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weorold-wela

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wela, an; m.
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Waa ieów welegum, ðe iówer lufu eall and tóhopa is on eówrum woruldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 24. Ðiossum woruldwelum, 45 ; Swt. 339, 6.

mægen-þyse

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þyse, an; f.

Violence ⬩ force

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Violence, force Sóna ðæt onfindeþ se ðe mec féhþ ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteþ ðæt hé hrycge sceal hrusan sécan soon doth he find that fights against me, and with my force comes into conflict, that with his back he must visit the earth, Exon

Linked entry: þyse

folgian

(v.)
Grammar
folgian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed; v. trans, dot. and acc.

to FOLLOW ⬩ go behind ⬩ run after ⬩ pursue ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ to follow as a servant, attendant or disciple ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ adhærēre alicui ⬩ servīre ⬩ subdĭtus esse

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He forlǽteþ láre ðíne and mánþeáwum mínum folgaþ he shall desert thy doctrine and follow my evil customs, Elen. Kmbl. 1857; El. 930.

Linked entry: FYLGEAN

dwola

(n.)
Grammar
dwola, an; m.
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Gl. 308), Scint. 223, 3. a heretic, schismatic Dwola hereticus, An. Ox. 27, 14. Dwolan scismatici, 2854

turf-hacce

(n.)
Grammar
turf-hacce, (?), an; f.
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N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43

efen-heáfda

(n.)
Grammar
efen-heáfda, an; m.
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A fellow, comrade Ꝥá wæs óðer man, þæs mannes efenheáfda ( unus de conservis suis, Mt. 18, 28), þætte him sceolde án hund peninga . . . hé náne líðe þám his efenheáfdan gedón nolde, Nap. 19

GÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
GÓMA, an; m.
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Me is on gómum gód and swéte ðín ágen word quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 103: 136, 5: 149, 6. He ða grimman góman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre he clashes fast together the fierce jaws, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden man ⬩ clinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

gár-clife

(n.)
Grammar
gár-clife, an; f.

Agrimony ⬩ agrĭmōnia eupătŏria

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Agrimony; agrĭmōnia eupătŏria Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man agrimoniam, and óðrum naman gárclife nemneþ take this herb, which is named agrimony, and by another name garclive, Herb. 32, 1; Lchdm. i. 130, 3. Genim gárclifan take garclive, L.

Linked entry: car-clife

dim-hofe

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hofe, an; f.
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Gl. 494, 77-8), An. Ox. 3768. Dimhoua latibula, i. secreta, 1677

bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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Bát, barca, i. 47, 62: 56, 10:, An. Ox. 5457: 4, 91. Þrié Scottas cómon on ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum . . . Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde, Chr. 891; P. 82, 18-22. Flota wæs on ýðum, bát under beorge, B. 211.

deór-haga

(n.)
Grammar
deór-haga, (?), an; m.
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A deer-enclosure, deer-park Ic an mine cnihtes þat wude at Aungre búten þat dérhage, Cht. Th. 574, 20. [O. H. Ger. Teorhage (local name]. Cf. Ger. wild-gehäge.] v. next word

ge-metan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metan, p. -mæt and -mette , pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans.

to measure, measure back or again ⬩ metiri, remetiri ⬩ to measure by traversing or going over ⬩ metiri transeundo

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And. 47, 2. to measure by traversing or going over; metiri transeundo And his cwén mid him medo-stíg gemæt and his queen with him measured the mead way [way to the mead-hall], Beo. Th. 1852; B. 924

mitta

(n.)
Grammar
mitta, an; m.

A measure, both dry and liquid, as for corn, meal, ale, honey

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His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg þrittig mittan clǽnes melowes and sixtig mittan óðres melowes 'Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal' (1 Kings 4, 22), Homl. Th. ii. 576, 31-32.

Linked entry: an-mitta

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Hé gewende tó his gewunelican helpe, scrýdde hine mid hǽran . . . and fæstende þurhwunode on singallum gebedum, Hml. S. 31, 661. Hé geaf six and twéntig cottlífa eallum tó hylpe, C D. B. ii. 389, 33.

Linked entry: helpe

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice

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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

stapa

(n.)
Grammar
stapa, an; m.
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Ger. houui-staffo locusta.] in cpds. án-, eard-, hǽþ-, hild-, mearc-, mór-stapa

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;f.

A tunic ⬩ coat

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Ðá sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán him on bismer, and eft hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ða ðe hié tó gehéton, ðæt hé ealles búton árunge tó Róme ne com (the Latin seems to have been misunderstood, it is: Senatus sagurn, hoc est, vestern moeroris

Linked entry: tunice

morþ-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-slaga, an; m.

A murderer ⬩ an assassin

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A murderer, an assassin Sý ǽlc morþslaga áwirged maledictus, qui clam percusserit proximum suum, Deut. 27, 24. Oferfyll biþ mǽgbana and morþslaga, Wulfst. 242, 6

Linked entry: morþor-slaga

mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-eye

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See Lchdm. ii. 398, col. 2, iii. 337, col. 1, and E. D. S. Plant-names under mathes and May-weed.]

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa