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rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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I. 85, 3; Th. i. 592, 13

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warpan implement for weavinga shuttle (?)

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Voc. ii. 14, 4. Wefl vel óweb cladicla, 131, 59. Wefl cladica, 16, 31: i. 66, 13: 281, 76. Uuefl panuculum, ii. 116, 29: titica (cf. O. H. Ger. below), 122, 33.

Linked entry: wefta

ám

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Aam cautere; cautere, ferrum id est haam, Txts. 47, 352. Cautere i. aam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 78. Hé sceal habban . . . amb ( = ám?), Angl. ix. 263, 13. Add

breahtmian

(v.)
Grammar
breahtmian, p. ode

To creakwhizz

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-miende; the same passage as in previous example is glossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 72

Linked entries: brehtnian bearhtmian

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustusthe month of Augustmensis Augustus

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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34. Búton Agustuse sylfum without Augustus himself

Linked entry: Augustus

fiógan

(v.)
Grammar
fiógan, fión; p. fióde, pl. fiódon

To hateōdisse

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Ðæt is unriht ǽghwelcum men ðæt he óðerne fióge it is wicked in every man that he should hate another, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 47; Met. 27, 24

land-splott

(n.)
Grammar
land-splott, es; m.

A small portionplot

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A small portion, or plot, of ground Mín is mannaseisca landsplot meus est mannases, Ps. Lamb. 59, 9. Ðisne landsplot becwæþ Æþelwine intó Abbendúne [it is spoken of before asparva ruris particula, ruris particula], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 39, 12

un-medumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-medumlíce, adv.

Unmeetlyunworthily

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Unmeetly, unworthily Is swíðe frécendlíc ðæt ðæm húsle hwá ungeclǽnsod and unmedomlíce onfoo, L. E. G. 44; Th. ii. 440, 22. Mínne hád ic hæbbe unmedumlíce gehealden, L. de Cf. 9; Th. ii. 264, 10. Unmeodomlíce, Anglia xi. 99, 60

flot-smere

(n.)
Grammar
flot-smere, flot-smeoru, wes; n.
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Floating fat, fat or grease floating in a vessel in which meat is cooked Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare . . . ne flǽsc ne flotsmeru, ne cyse ne cyslyb, Angl. ix. 260, 13. Substitute:

slím

(n.)
Grammar
slím, es; m. (?) n. (?)

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Voc. ii. 54, 14. borbus, cena 126, 53. Áfæstnod ic eom on líme (slíme ? cf. Ps. 68, 3: I am festened in slime depenesse) grundes infixus sum in limo profundi Ps. Spl. 68, 2

ge-lecgan

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D. iv. 55, 9

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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D. iii. 52, 7. Þára fíf and twéntig hígda, C. D. B. ii. 142, l. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, i. 414, 15 (and often). Hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18. Ic sello ii hída on Hwátedúne, C.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Gif man inne feoh genimeþ se man iii gelde gebéte if a man take property within [i. e. in a house] let that man pay a threefold compensation, L. Ethb. 28; Th. i. 10, 1 [cf. Icel. brenna inni to be burnt to death in a house].

Linked entry: innian

bledu

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Voc. i. 82, 44: fiola, 290, 79 : ii. 36, 63. Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24.

Hwiccas

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Wilfrid is Hwicca biscop, 5, 23; Sch. 690, 16. ¶ Perhaps the word is used in a limited and in a wider sense.

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.
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Ic sette mín wedd on écne trúwan ( in foedus sempiternum). Gen. 17, 19. Ic behét mínne trúwan pepigi foedus, Ex. 6, 4. IV. faithful care, protection :-- Ic hine nam on mínne trúwan ego in meam hunc recepi fidem, Gen. 44, 32

Linked entry: trúa

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, <b>. I.</b>
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Gif mannes múð sár sié ge týdred, Lch. ii. 4, 1. Gif ic underfó in mé þone hád tédriendra manna ... ic mage gehelpan þám tédriendum mannum si infirmantium in me personam suscepero, infirmantibus prodesse possum, Gr. D. 267, 17-21

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Th. ii. 104, 26. Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes, Homl. Skt. 3, 585. In merne in crastinum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34. On merne, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 43: 12, 12. Tó merne cras, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 32. On mergen in crastinum, Jn. Skt. 1, 43: 12, 12.

Linked entries: mergen merne

Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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See Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, Stallybrass's translation, vol. i. p. 163, vol. iv. pp. 1709 sqq. ¶ the word is found in place-names, e. g. Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Wé sprecað be ðǽre heofonlican cwéne endebyrdlíce æfter wífháde we are quite in order in speaking of the heavenly queen as if she were woman, Hml. Th. i. 546, 14.