felt-wyrt
The plant mullein ⬩ verbascum thapsus
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The plant mullein; verbascum thapsus, Lin Ðeós wyrt, ðe man verbascum, and óðrum naman feltwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum and on myxenum this plant, which is named verbascum, and by another name mullein, is produced in sandy places and on
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ge-hihtan
to hope ⬩ trust ⬩ spērāre ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ exultāre
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to hope, trust; spērāre Betere is gehihtan on Drihtne ðonne gehihtan on ealdrum bŏnum est spĕrāre in Dŏmĭno quam spērāre in princĭpĭbus, Ps. Lamb. 117, 9. On hys naman ðeóda gehyhtaþ in nŏmĭne ejus gentes spērābunt, Mt. Bos. 12, 21. to rejoice; exultāre
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bóc-fel
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Bócfel pergamentum vel membranum, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 14. Word on bócfelle áwritene verba pitacio caraxata, Angl. xiii. 367, 31. Seó rǽding þe ys áwriten on þám bócfelle, viii. 308, 2. Wrít þis on swá langum bócfelle ꝥ hit mæge befón útan ꝥ heáfod, Lch.
beorcan
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Beorceð latrat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 83: 52, 68. Beorcan latrare, Fast. 89, 17. Beorcende fox, Shrn. 141, 12. Hundas beorcynde, Lch. iii. 200, 25. ¶ beorcan on to bark at :-- Clypa ongén þissum deófles hunde þe þé on beorceþ, Shrn. 56, 32. Se wrítere sǽde
burna
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Burna latex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 16. On sumere stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna ... þá sceát heó inn on þone burnan, Hml. S. 23 b, 197: 740. On þone burnan þe scýt tó culan fenne, andlang þæs burnan, ... andlang heges þe scýt of þám burnan, C.D
buttuc
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A small butt (? butt, a provincial term applied to such ridges as run out short at the sides of the field. A small parcel of land is often called the butts, v. N. E. D.) Of ðám heáfdon on ðæne weg; of ðám wege on ðá buttucas; of ðám buttucon on ðone
Eoforwíc-ceaster
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On Eoforwícceastre apud Eboracum oppidum, Bd. 1, 5; Sch. 17, 23. On Eoforwícceastre (Eofer-, v. l.) Eburaci, 2, 14; Sch. 170, 5 : Chr. 738 ; P. 44, 20. Tó Eoforwícceastre, 867; P. 68, 17: 869; P. 70, 3. Æt Eoforwícceastre (Eofer-; on Eoforwíc, v. ll.)
ge-wleccan
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Dele ge-wlecian, and add: pp. ge-wlæcced Genim beolonan seáw, gewlece, and þonne on eáre gedrýp, Lch. ii. 40, 13: 46, 30. Him mon on eáre drýpe gewlæccedne ele, 22, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . on ele gewlæhte (-wlehte, v. l. ), i. 212, 5. Meng wiþ wífes
úhta
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; f. Add On úhtan hié árísað mane consurgent, Past. 249, 4. Ðæs cocces ðeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere canius solet, cum vero matutinum tempus in proximo est, minutas ac tenues
ǽ-brǽce
Law-breaking ⬩ sacrilegious, impious ⬩ adulterous
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Law-breaking. sacrilegious, impious Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322,
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-lícness
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fundung
A going ⬩ departure ⬩ abĭtus ⬩ decessus
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A going, departure; abĭtus, decessus He nolde on his fundunge ofer sǽ híréd healdan he would not hold a court on his departure over sea, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 2
fyrd-sceorp
A war-vest ⬩ bellĭcus ornātus
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A war-vest; bellĭcus ornātus Hwílum hongige on wage freólíc fyrdsceorp sometimes I hang on the wall a goodly war-vest, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 25; Rä. 15, 13
gang-pyt
A privy ⬩ latrīna
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A privy; latrīna On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and their dunghill, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7
ge-mynd-drepen
A mind stroke, a swoon, delirium ⬩ mentis percussio
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A mind stroke, a swoon, delirium; mentis percussio On gemynd-drepen in his mind's swoon, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 34; Gen. 1571. Grn. has,-On gemynd drepen; pp. of drepan
un-swefen
A bad dream
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A bad dream Sing ðis ylce gebed on niht ǽr ðu tó ðínum reste gá, ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternessum on menn becumaþ, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22
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fær-weg
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A cart-road Andlang þǽre díc tó cnictes ferwege; of þám wege on ealdan stánwege, C. D. B. i. 417, 15. Ondlong heges on færweg, C. D. iii. 213, 1
ofer-geswincfull
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Excessively laborious or troublesome Þis wæs on eallon þingan swíðe hefigtýme geár, and ofergeswincfull on ungewederan, þá man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1098 ; P. 234, 2
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oft-síþ
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Unárímedlíce oft (oftsíðum, Bos. 104, 44), Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 39. Þý ilcan geáre wæs gesewen blódig wolcen on oftsíðas on fýres gelícnysse, Chr. 979; P. 122, 24. Add
stán-weall
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Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22. Úp oð ðone ealdan stánweall . . . on stánwealles bróc, C. D. iii. 416, 12-22. Add