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HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, wood, grove, copsewood;lignum

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Ðú geond holt wunast thou shall dwell among the woods, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 6; Dan. 574. wood; lignum Ic geseah holt hweorfende I saw wood moving, Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 5; Rä. 57, 3. Holte bi[h]lǽnan to pile wood round, 74 a; Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

stela

(n.)
Grammar
stela, steola, stæla; m.
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Genim ðysse wyrte wós oððe ðone stelan mid ðam wæstme, 156, 21: 160, 11: 184, 20. Eleleáfes stelan, ii. 272, 23. Heó hafap nigon wyrttruman and swá fela stelena, i. 238, 17. Mid feówer reádum stælum (stelum, MS. B.), 154, 15.

Linked entries: steola stealu

ge-léd

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-léd, ge-loed, ge-leód, gloed glosses catasta (
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¶ the same obscure word seems intended in the following two (not independent) glosses :-- Gæleð catesta, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 24: ii. 17, 5.

Linked entries: ge-loed gæleþ

on-gildan

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Ne habbað wiht for þæt, þeáh hé wom dón ofer Meotudes bibod: monig sceal ongieldan sáwel súsles, Fä. 71.

treów-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
treów-wyrhta, an ; m.
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A wood-wright, worker in wood, carpenter, joiner Treówwyrhta lignnrius. Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 10: 73, 29. Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, (tonne hús and mistlíce fata and scypa eów eallum ic wyrce ?

clynan

(v.)
Grammar
clynan, ede; ed [clyne metal]

To ring, soundclangere

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To ring, sound; clangere Rand dynede, campwudu clynede the shield rang, the war-wood sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 101; El. 51

feld-elfen

(n.)
Grammar
feld-elfen, e; f.

A wood fairynymphhămādryasάμαδρυάs

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A wood fairy or nymph; hămādryas = άμαδρυάs Feld-elfen moides? Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 109; Wrt. Voc. 60, 16

Linked entry: feld-ælfen

mealt

(adj.)
Grammar
mealt, adj.

Cookedboiled

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Cockayne says the word should be struck out), Lchdm. iii. 6, 17

Linked entry: malt

glisian

(v.)

to shineglisten

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to shine, glisten Se glisigenda wibba cicindela, the glow-worm, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 59, 123; Wrt. Voc. 23, 77

Linked entry: Clistún

simbel-farende

(adj.)
Grammar
simbel-farende, adj.
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Always travelling, wandering, roving Ða simbelfarendan Ǽthiopes Aethiopum gentes pervagantes, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 26, 16. v. next word

Linked entry: faran

sin-hweorfende

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-hweorfende, -hwurfende
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Gl. 408, 73. v. next word, and cf. seonu-wealt

Linked entry: sin-tredende

þǽr-úte

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-úte, adv.
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Without, outside Náhton hié náþer ne þǽrinne mete ne þǽrúte freónd, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 34. v. preceding word

Linked entry: úte

frécelsod

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 66, 35. v. preceding word, and cf. fiécnian

hrætele

(n.)
Grammar
hrætele, hrætel-wyrt.
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Rattle*-*wort Hrætelwyrt hierobotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 73

hring-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hring-mǽl, es; n.
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See next word

Linked entry: wunden-mǽl

orleg-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-weorc, es; n.

War-work, action

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War-work, action Se ðæt orlegweorc ( the defeat of the people of Sodom) gecýðde, Cd. Th. 122, 2; Gen. 2020

sorh-word

(n.)
Grammar
sorh-word, es; m.

A word expressive of care or sorrow

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A word expressive of care or sorrow Hié (Adam and Eve) fela sprǽcon sorhworda, Cd. Th. 49, 8; Gen. 789

bealcan

(v.)

to emitutterpour outeructare

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to emit, utter, pour out; eructare Dæg ðam dæge bealceþ word dies diei eructat verbum, Ps. Spl. 18, 2

Linked entry: bælcan

ful-

(prefix)
Grammar
ful-, full-,
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in composition, denotes the fulness, completeness or perfection of the meaning of the word with which it is joined

Linked entry: wær-líc

pís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pís-líc, adj.
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Rush. 14, 40. v. next word and pís