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ǽrne

Grammar
ǽrne, l. ǽrne-mergen, -morgen

early morning

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Seó forme hátte mane, ðæt ys ǽrnemergen, . . . seó niht hafað seofon tó-dǽlednyssa . . . seó seofoðe ys . . . diluculum, ðæt ys ǽrnemergen, Angl. viii. 319, 21, 34. From ǽrnemorgen oð undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. Fram ǽrnemærien oð ofer midne dæg, Hml.

tind

(n.)
Grammar
tind, es; m.

A tine,prong,tooth of an implement

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Angl. 389 (where see several instances). Tyynde, prekyl, tynde, pryke carnica; tyndyt with tyndys carnicatus, Prompt. Parv. 494. Cf. tine stocks, the short crooked handles on the pole of a scythe, Halliw. Dict

þeód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-wita, an; m.
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</b> used of a poet :-- Se þeódwita Virgilius, Anglia viii. 320, 30. Oft ða þeódwitan ðus heora meteruers gewurðiaþ, 332, 15. <b>II b.</b> </b> Manega þing wé mihton of þeódwitena gesetnysse geícean, Anglia viii. 321, 24.

un-gecyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecyndelíc, adj.

unnaturalnot in accordance with the nature of a thingnot naturalsupernaturalunnaturalcontrary to naturemonstrous

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Gecyndelícra synna oþþe ungecyndelícra, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 24: Anglia xi. 98, 19. On ungecyndelícum þingum in rebus naturae contrariis, L. M. I. P. 40; Th. ii. 276, 7: Anglia xi. 3, 78.

un-medume

(adj.)
Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.

Unmeetunfitunworthy

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Ða ðe hé unmedume gemétte ðes Godes geleáfan, Anglia x. 141, 18

Linked entry: medume

scrætte

(n.)
Grammar
scrætte, an; f.
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Angl. 325; and in this sense Halliwell gives scrat as a word in dialects of the North. Scritta is the form glossing hermaphroditus in Ælfric's Glossary, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 28. Corresponding forms but with different meanings are found in O. H.

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bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1

cynd

(n.)
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qualities from his parents ), Gen. 2771. v. módor-cynd. a kind; genus Sægdon ús þá bígengean þæt wé ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missen[l]ice cynd nǽdrena and hrifra wildeóra praedixerant nobis incolae ne serpentes et rapida ferarum genera incideremus, Angl

citel

(n.)
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Man sceal habban hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Hé hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add

Linked entry: cytel

deóre

Grammar
deóre, diére, dýre.
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L. 17, 5. of great value He ús swá dýran cépe gebohte, Angl. xii. 517, 35. Ic bidde þé þæt ðú lǽte húru ðé ðín líf þonne ðíne sceós I pray thee at any rate set thy life higher than thy shoes, Hml. Th. ii. 410, 18.

eornostlíce

(adv.; con.)
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Geornustlíce igitur, Angl. xiii. 439, 1062

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Þ se dæg fullíce gefrætwod sý ( be equipped) mid feówer and twéntig tídum, Angl. viii. 306, 13. Onginneþ seó feórþe bóc gefrætwedu and áwritenu mid wíslicum wordum and on gesprǽcum witena, Gr. D. 259, 22. Gefrætwadne compturum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 29.

ge-týn

(v.)
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Þá scolieras þe on mynstre synd getydde þisra þinga gýmon, Angl. viii. 335, 43

glengan

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On mænigfealdre glencge ic glencgde mínne líchoman, Angl. xi. 113, 52. Manege mid oferrence glengdan hý sylfe, Wlfst. 46, 2. to adorn, be an ornament to, be becoming to Ne glenget non decet (non decent stultum verba composita, Prov. 17, 7), Kent.

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó secundum modum culpę, Chrd. 62, l. add Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Angl. xii. 514, 29. Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde, Hml. Th. i. 254, 19.

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Add Sí gedón tácn nónes ꝥ fylige se tídsang þæne nón ná fylige scenc, Angl. xiii. 399, 483

beán

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Beána sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 7. Add

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a tablea board which is struck to give a signal

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Twá stǽnene tabulan, Ex. 32, 15: 34. 1. a board which is struck to give a signal Tabule æfter capitule byþ gecnucod tabula post capitulum pulsatur, Anglia xiii. 402, 536. Gecnucedre tabulan pulsata tabula, 390. 359: 393, 397

lǽð

(n.)

a lathe

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The word occurs in the Latin laws of Edward the Confessor In quibusdam vero provinciis Anglice vocabatur léð, quod isti dicunt tithinge [or trihinge], Th. i. 455, ii. 3. In L. Hen.

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

Linked entries: wudere wudung