eofor-þrote
The carline thistle ⬩ carlina acaulis
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Wið heáfodece sceal eofor-þrote carline thistle shall [serve] for head-ache. Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: I. 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 13: 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 19, 28: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16.
á-metan
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Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle, Bl. H. 197, 23. Syndon betwyh þám twám mynstrum þreóttýne mila ámetenra (-metene, v. l. ], Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 480, 14. Ámetenra demetarum, Wrt.
rinc
A man (a poetical term)
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Árás ðá se ríca ( Hrothgar ), ymb hine rinc manig, þegna heáp 804; B. 399. Ðá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb ðæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded, Andr. Kmbl. 2234; An. 1118. Ðæt wæs rihtwís rinc ( Boethius ), Met. 1, 49.
ge-stincan
To perceive by the sense of smelling; ⬩ olfacere aliquid ⬩ odorare ⬩ odorari
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Sume mágon gehíran, sume gestincan some can hear, some smell, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 24. Ðonne gé ða swétan stencas gestincaþ when ye smell the sweet odours, Blickl. Homl. 59, 3.
geár-gemynd
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A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib
ge-mód
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The mind, heart Se háta maga þurst þrowað and nearonesse and geswógunga and gemódes tweónunge (cf. þám men bið þurst getenge and nearones and geswógunga and módes tweónung, 194, 3), Lch. ii. 160, 6.
hám-færeld
A going home ⬩ a going home
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A going home Ðá Antigones ðæt ongeat ðá forlét hé ðæt setl; ac Ymenis him wénde fram Antigones hámfæreld micelra untreówþa when Antigonus heard that he abandoned the siege: but Eumenes anticipated for himself great treachery from Antigonus' going home
ge-swǽre
Heavy ⬩ oppressed ⬩ afflicted
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Heavy, oppressed, afflicted He lǽrde ǽlcne man ðe geswǽre and ofercumen, and eft gefriþod byþ, ðæt he swá ylce Gode þancode he taught every man that is oppressed and overcome, and afterwards is saved, that he in the same way should thank God, Ps.
hréd-eádig
Glorious ⬩ noble ⬩ triumphant
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Glorious, noble, triumphant Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 33; Cri. 945.
GNÍDAN
To rub ⬩ break ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ comminuere
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Gníd ða þungana and on ufan ðæt héfd rub the temples and the top of the head, 292, 23. Gníd swíðe smale to duste rub very small, to dust, Herb. 1, 2; Lchdm. i. 70, 14
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á-stífian
to become incapable of motion ⬩ to become incapable of action from fear, wonder
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Þǽr stænt ástífad stáne gelícast eal árleás heáp stupet attonito impia turba timore, Dóm. L. 173
fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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Seó earc wæs .ccc. fæðmena lang and .1. fæðmena wíd and xxx fǽðmena heáh, Sal. K. 184, 29. an arm which embraces; in pl.
mæðel
an assembly ⬩ a deliberative or judicial meeting ⬩ council ⬩ speech ⬩ address ⬩ harangue ⬩ conversation
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Icel. vera á máli to converse) thou didst hear the holy man Moses when conversing with him, Elen. Kmbl. 1568; El. 78 b.
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wiþ-útan
Without ⬩ without ⬩ outside of ⬩ without ⬩ without
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Grammar wiþ-útan, with dat. without (the opposite of within), outside of Wiðútan ðæm díce is geworht heáh weall, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 19. Ðá cwæð man mycel gemót wiðútan Lundene, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 16.
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grénnes
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Cf. gréne; Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen, ðeáh wé hí for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón me mægen for grénnesse, ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien ( tamen non repente in fabrica (lignum) ponitur, ut prius
deáh
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of dugan
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floterian
To FLUTTER ⬩ be disquieted or troubled ⬩ be carried by the waves ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ fluctibus ferri
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To FLUTTER, be disquieted or troubled, be carried by the waves; fluctuāre, fluctibus ferri Ðín heorte floteraþ on gýtsunge thy heart flutters or is disquieted with covetousness; cor tuum fluctuat avārĭtia, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 28.
ge-cúþlǽcan
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Paulus hine gecúðlǽhte tó ðám hálgan heápe Crístes hírédes (cf. tentabat se jungere discipulis, Acts 9, 26), Hml. Th. i. 388, 10
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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And ðonne hé hám cume gylde ðam cynge hundtwelftig scillinga of the hearth-penny. Let every hearth-penny be paid up by St.
brant
High, deep, steep, difficult; ⬩ altus, arduus
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High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe. Andr.
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