cyt-wér
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and N. E. D. kit
wyrt-gælstre
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A woman who uses herbs for charms Mǽden yfeldǽda and wyrtgælstre ( malefica et herbaria ), Lchdm. iii. 186, 11. Cf. previous word
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slecg-wyrhta
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands, born about A. D. 520, and arrived in Scotland in 565. He preached to the Picts, whose king gave him the Western Isle, Iona, in which he founded his abbey and college.
raðe
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Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 7. Raðe ðæs directly afterwards, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 33. Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs, Cd.
weorold-cempa
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A warrior of this world, an earthly (not a spiritual) soldier Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna ongeán his gelícan, ac ðú habban scealt ða gástlícan wǽpna ongeán ðone gástlícan feónd, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 34, 31. Woruldcempa, 36, 17.
racente
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Sleán on ða raccentan and on copsas, Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 32. Geseah hé his sylfes ungesǽlige stówe and carcern (racetan, MS. B.) videt suum infelix carcerem, Bd. 5. 14; S. 635, 3. Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Blickl.
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teóne
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Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and tó yfele gehwam ungemet scearpe, Ps. Th. 56, 6
weorold-þearfa
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One who is needy in the matter of this world's goods Ic eom wǽdla and worldþearfa ego egenus et pauper sum, Ps. Th. 69, 6
on-bringelle
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Instigation God ús álýse fram úrum wiðerwinnan and fram his anbrincgellan, for ðám þe his æfst is mycel ofer ús, Hml. S. 23 b, 291
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swíma
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106
corte
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Andlanges ðǽr eá tó ðáre wíc; fram ðǽre wíc tó ðǽre cortan; and swá andlanges tó Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7. ?
sund-ampre
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Some kind of dock; rumex maritimus Sundompran (cf. ompran þá þe swimman wile, 322, 16, and see sund) ymbdelf, Lch. ii. 116, 13
rǽd-gifa
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Cf. rǽd-bora and next word
burh-geréfa
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A BOROUGH-REEVE, city-reeve, the governor and chief magistrate of a city or town; urbis prætor, præfectus, præpositus, quæstor, curialis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 7: 18, 42
stód-mere
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A brood-mare, mare with a foal Gif mon cú oþþe stódmyran forstele, and folan oþþe cealf of ádrífe, L. Alf. pol. 16 ; Th. i. 70, 24
efen-cempa
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A fellow-soldier Embe his efencempan hé hæfde welwillendnysse . . . and his efencetnpan hine árwurðodon, Hml. S. 31, 44, 49: Hml. Th. ii. 500, 15
rǽsele
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Th. 421, 34; Rä. 40, 28. v. rǽswan, and cf. rǽdels, III
burh-wita
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A knowing and polished man of the city, city-counsellor, citizen; urbanus, homo civilis, urbis consiliarius, municeps Portgeréfa vel burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. 18, 41
steór-réðra
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Andreas ástág on ðæt scip and gesæt be tfæm steórréþran, Blickl. Homl. 233, 4, 24: 235, 23