be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Th. ii. 226, 12. with clause Hé betealde hine wið Eádward, þet hé wæs unscyldig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 183, 7. to excuse a fault, plead excuse for Hé ne mihte his mándǽda betellan, Hml. S. 9, 145
múþ-sár
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A pain of the mouth Haran geallan mæg wið pipor gemenged wið múðsáre ( contra dolorem oris ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 25
scorfed
Rough ⬩ scabbed
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Rough, scabbed Wið scurfedum nægle (unguium scabritiem); nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta. Lchdm. ii. 150, 4
cumul
A glandular swelling ⬩ tumor glandulósus
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A glandular swelling; tumor glandulósus Wið cyrnlu and wið ealle yfele cumulu for kernels and for all evil lumps, Herb. 158, 5 ; Lchdm. i. 286, 17
cancer
a cancer, an eating ⬩ spreading disease ⬩ cancer, morbus ⬩ a crab ⬩ cancer, animal
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a cancer, an eating or spreading disease; cancer, morbus Gif ðú wille cancer ablendan, genim ðonne fífleáfan ða wyrte: seóþ on wíne if thou desire to stop a cancer, then take the herb fiveleaf: boil it in wine, Herb. 3, 9; Lchdm. i. 88, 20.
Linked entry: cancer-hæbern
olfend
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Wǽron wit twégen on ánum olfende, and wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, and miccle má wit hangodan be þám olfende þonne wit þǽron sǽton . . . uncer wǽta wæs olfenda miolc, Shrn. 38, 14-18.
þeór
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Drenc gif þeór sié on men, ii. 354, 16: iii. 28, 13, Sealf wiþ þeóre ... Wiþ þeóre on fét, ii. 118, 12, 28. Wið ðeóre, iii. 20, 15: 28, 7, 19: 30, 3, 13
Linked entries: þeór-ádl þeór-gerid
exe
The brain
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Se drænc is gód wið heáfodecce and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge, wið seóndre exe, Lch. iii. 70, 21
Linked entry: ex
ferhþ-gewit
mental wit ⬩ understanding
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mental wit, understanding
hígan
to exalt ⬩ worship
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cf. hé þá hǽdengild hýran ne wolde, wíg weorðian. Ap. 47] hégan (héran?) ne willad ne þisne wíg wurðigean, Dan. 207
bán-sealf
A bone-salve ⬩ a salve for pains in the limbs
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A bone-salve, a salve for pains in the limbs Tó gódre bán-sealfe þe mæg wið heáfodece and wið ealra lyma týddernysse, Lch. iii. 12, 23
heald
Hold, guardianship, protection, rule ⬩ support ⬩ upholding, support, custody, keeping
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Wit synd ðisra landa hald and mund we two will be a protection and a defence to these lands, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 73, 5
leásettan
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Þonne hý sume mid geficum wið þone ánne þeódað and leásettað, sume wið þone óþerne dum adulantur partibus R. Ben. 125, 2. Add
treówsian
to engage ⬩ pledge one's self ⬩ to prove one's self to be true ⬩ to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
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Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe cume tó scíre biscope and trýwsie (-ige) hine sylfne wið God and wið men ðæt hé þreó þing healdan wille, L.
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piplian
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to grow pimply Wið teter and pypylgende (pipligende, MS. B.) líc, Lchdm. i. 234, 10. Wið pypelgende (pipligende, MS. B.) líc ðæt Grécas erpinam ( έρπηs ) nemnaþ, 266, 20
sǽ-hete
Raging of the sea
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Raging of the sea Mid ðý wé wið ðam winde and wið ðam sǽ (sǽhete, MS. Ca.) campodan cum vento pelagoque certantes, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 27
-wintre
ge-þingian
to determine
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make with the king and his reeve, L.
Burgendas
The Burgundians ⬩ Burgundiones.
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Wine Burgenda friend of the Burgundians, Wald. 85; Vald. 2, 14. Weóld Burgendum Gifica Gifica ruled the Burgundians, Scóp Th. 40; Wíd. 19: 131; Wíd. 65
Linked entry: Burgendan
ge-genge
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Convenient, suitable, agreeable Unc wearð God yrre for þon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum . . .: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743