mædere
Madder
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man gryas and óðrum naman mædere nemneþ, Herb. 51, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 12 : L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 15
Linked entry: medere
fyðer-ríca
A ruler over a fourth part ⬩ tetrarch ⬩ tetrarches ⬩ tetrarcha ⬩ τετράρχηs
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he who has a fourth part of a kingdom, Homl.
nihte-gale
A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night ⬩ the night-raven ⬩ the nightingale
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A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night. the night-raven Naechthraebn, ali dicunt nectigalae noctua, Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15; but more generally the nightingale Naectegale luscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30 : roscinia, 119, 23.
Linked entry: -gale
collecta
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A collect Ǽr þám seó collecta ( collecta ) beó geended, Angl. xiii. 406, 590. Cweðe se sácerd þone collectan, and geendige þá mæssan mid ánre collectan, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 1-4. Collectan (gebedu, R. Ben. I. 42, 18) letania, R. Ben. 37, 2.
níd-dǽda
One who does something under compulsion
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Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 21. Cf. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oððe unwillum oððe ungewealdes, 13; Th. i. 46, 22
Linked entries: nídes níd-wraca níd-wyrhta
ge-scola
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A fellow-scholar Gescola condiscipulus, i. conscolaris, An. Ox. 2271
freoðu-webbe
A peace-weaver ⬩ woman ⬩ pācis textrix ⬩ conciliatrix ⬩ mŭlier
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And. u. El. 144
Linked entries: freoðo-webbe webbe
miltestre
A harlot
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Mánfulle and myltystran publicani et meretrices, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 31, 32
pusa
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Áwurp stánas in tó ðám pusum, and besenc hý on sǽlícum ýþum, ii. 418, 6. Posa peram, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 8 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3 : 10, 4
Linked entry: posa
tilia
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A. ad agricolas) his þeów . . . Ðá cwǽdon ða tilian (coloni) . . . Ðæs wíngeardes hláford fordéþ ða tiligean (tylian, MS. A. colonos ), Mk. Skt. 12, 2, 7, 9
Linked entry: tiliga
carte
Paper, a piece of paper, a deed ⬩ charta
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[Lat. charta] Paper, a piece of paper, a deed; charta = χάρτης Híg hym tosendon áne cartan, seó wæs ðus awriten [MS. awryten] they sent a paper to him, which was thus inscribed, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 5.
Linked entry: caerte
hild-stapa
One who steps to war, ⬩ a warrior
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One who steps to war, a warrior, Andr. Kmbl. 2517; An. . 1260
flítme
A fleam ⬩ lancet
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A fleam, lancet Blódsexe, flýtman fiebotomo, An. Ox. 1984
Linked entry: flýtme
áre
Honour ⬩ honesty ⬩ favour ⬩ benefit ⬩ pity ⬩ mercy ⬩ honor ⬩ honestas ⬩ gratia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ misericordia
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We ðec árena biddaþ we pray thee for thy mercies, Exon. 53 a ; Th. 186, 6 ; Az. 15
CRABBA
A CRAB, crayfish ⬩ cancer ⬩ a sign of the zodiac ⬩ cancer ⬩ signum zodiaci ⬩ cancer
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A CRAB, crayfish; cancer Crabba cancer Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 74; Wrt. Voc. 55, 78; 77, 68. Hwæt féhst ðú on sæ? Crabban and lopystran quid capis in mari? Cancros et polypodes Coll. Monast.
tunne
A barrel ⬩ cask
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Nim fela tunnan, and dó hí ðǽr on innan . . . Hí wurdon ðá gebrohte ealle tó ðám tunnum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 259-307
FLEÓGE
A FLY ⬩ musca
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A FLY; musca Fleóge masca, Wrt. Voc. 77, 53: 281, 33. For ðé ic gebidde and ðeós fleóge færþ fram ðé ōrābo Dŏmĭnum et recēdet musca a Pharaōne, Ex. 8, 29. Ðæt ðǽr ne beóþ náne fleógan ut non sint ĭbi muscæ, 8, 22.
Linked entries: flége buttor-fleóge
þúma
The thumb
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Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24. Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte. Gif se nægl biþ of áslegen, ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28.
un-hlísa
Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy
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Sume swíðe yfele férdon ... and yfele geendodon on heora unhlísan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 10. Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208
CEÁCE
The jaw, CHEEK ⬩ maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena
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Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks, L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11