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ge-talian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-talian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ed

To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ consider

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Lind. 15, 28

Linked entries: talian ge-tellan

ceawl

(n.)
Grammar
ceawl, ceaul

a basket ⬩ cophinus

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Lind. Stv. 14, 20: Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43

ceol

(n.)

a basket ⬩ sporta

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Lind. 15, 37: Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 20

ge-léfan

(v.)

to allow ⬩ permit

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Lind. 12, 10 : Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 16

ge-horian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horian, pp. ad

To spit

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Lind. 14, 65. Gehoræd biþ conspuetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 32

þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
þeahtung, e; f.

Counsel, ⬩ consultation

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Lind. 27, 7. Ðætung consilium, 28, 12. Ðæhtung, p. 16, 14: Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 6: 15, 1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 30. Ðæhtunge, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 6

weorc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-mann, es; m.
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Lind. 10, 10. Woercmonn (werc-, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 7. Wercmenn operarii, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 37. Woercmenn, 20,1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 2. Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . laboratores syndon weorcmenn, Wulfst. 267, 14.

þeóstrig

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstrig, adj.

Dark

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Lind. 6, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 34. Ðióstrig ł blind hearta caecatum cor, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 17. Ðurh ðrióstrie wegas per vias tenebrosas, Kent. Gl. 21

Linked entries: þýstrig þrióstrig

ge-ráwan

(v.)
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to make a row or line Geráwende infindens (labara per terram trudito dextra, quatuor infindens directo tramite sulcos, Ald. 153, 33), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 24: 47, 22

Linked entry: ráwan

wíf-healf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-healf, e; f.

The female side ⬩ female line

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The female side, female line On ða gerád ðæt hí gecuron heora kynecinn ða on iía wífhealfa, Chr. Erl. 3, 16. (Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word

beád

(n.)
Grammar
beád, es; m.

A table ⬩ mensa

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Lind. War. 16, 21. Beádas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12

twínen

(adj.)
Grammar
twínen, adj.

Of linen ⬩ linen

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Of linen, linen Bam (read ham, v. the corresponding gloss ham subucula, Hpt. Gl. 526, 30: at the same place, byssina is rendered by línen) twínen subucula bissina, Anglia xiii.37, 285

Linked entry: twín

seleness

(n.)
Grammar
seleness, selnes

tradition ⬩ traditio

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Lind. 15, 2, 3: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 3, 9

Linked entry: selnes

lám-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
lám-wyrhta, an; m.

a potter

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A worker in clay, a potter Lámwyrhte [-wrihta, Lind.] figuli, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 7. Lámwyrhtæ [-wrihtæs, Lind.], 10

píslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
píslíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Lind. 13, 15 : Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11, 53. v. preceding word

sóþ-hwæðere

(con.)
Grammar
sóþ-hwæðere, conj.

However ⬩ yet ⬩ nevertheless

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Lind. 26, 64: Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 42

plett

(n.)
Grammar
plett, e; f.
Entry preview:

A fold Óðre scíp ic hafo ða ðe ne sindun of ðisse pletta (from ðissum plette, Lind.) ... biþ ánn pletta (án plette, Lind.), Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 16. In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
Similar entries
(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

un-ádrysnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysnendlíc, adj.

Unquenchable ⬩ inextinguishable

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Lind. 9, 45: Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 17 (unádryssenlíc, Rush.)

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