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wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Wǽt ðæt gewrit on ðam drence, Lchdm. ii. 350, 15. Wǽt wulle mid biccean hlonde. 362, 17. Wǽt ðæt liþ mid ecede, ii. 134, 9. Wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre, Techm. ii. 126, 2. Hí ða lifre wǽten, Lchdm. i. 346, 23.

Linked entry: wǽtian

heaðu-sceared

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-sceared, adj.

blade of a sword,war-share

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If scearde is taken, the Icel. skarð may be compared, and the word = notched, hacked in battle

wín-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
wín-ærn, es; n.

a place where wine is storeda place where wine is sold and drunka tavern a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting

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a place where wine is stored Wínæm apotheca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 6.. Similar entries v. win-hús a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3.

Linked entries: wín-hús wín-ræced

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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In. 53; Th. i. 134, 17: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 9.

cwide

(n.)
Grammar
cwide, cwyde , cwyðe,es; m.

the expression of a thought, a sentence, period sententia a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum a legal enactment, decree edictum, deretum

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, because a letter is nothing if divided into two [if it go in two].

un-ǽmetta

(n.)
Grammar
un-ǽmetta, -ǽmta, an; m.

Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business

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from baptizing it, L.

Linked entry: ǽmetta

leahter

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Add: [The word is made feminine in Hml. S. 16, 306 Seó eahteóðe leahter, but in other MSS. it is masculine, and so in the other seven instances] :-- Scyld, lehter, mándǽd crimen, i. peccatum Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 2.

cleweða

(n.)
Grammar
cleweða, clæweða, an; m.

A clawing, scratchingscalpturigo, scalpurigo

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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful

Linked entry: clæwetða

stód

(n.)
Grammar
stód, es ; n.
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Voc. i. 23, 10. Ic geann mínon heáhdeórhunton ðæs stódes ðe is on Colinga*-*hrycge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 363, 25.

Linked entry: stood

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
Similar entries
v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructedwithout hindrancefreeimmunis

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Kmbl. i. xxxiii, and Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 312.)

ifig-tearo

(n.)
Grammar
ifig-tearo, n : -tara, an ; m.

Ivy tar

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Ivy tar, gum that comes from ivy when it is cut Nim sciptearo and ifigtearo, L. M. 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 12. Dó clǽne ifigtaran ðǽr on gif ðú hæbbe [cf. dó gódne sciptaran tó, 326, 14], 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 27

wís-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
wís-bóc, e; f.

A book a record

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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14

wæter

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Add: in the following example the word is masculine. <b>II a.</b> add Æfter þan bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde tunc omnes fontes et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. v. fullwiht-, regn-, sǽ-wæter

organ

(n.)
Grammar
organ, es; m.

A song

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A song Se organ the Pater Noster (cf. v. 47, where it is called cantic ), Salm. Kmbl. 107 ; Sal. 53. Gif hé ðæs organes ówiht cúðe, 65 ; Sal. 33. Organa swég ðe from englum biþ sungen, L. E. I. pref. ; Th. ii. 400, II

tó-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sǽlan, p. de; impers. vb.

To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to somethingto be lack of something for a person

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Ic beom strong ðæs gewinnes gif ic stille weorþe gif mé ðæs tósǽleþ hí beóþ swíþran ðonne ic I (the anchor) am strong for the struggle if I keep still; if I fail in that they will be stronger than I, 398, 9; Rä. 17, 5. Tósǽle, Prov. Kmbl. 65

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, e; f.

A fork

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Take here Similar entries geafel in Dict., and add Furca, furcula diminutive gæfle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 82. Hé sceal habban ... race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Forcelle gæfle, dictae quod frumenta celluntur, i. commoventur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

ofer-slype

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slype, es; m.

An over-garment, surplice

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C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 10. He is ymbscrýd mid hwítum oferslype he is clad in a white upper garment, Homl. Th. i. 456, 19

Linked entry: slype

Cnobheres burh

(n.)
Grammar
Cnobheres burh, gen. burhe; f. [
  • MS.
Cneoferis burh]

BurghcastleSuffolk;Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii

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Burghcastle, Suffolk; Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii Ceaster, seó is nemned on Englisc Cneoferis burh.

Linked entry: Cneoferis burh

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Ic geseah þǽr manige góde, and on Godes þeódscipe heora líf lǽddon, Guth. 70, 23. Ic geseó Gddes engel standende ætforan ðé, and wepað ðíne limu, Hml. Th. i. 426, 30.

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORTbalm mintsweet flagapiastrumacorus calamus

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in wort-beds, and in meads, Herb. 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 21 : L.

Linked entry: bió-wyrt