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cleweða

(n.)
Grammar
cleweða, clæweða, an; m.

A clawing, scratching ⬩ scalpturigo, scalpurigo

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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful

Linked entry: clæwetða

Hwiccas

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Wilfrid is Hwicca biscop, 5, 23; Sch. 690, 16. ¶ Perhaps the word is used in a limited and in a wider sense.

weorold-þearfa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þearfa, an; m.
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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

wærcan

(v.)
Grammar
wærcan, p. wærhte.

to pain ⬩ to suffer pain ⬩ be troubled

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, be troubled Ic werhte eom exercitatus sum (if werhte can be taken as the past tense of the verb, eom is superfluous), Ps. Spl. 76, 3

Linked entry: werhte

í-síðes

(adv.)
Grammar
í-síðes, adv.

At that time ⬩ at once ⬩ directly

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At that time, at once, directly Man ísíðes sóna ðǽræfter swytelaþ it is immediately thereafter manifested, L. I. P. 24; Th. ii. 338, 11

Linked entry: í-dæges

un-andwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andwís, adj.

Inexperienced

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Voc. ii. 84; 13: 46, 76. Ðý unandwísan inexperto (the passage, however, is in experto terrore, Ald. 34), 79, 39

Cealca ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cealca ceaster, ceastre; f.

The chalk city

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The chalk city Camden thinks it is Tadcaster, in Yorkshire idem, ut opinatur clarus Camdenus, quod hodie Tadcaster in agro Eboracensi, sic olim vocatum a ealce ibidem copiose effossa, Som. Ben. Lye

mæst-cist

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-cist, e; f.

The hole in which the mast is fixed

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The hole in which the mast is fixed Mest malus: mastcyst modius. Wrt. Voc. 63, 48, 49. Mæstcyst modius, ii. 59, 27. ['dicitur modius cavum illud in navi cui arbor institit', Forcellini.]

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGG ⬩ ovum

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M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6. Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

a-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorþan, a-wurþan, ic -weorþe, -wurþe, ðú -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþeþ, -wurþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wurþaþ; p. -wearþ, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden; v. intrans. [a from, away, weorþan to become]

To cease to be ⬩ become insipid or worthless ⬩ evanescere

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To cease to be, become insipid or worthless; evanescere Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ if the salt become insipid, Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Lk. Bos. 14, 34. Ðú awordena raca, Mt. Bos. 5, 22

ofer-slype

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slype, es; m.

An over-garment, surplice

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C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 10. He is ymbscrýd mid hwítum oferslype he is clad in a white upper garment, Homl. Th. i. 456, 19

Linked entry: slype

folc-scearu

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D. ii. p. ix. Add

Linked entry: scearu

ge-sceádwíslic

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Voc. ii. 141, 12. endowed with reason, rational Þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald . . . þridde dǽl is gesceádwíslic, Hml. S. 1, 97.

sæltna

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 119, 37 : seltra, i. 281, 8 : salthaga, 62, 36 gloss rubisca which is in the last

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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(b α) where the entreaty is emphasized by connecting it with something sacred or highly esteemed :-- Ic hálsige (hálsigo, L. R. adiuro ) þé ðurh God ꝥ ðú mé ne þreáge, Mk. 5, 7: Gú. 1176. Ic þé hálsige fore þínum cildháde, Hö. 118.

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning

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The third hour of the day, nine in the morning; in later English (v. infra) it is used of the sixth hour, a use it seems to have in undern-rest, q.v. Undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 11. Undern is dæges þridde tíd, Btwk. 214, 33.

wíc-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-geréfa, an; m.
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E. 16; Th. i. 34, 3-10. Uuícgeroebum teloniaris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 28. See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. p. 175

word-loc

(n.)
Grammar
word-loc, es; n.

A conclusion expressed in words

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A conclusion expressed in words Wordlocum dialectica (the passage is: Ut tomus dialectica dogmata rerum disceret, Aid. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 23 : 27, 16

bebbi

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in Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 60 (tragoedia, bebbi, cantio) is a mistake for belli (Lat.). Cf. tragoedia, belli cantica vel fabulatio, Goetz. v. 396, 8

eal-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.

ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ simĭlĭter, sīcut

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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22.

Linked entries: swá al-swá eall-swá