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mis-limpan

(v.)

to turn out unfortunately

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Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh here oððon hunger, L. I. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 28

Linked entry: limpan

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj. In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by
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tróiesc, tróisc (q. v. ) Trojan, perhaps the same meaning is intended here Æfter ðon hé eall gear onwealh Norþan-hymbra mǽgþe áhte nalas swá swá sigefæst cyning ac swá swá leódhata ðæt hé grimsigende forleás and hi on gelícnysse ðæs traiscan wacles wundade

Linked entry: Tróiesc

fréfran

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Take here fréfrian, and add Se Hálga Fróforgást ús fréfrað mid his gife, Hml. A. 1, 14. Hig fréfrodon (-edon, v.l., froe-fredon, L., freófradun, R.) consolabantur, Jn. 11. 31. ꝥ hí í Froefra consolari, Mt. L. 2, 18. Frófran, Ps. Srt. 76, 3.

frum-cirr

Grammar
frum-cirr, <b>-cerr, -cyrr.</b>
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Take here <b>frum-cyrr</b> and add: definite, first time as opposed to second, third, &amp;c. Æt frumcirre . . . æt óðrum cirre . . . æt þriddan cirre, Ll.

hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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., and all but the first here refer to the same incident.]

hymlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hymlíc, hymlic ?, es; m.
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Take here <b>hemlíc</b> in Dict., and add Hymblícae, huymblícae, hymlíce cicuta, Txts. 46, 185. Hymlíc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 32. Hymelíc, i. 67, 30: septiphilos, 66, 64. Hymlíc leptefilos, ii. 54, 20. Slǽpdrænc; rædic, hymlíc . . .

Linked entry: hemlic

hóring

(n.)
Grammar
hóring, es; m.
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An adulterer, fornicator Hér sindon miltestran and bearnmyrðran and fúle forlegene hóringas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 181

a-wyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyllan, -willan, -wellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To cause to bubbleto boilfacere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliatcoqueredecoquere

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To cause to bubble, to boil; facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat, coquere, decoquere Genim awylled hunig take boiled honey, Herb. 1, 20; Lchdm. i. 76, 23. Awylled wín defrutum, Lye

Linked entries: a-willan ge-wyllan

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

Pudendaingnen

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Pudenda, ingnen Neáh ðam gewealde prope inguinem, Herb. 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 23: 5, 5; Lchdm. i. 94, 22, 24. Ðæt geweald, Lchdm. ii. 388, 9. v. ge-weald power

Eofor-wíc

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Hér Regnold gewan Eoforwíc (Eofer-, v. l.), 923; P. 105, 12. Heoforwíc, 948; P. 112, 30. Add

hús-carl

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Add: — Hér lét Harðacnut hergian eall Wihracestrescíre for his twégra húscarla þingon

fram-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-bringan, p. -brang, pl. -brungon; pp. -brungen

To bring from or awaydedūcĕre

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Herb. 158, 2; Lchdm. i. 284, 24

glóf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
glóf-wyrt, e; f.

lily of the valleyconvallāria mājālishound's tonguecynoglossum officĭnāle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe Engle glófwyrt, and óðrum naman hundes tunge hátaþ this plant, which the English call glovewort, and by another name hound's tongue, Herb. 42; Lchdm. i. 144, 3

sunne-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunne-beám, es; m.
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A sun-beam Hér æteówede cometa se steorra, and scán iii móuðas swilce sunnebeám, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 5

Linked entry: sunn-beám

efen-apostol

(n.)
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Hér cumað míne efnapostolas . . . Mid mínum efuapostolum, Nap. 19. Efneapostolas, 16

leóþ-gidding

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Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw, sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga, hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 2. Add

mynster-bóc

(n.)
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a book belonging to a monastery Hér syndon xxx bóca ealre on Leófstánes abbodes hafona bútan mynsterbéc, Nap. 46

hægtesse

(n.)
Grammar
hægtesse, an; f.
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were

Linked entry: hǽting

consolde

(n.)
Grammar
consolde, an; f.

The herb comfrey consolida

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The herb comfrey; consolida Dó him Ðis to lǽcedóme, streáwbergean leáf, consolde, etc. give him this for a remedy, strawberry leaves, comfrey, etc. L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 27

eá-lifer

(n.)
Grammar
eá-lifer, e; f. [eá water, lifer liver]

Liverwort?eupătŏrium cannăbĭnum

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eupătŏrium cannăbĭnum Lin Eálifer hátte wyrt gníd on ealaþ rub in ale the herb called liverwort, L. M. 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 21: 2, b24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 14

Linked entry: lifer