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wæter

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Add: in the following example the word is masculine. <b>II a.</b> add Æfter þan bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde tunc omnes fontes et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. v. fullwiht-, regn-, sǽ-wæter

organ

(n.)
Grammar
organ, es; m.

A song

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A song Se organ the Pater Noster (cf. v. 47, where it is called cantic ), Salm. Kmbl. 107 ; Sal. 53. Gif hé ðæs organes ówiht cúðe, 65 ; Sal. 33. Organa swég ðe from englum biþ sungen, L. E. I. pref. ; Th. ii. 400, II

tó-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sǽlan, p. de; impers. vb.

To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to somethingto be lack of something for a person

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Ic beom strong ðæs gewinnes gif ic stille weorþe gif mé ðæs tósǽleþ hí beóþ swíþran ðonne ic I (the anchor) am strong for the struggle if I keep still; if I fail in that they will be stronger than I, 398, 9; Rä. 17, 5. Tósǽle, Prov. Kmbl. 65

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, e; f.

A fork

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Take here Similar entries geafel in Dict., and add Furca, furcula diminutive gæfle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 82. Hé sceal habban ... race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Forcelle gæfle, dictae quod frumenta celluntur, i. commoventur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

ofer-slype

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slype, es; m.

An over-garment, surplice

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C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 10. He is ymbscrýd mid hwítum oferslype he is clad in a white upper garment, Homl. Th. i. 456, 19

Linked entry: slype

Cnobheres burh

(n.)
Grammar
Cnobheres burh, gen. burhe; f. [
  • MS.
Cneoferis burh]

BurghcastleSuffolk;Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii

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Burghcastle, Suffolk; Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii Ceaster, seó is nemned on Englisc Cneoferis burh.

Linked entry: Cneoferis burh

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Ic geseah þǽr manige góde, and on Godes þeódscipe heora líf lǽddon, Guth. 70, 23. Ic geseó Gddes engel standende ætforan ðé, and wepað ðíne limu, Hml. Th. i. 426, 30.

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORTbalm mintsweet flagapiastrumacorus calamus

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in wort-beds, and in meads, Herb. 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 21 : L.

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

spere-hand

(n.)
Grammar
spere-hand, the male side or
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D. ii. 399, 5

ofer-médla

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-médla, an; m.

Pride

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Pride Eahta syndan heáfodlíce synna. . . eahtoþa is ofermédla, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 8. Sóna swá ic mínes ofermédlan geswíce, 36; Th. ii. 436, 1. Gif hé on ofermédlan and on óðrum un-þeáwum his líf lyfaþ, 32; Th. ii. 428, 33: Cd.

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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Eth. v. 12; Th. i. 308, 4-7 : vi. 20-21 ; Th. i. 320, 4-8: ix. 13 ; Th. i. 342, 33: L. C. E. 13 ; Th. i. 368, 5-8.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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Sóþ is ðæt ic eów secgge, Blickl. Homl. 53, 2. Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545.

túnes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
túnes-mann, es; m.
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Edg. i. 4; Th. i. 264, 9: L. Eth. ix. io; Th. i. 342, 25 in which 30 pence is fixed as a fine for not paying the heorð-penig and Rómfeoh, 30 pence being the value of an ox according to L.

Linked entry: tún-mann

-ælfen

(suffix)
Grammar
-ælfen, -elfen, e; f.

A fairynymphnympha

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It is found only in compound words, as Múnt-ælfen a mountain nymph; oreas = ??????, ???? Wudu-elfen a wood nymph; dryas, etc, Wrt. Voc. 60, 14-19

Linked entries: -elfen sæ-elfen

a-leðran

(v.)
Grammar
a-leðran, p. ede; pp. ed

To lathersaponem illinere

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To lather; saponem illinere Smire mid on niht and on morgen aleðre smear therewith at night and in the morning lather it, L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm, ii. 126, 11

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, an; m.

A husbandman, peasant, churlrustĭcus

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A husbandman, peasant, churl; rustĭcus Gif hit sífǽrbéna gilde xii ór if it be a churl, let him pay twelve ores, L. N. P. L. 50; Th. ii. 298, 6

ymb-heápian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-heápian, ; p. ode
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To crowd about, surround in crowds Ymbheápiendum glomerantibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 52. Ymbheápod glomeratus (the passage is :-- Lucifer parasitorum sodalibus vallatus et apostatarum satellitibus glomeratus, Aid. 10), 76, 31

Linked entries: ymb-hípan heápian

læfel

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Voc. ii. 56, 46. Hé hét geótan wæter on læfel misit aquam in pelvem Hml. A. 155, 102. Man sceal habban . . . læflas, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add

ǽ-fægred

(adj.; part.)

disfigured

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disfigured Ǽfæ(g)rede larbatos [cf. hreófe larbatos (the passage is the same in both glosses), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 64; se unfægera larbata (facies ), 95, 68], An. Ox. 4936

ge-weorp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorp, es; n.

A throwingtossingdashingwhat is thrown upa heapjactusjactātioprojectio

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Ðǽr ðú geseó tord-wifel on eorþan up weorpan ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe when you see a dung-beetle in the earth throwing up mould, catch it with both hands along with his casting up, L. M. iii. 18; Lchdm. ii. 318, 17

Linked entry: ge-wyrp