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ealu-scóp

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-scóp, eala-scóp, es; m.

An ale-poet

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An ale-poet We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig preóst ne beó ealu-scóp we teach that no priest be an ale-poet, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 15

Linked entry: eala-scóp

ealo-wósa

(n.)
Grammar
ealo-wósa, an; m.

Ale-wetter or drinker ⬩ cervĭsiæ inebriātor vel pōtor

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Ale-wetter or drinker; cervĭsiæ inebriātor vel pōtor Sumum yrrum ealowósan, were wínsadum from one irritated as an ale-drinker, a wine-sated man. Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 10; Vy. 49

Linked entries: ealu-wósa -wósa

be-hættian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hættian, p. ode.
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to make bald Behættod decalvata (quam-vis caesaries raderetur et decalvata traheretur, Ald. 62), An.

Linked entry: hættian

ge-hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrstan, to adorn.
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Gehyrste falerato (Ald. 2, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 1: 36, 73: falerato, i. ornato, 146, 72. Gehyrsti falerata, 108, 35. Þá bióð gehyrste mid heregeatwum hildetorhtum, sweordum swíðe geglengde, Met. 25, 8. Swegle gehyrste, Cri. 393. Add

eall-godwebb

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-godwebb, adj. (or noun?)
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All of silk (or a garment made all of silk? Cf. oloserica .i. vestis tota ex serico, Hpt. Gl. 480, 64) Ealgodwebbum elosericis (l. olo- ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 17

brord

(n.)
Grammar
brord, es; m.

a point

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Brordas clumula (spicarum glumula, Ald. 23, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77,51

scimrian

(v.)
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22.

ealu-clýfe

(n.)

an ale-house

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an ale-house, Som. Ben. Lye

eal-hús

(n.)

an ale-house

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an ale-house, Som. Ben. Lye

ealu-gál

(adj.)

ale-drunken

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ale-drunken, v. ealo-gal

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb

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M. 296, 28) geméted gerisenlícre lengo ... seó ðrúh wæs ðam líchonian lengre cujus corpori tumulando praeparaveratit sarcofagum lapideum ... invenerunt hoc mensura palmi longius esse sarcofago ... addiderunt longitudini sarcofagi cogitabant aliud quaerere

Linked entry: þrýh

hamer

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(All these are glosses to the same passage.)

wlǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wlǽta, wlǽtta, an; m.

nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement

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Wlǽttan sentina (ab omni spurcitiae sentina immunes, Ald. 10), Ánglia xiii. 28, 28.

Linked entries: wlǽtung wlott

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)

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Wæfla pannicularum (colobium cum sine pompulenta pannicularum varietate ordiretur, Ald. 51), Hpt. Gl. 494, 9. Weflum panniculis (panuclis, Wrt.

Linked entry: wefta

for-wúndian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To wound badly ⬩ ulcerate ⬩ grăvĭter vulnĕrāre

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Alf. pol. 77; Th. i. 100, 11. Eall ic wæs mid strǽlum forwúndod I was all wounded with arrows, Rood Kmbl. 124; Kr. 62: Cd. 216; Th. 273, 4; Sat. 131. Se læg on his dúra swýðe forwúndod qui jăcēbat ad jānuam ejus ulcĕrĭbus plēnus, Lk. Bos. 16, 20.

þreáp

(n.)

a troop ⬩ band

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.: Wituten threp (ani enuy, alle chidyng) or strijf, C. M. 13310. This þrepe (the siege of Troy) for to leue, Destr. Tr. 9845: perhaps, also, in sense of troop : -- An feondes trume ... þe saules ... awarieþ al a-þrep (in a troop?

eal-gearo

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-gearo, eall-gearo; adj.

All ready or prepared ⬩ omnīno promptus

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All ready or prepared; omnīno promptus vel părātus Beorh ealgearo wunode on wonge the mountain stood all ready on the plain, Beo. Th. 4475; B. 2241: 155; B. 77: 2465; B. 1230

Linked entry: eall-gearo

ealeðe-tún

(n.)
Grammar
ealeðe-tún, es; m.

An ale-house ⬩ taberna

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An ale-house; taberna. Som. Ben. Lye

help

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help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn.

Linked entry: helpe

wiþ-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defence ⬩ an obstruction ⬩ obstacle

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Th. 266, 20; Jul. 401. an obstruction, obstacle Wiðsteallas obstacula (nimborum obstacula rupit, ut fluerent imbres, Ald. 143), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 71: 64, 39

Linked entry: wiþer-steall