fóre-eom
I am before or over ⬩ I preside ⬩ præsum
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I am before or over, I preside; præsum Ic begíme oððe ic fóre-eom præsum, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 32
Linked entry: fóre-beón
flǽsc-hama
Flesh-covering ⬩ the body ⬩ a carcase ⬩ carnis tegmen ⬩ corpus
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Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman the falchion passed ah through her fated carcase, Beo. Th. 3140; B. 1568: Andr. Kmbl. 307; An. 154. Lǽgon on greóte fǽgra flǽschaman the carcases of the slain lay on the sand, 2171; An. 1087
Linked entry: ge-flǽschamod
mán-freá
The prince of evil ⬩ the devil
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Kmbl. 2627; An. 1315: Elen. Kmbl. 1880; El. 942: Exon. 73b; Th. 275, 6; Jul. 546
morþ-slaga
A murderer ⬩ an assassin
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A murderer, an assassin Sý ǽlc morþslaga áwirged maledictus, qui clam percusserit proximum suum, Deut. 27, 24. Oferfyll biþ mǽgbana and morþslaga, Wulfst. 242, 6
Linked entry: morþor-slaga
sealma
A couch
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A couch Selma, benc sponda, Txts. 98, 955. Gewíteþ ðonne on sealman, Beo. Th. 4911; B. 2460. (Cf. Lazarus answeƀit ist an selmon, Hel. 4008.)
Linked entry: selma
heordan
tow ⬩ oakum
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For all three see Ald. 23, 5, An. Ox. 1649. Heorþena stupparum, 3292. Substitute:
-bǽre
Producing ⬩ bearing
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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing
Linked entry: -bora
mann-eáca
An increase of human beings
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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20
mold-hýpe
A heap of earth or dust
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A heap of earth or dust Ðonne biþ hit swylce hé sý mid sumere moldhýpan ofhroren it is as though he be overwhelmed by a heap of dust, Homl. Th. i. 492, 33
Linked entry: hýpe
tá
A toe
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Ofer hira handa þúman and ðæs swýðran fótes micclan tán super pollices manus eorum ac pedis dextri, Ex. 29, 20
Elmed-sǽte
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14
waþema
Moving water ⬩ wave ⬩ flood
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Moving water, wave, flood Ðá cwom wópes hring út faran, weóll waðuman and hé worde cwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 2561; An. 1282. Tungol beóþ áhýded, gewiten under waþeman westdǽlas on, Exon. Th. 204, 13 ; Ph. 97
Linked entry: waþem
maesse-hacele
A cope:
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A cope: — Mæssehacele casula, Wrt. Voc. 81, 42. [Ic an þeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte. Chart. Th. 515, 16: 512, 30. Messehacel, Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 16. Mæssehakeles, 1070; Erl. 207, 35: 1122; Erl. 249, 8.]
adela
Filth ⬩ cænum
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Filth; cænum Ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ that here ill smells filth, Exon, 110b; Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32
adreminte
The herb feverfew ⬩ parthenium ⬩ παρθένιον
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The herb feverfew: parthenium = παρθένιον, Prior 78
ǽfen-scíma
Evening splendour ⬩ vespertinus splendor
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Evening splendour; vespertinus splendor, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 31; Gen. 2448
Linked entry: scíma
ǽfen-tíma
Evening time ⬩ eventide ⬩ vespertinum tempus
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Evening time, eventide; vespertinum tempus Ðá ǽfentíma wæs, he férde to Bethaníam cum jam vespera esset hora, exiit in Bethaniam, Mk. Bos. 11, 11
Linked entry: tíma
æfter-eala
After-ale ⬩ small beer
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After-ale, small beer Æfter-eala sapa, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 22; Wrt. Voc. 28, 5
æf-werdelsa
Damage ⬩ detriment ⬩ loss ⬩ detrimentum ⬩ damnum
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Alf. 27 ; Th. i. 50, 28
Linked entry: -wirdelsa
ælmysse
Alms
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Alms, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 31; Dan. 587