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fóre-steóra

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-steóra, an; m.

A fore-steerer ⬩ man at the prow of a ship ⬩ prōrēta ⬩ prōræ conductor

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A fore-steerer, man at the prow of a ship; prōrēta, prōræ conductor, Cot. 149

scip-flota

(n.)
Grammar
scip-flota, an; m.

A sailor

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A sailor Hettend crungun Sceotta leóda and scipflotan (the Danes), Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 11

þweora

(n.)
Grammar
þweora, an; m.

Crossness ⬩ peevishness

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Crossness, peevishness Ǽlc ðweora and ǽlc ierre and unweorðscipe ... sié ánumen fram eów omnis amaritudo, et ira, et indignatio ... tollatur a vobis (Eph. 4, 31), Past. 33; Swt. 222, 8. His múð hé sceal from ǽlcum þweoran (or adj.? v. L. E.

Linked entry: þweorh

fliéte

(n.)
Grammar
fliéte, an; f.

Cream ⬩ curds ⬩ flos lactis ⬩ coagŭlum

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Dó on ðæt fæt swá fela swá ðara fliétna ðǽron clifian mǽge put into the vessel as much of the curds as may cleave thereon, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 20

ágend-freá

(n.)
Grammar
ágend-freá, an; m.

The owning lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ dominus ⬩ possessor

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The owning lord, possessor; dominus, possessor He heofona is and ðisse eorþan ágend-freá he is the owning Lord of heaven and of this earth, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 10; Gen. 2141: Beo. Th. 3770; B. 1883

Linked entry: ágend-frió

mægen-þyse

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þyse, an; f.

Violence ⬩ force

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Violence, force Sóna ðæt onfindeþ se ðe mec féhþ ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteþ ðæt hé hrycge sceal hrusan sécan soon doth he find that fights against me, and with my force comes into conflict, that with his back he must visit the earth, Exon

Linked entry: þyse

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden man ⬩ clinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

Afen

(n.)
Grammar
Afen, Afn, e; f: Afene, an; f.

AVON

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AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5

waþema

(n.)
Grammar
waþema, waþuma, an ; m.

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

mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-eye

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See Lchdm. ii. 398, col. 2, iii. 337, col. 1, and E. D. S. Plant-names under mathes and May-weed.]

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa

slyppe

(n.)
Grammar
slyppe, an; f.

A viscous, slimy substance ⬩ limus

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A viscous, slimy substance Wyrc slypan of wætere and of axsan, genim finol, wyl on ðære slyppan Lchdm. iii. 38, 2

sceóta

(n.)
Grammar
sceóta, an; m.

A kind of trout ⬩ a shoate ⬩ shot

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A kind of trout, a shoate, shot ['Carew makes a distinction between the trout and shot. "The latter," he says, "is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall.

ǽht-wela

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht-wela, an; m.

Wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ opes ⬩ divitiæ

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Kmbl. 167; Ap. 84

Linked entry: wela

basilisca

(n.)
Grammar
basilisca, an; m.

A basilisk ⬩ basiliscus

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A basilisk; basiliscus Ðú ofer aspide miht eáðe gangan and bealde nú basiliscan tredan super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, Ps. Th. 90, 13

mýðe

(n.)
Grammar
mýðe, (?), an; f.

The mouth of a stream

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The mouth of a stream Ǽrest fram mýðan in cyrstilmǽl ác ... eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 20-380, 7

pere

(n.)
Grammar
pere, peru, an ; f.
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A pear Seó peru hoc pirum, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59. Pere, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 59. Healfreáde peran crustumie vel volemis vel insana vel melimendrum, 39, 25. (Cf. hec volemus ae permayn-tre, 191, col. 2 : hoc volemum ae permayne, 192, col. 2.)

Linked entry: peru

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice

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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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[apoetical word with much the same meaning as mod, e.g. Swá bióþ ánra gehwæs monna módsefan áwegede of hiora stede, Bt. Met.

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, an evil spirit.
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Hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym in wyrginge and in scinna cíginge, Gr. D. 289, 9. Add

þecge

(n.)
Grammar
þecge, (?), an; f.

A receptacle(?)

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A receptacle(?) On hærfeste man sceal ðacian, ðecgan and fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan, Anglia ix. 261, 17