mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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Hé þurh dreócræft worhte stǽnene manlícan and ǽrene, and hié hié styredan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 23.
mæra
An incubus
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An incubus Mera ł satyrus incuba, Ep. Gl. 12 f, 14
and-saca
A denier ⬩ renouncer ⬩ an apostate ⬩ opposer ⬩ enemy ⬩ negator ⬩ renunciator ⬩ adversarius
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A denier, renouncer, an apostate, opposer, enemy; negator, renunciator, adversarius Ofer eorþan andsaca ne wæs there was not an opposer on the earth, Cd. 208 ; Th. 258, 2 ; Dan. 669.
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ysel
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A spark, cinder, an ash, ember Ysle favilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 19: 66, 44: 284, 17: ii. 36, 53. On yslan in favillam, Hpt. Gl. 495, 31. Hé geseah hú ða ysla up flugon mid ðam smíce vidit ascendentem favillam, Gen. 19, 28.
æhrie
The husk of an ear(?)
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The husk of an ear(?) Aehrian, ægrihan (æhrigan?) quisquiliae, Txts. 90, 840
tigele
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Se ðe lǽrþ stuntne swylce se ðe belíme tigelan (testam) whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together (Eccl. 22, 7), Scint. 96, 19. Tigelan lateres, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 41. Tigelena gemet a tale of bricks, Ex. 5, 14.
be-fóran
BEFORE ⬩ ante ⬩ coram ⬩ præ ⬩ BEFORE
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Hwá ne wáfaþ ðæs, ðæt ða steorran scínaþ befóran ðam mónan, and ne befóran ðære sunnan who wonders not at this, that the stars shine before the moon, and not before the sun? Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 30. Grammar be-fóran, ACC.
adesa
An addice or adze ⬩ a cooper's instrument ⬩ ascia
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An addice or adze, a cooper's instrument; ascia, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Wrt. Voc. p. 84, 62
BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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Ic geseah ðǽr on weaxende blósman litlum and litlum, and æfter ðám blósmum wínberigean I saw blossoms growing thereon by little and little, and after the blossoms grapes [lit. wine-berries ], Gen. 40, 10.
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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.
Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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Breoton [Brytene C] is eálond ðæt wæs iú geára Albion háten Britain is an island that was formerly called Albion, Bd. l, l; S. 473, 8: 2, l; S. 501, 10. On Bretone into Britain, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 2. Bryten, acc. Exon. 45 b; Th. 155, 5; Gú. 855
blǽdre
That which is blown out ⬩ an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule ⬩ pustula, papula ⬩ the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine ⬩ vesica
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On mannum and on nýtenum beóþ wunda and swellende blǽddran there shulen ben in men and yn beestis biles and bleynes swellynge, Wyc; Ex. 9, 9, 10. the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine; vesica Báres blǽdre a boar's bladder, Med. ex Quadr. 8, 12; Lchdm
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weorod
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Kmbl. 1471; An. 737: Apstls. Kmbl. 109; Ap. 55. Weorudum, 121; Ap. 61. Werodum. Cd. Th. 78, 31; Gen. 1301. Mycelum weredum ( turbis ) him embe standendum, Lk. Skt. 12, 1. a people Ðæs weorudes (the Mermedonians) ða wyrrestan. Andr.
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muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
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Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht him tó mundboran, 823; Erl. 62, 25 : 921; Erl. 108, 14. Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E.
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan feoh þicgan one shall at his lord's feet sit with the harp and receive treasure, 88 a; Th. 332, 4; Vy. 80.
CÝF
A vessel, vat, cask, bushel ⬩ dolium, modius
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A vessel, vat, cask, bushel; dolium, modius Cýf dolium, Ælfc. Gl. 25; Som. 60, 48; Wrt. Voc. 24, 48. Stód ðǽr án æmtig cýf an empty cask stood there, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 34. Cýfe dolium, Wrt. Voc. 83, 25.
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on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Ic his hæfde ǽr onfongen æt biscopes handa, Ch. Th. 169, 27. to undergo a rite, undertake a duty Hié fulwihte onféngon, Blickl. Homl. 203, 24.
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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Mága cystum eald a man old in virtues, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 7; Fä. 2. Se mága ( Christ), Andr. Kmbl. 1278; An. 639: 1630; An. 816: (St. Andrew ), 1967; An. 986: 1249; An. 625. Mága máne fáh ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978.
æt-gongan
To go to ⬩ approach ⬩ accedere
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To go to, approach; accedere Hét hie of ðam líge neár ætgongan he bade them from the flame to approach nearer, Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 1; Az. 183
býrian
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To happen, pertain to, belong to; evenire, contingere, pertinere ad [v. ge-býrian]: found as v. impers: it pertains to, it concerns, it belongs to, it is lawful; pertinet ad, oportet, licet Ne býreþ to him from scipum non pertinet ad eum de ovibus, Jn