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hefelíce

(adv.)

grievouslyseriouslydullyseverelysadlymournfully

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I. 65 3. sadly, mournfully Hefelíce lugubriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 50

á-líman

(v.)
Grammar
á-líman, p. de.
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to come forth brilliantly Up álýman emersisse (the passage is: Illaesa venustate virgines e thermis emersisse leguntur Ald. 68, 9), Hpt. Gl. 516, 52. (In An. Ox. 4784 the form is álýmdan. In two other glosses emergere is rendered by ámýlan (?

Linked entries: á-mylþ líman

wæter-berere

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-berere, es; m.

A water-bearer

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A water-bearer Mid wæterbererum cum lixarum (coetibus,Ald. 13; the passage is the same as that glossed in the preceding word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 74 : 18, 2. Wæterberere (-a ?) lixarum, 52, 73

Linked entries: berere wæter-berend

steóp-

(prefix)
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It is a common Teutonic word

íþan

(v.)
Grammar
íþan, to lay waste.
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Voc. ii. 95, 84

Linked entry: ydwe

wáfung-stów

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On wáuungstówe in circi spectaculo, 4, 59. The Latin of Lch. iii. 206, 16 is; In theatum vel in amphitheatrum. Add

á-glídan

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Add: to slip off, away In lust áglád in luxum labescit , Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 16 : 52, 45. Wíte georne ꝥ sió wyrt áweg ne áglíde, Lch. ii. 356, 24

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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On holan dene, iv. 108, 27. On holan weg, v. 302, 37. <b>IV a.</b> lying in a hollow or depression of a stream, pool, &amp;c. :-- On holan bróc, C. D. iv. 95, 36; : 287, 37. On holan ford, iii. 436, 12.

heáh-sǽþeóf

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For ' Cot. 9, 191' substitute Heáhséðeáf archiparratta (archipirata, Ald. 56, 31, the gloss to which in An. Ox. 4039 is: Archipirata, i. summus latro flotman), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 44. Heáhsǽðeóf, 5, 28. See next word

fýr-tor

Grammar
fýr-tor, For Cot. 93 substitute
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Farus, beácanstán, in promontoria rupis posita, i. fýrtor Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 14. Farus, Grecum est nomen, nam fos, lux, oros autem visio, apud eos notninatur, hinc compositum nomen est fari, id est fýrtor, 39, 64

Linked entry: here-beácen

grundsópa

(n.)
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Voc. i. 200, 46) abdomen is explained by pinguedo porci: could abdomen in the previous case refer to exudation on the bark of a tree?

lǽce-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrt, e; f.
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M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 14. See Cockayne as above where he gives lakeblad plantago major, in West Gothland

ceáp-man

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-man, cýp-man, cýpe-man;-mannes; -men; -men; -manna; -mannum; m. A

CHAPMAN, merchant, market-manmercator, negotiator, nundinator

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CHAPMAN, merchant, market-man; mercator, negotiator, nundinator Gif ceápman uppe on folce ceápie, dó ðæt befóran gewitnessum if a chapman traffic up among the people, let him do it before witnesses, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 12, note 32: Obs.

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lighteningalleviationreliefmitigationrelease

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Lightening, alleviation, relief, mitigation, release Ðis is seó líhtinge ðe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorgan ðe hig ǽr ðyson mid gedrehte wǽron ealles tó swýðe this is the relief that I will secure to all folk in regard to matters with which they were

swice

(adj.)
Grammar
swice, adj.
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II. proving false to what is expected :-- Norðmen wáron súðfolcum swice (i. e. the southern people were deceived in their estimate of the northmen's power; swice, as applied to the northmen, cannot mean rebellious, renouncing allegiance, for it was the

syn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
syn-lust, es; m.

Sinful pleasuredesire, lust

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Sinful pleasure or desire, lust Ic wæs swíðe onǽled mid ðære hátheortnysse ðæs synlustes, ðæt ic gewilnode bútan ceápe ðæt hí mé tó geurnon, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 337.

spere-hand

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

ge-cǽlan

(v.)
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In Lk. 16, 24 one MS. has gehǽle, in another this is altered to gecǽle (= gecéle? v. ge-célan)

góma

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Add: the palate In góman, þǽr mon þone smæc tódǽleþ in palato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 3. in pl. the jaws Góman fauces, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 52.