wealcere
A walker ⬩ a fuller
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Lancashire Gloss. s. v. walk-mill), a fuller Wealceres fullones (- is ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 3
Æ
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune for æ is ᚨ; which is also put for æsc an ash-tree, the name of the letter. v. æsc. B. The long or accented ǽ has the sound of ea in meat, sea.
nama
a name ⬩ a noun
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a name Sumum men, ðam is Æþelm nama, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 24. Wæs ðam hæftméce Hrunting nama, Beo. Th. 2919; B. 1457. Ðære (eá) is Geon noma, Cd. Th. 15, 9; Gen. 230. Ego hoc feci, ic dyde ðis, ðon stent se ic on ðínes naman stede, Ælfc.
FEARR
a bull, an ox ⬩ taurus, bos ⬩ the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac ⬩ taurus
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Lamb. 49, 13: 67, 31: Gen. 32, 15. the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac; taurus Óðer ðæra tácna ys geháten taurus, ðæt is fearr the second of the signs is called taurus, that is a bull, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 4; Lchdm. iii
Linked entry: fear
hú-meta
How ⬩ quomodo
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Nú is tó besceáwigenne húmeta se ælmihtiga God geþafaþ ðæt ... now it is to be considered how it is that the almighty God permits that ..., 486, 17.
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módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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Se eahteoða heáfodleahter is módignyss (þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan superbia, þet is on englisc modinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 33), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 22. Flǽsces tóbryte módignesse carnis terat superbiam, Hymn. Surt. 9, 22.
un-gelífedlíc
Incredible ⬩ marvellous
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Ðæs wealles micelness is ungeliéfedlíc tó secgenne murorum ejus vix credibilis relatu magnitudo, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 14. Hit is ungeliéfedlíc tó secganne incredibile dictu est, 3, 9; Swt. 134, 15.
and-weard
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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local Hé is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . hé is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.
hold
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The importance of the hold in England is marked in the following passage:-
hoppe
An ornament suspended from the neck, ⬩ a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck
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hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer, L. Edg. H. 8; Th. i. 260, 16.
Linked entry: ge-hopp
be-dǽlan
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Nis nán man swá swíþe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; F. 156, 7. where what is possessed is taken away Bescyrede vel bedǽlde fraudaverat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 46.
eóh
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree ⬩ taxus
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is
fant-fæt
A font vessel, the font for baptism ⬩ baptistērii vas
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font-vessel, sinful through Adam's transgression, but it is washed from all sins within, though without it change not its appearance, Homl.
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friþ-gegilda
A member of a peace-guild ⬩ congildo ⬩ sŏdālis ⬩ sŏcius
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A member of a peace-guild; congildo, sŏdālis, sŏcius Ðis is seó gerǽdnis ðe ða biscopas and ða geréfan ðe to Lundenbyrig hýraþ gecweden habbaþ on úrum friþgegyldum, ǽgðer ge eorlisce ge ceorlisce this is the ordinance that the bishops and reeves which
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in-gemynd
Memory ⬩ mind ⬩ remembrance
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Húlíc is se organ ingemyndum tó begonganne ðam ðe his gást wile ásceádan of scyldum of what nature is the Pater Noster for use by the mind, in the case of him who will separate his spirit from guilt, Salm. Kmbl. 108 ; Sal. 53
ge-wittig
Wise ⬩ knowing ⬩ sane ⬩ conscious ⬩ intelligens
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Ne forlǽt ðé nán ðe gewityg byt nor does any one forsake thee that is wise, Shrn. 166, 28. Sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege beórhyrde gód one is expert at feasting, a good keeper of beer, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 26; Crä. 74: Beo. Th. 6179; B. 3094
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glida
A kite ⬩ glede
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Se ðe þurh reáflác gewilnaþ ða þing ðe he mid his eágum wiðútan sceáwaþ se is glida ná culfre he who by rapine desires the things that he sees with his eyes without, he is a kite, not a dove, Homl. Th. i. 586, 6: Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 23; Rä. 25, 5
GEÓL
festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium
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Feówertig daga ǽr eástran and feówertig daga ǽr Cristes acennisse ðæt is ǽr geólum fourty days before Easter and fourty days before Christ's birth, that is, before Christmas, Shrn. 82, 11
tácn-bora
a standard-bearer ⬩ a leader, guide, director
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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22
riht-raciend
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An expounder of right Seó Salomannes bóc . . . is genæmned Ecclesiastes. Seó bóc is ágendlíce on Ænglisc rihtraciend geháten . . . In þǽre rihtan race byþ oft forð . . . bróht se dóm . . .
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