eldra
elder, older ⬩ sĕnior
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Cot; comp. of eald
bleó-reád
BLUE RED, purple, myrtle-coloured ⬩ cæruleorumber, myrteus
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BLUE RED, purple, myrtle-coloured; cæruleorumber, myrteus Bleóreád myrteus, Cot. 135. Bleóreód myrteus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 89; Wrt. Voc. 46, 46
be-prenan
To wink ⬩ nictare
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To wink; nictare Tele nú ða lenge ðære hwíle, ðe ðú ðín éage on beprenan [bepreðan, Cott.] mǽge compare now the length of the time, wherein thou mayest wink thine eye, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 7
an-bestingan
To thrust in ⬩ immittere ⬩ intromittere
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To thrust in; immittere, intromittere Ða anbestungne [Cot. MS. anbestungnan] saglas intromissi [scil. circulis] vectes, Past. 22, 1; Hat. MS. 33a, 22
beácen-stán
A stone whereon the beacon fire was made ⬩ a stone or tower whereon to set the beacon fire ⬩ specula ⬩ pharus
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A stone whereon the beacon fire was made, a stone or tower whereon to set the beacon fire; specula, pharus;Cot. 88
bígels
An arch, a vault, an arched roof ⬩ arcus, fornix, camera
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Voc. 52, 41: Cot. 201
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freóls-geár
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For Cot. 106 substitute Þæt freólsgér jubelemus (l. jubeleus annus. v. 83, 47, and cf. freóls; II), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 64
un-getǽse
Inconvenient ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ obnoxious
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Oððe hit ðé deraþ oððe hit ðé unwynsum biþ, oððe ungetése (-getǽse, Cott. MS.) oððe frécenlíc aut injucundum, aut noxium, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 13. Gilpes ðú girnest?
þǽr-út
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte, Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25
þeóf-scolu
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A gang or band of thieves Gif ðú wǽre wegférende and hæfdest micel gold on ðé, and ðú ðonne becóme on þeófsceole ( þiófscole, Cott. MS.), ðonne ne wéndest ðú ðé ðínes feores, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 26
un-gedæftlíce
Unseasonably ⬩ unsuitably
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Unseasonably, unsuitably 'Ðæt ðú lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce (-dæfte-, Cott. MSS.).'Ðeáh hé cuǽde un[ge]dæftelíce, hé cuæð ðeáh ǽr gedæftelíce ' insta opportune, importune.' Dicturus importune praemisit opportune, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 16
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clústor-loc
A prison-lock, lock, bar ⬩ claustellum, claustrum
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Clúster-loc claustellum, Cot. 34: claustrum, 181
CYLEN
KILN, an oven ⬩ fornacŭla, siccatōrium
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A KILN, an oven; fornacŭla, siccatōrium Cylene fornacŭlæ, Cot. 86. Cyln vel ast siccatōrium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 132; Wrt. Voc. 58, 44
geár-cyning
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For Cot.48 substitute Gércyning oððe heretoga consul, geárcyninges consulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 4, 3. Geárcyninges consulis, 96, 8. Geárcynges, Germ. 388, 24
fýlnes
Foulness ⬩ fœdĭtas ⬩ fœtor ⬩ fūlīgo
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Foulness; fœdĭtas, fœtor, fūlīgo Eorþan fýlnes, eal forweornast foulness of earth, thou art all rotting, Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 7: Cot. 83
fore-mearcod
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For Cot. 157 substitute and add:
croc
A crock ⬩ pitcher ⬩ waterpot ⬩ flagon ⬩ a little jug or lentil-shaped vessel ⬩ urceus ⬩ lagena ⬩ lenticula ⬩ legythum
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A crock, pitcher, waterpot, flagon, a little jug or lentil-shaped vessel; urceus, lagena, lenticula, legythum Croccas Cot. 209; Grm. iii. 458, 15
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emn-líce
Equally, evenly ⬩ æquālĭter, æque
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Cot
midlian
To bridle ⬩ curb ⬩ restrain
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To bridle, curb, restrain Forðæm is sió tunge gemetlíce tó midliganne (midlianne, Cot. MSS.) lingua itaque discrete frenanda est, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 275, 11
án-íge
One-eyed
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Cot. 122. Gif he hí gedó ánígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25