must
Must ⬩ new wine
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Must mid hunig gemenged inomellum, 27, 45. Heortan manna must and wíndrinc myclum blissaþ vinum laetificet cor hominis, Ps. Th. 103, 14. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter, ðeáh ðé wel lyste wearmes mustes, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32.
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Þynceþ þegna gehwylcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swetre, gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 10. Meng wið huniges teáre, Lchdm. iii. 46, 7. Nim huniges teár and merces sǽd ... mæng wið ðone teár, 4, 16 [O. Frs. tár: O. H.
BLANDAN
To mix, BLEND, mingle ⬩ miscere
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To mix, BLEND, mingle; miscere Ic eom on góman gena swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am yet sweeter on the palate than if thou blendedst bee-bread with honey, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 21; Rä. 41, 59
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Dorce-ceaster
DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma
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DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln; Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma Hér Cynegils [MS. Kynegils] wæs gefullod fram Byríne ðam biscope
ge-sméþan
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Add: to smooth what is rough to the touch, polish Ðá stánas on ðǽm temple wǽron swá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, Past. 253, 14. to remove irritating properties in food, v. sméþe; Meoluc mid hunige gesméþed, Lch. ii. 222, 13. See next word
BEORMA
Barm ⬩ leaven ⬩ yeast ⬩ froth ⬩ fermentum
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Nim ele and hunig and beorman take oil and honey and barm Lchdm. i. 398, 6 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 11; Jul. 396
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Cwichelmes hlǽw
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ⬩ Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ; Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi Wendon to Wealingæforda, and ðæt eall forswǽlldon; and wǽron him ðá áne niht æt Ceóles ége, and wendon him ðá andlang
Deóra bý
DERBY ⬩ Derbia
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DERBY; Derbia Hér Æðelflǽd, Myrcna hlǽfdige, begeat ða burh ðe is geháten Deóra bý in this year [A. D. 917] Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, obtained the burgh which is called Derby, Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 24: 942; Erl. 116, 14; Edm. 8. Hér wæs eorþstyrung
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sceatt
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Hæbbe ǽlc cniht mealtes ánne sester and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 614, 1. Add
teoru
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Meng wiþ sóte sealt, teoro, hunig, 76, 8: 134, 11. Dó of ðínum eáran ðæt teoro, 112, 3. Meng wiþ pipor and wiþ teoran, 76, 7
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wearg-brǽde
Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma
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Gif nægl sié of handa and wiþ wearhbrǽdan ( probably πτερύγιον, Cockayne), nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, ii. 80, 20, 24
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Acsan mynster
AXMINSTER in Devonshire ⬩ hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi
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AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf
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niht-nihstig
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Gód wín þicgen hié and neahtnestige lapien on hunig, 12. ¶ on nihtnihstig after fasting a night :-- Syle drincan on mergene on nihtnihstig gódne bollan fulne, Lch. iii. 48, 15 : 50, 20: i. 82, 13: 84, 16. On nihtnistig (-nihstig, v. l. ), 76, 7.
swecc
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On swæcce swéttran ðonne beóna hunig, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 30: 144, 4. <b>Ia.</b> the sense, of taste :-- Mid úrum fif andgitum . . . swæc and stenc, Homl. Th. i. 138, 27. Swæcc, ii. 550, 11: Wrt.
mengan
to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb
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Menge mon wið áseowen hunig, L. M. 2, 26; Lchdm. ii. 220, 10. Nánne wǽtan hí ne cúþon wið hunige mengan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 10. Mengan, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 48; Met. 8, 22. Mengan lyge wið sóðe, Elen. Kmbl. 612; El. 306.
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ge-bryttan
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Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9
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ge-wealcan
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Add: to roll together, press together Heorotes horn gebærned tó ahsan, gegniden on mortere, and þonne ásift and mid hunige gewealcen tó snǽdum, Lch. ii. 238, 2. [O. H.
ge-mang
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Man nime áne cuppan huniges and healfe cuppan spices, and mængc on gemang ꝥ hunig and ꝥ spic tógædere, iii. 76, 5.
ǽg-scill
An egg-shell
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An egg-shell Clǽnes huniges áne ǽgscylle fulle, Lch. iii. 6, 29. iii ǽgscylla, 14, 22. Twá ǽgscille fulle, i. 376, 8
ár-líc
honest ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ becoming ⬩ proper ⬩ honestus ⬩ decorus ⬩ honorabilis ⬩ nobilis ⬩ Delicious ⬩ delicatus ⬩ suavis
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Is nú árlíc ðæt we ǽfestra dǽde démen it is now becoming that we consider the deeds of the pious, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 29; Gú. 497. applied to food of a high quality, - Delicious; delicatus, suavis Ða beón beraþ árlícne anleofan, - hafaþ hunig on múþe