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ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

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Voc. ii. 86, 57. a charitable action Þeáh se man ne nime búton ǽnne stán and ðæne gelecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid óðrum fét stæppan on ðá clænan healfe, ðæt him byð swýþe micel ælmesse, Wlfst. 303, 11. Ic bidde eów þæt (þǽre?)

wósig

(adj.)
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wósig, adj.

Juicysucculent

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Ða beóð fulle of gehwǽdum leáfum wel wósigum, 258, 3

ge-wittiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wittiglíce, adv.
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And ðǽrrihte wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðám fúlan gáste, and gewittiglíce sprǽc, Hml. Th. i. 458, 6

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Hine man byrigde ful wurðlíce, 1036; Erl. 165, 35. in a fitting manner, worthily Wé willaþ offrian wurðlíce úrum Drihtne, Ex. 10, 9

ed-niwe

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwe, adv.

Anew, again dēnuo

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Anew, again; dēnuo Swá se fugel weorþeþ gomel æfter geárum geong edniwe thus the bird becomes old after years and young again, Exon. 59 b; Th. 215, 25; Ph. 258

styfic-weg

(n.)
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Tó ðám fúlan wege, sé hátte stificweg (cf. stifincweg, iv. 66, 24), C. D. iii. 409, 13. Andlang stifigweges, v. 321, 28

fugel-tras

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>fugel-treów,</b> es; n. A pole for spreading bird-nets Fugultreó amites (amites perticae aucupales, Festus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 18. Fugeltrió, 6, 58

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Ðæt treów biþ bedolfen and mid meoxe beworpen ... ðæt meox is ðæt gemynd his fúlan dǽda ... Hwæt is fúlre ðonne meox? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 29-33: Lk. Skt. 13, 8. Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott.

Linked entry: mix

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

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Sió leáse gesǽlþ tíhþ on lást neádinga ( inevitably ) ða ðe hiere tó geþeódaþ from ðǽm sóðum gesǽlþum; seó wiðerweardnes full oft ealle ða ðe hiere underþeódde bióþ, neádinga getíhþ tó ðám sóðum gesǽlþum, swá swá mid angle fisc gefangen biþ, Bt. 20; Fox

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw, Wulfst. 72, 14. Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 192, 20. Sió sláwe torpens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 2.

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

stípel

(n.)
Grammar
stípel, es ; m.
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D.) fut gehende he was buried at the west end (of the minster at Ely) quite close to the tower, Chr. 1036 ; Erl. 165, 38. Ðæt hé gesáwe ða burh and ðone stípel ( the tower of Babel ), Gen. 11, 5. Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25.

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geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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Add: marking position, yonder, away there Hér hí synd full gehende geond on Célian dúne here they are quite close away there on the Celian hill, Hml. S. 23, 305. Hí synd hér geond on þám scræfe æt Célian dúne, 734.

geára

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Ná ealles full geáre (geáro, v. l.) non ante longa tempora Gr. D. 228, 5. Þæt wæs geára iú, Kr. 28. Ús geára ǽr wítgan þé tóweardne sægdon, Bl. H. 87, 10: Met. 20, 52. Þá þe ǽr wǽron Godes þá gecorenan geára on helle, Bl. H. 103, 11 : Ps.

leóma

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Þonne se móna beó full, and his leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Angl. viii. 323, 6. Glitenode gelícnys þǽre Crístes róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 43. Úp ásprungum leóman exorto (solis) jubare, i. splendore, An.

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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Kluge takes the word to be sól = sun, and observes 'die form des kuchens war für die benennung massgebend,' Engl. Stud. viii. 479. Sol = mire would give a name that suggests the later February fill-dyke, and would not be inappropriate.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
cýððu, ee; f.

A native country, home situs natalis

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A native country, home; situs natalis Fugel his cýððu séceþ the bird seeks its home, Exon. 59 b; Th. 217, 9; Ph. 277: Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 9; Hy. 4, 114

bleó-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-brygd, es; m? n?

A variegated colourcolor variegatus

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[bleó colour, bregdan to change] A variegated colour; color variegatus Is se fugel fæger, bleóbrygdum fág the bird is fair, shining with variegated colours, Exon. 60 a; Tb. 218, 9; Ph. 292

fracoþ-nes

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Hí gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse, Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455

seohtre

(n.)
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Tó ðám fúlan siðre; of ðone fúlan siðre on ðæt díc, v. 304, 24. [On sihterwíc, vi. 56, 16.]

un-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþanc, es; m. n.

Evil thought

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Evil thought Bútan hé mid fulre dǽdbóte his ungeþanc gebéte, R. Ben. 21, 6. Áfyrsiaþ of mínre gesyhðe ða ungeðanc eówra heortena auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis, Wulfst. 48, 20