læssa
Less
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Se ðe tówyrpþ án of ðysum læstum [leasestum, Lind: læsest, Rush.] bebodum ... se biþ læst [leasest, Lind: se læsesta, Rush.] genemned on heofonan ríce qui solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis,... minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum, Mt.
fel-tún
An enclosed place ⬩ garden ⬩ privy ⬩ dunghill ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna ⬩ sterquĭlīnium
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Rush. 14, 35
mis-cweðan
to speak amiss or incorrectly ⬩ to curse ⬩ maledicere
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Rush. 7, 10. Miscuédon him maledixerunt ei, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 28
sib-sum
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Sibsume ł friðgeorne (ł friðsume, Rush.) pacifici, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 9
sixtig
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Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 8. Sexdig ł sextih. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 23. Sexdeih, 13, 8
tæl
A tale, number, series
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Rush. 6, 10. Tele laterculo, numero, Hpt. Gl. 442, 51. In ténum talum in decem numeros, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 1. Cf. Forerím ł (fore-)tal prologus, p. 1, 1
sweorfan
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To rub, scour, fileGerm. 394, 274. Swyrfþ limat, Corfen sworfen cut and scoured (of the preparation of a wine-vat), Exon. Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2.
Linked entries: a-sweorfan ge-sweorfan
ymb-gangan
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Rush. 23, 14
wíg-steall
A defensive position ⬩ a bulwark ⬩ bastion ⬩ defence
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Th. 477, 21; Rum. 28. Wígstealla propupnacula Hpt. Gl. 426, 73
Linked entries: wígbed-steall weoh-steall
unrǽd-síþ
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Substitute Ic dysge dwelle ond dole hwette [on] unrǽdsíþas, óþrum stýre nyttre fóre, Ru. 12, 4. v. hwettan; <b>II 2a.</b>
a-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ suffocare
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Rush. Stv. 13, 22. Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L.
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nigon
nine
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. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18. Nigon nihtum ǽr middum sumere, 898; Erl. 96, 19.
strǽgl
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A covering for beds, a rug, a mattress, bed Strégl (g over a), strél aulea, Txts. 43, 249. Strél stragua, 99, 1907. Strǽl vel bedding mataxa vel conductum vel stramentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 29. Strǽle mínum (-e ?) ic wǽte stratum meum rigabo, Ps.
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tuscel
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A canine tooth or a molar tooth, a tusk Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg catch a fox, knock out while alive the canine tooth, let the fox run away, Lchdm. ii. 104, 12.
þorf-fæst
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Rush. Lind. 14, 35. Ðor[f]fæst utilis, Rtl. 192, 7. Sié ðor[f]fæsta ús prosint nobis, 91, 27. [Cf. All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628. Icel. þurf—samr helping.] Cf. þearf, V, þearf-líc, II, and next word
Linked entry: un-þorffæst
olfend
A camel ⬩ a camel
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Gé drincaþ ðone olfend (olbendu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 23, 24. Of olfenda hǽrum áwunden, Blickl. Homl. 169, 2. Hé nam týn olfendas (camelos), Gen. 24, 10
wén-líc
fair ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely ⬩ conveniens
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Woenlíca (weonlíce, Rush.) gecýðnise conuenientia testimonia 14, 56
Linked entry: wénþ
setl
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.: on sedlum twelfe, Rush.) démende, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 28. <b>Ib.</b> metaph. seat, place, position :-- Hé áwearp ða rícan of setle (sedle, Lind., Rush.), Lk. Skt. 1, 52.
lamb
A lamb
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Ic eów sende swá swá lamb [lombro, Lind: lombor, Rush.] betwux wulfas ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Skt. 10, 3. Heald míne lamb [lombor, lomboro, Lind: lombor, Rush.] pasce agnos meos, Jn. Skt. 21, 15, 16
GRINDAN
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To GRIND, grind together, rub, rub together; molere, commolere, terere, frendere, allidi, collidi Ic seah searo grindan wið greóte I saw a machine grind against the dust, Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 30; Rä. 33, 4. Ic grynde molo, Ælfc.