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ceáp-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-dæg, -dæges; -dagas; m.
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Voc. 53, 36: Cot 142

Linked entry: cípe-dæg

cwic-seolfor

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-seolfor, gen.-seolfres ; dat. -seolfre ; n.

QUICKSILVER ⬩ vivum argentum

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Cwicseolfor argentum vivum, Cot. 16

Linked entry: seolfor

for-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweltan, he -swilt; p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten

To die away ⬩ perish ⬩ permŏri

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Forswealt disparuit, Cot. 65: 190

fracoþ-nes

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For Cot. 143 substitute Fracoðnesse obscenitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 58. Hí gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse, Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455

gálnes

(n.)
Grammar
gálnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Lustfulness ⬩ lust ⬩ luxury ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ petulantia

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Lustfulness, lust, luxury, wantonness; lascīvia, lĭbīdo, luxŭria, petulantia, Cot. 150 : Scint. 12 : 21 : 81. He cnihtlice gálnysse næs begangende he was not addicted to boyish levity, Guthl. 2; Gdwn. 12, 16

Linked entry: gǽlnys

ge-sǽlig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig-líce, -sǽli-líce, -sǽl-líce; adv.

Happily ⬩ fēlīcĭter

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Cot.] gewífod many have married happily enough, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5. Gesǽlilíce fēlīcĭter, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 27

Linked entry: gesǽli-líce

eá-risc

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For 'Cot. . . . Lye' substitute Eórisc papirum, Txts. 85, 1503: scirpea, 98, 960. Eórisc, leber, 95, 1823. Eárisc bremium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 67: i. 31, 32 ( printed eáric). v. eá-rixe in Dict

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) taciturni. . . nimis taciti, 38; Swt. 271, 6-10. Ðá wæs swígra secg ( Hunferth ) on gylpsprǽce (cf.

under-þeód

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subject ⬩ subordinate

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Ða underðiéddan (-ðióddan, Cott. MSS.) mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt aliter admonendi sunt subditi, atque aliter praelati. Illos ne subjectio conterat, Past. 28; Swt. 189, 14. Ðonne ðæt mód ðara underðiédra (-ðiéddra, Cott.

Linked entry: þeódan

carc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
carc-ern, carc-ærn, es; n. [care care, or Lat. carcer a prison; ærn, ern a place]
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Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7: Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr. Kmbl. 179; An. 90: Exon. 8a; Th. 2, 27; Cri. 25: Cd. 227; Th. 304, 28; Sat. 637: Cot. 124: 191

Linked entries: carc cearc-ern

andget-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andget-full, andgit-full; adj.

Sensible ⬩ discerning ⬩ knowing ⬩ intelligentiæ plenus ⬩ intelligens ⬩ intelligibilis

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Cot.] that any man is so discerning, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 1: R. Ben. 7: 63

Linked entry: andgyttol

beorþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorþ, berþ, byrþ, e; f : es; n? [beorþ bears, from beoran, as byrþ birþ from beran]

A BIRTH ⬩ the act of coming into life ⬩ the thing born ⬩ nativitas ⬩ partus ⬩ fetus

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A BIRTH, the act of coming into life, the thing born; nativitas, partus, fetus Cot. 87. Found in the compounds berþ-estre, berþ-ling : v. also beorþor, beorþor-cwelm, -þínen; hyse-beorþor

Linked entries: byrþ byrþ-ling

burg-stal

(n.)
Grammar
burg-stal, -stól, es; m. [burg = beorg, beorh a hill, stal a place, seat, dwelling]
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Cot. 209. The name of places built on a hill, as Burstall in Suffolk, Borstall in Kent and Oxfordshire, etc

Linked entry: beorh-stal

frénd

(n.)

friend ⬩ friends ⬩ amīcus ⬩ amīcos

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Cot

an-wlitegian

(v.)
Grammar
an-wlitegian, p. ode; pp. od [an = un un-, wlitigian to form]

To unform ⬩ change the form of anything ⬩ deformare

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Cot. anwlitegaþ] these it tempers and forms; sometimes again it unforms, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9

GÁNIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁNIAN, p. ode; pp. od

To YAWN ⬩ gape ⬩ open ⬩ hiāre ⬩ oscĭtāre ⬩ apĕrīre

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To YAWN, gape, open; hiāre, oscĭtāre, apĕrīre Gániende oscĭtans, Cot. 147. Ðeáh ðe me synfulra, inwitfulra, múþas on gánian though the mouths of the sinful [and] deceitful yawn upon me, Ps. Th. 108, 1

Linked entry: tó-gǽnan

fore-standan

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For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 63, and add:

þreápian

(v.)
Grammar
þreápian, p. ode

To rebuke ⬩ reprehend

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To rebuke, reprehend Oft gelimpeþ, ðonne hé tó suíðe and tó ðearllíce ðreápian (ðreáwian, ðreátian, Cott.

Linked entry: þrípel

in-ádl

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Add: Cf. in-coþu

ǽwisc-nys

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-nys, -ness, e; f.

Disgrace ⬩ obscenity ⬩ filthiness ⬩ a blushing for shame ⬩ reverence ⬩ dedecus ⬩ obscenitas ⬩ pudore suffusio ⬩ reverentia

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Cot. 110, 202

Linked entries: áwesc-nis éwiscnes

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