parting of the hair

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Miller's Tale, 130. The nayl y-dryven in the schode a-nyght. Knight's Tale, 1149. schodynge of the heede discrimen Prompt. Parv.:

Linked entry: horn-sceaða

a-dón

(v.)
Grammar
a-dón, p. -dyde; impert. -dó; v. a.

To take awayremovebanishtollereejicere

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To take away, remove, banish; tollere, ejicere Ne mágon ðé nú heonan adón hyrste ða reádan the red ornaments may not now take thee hence, Exon. 99a; Th. 370, 14; Seel. 57.

Linked entry: a-dydest

ofer-niman

(v.)

to take by violence, to violateto take away, carry offto take away

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Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum Gen. 39, 14. to take away, carry off Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 39. [O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.]

CERFILLE

(n.)
Grammar
CERFILLE, cærfille, cyrfille, an; f.

CHERVILcærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre

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To monnes stemne nim cerfillan for a man's voice take chervil, 1, 83; Lchdm. ii. 152, 15: 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 10

cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.

Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass gramen

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Genym ðysse wyrte leáf, ðe man gramen, and óðrum naman cwice nemneþ take leaves of this herb, which is named gramen, and by another name quitch, Herb. 79 ; Lchdm. i. 182, 8: Lchdm. iii. 12, 28: 16, 8. Genim cwican take quitch, L.

elm-rind

(n.)
Grammar
elm-rind, e; f.

ELM-RIND or barkulmi cortex

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Nim elmrinde take elm-rind, 1. 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 8: 3, 29; Lchdm. ii. 324, 15. Genim elmrinde gréne take elm-rind green, 1. 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 15. Mid elmrinde with elm-rind, 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 23

ge-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gnídan, p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden

To rubrub togethercomminutefricaredefricarefricando comminuereplanarelevigare

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Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8

BIRCE

(n.)
Grammar
BIRCE, ean; f: berc, beorc, byrc, e; f.

A birch-treebetula alba

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A birch-tree; betula alba Genim bircean take of the birch-tree, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 7: Wrt. Voc. 285, 22

Linked entries: byrc beorc berc

ge-wilsum

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Take here <b>ge-willsum</b> in Dict., and add: voluntary Gewilsuman spontaneum, An. Ox. 11, 29. See next word

Linked entries: ge-willsum wil-sum

sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, (?), sceáþ (?)

a nail

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a nail Tácon ðara sceaðana (sceoðona, Rush.) . . . styd ðara scæððana figuram clauorum . . . locum clauorum Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 25. . Similar entries v. horn-sceaþa