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forþ-bláwan

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For Cot. 78 substitute

frǽ-fætt

Grammar
frǽ-fætt, l. frǽ-fǽtt,
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Voc. ii. 96, 47. and for Cot. 177 substitute

frǽ-micel

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For Cot. 178 Substitute

sláhþorn-weg

(n.)

a road along which blackthorns grow

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a road along which blackthorns grow, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 27

ge-wemmodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wemmodlíce, adv.

Corruptly ⬩ impurely

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Corruptly, impurely Gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ corrupte loquimur, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

An OAR ⬩ remus

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Sume hæfdon lx ára some had sixty oars, Chr, 897; Th. 174, 43, col. 1. Sǽrófe árum bregdaþ ýþbord [MS. yþborde] neáh brave seamen draw the vessel near with oars, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 26; Crä. 57

cwealm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
cwealm-bǽre, cwylm-bǽre; adj. [-bǽre, an adj. termination; producing, bearing]

Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortifĕrus

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Catal. 164, 48, col. 1 . Drenc mid ðam cwealmbǽrum áttre gemenged a drink mingled with deadly poison, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17: 260, 11. Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum, Mone B. 4905 .

Linked entry: cwylm-bǽre

Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert died, who reigned thirty-seven years and seven months, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 25, col. 1

blendan

(v.)
Grammar
blendan, he blent; p. blende; pp. blended, blend; v. trans.

To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken ⬩ cæcare, obscurare

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Man hine blende, and hine swá blindne brohte to ðám munecum they blinded him, and brought him thus blind to the monks, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 17, col. 2; Ælf. Tod. 14

Linked entries: a-blendan for-blindian

þrinen

(adj.)
Grammar
þrinen, adj.

Threefold ⬩ trinus

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Cat. 292, col. 1

Linked entry: þrynen

Candel-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
Candel-mæsse, an; f.

CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles ⬩ festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ

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D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days at Candlemas, Chr. 1014; Th. 272, 25, col. 1

befer

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D. vi. 257, col. 2

ge-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyttan, -cnyhtan; p. -cnytte; pp. -cnytted, -cnytt, -cnyt [cnyttan to tie]

To tie or fasten to ⬩ to annex ⬩ adnectĕre ⬩ allīgāre

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To tie or fasten to, to annex; adnectĕre, allīgāre Gecnyttan adnectĕre, Cot. 4. Bende gicnyhtest vinculo nexius ti, Rtl. 108, 21. Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt.

Linked entry: ge-cnycc

fæger

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fæger, fægr; comp. m. fægerra; f. n. fægerre; sup. -est, -ost, -ast, -ust; adj. [fæger beauty, fairness]

FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis

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FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet; pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis Swá fæger swá swá Alcibiades wæs as fair as Alcibiades was, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 18, 24, 25. Seó wæs fæger which was fair, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 22, 23. On hrusan

Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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carry off, Chr. 905;Th. 180, 22, col. 1, 2

Linked entry: Brǽden

þorn-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-stybb, -stubb, es; m.

The stump of a thorn-tree

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The stump of a thorn-tree Tó ðæm þornstybbe; of ðam þornstybbe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 252, 28. Tó ðan þornstybbe, vi. 8, 33, 37. On ðonæ þornstub, v. 291, 11. On ðone þornstyb; of ðam stybbe, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 169, 33

mód

Grammar
mód, <b>. I a.</b>
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Eálá gé ðeówan . . . swá hwæt swá gé wyrcað, wyrcað mid móde, swá swá Gode sylfum servi . . . quodcumque facitis ex animo (heartily, A.V.) operamini, sicut Domino (Col. 2, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 336, 23.

wull-mod

(n.)
Grammar
wull-mod, (-mód?)

a distaff

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a distaff Wulmod colus, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 80: ii. 16, 32: colum, 25, 9: 134, 59. Uuilmod (wulf-) colus, Txts. 54, 306

Linked entry: will-mod

a-crimman

(v.)
Grammar
a-crimman, p. -cramm, pl. -crummon; pp. -crummen

To crumble ⬩ friare

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To crumble; friare Acrummen in micas fractus, Cot. 88: 179: 193

áter-drinca

(n.)
Grammar
áter-drinca, an; m.

A poisonous potion or drink ⬩ poison ⬩ potio venenata ⬩ venenum

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A poisonous potion or drink, poison; potio venenata, venenum,Cot. 24