betonice
The herb BETONY ⬩ betonĭca officinālis
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This species is the common wood-betony, the betonĭca officinālis of Linnæus. It is a species of the genus Stachys, but it was formerly a species of the genus Betonica. It is very plentiful in Great Britain, and formerly much used in medicine.
a-hón
To hang ⬩ crucify ⬩ suspendere ⬩ crucifigere
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Ic ahó suspendo; ic ahéncg suspendi, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 12. Sealde heom to ahónne tradidit eis ut crucifigeretur, Mt. Bos. 27, 26. Ahóh hine crucifige eum, Mk. Bos. 15, 14. On gealgan ahéhþ he shall hang on a gallows, Deut. 21, 22.
Fornétes folm
Fornet's palm ⬩ Fornēti palma
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In the Gl. Cleop. folm is glossed mănus, the hand or palm. As this refers to the palm only, it leaves us in difficulty what variety is intended by Fornet's palm.
sundor-geréfland
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On ðæm sundorgeréflande in tribulano (in the same glossary in tribulanam is rendered in þa burh) territorio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 4. Cf. Æylmer habbe þat lond at Stonham þe ic hym er to hande let to reflande.
Linked entries: réf-land geréf-land
ge-técan
to show
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to show Is þearf ðæt ic ðé hí selfe getéce it is necessary that I show thee itself, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 1
BÓSG
An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis
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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties.
FYLLAN
To FILL ⬩ replenish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ cram ⬩ stuff ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ fulfil ⬩ implēre ⬩ replēre ⬩ sătŭrāre ⬩ farcīre ⬩ supplēre ⬩ complēre
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Ic crammige oððe fylle farcio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 36. Ic fylle suppleo, 26, 1; Som. 28, 29. Ðú fyllest [fylst Spl.] ealra wihta gehwam bletsunga tu imples omne anĭmal bĕnĕdictiōne, Ps. Th. 144, 17.
Linked entry: fullian
sunn-feld
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Voc. ii. 32, 8. Hwǽr wuniaþ Enoc und Helias? Ic ðé secge, Malifica and Intimphonis (in tempis?), ðæt is, on sunfelda and on sceánfelda, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 1. (v. scín-feld.)
ge-lagian
To establish by law ⬩ constitute ⬩ decree ⬩ lēge sancīre
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Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 13. Hú hit gelagod wæs how it was constituted, L. Ælf. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 17. Ðe gelagod is to gedwolgoda weorðunge that is appointed for the worship of false gods, Swt. Rdr. 105, 27
-hám
the abode of the elves
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'The Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it is vicus, and it seems to be identical in form with the Greek κώμη.
fant-fæt
A font vessel, the font for baptism ⬩ baptistērii vas
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font-vessel, sinful through Adam's transgression, but it is washed from all sins within, though without it change not its appearance, Homl.
Linked entry: fant
CNÁWAN
To KNOW; ⬩ noscere
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To KNOW; noscere Ða byþ cnáwene noscuntur Mone B. 169
earu
Similar entry: ge-gearwian
breátan
To break, demolish, destroy, kill; ⬩ frangere, conterere, necare
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To break, demolish, destroy, kill; frangere, conterere, necare Hí hálge cwelmdon, breóton [breotun MS.] bóccræftige [bóccræftge MS.] bærndon gecorene they slew the holy, destroyed the book-learned, burned the chosen, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16
breóðan
To ruin, destroy; ⬩ perdere.
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To ruin, destroy; perdere
leófan
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Is it possible however that a verb such as hæfdon should be supplied, and that lufan is the accusative after it?
riht-gifu
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Th. i. 422, 2 (cf. Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, 292, 16): ii. 302, 7
FÓÐER
food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi
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If he have not, let him pay half in fodder, and half in other goods, 60; Th. i. 140, 8-11. that in which food is carried,-a basket; cophĭnus = κόφĭνos Genómon ceawlas vel fóðer tŭlērunt cophĭnos, Mt. Lind.
Linked entry: fódder
GADERIAN
To GATHER ⬩ gather together ⬩ collect ⬩ store up ⬩ lĕgere ⬩ collĭgĕre ⬩ congrĕgāre
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Ic næbbe hwyder ic míne wæstmas gadrige non hăbeo quo congrĕgem fructus meos, Lk. Bos. 12, 17
Linked entries: gadorigean gadrian gæderian gaðerian
tó-sceótan
To rush in different directions ⬩ to disperse ⬩ hurriedly, ⬩ scatter
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Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas dispersi sunt spiritus infesti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.