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CÆRSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆRSE, cerse, an; f. CRESS, watercress; nasturtium, cardămum = κάρδαμον
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Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not sown, but it is propagated of itself in wells and in brooks, i. 116, 15

Linked entries: cesena cerse cresse

drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a feverfebris

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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38

Linked entry: ge-drif

dohtig

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
dohtig, def. se dohtiga; adj. [dohte, p. of dugan to avail]
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Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Cent [MS. Kænt] and on Súþ-Seaxum [MS. -Sexan] every good man in Kent and in Sussex is cognizant of these things, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1016-1020; 313, 19

Linked entry: DYHTIG

eorþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-sele, es ; m. [sele a hall]

An earth-hall, cavesubterrānea aula, antrum

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An earth-hall, cave; subterrānea aula, antrum Eald is ðes eorþsele this earth-hall is old, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 12; Kl. 29. Mec se mánsceáða of eorþsele út geséceþ the atrocious spotter will seek me out fram his earth-hall, Beo. Th. 5023; B. 2515.

missenlíc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
missenlíc-ness, e; f.

Varietydiversity

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Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character ) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone heofonlícan bogan mid hyre bleó geefenlǽce, Herb. 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 14. Missenlícnesse varietatibus, Ps. Spl.

Óst-sǽ

(n.)
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the Baltic with the Cattegat, the water east of Denmark and of the Scandinavian peninsula as that on the western coast is called Westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3 Be norþan Súþdenum is ðæs gársecges earm ðe mon hǽt Ostsǽ. . .

ge-brosnod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brosnod, -brosnad; part. p. [ge-, brosnod, pp. of brosnian to corrupt]

Corrupteddecayedcorruptus

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Corrupted, decayed; corruptus Gebrosnad is hús under hrófe the house is decayed under the roof, Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 3; Cri. 13: 9 a; Th. 6, 15; Cri. 84. Rotudon and gebrosnode synd dolhswaðo míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicātrīces meæ, Ps.

ge-scapennys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scapennys, -nyss, e; f.

A creation, creating, formationcreātio, figmentum

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A creation, creating, formation; creātio, figmentum Se emnihtes dæg is se feórþa dæg ðysse wornlde gescapennysse the day of the equinox is the fourth day of the creation of this world, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 14, 16; Lchdm. iii. 238,

Streónes-halh

(n.)
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In Bd. 3, 25 the word is explained by sinus fari

un-tídlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tídlíc, adj.

Unseasonable

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Ná, swá hit gewuna is, of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum and of réðre lenctenhǽte, and mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan non, ut adsolet, temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut repentinus calor veris

Linked entry: tíd-líc

west-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
west-rihte, adv.
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Due west Seó stów is týn mílum westrihte fram Cetrihtworþige locus est a vico Cataractone decem millibus passuum contra solstitialem occasum secretus, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 41.

wudere

(n.)
Grammar
wudere, wudi[g]ere, es; m.

A bearer of wood

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A bearer of wood Wuderas calones (the passage is : Ejusdem militiae calones et clientes cum lixarum coetibus ad inferiorem gradum pertinentes, Ald. 13.

á-ríman

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Hwá is þætte áríman mæge hwæt þǽr moncynnes forwearð, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 13: Bl. H. 59, 33: 63, 1. Manige óþre þe is lang tó árímenne, Gr. D. 266, 18. Árímende enumerans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94 32. Add

bord-rima

(n.)
Grammar
bord-rima, an; m.
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The edge of a plank Bordremum rimis (the passage to which the gloss belongs is: 'Rimis patentibus intravit mare,' which is translated: 'Geoniendum þám ceólum se sǽ eode inn, Gr.

Linked entry: rima

dundre

Grammar
dundre, duntre?
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The same passage (Ald. 20, 35) is glossed duntre stefne, An. Ox. 1463, þǽre thundendan (stefne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 59, and bombose is glossed by ðǽre þútendan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 71.

Linked entry: duntre

ge-leáflic

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Heó is swáðeáh eall full geleáflic, búton ðám ánum þe Augustinus wiðsæcd, ii. 520, 11-19. catholic Þæs geleáflican geleáfan catholice fidei, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 56

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft. In the poem of Judith the word is rendered byfleóhnett Jud. 47), Hml. As. III, 307

ilfette

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cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as at p. 250 does ciciris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 15. Cf.

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated places, Herb. 41, 1; Lchdm. i. 142, 4: L.

a-wendednys

(n.)
Grammar
a-wendednys, a-wændednys, -nyss, e; f.

A changealterationcommutatio

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A change, alteration; commutatio Ná sóþ is him awendednys non enim est illis commutatio, Ps. Spl. 54, 22 : 88, 50

Linked entry: a-wændednys