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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0024, entry 20
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æt-swymman; p. -swamm, pl. -swummon; pp. -swummen To swim out, swim; enatare. Chr. 918; Ing. 132,17, note m. v. æt; prep. 2.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0048, entry 25
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arc, es; m: earc, erc, e; f: earce, an; f. A vessel to swim on water, the ARK, a coffer, small chest or box; arca, cista, cistella, cibotium = GREEK :-- Ðá ætstód se arc tunc requievit arca, Gen. 8, 4. Wire ðé nú
nne arc fac tibi arcam, 6, 14. Þreó hund fæðma bíþ se arc on lenge, and fíftig fæðma on br
de, and þrittig on heáhnisse trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcæ, quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo, et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius, 6, 15. Se arc wæs geférud ofer ða wæteru arca ferebatur super aquas, 7, 18. [Laym. archen, arche, dat: Dut. ark, f: Ger. M. H. Ger. arche, f: O. H. Ger. archa: Goth. arka: Dan. ark: O. Nrs. örk, f.] v. earc.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0093, entry 13
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be-swemman; p. -swemde; pp. -swemmed, -swemd To make to swim; natare facere :-- Ðeáh hí beswemde weorþon though they be made to swim, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 28.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0158, entry 9
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CLÁTE, an; f. The herb CLOT-bur, a bur that sticks to clothes, burdock, goose-grass, clivers; philanthropos = GREEK , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine, Lin :-- Ðás wyrte man philanthropos nemneþ, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde menlufigende, forðý heó wyle hrædlíce to ðam men geclyfian: ða man eác óðrum naman cláte nemneþ this herb is called philanthropes, that is in our language men-loving, because it will readily cleave to a man: it is also named by another name clivers, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 2-5: Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 105; Wrt. Voc. 30, 53: 41; Som. 63, 108; Wrt. Voc. 30, 56: 66, 67. Cláte lappa, Wrt. Voc. 67, 75: 79, 41: Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 91; Wrt. Voc. 30, 41. Wið ceolan swile clátan wyl on ealaþ for swelling of throat boil burdock in ale, L. M. 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 56, 3: I. 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 13: 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 3. Nim ða smalan clátan take the small burdock, 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 23. Genim doccan oððe clátan, ða ðe swimman wolde take dock or clote, such as would swim, 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 22. [Wyc. clote, cloote: Chauc. clote-lefe a leaf of the clot-bur: Ger. M. H. Ger. klette. f: O. H. Ger. kletta, kledda. f.]
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0205, entry 41
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DOCCE, an; f. DOCK, sorrel; l
p
thum =
&alpha-tonos;
o
, rumex :-- Ðeós wyrt ðe man l
p
thum, and óðrum naman docce nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum, and on ealdum myxenum this herb which is called l
p
thum, and by another name dock, is produced in sandy places, and on old dunghills, Herb. 14, 1; Lchdm. i. 106, 10-12, note 14: L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 26: Wrt. Voc. 67, 54. Doccan moran dust dust of root of dock, L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 6. Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10. Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex mar
t
ma vel palustris, L. M. 1, 49; Lchdm. ii. 122, 19. Seó reáde docce the red dock; rumex sangu
nea, L. M. 1, 49; Lchdm, ii. 122, 19: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 2. Seó scearpe docce the sharp or sour dock, sorrel; oxyl
p
thum = ò
&alpha-tonos;
o
, rumex ac
t
sa, Som. Ben. Lye. Docce seó ðe swimman wille the dock which will swim, the water-lily; nymphæa, L. M. 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 8: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 11: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21. [Chauc. docke a sour herb: Kil. docke, blæderen the herb colt's foot.] DER. eá-docce, súr-, wudu-.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0245, entry 42
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ELE, es; m. OIL;
leum:--Eles gecynd is ðæt he wile oferstígan
lcne w
tan: ageót ele uppon wæter oððe on óðrum w
tan, se ele flýt bufon: ageót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele abrecþ up and swimþ bufon it is the nature of oil that it will rise above every fluid: pour oil upon water or on another fluid, the oil will float above: pour water upon the oil, and the oil will break through and swim above, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 11-14. Ele
leum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 109; Wrt. Voc. 27, 38: Ps. Lamb. 108, 18: 140, 5. Hund sestra eles centum c
dos
lei, Lk. Bos. 16, 6: Ps. Lamb. 4, 8. Of eówrum ele de
leo vestro, Mt. Bos. 25, 8. Mid mínum hálgan ele
leo sancto meo, Ps. Lamb. 88, 21. Ðú amæstest oððe ðú gefætnodest on ele heáfod mín impinguasti in
leo c
pul meum, Ps. Lamb. 22, 5: 103, 15. Genexode synt his spræcu ofer ele moll
ti sunt serm
nes ejus s
per
leum, 54, 22. Hí ne námon nánne ele mid hym non sumps
runt
leum secum, Mt. Bos. 25, 3, 4, 9: Lk. Bos. 10, 34: Gen. 28, 18: Lev. 2, 1, 6. Ðú nymst ánne holne hláf mid ele gesprengedne tolles tortam p
nis un
us crust
lam conspersam
leo, Ex. 29, 23: Lev. 2, 4: Ps. Lamb. 44, 8: Lk. Bos. 7, 46. Eles drosna dregs of oil; amurca = GREEK, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 18; Wrt. Voc. 33, 18. [Wyc. Chauc. oile: Orm. ele: Scot. olye: Plat. oelje: O. Sax. olig, n: Frs. oalje: O. Frs. olie: Dut. olie, f: Ger. öl, n. M. H. Ger. ol, öl, n: O. H. Ger. olei, n: Goth. alew, n: Dan. olie, m. f: Swed. olja, f: Icel. olea, olía, f: Lat. oleum, n: Grk. GREEK, n. olive oil; GREEK, f. olive-tree, olive fruit.] DER. wyn-ele.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0291, entry 17
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flax-fóte, flox-fóte, flohten-fóte; adj. Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palm
pes :-- Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman m
gen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0292, entry 12
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fleótan; part. fleótende; ic fleóte, ðú flýtst, he flýt, pl. fleótaþ; p. fleát, pl. fluton; pp. floten [fleót a stream] To FLOAT, swim; fluctu
re, n
t
re, n
v
g
re :-- Ðæt scip sceal fleótan mid ðý streáme the ship must float with the stream, Past. 58; Hat. MS. Nó he fram me flódýðum feor fleótan meahte he could not float far from me on the waves, Beo. Th. 1089; B. 542. Se feónde [MS. feond] gespearn fleótende hreáw the exulting [fowl] perched on the floating corpses, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 12; Gen. 1447. Fleótendra ferþ nó ð
r fela bringeþ cúþra cwidegiedda the spirit of seafarers brings there not many known songs, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 26; Wand. 54. Ageót ele uppon wæter oððe on óðrum w
tan, se ele flýt búfon pour oil upon water or on another fluid, the oil will float above, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 13. Oft scipu scríðende scrinde fleótaþ illic n
ves pertrans
bunt, Ps. Th. 103, 24. Fleát fámigheals forþ ofer ýðe the foamy necked one floated forth over the wave, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909. [Piers P. fleten: Wyc. Chauc. flete: Orm. fletenn: Scot. fleit, flete: Plat. fleten: O. Sax. fliotan: O. Frs. fliata: Dut. vlieten: Ger. fliessen: M. H. Ger. vliuzen: O. H. Ger. fliuzan, fleozan : Dan. flyde: Swed. flyta: Icel. fljóta: Lat. flu
re to flow; Grk. GREEK to navigate: Sansk. plu to float, swim.] DER. a-fleótan.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0295, entry 13
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FLÓWAN; part. flówende; ic fiówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he ftóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen To FLOW, issue; flu
re, fluctu
re, inund
re :-- Ðæt ealle eán eft flówan mágon that all waters may flow again, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 16. Flówan mót ýþ ofer eall lond the wave may flow over all the land, Salm. Kmbl. 644; Sal. 321: Ps. Th. 77, 21: 104, 36: Menol. Fox 555; Gn. C. 47. Com flówende flód the flood came flowing, Byrht. Th. 133, 44; By. 65. Ic flówe fluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 4. Lagu flóweþ ofer foldan water shall flow over the earth, Exon. 115b; Th. 445, 2; Dóm. 1: Bt. Met. Fox 5, 28; Met. 5, 14: Ps. Th. 67, 2: 63, 1: 103, 10: 147, 7. On ðæt land ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie in terram quæ fluit lacie et melle, Ex. 3, 8: Num. 13, 28: 14, 8: 16, 14: Ps. Spl. 57, 8: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 19; Lchdm. iii. 268, 16. Lybbendes wætres flód flðwaþ of his innoþe fl
m
na de ventre ejus fluent
quæ v
vÆ, Jn. Bos. 7, 38: Ps. Lamb. 147, 18. S
streámas flówaþ sea-streams flow, Ps. Th. 92, 5. Fleów blód út and wæter ex
vit sangtuis et
qua, Jn. Bos. 19, 34. Fleów firgend-streám the mountain-torrent flowed, Andr. Kmbl. 3144; An. 1575. He slóh stán and fleówon wæteru, and burnan fleówon oððe ýþgodon percussit petram et flux
runt
quæ, et torrentes inund
v
runt, Ps. Lamb. 77, 20: 104, 41. Ðeáh ðe wealan flówen d
v
tiæ si affluant, Ps. Th. 61, 11. [Chauc. flowen: Orm. flowenn: Plat. floien, flojen: Dut. vloeien: M. H. Ger. vlæjen, vlæen: O. H. Ger. flawjai, flewén: Icel. flóa to flood: Lat. flu-
re: Grk. GREEK to swim: Sansk. plu to float, swim.] DER. a-flówan, æt-, be-, forþ, geond-, of-, ofer-, to-, to-be-, under-.
Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0770, entry 35
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óþ-swimman to swim off :-- Ða áne ðe út óþswymman mihton (æl-swummon, MS. A. ) tó ðám scipum, Chr. 915; Erl. 105, 11.
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