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ele-fæt

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Genim þysse wyrte sǽdes án elefæt ful and twégen bollan fulle wæteres, Lch. i. 300, 2. Áfyll ðín elefæt ( imple cornu tuum oleo, 1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 6.

bealo

(n.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; n.

hurtmischiefdestructionmalice

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Th. i. 266, 14. a noxious thing :-- Bollan mid bealuwe áfylled, (with a noxious draught) Hml. S. 14, 68. Þæt his yrþ sí geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, Lch. i. 402, 10. malice Þone láreów selfne þæs bealwes ipsum malitiae magistrum, Gr.

ge-drincan

(v.)
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Ðæs wóses geswéttes mid hunige gedrinc bollan fulne, Lch. ii. 30, 25. to swallow the contents of a vessel Hé sende him glæsfat full wínes, and ꝥ se bysceop gebletsade.

ealu

(v.)
Grammar
ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
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Dó healfae bollan ealoð tó . . . and gehǽte ꝥ ealu, 268, 24. Aefne alðes materiam cervise, Rtl. 116, 42. Twá flaxan mid ælað gefylde, Guth. 64, 16. Wyl on ealoþ oððe on beóre, Lch. ii. 102, 27. Ealað, 104, 2. On áwyldum ealað, 114, 12.

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Nom heo (Rowena) ane bolle of ræde golde & heo gon scenchen, Laym. 14962. And tu . . . ne shennkesst nohht tatt wise, ne birrlesst tu þin hird, Orm. 15403. Þe drynke for to schenche, R. Glouc. 118, 12. Schenkyn drynke propino Prompt.

ginian

(v.)
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Geót on bollan and geona ymb, Lch. ii. 50, 12. Se wóda man stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 538. Geoniendum bile hiulco rostro, i. aperto ore, An. Ox. 2409. Draca mid giniendum (geniendum, v. l. ) múðe, Gr.

geótan

(v.)
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Geót on bollan, Lch. ii. 50, 12. Geót on múð ꝥ ilce dúst, 140, 2.

med-micel

(adj.)
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med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Cærenes gódne bollan fulne, and ecedes medmicelne, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 20. Midmycle (other MS. medmycle), Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34, Medmiclu and miclu pusilla et magna, Blickl. Gl.

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Bollan steápe tall flagons, Judth. Thw. 142, 6; Jud. 17. Hí habbaþ on heáfde helmas steápe (cf. O. Frs. with thene stápa helm. Icel. steypðir hjálmar), Wulfst. 200, 12. <b>I b.

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrustguidanceto hand overpaygiveto assigndestineyield toto direct

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Grn. 20, 20, 22. þeówdóme betǽhte servitio addictos, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 507, 11. to dedicate, devote to the gods Hé genam bollan mid bealuwe áfylled, and deóflum betǽhte ðone drenc, Hml. S. 14, 69. intrans.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Th. 83, 40. a small quantity of, some, though not much Nú gýt ys lytel (lyttil, L. lyttel, R. ) leóht on eów athuc modicum lumen in uobis est, Jn. 12, 35. .II. lytle bollan fulle mid lytle hunige gemengde, Lch. ii. 214, 11.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Mealwan seáwes þrý lytle bollan gemengde wiþ swilc tú wæteres ( twice as much water ), 214, 15. Genim wínes and eles swilc healf take some wine and of oil half as much, 180, 11.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

gód

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Hé góde hwíle þone here gefliémde, Chr. 837; P. 62, 32. qualifying a definite statement of quantity Drince gódne bollan fulne, Lch. ii. 108, 6. Dó ǽlcre góde hand fulle, 106, 15