ifig
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Ífeg edera, Txts. 60, 392. Ibæi hederam 112, 44. Ífig eder, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 3. Þæs blacan ífiges croppan, Lch. ii. 248, 21: 268, 3. Hifia crop hederarum corimbos, An. Ox. 115. Íuia, 7, 17
á-breótan
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Weg synfulra ábreóteð (exterminabit), Ps. Srt. 145, 9. Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. Hé ábreótte (exterminavit) hié, Ps. Srt. 77, 45: 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge, An. 51. Biáð ábreótte exterminabuntur, Ps. Srt. 36, 9.
un-forworht
Unobstructed ⬩ without hindrance ⬩ free ⬩ immunis
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Unobstructed, without hindrance, free; the term is used of land that after several lives was to revert to the grantor, and seems to render the word immunis in the Latin charters On ða gerád, weorce hé ðæt hé weorce, ðæt ðæt land seó unforworht intó ðære
alewe
The aloe ⬩ bitter spice ⬩ aloes ⬩ aloe
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The aloe, bitter spice, in the plural aloes; aloe He brohte wyrt-gemang and alewan tulit herbarum commixtionem et aloes, Jn. Bos. 19, 39. Murre and alwe myrrh, and aloe, L. M. 2, 65 ; Lchdm, ii. 296, 20. Alwan wid untrymnessum aloes for infirmities,
fore-boda
A herald ⬩ crier
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A herald, crier Þæt syndan forbodan and Antecrístes þrǽlas þe his weg rýmað, Wlfst. 55, 8
Linked entry: boda
un-coðu
Disease
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Disease Ús stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoða ( murrain and disease ) derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10. Gé gehwilce uncoðe gehǽldon, Homl. Th. i. 64, 23. Hé mid ísene ðone uncoðan (ða uncoðe, v. rr. ) áceorfe, R. Ben. 52, 19
wacen
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement
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wakefulness, sleeplessness Ðone intingan ðínre unrótnisse and ðínre wacone (wæcene, Bd. M. 128, 23) tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41 a watch, vigil 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum
a-niman
To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ tollere ⬩ capere
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To take away, remove; tollere, capere Animaþ ðæt púnd æt hym take the talent from him, Mt. Foxe 25, 28. Animan wolde would take, Fins. Th. 43; Fin. 21
Linked entries: a-numen a-nyman aweg-animan
hláf-mæsse
Lammas, ⬩ a name for the first of August
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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17. On ðære nihte ðe gé hátaþ Hláfmesse on the day
Linked entries: hláf-sénung hlám-mæsse
scúwa
the shadow thrown by an object ⬩ shade ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow ⬩ shadow ⬩ protection ⬩ shadow as opposed to substance
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the shadow thrown by an object Oferwráh muntas scúa his operuit montes umbra ejus, Ps. Surt. 79, 11. Dægas míne swé swé scúa (umbra) onhældun, 101, 12: 143, 4. Ic eom scúan gelíc swýþe áhylded sicut umbra cum declinat, Ps. Th. 108, 23. shade, darkness
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wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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A chooser of the slain. According to the mythology, as seen in its Northern form, the Val-kyrjur were the goddesses who chose the slain that were to be conducted by them to Odin's hall — Val-halla : 'Þær ríða jafnan at kjósa val.' Something of the old
Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga
cýþ-lǽcan
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hearra
A lord
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A lord. The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable. It occurs twenty-three tines in that part of the Genesis [vv. 235-851] for which Sievers claims an old Saxon origin, and only four times elsewhere, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 28; Dan. 393
Linked entry: herra
Axa-múþa
Exmouth
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Exmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 307, 37
bed-cófa
A bed place ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed place; cubiculum Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl, 27 ; Som. 60, 99 : Lk. Bos. 12, 3
-bǽre
Producing ⬩ bearing
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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing
Linked entry: -bora
CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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The throat, JOWL; guttur, fauces Ðý-læs sió ceole síe aswollen lest the throat be swollen, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 26. Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2. Wið sweorcóðe, riges seofoþa seóþ on geswéttum wætere,
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CÍNE
A chink, fissure, vault ⬩ rima, caverna
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A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81
dim-hofe
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A lurking-place, hiding-place; latĭbŭlum, lātēbra He gesette þýstru dymhofan oððe dymnes oððe behýdednesse his pŏsuit tenĕbras latĭbŭlum suum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12. Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85. Gregorius on
fædera
An uncle, a father's brother ⬩ patruus
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An uncle, a father's brother; patruus Mín fædera patruus; meus, Wrt. Voc. 52, 13. Bán hire fæderan patrui sui ossa, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 16 : 3, 24; S. 556, 28 : Cd. 90; Th. 114, 7; Gen. 1900. Mínes fæderan þridda fæder my uncle's great grandfather, Wrt