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fíc-treów

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Hé (Adam) ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fíctreówes blǽda, Sal. K. p. 182, 34. Under ðǽm fícbeóme ł fíctrée sub ficu, Jn. R. 1, 48. Add

ǽ-fægred

(adj.; part.)

disfigured

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disfigured Ǽfæ(g)rede larbatos [cf. hreófe larbatos (the passage is the same in both glosses), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 64; se unfægera larbata (facies ), 95, 68], An. Ox. 4936

ǽnga

Solitary

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Solitary Hé lifað leódum feor, lócað geneahhe fram ðám unlǽdan ǽngan hláford he lives far from men, from the wretched solitary often are his lord's looks turned, Sal. 382. Substitute:

-estre

(suffix)
Grammar
-estre, -istre, -ystre, an; f. are the feminine terminations of nouns of action, same as the Latin -ix and English -ess; as Fiðelestre a female fiddler. Wrt. Voc. 73, 62: hleápestre a female dancer, 73, 71: lǽrestre an instructress: myltestre meretrix vel scortum, Wrt. Voc. 86, 72: rǽdistre a female reader, Wrt. Voc. 72, 7: sangestre [MS. sangystre] a songstress, Wrt. Voc. 72, 5: seámestre

a seamstress

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a seamstress, 74, 13

Linked entries: -istre berþ-estre

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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Micel hreohnys on ðære , 378, 14. Seó hreóhnys wearþ gestilled the tempest was stilled, i. 246, 10, 1. Ic geseó ðæt dás bróðor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse I see that these brethren are wearied from the roughness of the sea, Blickl.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

æg-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
æg-lǽca, an; m.

A miserable beingwretchmonstermiserperditusmonstrum

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Th. 1188; B. 592 : Cd. 216; Th. 274, 28; Sat. 161: Andr. Kmbl. 2717; An. 1361

ǽðel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽðel, es; m.

A native countrycountrylandpatriaterra

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Cd. 215; Th. 217, 21; Sat. 108. On ǽðelum, d. pl. Menol. Fox 236; Men. 119

herþan

(n.)
Grammar
herþan, pl.

Testiculi

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Wið hærþena sáre, L. Med. ex. Quadr. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 358, 4: Lchdm. 111. 116, 15; L. Alf. pol. 65; Th. i. 96, 25

Linked entry: hærþan

bleáte

(adv.)
Grammar
bleáte, adv.

Wretchedly, miserablymisere, miserabile

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Wretchedly, miserably; misere, miserabile He geseah ðone leófestan lífes æt ende bleáte gebǽran he saw his dearest [friend] bearing [himself] wretchedly at life's end, Beo. Th. 5640, note; B. 2824

bora

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bora, an; m. [boren; pp. of beran to bear]

One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a rulerqui rem aliquam gerit, gestor

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One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler; qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor Ríces boran the rulers of the state, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 10; Sat. 500

Linked entry: -bǽre

ǽwisc-berend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-berend, es; m.
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A name for the middle finger (cf. in Cotgrave le doigt sale the middle finger); impudicus (digitus), Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 22. middel finger medius vel impudicus, 44, 6. Cf

ge-hýþan

(v.)
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[under á-hýþan this passage is wrongly translated]), helle gestrúdeð hunger it harries, hell lays waste, Sal. 73

Linked entry: hýþan

sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.

careanxietysorrowgriefafflictiontroublesorrow, carecura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, laborcare, sorrow

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Ǽghwilc man sceolde mid sáre on ðás world cuman, ond hér on sorhgum beón and mid sáre of gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 5, 29

Linked entry: sorg

cerg

(adj.)
Grammar
cerg, adj. [= cearig, q. v.]

Sad, dire, wickedtristis, sollicitus, dirus, malus

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Sad, dire, wicked; tristis, sollicitus, dirus, malus Cerge reótaþ fóre onsýne éces déman the wicked shall wail before the face of the eternal judge, Exon. 20a; Th. 52, 20; Cri. 836

folc-weras

(n.)
Grammar
folc-weras, gen. -wera; pl. m.

Men of the peoplepeoplepŏpŭlārespŏpŭlus

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Sax. folk-werós]

hungor-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hungor-lic, adj.
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See hungrig; where the same passage is glossed

snǽd

(n.)
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(This is the same incident as that described in Hml. Th. ii. 162.) Add: Cf

Brádan-relic

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan-relic, Brádun-reolic,es; m: Brádan-reíg, -eíg = -íg, -e; f.[eíg, íg an island, broad island]

an island, broad islandFlat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn

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Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn Sǽton hie úte on ðam íglande, æt Brǽdanrelice they sat outward on an island, Flat Holme, Chr. 918;Ing. 132, 19

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Swíðe eáðe mæg on smyltre ungelǽred scipstiéra genóh ryhte stiéran Past. 9; Swt. 59, 1. Ðonne heó baðaþ hí on smyltum wætre Shrn. 85, 21. Smylte wedere aure tenuis Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 56. Seó mót brúcan smyltra ýþa Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 23.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽcan, ; p. lǽhte, lǽcte

springleap

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To move quickly, spring, leap [as flame] Hwílum se wonna lég lǽhte wið ðes láþan at times the lurid flame leaped towards the fiend, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 25; Sal. 716