ge-winnan
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Hí þá castelas gewunnan, 1069; P. 203, 4. to take things as spoils of war Þá men of Hæstingaceastre gewunnon his twá scypa, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 6.
hund
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Hund síðon centies, twá (þreó, &c.) síðon du- (tri-, &c.) centies, Ælfc. Gr.
sprot
A sprout ⬩ shoot ⬩ twig ⬩ small branch ⬩ surculum ⬩ a sprout, twig
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A sprout, shoot, twig, small branch Sprote with a rod (?), Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 35. Sprota sarmentorum, ramorum, qui de vinea exciduntur, Hpt. Gl. 445, 32: 489, 10: palmitum, Germ. 401, 16. Sprotum sarmentis, 401, 24
EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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Twáhund eówena, and twentig rammena two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Gen. 32, 14. Eówu biþ, mid hire geonge sceápe, scilling weorþ a ewe, with her young sheep, shall be worth a shilling, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7, MS. B.
mægden
A maiden ⬩ girl ⬩ virgin
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Tó abbudissan gehádod ofer má ðonne twám hund mǽdenum. Homl. Th. ii. 476, 20. Mǽdenu niman on þeáwe gódne tíman getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 208, 28
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ráp
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Hig hine gebundon mid twám bæstenum rápum ( novis funibus ) . . . Ða rápas tóburston, Jud. 15, 13-14 : 16, 9. Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas? Gewurdene wyrda, ða beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas, Salm. Kmbl. 661-668; Sal. 331-333. Rápa nodorum, Wrt.
Linked entry: nip
ecg
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Dele twý- at end, and add: of weapons Egc acies, hiltan capulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 20. Ecge mucrone, An. Ox. 52, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415.
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Voc. ii. 50, 27. local, distance On óþere healfre míle fæce unius miliarii et dimidii spatio, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 556, 5: 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11. space of two or three dimensions.
gráf
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Ðám twám hídan and ðá mǽde and ðone gráf ðe þǽrtó mid rihte tó ligeð, 248, 12. Ofer mid ðone gráf, C. D. iii. 52, 23. Ofer ðæt gráf, 389, 1. In ðone lytlan gráf, v. 126, 30.
olfend
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Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum . . . uncer hláford hióld hiora olfendu . . . wit ástigon on þá olfendan þe uncer hláford on cóm . . . þǽr wit bebohtan uncre olfendan, Shrn. 42, 13-44, 1.
hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Ealle ðá eahta partes forneán habbað þás twá híw ... Óðer híw is geháten inchoatiua, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 211, 1-14. De figura. Figura is gefégednys oððe híw. Twá híw synd, simplex and composita, 217, 10.
aldor
life ⬩ the vital parts of the body ⬩ vita ⬩ age
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Wit on gársecg út aldrum néþdon we two ventured out on the sea with [peril to] our lives. Beo. Th. 1080; B. 538: 1024; B. 510. Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450.
dígol
Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown ⬩ secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus
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Ðæt wit mǽgen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum that we two may argue more closely and with profounder words, Bt. 13; Fox 36, 32. [Laym. digelliche secretly: O. H. Ger. tougal opācus, obscūrus, occultus.]
wice
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Tó ðam wic . . . of ðam wice tó ðære hapuldre . . . of ðam alre tó ðám twám wycan standaþ on geréwe eal swá ðæt gemére gǽð; swá up tó ðam wice stynt beneoðan bælles wæge; of ðam wice . . . á be hege tó ealdan wycan tó ðam wealle, Cod. Dip.
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ge-þrowian
To suffer
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Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 12. Ðú bist geþrouad tu cruciaris, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 25.
hón
To hang, ⬩ suspend, ⬩ crucify
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Ðǽr wǽron gelǽdde twegen sceaþan for heora synnum tó hónne there were brought two thieves to be crucified for their sins, 254, 22. Tó hóanne ad crucifigendum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 19. Ic hæbbe mihte ðé tó hónne, Jn. Skt. 19, 10.
fót-ádl
gout ⬩ podagra
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Fótádla, fótcoþa morbo regio (turgescens ... foetidum exhalavit spiraculum), 2817. [ Morbus regius is jaundice, but in these two passages it seems to be taken as in the following :-- Wið þá cynelican ádle þe man auriginem nemneð (ad morbum regium hoc
stóc
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(With these two passages may be compared the following) (Apud locum ubi uulgari dicitur nomine æt Stówe,) (323, 32.)
Linked entries: stóc-líf stóc-weard stóc-wíc
líðend
A traveller ⬩ sailor
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A traveller, sailor Líðend brohte elebeámes twig án tó handa the traveller (the dove) brought home an olive-branch [Bouterwek takes líðend to be a dative; if it is, the word refers to Noah], Cd. 72; Th. 88, 29; Gen. 1472
spranc
A shoot, twig, sprig
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A shoot, twig, sprig Spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) sirculus vel virgultum. Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 44. Styb vel spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) tirps, 33, 57. Treówes sprancan plante, 39, 14. Deáðbǽre sprancan letiferas labruscas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17.