for-fang
druncen
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Ne genihtsumað þé ꝥ þú sylf an ꝥ druncen beyrnst, Chrd. 74, 30. )
bí-breád
Bee-bread ⬩ apium panis
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Bee-bread; apium panis Þynceþ bíbreád swétre, gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seemeth sweeter, if he before has a taste of bitter, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9
Linked entry: bí
birc-holt
A birch holt or grove ⬩ betuletum
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum
blæc-teru
Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluid ⬩ pix fluida, naphtha
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Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluid; pix fluida, naphtha, Som
boðen
Rosemary, darnel ⬩ rosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalis ⬩ lolium
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Rosemary, darnel; rosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalis, Lin. lolium Ðeós wyrt, ðe man rosmarinum [MS. rosmarim], and óðrum naman boðen, nemneþ, byþ cenned on sandigum landum this herb, which is called rosmarinus, and by another name rosemary, is produced
ge-cíd
Strife ⬩ lis
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Strife; lis Geciid lis, Rtl. 162, 28
Linked entry: ge-cygd
reód
Red, red colouring
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Red, red colouring Reóde gnídan fucare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49
steor-wigle
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Prognostication by the stars, astrology Stiorwigle ł mearcunge constellationem (cf. constellatio leáses spelles talu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 68; and Span, constelacion prognostication of the stars), stiorwiglu constellationes, Hpt. Gl. 467, 78. Stiorwigl
Linked entries: steor-sceáwere steor-wiglung wígle
stród
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Andlang díces on ðæt stród; eást andlang stródes; of ðam stróde on scagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 230, 4. Útt þurh Wynnawudu on stróð norðweard ( the reference is to the same place in both charters ), 334, 32. On secgláges stród; of secgláhes stróde, iii.
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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A token, sign Tácne dicimenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 53: 25, 57. Tácn indicia, 44, 68. a sign, significant form Heofoncyninges tácen the cross, Elen. Kmbl. 341; El. 171. Torht tácen Godes the sun, Exon. Th. 204, 11; Ph. 96. Bútan Godes tácne ( the cross
tægl-hǽr
A hair of an animal's tail
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A hair of an animal's tail Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemæstan on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð, Lchdm. i. 360, 21
tæl-met
A measure expressed by number
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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113
þurh-fær
An inner ⬩ secret place
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An inner, secret place Ǽlc synful on his þurh-færum ( penetrabilibus ) byð bedíglod, Scint. 39, 2
Linked entries: þurh-farenness þurh-fére
þrowing-tíma
A time of suffering
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A time of suffering Ðonne mín ðrowungtíma cymþ, ðonne geswutelaþ seó menniscnys hire untrumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 2
þrym-ríce
A glorious kingdom ⬩ heaven
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A glorious kingdom, heaven Drihten wolde cuman of ðam cynestóle and of ðæm þrymríce hider on ðás world, Blickl. Homl. 105, 11
þrýþ-ærn
A splendid hoitse ⬩ a palace
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A splendid hoitse, a palace Nǽfre ic ǽnegum men ǽr álýfde ðrýþærn (cf. heáhsele, 1298; B. 647) Dena. Hafa nú húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 1318; B. 657
þrýþ-word
A brave word ⬩ noble speech
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A brave word, noble speech Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr (cf. word wǽron wynsume, 1228; B. 612) inne on healle þrýðword sprecen, ðeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1290; 643
þreá-weorc
Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell
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Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell, as in O. Sax. the phrase thrá-werk tholón Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, and þýstre land, Cd. Th. 45, 35; Gen. 737