seám-sticca
Some part of a weaver's apparatus
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Some part of a weaver's apparatus Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . seámsticcan, scearra, nǽdle, Anglia ix. 263, 14
secge
Speaking ⬩ speech
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Speaking, speech Mé náwðer deág secge ne swíge neither speech nor silence will avail me, Exon. Th. 12, 23; Cri. 190
sin-freá
A perpetual lord ⬩ a husband
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A perpetual lord, a husband Nǽnig nefne sinfreá none but her wedded lord, Beo. Th. 3873; B. 1934
grǽfa
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A pit, cave, hole Grǽfe speluncam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 13. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxvii
þecge
A receptacle(?)
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A receptacle(?) On hærfeste man sceal ðacian, ðecgan and fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan, Anglia ix. 261, 17
wince
A winch
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A winch: Wince gigrillus (= girgillus; cf. girgillus a reel, Wülck. Gl. 586, 30), Wrt. Voc. 42, 29
byrene
A she-bear ⬩ ursa
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A she-bear; ursa, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 70; Wrt. Voc. 23, 29
byriga
A surety ⬩ fidejussor
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A surety; fidejussor He him byrigan gesealdne hæbbe he has given him surety, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 17
Linked entry: berigea
byrne
Running water, a stream ⬩ torrens, rivus
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Running water, a stream; torrens, rivus Ofer byrnan bðsm over the stream's bosom, Exon. 102a; Th. 386, 15; Rä. 4, 62
calla
to call ⬩ A herald
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[ Similar entries ceailian to call] A herald, found in the phrase, — hilde calla [q. v.] war's herald or a herald of war, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 26; Exod. 252
CANNE
A CAN, cup ⬩ crater
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A CAN, cup; crater Canne crater vel canna, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 38; Wrt. Voc. 24, 38
Carendre
A province of Germany, now the duchy of Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire
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lying] south to the mountains which are called the Alps, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 43.
carte
Paper, a piece of paper, a deed ⬩ charta
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[Lat. charta] Paper, a piece of paper, a deed; charta = χάρτης Híg hym tosendon áne cartan, seó wæs ðus awriten [MS. awryten] they sent a paper to him, which was thus inscribed, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 5.
Linked entry: caerte
sporu
A heel
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A heel Spuran míne calcanei mei Ps. Spl. T. 48, 5
tungol-cræftiga
An astrologer ⬩ astronomer
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An astrologer, astronomer Tungelcræftig[um? v. preceding word] caldeorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 28. Þreó tungolcræftegan cóman fram eástdǽles mǽgðum tó Criste, Shrn. 48, 17. Ðreá tungelcræftigo, Rtl. 2, 15. Ða tungulcræftega (-kræftgu, Rush.) Magi, Mt.
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homela
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See the note there; see also on cutting the hair as a mark of disgrace, Grimm's Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer, pp. 702-3. v. hamelian
swíþ
strong ⬩ producing a powerful effect ⬩ strong, violent (of wind, stream, etc.) ⬩ strong, not easily broken ⬩ right (hand, side, etc.) ⬩ the right hand, the right ⬩ strong, quick ⬩ quick, wise
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Ic sceáwade on ða swýðran considerabam ad dexteram, Ps. Th. 141, 4. Æt swýþrum þearfan a dexteris pauperis, Ps. Spl. 108, 30. Fram swýðrum ðínum a dextris tuis, 90, 7
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Air, atmosphere, breeze, sky, heavens, cloud Lyft aer, Wrt. Voc. 52, 55. Lybt sudum, ii. 121, 66.
winter-burna
A stream that is full in winter(?) ⬩ a stream that has the fullness of winter(?) ⬩ a torrent
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A stream that is full in winter(?), a stream that has the fullness of winter(?), a torrent Ofer ðæt burna ł uinter-burna trans torrentem, Jn. Skt.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Kmbl. p. 1, 9. a wretched person, a miserable, feeble creature God selfa tyhte Móyses on ðone folgoð, swáðeáh hé him ondréd; and nú fandiaþ swelce wræccan and teóð tó, woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe and eác ða byrðenne Moyses suadente Domino trepidat