mid-spreca
One who speaks on behalf of another
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One who speaks on behalf of another Paulus wæs midspreca and bewerigend ðære ealdan ǽ Paul was an advocate and defender of the old law, Homl. Th. i. 388, 32
antre
Radish ⬩ raphanus ⬩ raphanis sativa
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raphanus, raphanis sativa Dó ðonne betonican and antran add then betony and ontre [radish? ], L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 3. Ancre [antre?], ðæt is rædic raphanus, Mone A. 493
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rǽd-bora
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Seó gerǽdnes ðe Angelcynnes witan and Wealhþeóde rǽdboran gesetton, L. O. D. tit. ; Th. i. 352, 2. Rǽdboran jurisperiti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 41. Rédboran, 112, 13. Rǽdborena juris peritorum, Hpt. Gl. 524, 68. Cf. rǽd-gifa
wicce
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Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10. Wiccan, Wulfst. 165, 34. Wiccena parcarum, Anglia xiii, 31, 104. v. Grmm. D. M. p. 985
þweora
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.
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hangelle
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An implement that hangs, Rä. 45, 6
cipe
An onion ⬩ cæpa, allium cæpe
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An onion; cæpa, allium cæpe, Lin Cipe an onion, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 24. Genim garleac and cipan take garlic and onion, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 15.
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sorgian
to care ⬩ be anxious ⬩ feel anxiety or care ⬩ absolute ⬩ to sorrow ⬩ grieve ⬩ be sorry ⬩ for, on ⬩ absolute ⬩ to be anxious; to sorrow
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Kmbl. 2456; An. 1229. with preps. ymbe, for Hé sorgaþ ymb ða (useless works) and biþ ðara suíðe gemyndig and forgiett his selfes mens fit in exteriorum dispositione sollicita, et sui ignara, Past. 4, 1; Swt. 37, 19.
grút
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<b>grýt, grút;</b> f. and add Grút far, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 76. Gruiit ( = grýt (?), grút (?)) pollinis, 117, 64. Clam wiþ þon; þá reádan tigelan, gecnúwa tó dúste, gemeng wið grút, Lch. ii. 114, 25
ticia
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A tick (an insect infesting animals) Ticia ricinus, Txts. 109, 1130
mete-cleofa
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A pantry Met[e]clyf[a] cellarium, An. Ox. 56, 270
pise
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Healde hi hinc wið pisan and wid ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 2
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ele-greófa
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An oil-pot (v. greófa); or fibrous material saturated with oil (?) (cf. O. H.
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oter-hola
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An otter's hole Of ðam oterholan, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 23, 30
plegestre
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A female athlete Cemp[ena], plegestr[en]a luctatorum, An. Ox. 4735
sirwe
An artifice ⬩ device ⬩ plot ⬩ wile
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An artifice, device, plot, wile Syrwan (serwan) insidiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 14
efen-wǽge
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An equipoise Ebnwége aequipensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 47. Efenwǽge equipensium, 143, 71
telga
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See iii. xxxix, and Leo, Place Names, p. 66. figurative Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncyste in ðæm telgan, ðone hé geteáh ǽr of ðan wyrtruman, Bd. 1, 27; M. 82, 14. Wr-ohtes telgan, Cd. Th. 61, 3; Gen. 991.
þelma
Heat
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Heat Se þelma and sió hǽto, Lchdm. ii. 82, 10
ísen-tanga
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Substitute: isen-tange, an; f. A pair of snuffers ísentange munctorium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 314, 9