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Wright's OE grammar
§26; §128; §231; §238; §395;
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flood, flowing of the tide
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  • Flood

    adsida,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, l
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  • On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, and swá oft wanað,

    • Shrn. 63, 29
      • .

  • Ðonne hit bið full flód,

    • C. D. iv. 24, l
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  • God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum flóde; and þæt flód hí áwearp . . . on ðám sealtum ófre,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 146, 4.

  • Gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • F. 74, 29
      • .
a body of flowing water, a river, waves of the sea
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  • Flód oððe hærn

    flustra,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 32
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  • Be þæs flódes (the Nile) ófre

    ripae fluminis,

    • Ex. 2, 3
      • .

  • Þises flódes

    (fluminis)

    wæter . . . þá fixas þe synd on þám flóde

    (fluvio)

    • 7, 17, 18
      • :
    • Gr. D. 193, 16
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  • Deópan flód oferlíþan

    (Nilotica) gurgitis fluenta transire,

    • An. Ox. 3668
      • .

  • Ýstendre sǽ flódas

    feruentis oceani flustra,

    • 2476.
a (fiery) stream:
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  • Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce bærnð ðá earman sáula

    fluvius ignivomus miseros torquebit amare,

    • Dóm. L. 165
      • .
water as opposed to land or fire
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  • Eádweard cwæð: 'Lǽt mé land.' Ðá cwæð Æðelstán ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hit tó fýre oððe flóde gewurde þonne hé hit ǽfre gebide,

    • Cht. Th. 207, 14
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  • Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man weorþige fýr oþþe flód,

    • Ll. Th. i. 378, 20
      • .
a flood, deluge, an overflowing of land
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  • His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . Þá andswarode se biscop: ' Gá and cweð tó ðǽre eá: "Geblin ðú þyses flódes,"'

    • Gr. D. 193, 19.

  • Flódes

    cataclismi, i. diluuii,

    • An. Ox. 2477
      • .

  • Ðá cóm rén, and mycele flód,

    • Mt. 7, 25
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  • Seó eá ꝥ land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde,

    • Ors. l, I
      • ;
    • S. 32, 6
      • .
the Deluge:
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  • Ðæt flód weóx and ábær úp þone arc,

    • Hml. Th. i. 22, 4
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  • Þaelig;t ýðgende flód þe þá synfullan ádýlegode,

    • ii. 60, 4.
figurative:
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  • Þæt flód

    (diluvium)

    þǽra myclena wæterena, þæt synt þás andweardan earfoþa,

    • Is. Th. 31, 7
      • .

  • On cwilde flód,

    • Ps. Srt. 31, 6
      • .
a great outpouring of water, a torrent
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  • Flód

    compluvium,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 66
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  • Swiðe lytle beóð ðá dropan ðæs smalan rénes, ac hí wyrceait ðeáh swíðe micel flód and swíðe strongne streám ðonne hí gegadrode beóð

    altos gurgites fluminum parvae sed innumerae replent guttae pluviarum,

    • Past. 5. 37, 13.
a flood of tears:
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  • Heó gebfgde ꝥ heáfod in þá handa and ágeát þone flód hire teára,

    • Gr. D. 168, l
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  • Flood (? flooc.

    Cf. platissa

    flóc

    id(em) it bubla,

    • i. 65, 70, 71

    bubla,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 36
      • .

  • Flód,

    • II, 43
      • .
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v. flylleþ-flód.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “flód.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45262.

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