Afen
AVON
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AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5
græs
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Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid hiora múþe some of them pulled the grass with their mouth, 41, 2: Past. 23, 1; Swt. 173, 20
swiling
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Wyrc ðus swilinge tó heáfdes clǽnsunge . . . habbe on múþe lange, ðonne yrnþ ðæt gillister út. Eft óþru swiling . . . súpe wlæc and ðæt geagl swile and þweá his múð, 24, 14-23.
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þeówan
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S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539. Wé þæt ǽbylgð nyton þe wé gefremedon on þysse folcscere, þeódon bealwa wið þec, El. 403
réþigian
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Ꝥ hé gesáwe þone feónd réðian (réðigian, v. l. saevire) on hine mid his múþe, Gr. D. 122, 11. Hí ongunnon má réðian (reðgian, v. l. ) and hí gebelgan, 219, 10. Réð giende (reðigiende, v. l.) hí Libertinum sóhton, 16, 16: 104, ll.
openung
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Add: opening Openung múþes his apertio oris illius, Scint. 96, 11
biter-nys
BITTERNESS ⬩ amaritudo
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Ðæs múþ full is biternysse cujus os plenum est amaritudine, Ps. Spl. second 9, 8. Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse he would not taste it for its bitterness, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19
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twi-hynde
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum
ampre
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Wiþ wóum múþe genim ompran, 54, 22. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. Ampron, iii. 16, 12
mán-ídel
Wicked and vain
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Wicked and vain Ðara múþas sprecaþ mánídel word quorum as locutum est vanitatem, Ps. Th. 143, 9, 13
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Cent
KENT ⬩ Cantium
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Se múþa Limene is on easteweardre Cent the mouth of the Limen is in the east of Kent, 893; Erl. 88, 26
eá
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Se múþa þǽre ié (íe, MS.), Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 13. Ælfe múþa þǽre ié, 16, 6. Cymþ ꝥ wæter úp æt ðám ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne tó bróce, ðonne tó eá, ðonne andlang eá oþ hit wyrþ eft tó sǽ, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 20. On twá healfe þǽre é, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22.
FÚL
FOUL ⬩ dirty ⬩ impure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ rotten ⬩ stinking ⬩ guilty ⬩ convicted of a crime ⬩ fœdus ⬩ immundus ⬩ sordĭdus ⬩ obscœnus ⬩ spurcus ⬩ pūtĭdus ⬩ fœtĭdus ⬩ culpæ conscius ⬩ crīmĭne convictus
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Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41: 5, 12; S. 630, 12.
Pedrida
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E.) múþan, Chr. 845; Erl. 66, 23: 658; Erl. 34, 2
lígen
Flaming ⬩ fiery
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Se ealda deófol hine æteówode mid byrnendum múþe and lígenum eágum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 23
sacc
A sack, bag
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Ðá undyde hira án his sacc ... hé ðæt feoh geseah on his sacces (saculi ) múþe, Gen. 42, 25,28 . Ðá guton hig hira hwǽte of hira saccon, 42, 35. Fylle hira saccas and lege hira ǽlces feoh on his ágenne sacc, 44, 1
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heáh-sǽl
Great happiness
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Great happiness Mínes múþes mé módes willa on heáhsǽlum hraþe gebringe voluntaria oris mei beneplacita fac, Ps. Th. 118, 108
wíd-mǽrsung
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Proclamation, publication Openung múþes his wídmǽrsung (infamatio) ys he openeth his mouth like a crier (Ecclus. 20, 15), Scint. 96, 11
hræfn
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Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27. Þá geségon hí þone hræfn mid þan swearton nebbe þá glófe teran uppe on ánes húses þæce, 144, 16. Flugon tó hrócas and hremmas and þára martyra eágan út áhaccedon, Hml. S. 23, 77. Add
dumb
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Dumbre swígan mutae taciturnitatis, An. Ox. 1936. Spǽcleáse ł dume elinguia, Germ. 398, 72. Add