FROGGA
A FROG ⬩ rāna
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He afylde eal heora land mid froggum [MS. froggon] he filled all their land with frogs, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 20
þeóden-hold
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Hé wígena fand æscberendra .xviii. and .ccc. eác þeódenholdra (þeonden, MS.), 123, 10; Gen. 2042. Hé mid wuldre geweorðode þeódenholde, 183, 5; Exod. 87. Cf. dryhten-hold, Cd. Th. 137, 32; Gen. 2282
un-ríce
Not rich or not powerful ⬩ poor ⬩ humble
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Ic wát ðæt ðú hefst ðone hláford ðe ðú treówast bet ðonne ðé silfum, and swá hefð eác manig ðara ðe unrícran hláford hefð ðonne ðú hefst, Shrn. 196, 11
and-leofa
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Eal hé sealde búton ðone dæghwámlican andleofan þe hé néde big lifgean sceolde, 213, 20: Sat. 522. Eów andlifan syllan and eów eówre þearfe forgifan quae uictui sunt necessaria ministrare, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 11. Andleofan, 20.
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eahtan
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Þæt wé magon eahtan ( this point we can appreciate ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550
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éþian
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Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce hí ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20. Þonne þá wyrmas éðedon, þonne eóde him of þý múðe mid þý oroðe swylce byrnende þecelle, Nar. 14, 13. Éþgiendra anhelantium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 1.
fágnys
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On ðisum getelde (the tabernacle) wǽron menigfealde fáhnyssa and frætwunga ; swá beóð eác on Godes gelaðunge menigfealde fægernyssa, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 10. Mid fáhnyssum varietatibus, Hml. A. 28, 109. Fǽgnessum, Ps. L. 44, 15. Add:
nyttian
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Eald man sceal þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum . . . and hý sculan nyttian lytlum metum (they must use these remedies very moderately), Lch. ii. 30, 30. Add
swipu
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Hé wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende, and eác þá swipan ( Flagellum ) þe hé on his handa hæfde, þá hé þám reáfiendum mannum bróhte þus cweðende: 'Nimað þás swipan ꝥ gé magan þis hors mid drífan,' Gr. D. 14, 18-22. Add
oret-mæcg
A combatant, warrior, champion
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Weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum eác byre Æðelrédes, Englum and Sexum, oretmæcgum. Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 30
mylen-gear
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Andlang eá on ðone mulenger; ðonan andlang ðære mylendíc, C. D. v. 383, 11. On ðone ealdan myliar ðǽr ðá welegas standað; ðæt west andlang human, iii. 421, 32
wer-stede
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A weir-stead, place where thsre is a weir Of ðam wege on ða eá, and se werstede be súðan hreódbricge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 105, 11
feówertig
alone
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Fífta eác feówertigum, 1, 13; Sch. 36, 9. Syxta eác feówertigum, 1, 15; Sch. 40, 15. Ꝥ gér wæs fram Crístes hidercyme ꝥ sixte eác feówertigum, 1, 3; Sch. 15, 12
ge-sweotulian
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Ox. 3653. to shew, prove, demonstrate by action Ic gesweotelige ł ic geséde þé God þín ic eam testificabor tibi Deus tuus ego sum, Ps. L. 49, 7.
lactuca
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Him is nyt ðæt hé hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6
mennisc
Men ⬩ people
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Josue ofslóh eall ðæt mennisc ðe on muntum wunode ( omnem terram montanam ), Jos. 10, 40: Thw. 161, 37. Ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 7
mirige
Pleasant ⬩ delightful ⬩ sweet
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Eall se eard wæs mirige ( or adv. ? ) mid wætere gemenged, Gen. 13, 10. Dómes dæg, ðæt is se myriga dæg, Wulfst. 244, 15. Hwæt ða woruldlustas myreges (myrges, MS. Cott.) brengaþ quid habeat jucunditatis, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 4.
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Seaxe
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Of Seaxum, ðæt is of ðam lande ðe mon háteþ Eald-Seaxan, cóman Eást-Seaxan (-Seaxa, -Sexa, Chron. 449) and Súþ-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.) and West-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20-24. Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan, S. 483, 36.
West-Seaxe
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Of Eald-Seaxon cómon Eást-Sexa and Súð-Sexa and West-Sexan (-Sexa, v. l. ), 449; Erl. 12, 11. West-Seaxan, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 24. Weast-Seaxan, 5, 18; S. 635, 15. West-Seaxna biscop, S. 635, 22. West-Seaxna ríce, lond, Chr. Erl. 2, 9, 10.
gang-dagas
days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.
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Se móna on gangdagum ne mæg beón iungra þonne án and twéntig uihta eald, ne yldra þonne nigon and xxtig, Angl. viii. 324, 35. Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud swylce on gangdagan. Vis. Lfc. 11.