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un-ámelt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámelt, adj.

Unmelted

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Unmelted Unámaelte (-melti, Erf.) smeoruue pice, saevo, Txts. 87, 1581

Linked entries: á-miltan á-meltan

wægn-þoll

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-þoll, ; m.

A cart-pin

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A cart-pin Wǽnðoll aries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 72

Linked entry: þoll

tóþ-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-sticca, an; m.

A tooth-pick

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A tooth-pick Tóþsticca dentile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 68

Linked entry: tóþ-gár

mentel-preón

(n.)
Grammar
mentel-preón, es; m.

A mantle-pinbrooch

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A mantle-pin, brooch Hió becwiþ hyre mentelpreón, Charl. Th. 533, 33

wealc-spinel

(n.)
Grammar
wealc-spinel, e; f.

A curling-iron crisping-pin

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A curling-iron, crisping-pin Walcspinl calamistrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 75

Linked entry: ge-wealcian

þréwel-spinl

(n.)
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a crisping-pin Þréwelspinle (þrǽwel- ? þráwing- ?) calamistro, An. Ox. 23, 26

á-delfan

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Gr. 179, 11. to dig, dig out a pit Hé ádylfð ðone pytt lacum effodit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. Also v.

Linked entry: a-dylf

becca

(n.)
Grammar
becca, an ; m.

A BECKpick-axemattockligomarra

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A BECK, pick-axe, mattock; ligo, marra, Ælfe. Gl. 2 ; Som. 55, 42

blæc-teru

(n.)
Grammar
blæc-teru, g. wes; n.

Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluidpix fluida, naphtha

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Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluid; pix fluida, naphtha, Som

ár-fæst

(adj.)
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Add: pious, righteous, honourable Árfæst pius, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 67. Wearð Nerua, swíðe árfæst man, tó cásere gecoren, Hml. Th. i. 60, 6.

BEARG

(n.)
Grammar
BEARG, bearh, es; m.

A castrated boara barrow pigmajālis

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A castrated boar, a barrow pig; majālis Amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda a fattened swine, a barrow pig [castrated boar] grunting in beech woods, Exon. 111 b ; Th. 428, 10 ; Rä. 41, 106. Bearh majalis, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt.

Linked entries: bearug berg

wulf-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-seáþ, es; m.

A wolf-pit

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A wolf-pit Be eástan ðæm wulfseáðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 264, 5

pisle

(n.)
Grammar
pisle, an; f. (?) A warm (?) chamber
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pis(a)le fýrhús), Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 58

lám-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
lám-pytt, es; m.

A clay-pit

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A clay-pit Swá andlang mearce on lámpyttas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 24

word-cennend

(n.)
Grammar
word-cennend, es; m.

The begetter of the Word

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The begetter of the Word (Jn. l, I) Ó milda Wordcennend pie Verbigena, Germ. 389, 2

Linked entries: cennend word

blǽc-pytt

(n.)
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a bleaching-pit (?) On blǽcpit; of blǽcpytte (the æ is accented), C. D. v. 332, 14

tóþ-gár

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-gár, es; m.

A tooth-pick

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A tooth-pick Dó medmicel on ða eágan mid tóþ-gáre, Lchdm. ii. 36, 9

Linked entry: tóþ-sticca

up-legen

(n.)
Grammar
up-legen, e; f.

A hair-pin

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A hair-pin Uplegen discriminale, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 1. Uplegene vel feaxpreónas discriminalia, i.17, 2

swilige

(n.)
Grammar
swilige, an; f.
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A pit(?) Of mǽrdíc on ðá wæterswylian; of ðǽre swylian on mǽrðom, C.D. vi. 220, 23

Linked entry: swylige

hring-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
hring-pytt, es; m.
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A circular pit On hringpyt, C. D. v. 325, 14: 340, 19. Hryngpyt, 291, 23. Hrungputt, 112, 32