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ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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Ða heargas ðara deófolgylda mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron fana idolorum cum septis quibus erant circumdata Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39. to plant with something. v. ymb-seten Ic embsette consero Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 56.

be-wyrcan

surround

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Lǽmen fæt biwyrcan wudubeámum, Jul. 575. ꝥáfótlástas wǽron beworht mid ǽrne hweóle. Shrn. 81, 12. of fortification: Iericho wæs mid seofon weallum beworht, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 26.

for-dyttan

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Hí fordytton ǽlc fær upp tó þám muntum praeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium, Hml. A. 104, 70. Fordytte ꝥ eáre mid þǽre wulle, Lch. ii. 42, 25: 44, 3. Hé hét fordyttan þæs scræfes múð mid weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 26.

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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[Fra steven of forspekand a voce obloquentis, Ps. 43, 17.] to misrepresent a case, state wrongly Ne sý forspecen ne forswigod ... ꝥ wé þǽrtó lustlice fón do not let the fact be stated wrongly or passed over in silence, ... that we gladly accept it, Ll

ge-sceþþan

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Ǽr him fǽr Godes þurh egesan gryre aldre gesceóde, 593. Add

Linked entries: sceþþan ge-sceaþan

ge-teld

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Ælfríc biscop I biqueðe míne teld and mín bedreáf ðat ic best hauede út on mi fare mid mé, iv. 302, 27. Add

ge-sýne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sýne, -séne, -siéne; adj.

Visibleseenevidentplain

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Visible, seen, evident, plain Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse for ðan hit wæs on mínum andwlitan gesýne I could not hide from her the disquiet of my mind for it was evident in my face, Shrn. 41, 25: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 28: Blickl.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32. Gif hwá hlytas begá si quis sortilegia exerceat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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from fæt, gastas from gæst, ascas from æsc; adj.

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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cf. fǽr and its compounds) God ðe on Ægyptum æðele wundur worhte and recene wundar on ðam Reádan Sǽ Deus qui fecit magnalia in Ægypto, terribilia in Mari Rubro, Ps. Th. 105, 18

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, bléd, e; f.

A flower, blossom, fruitflos, olus, fructus

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What is produced,- A flower, blossom, fruit; flos, olus, fructus His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ its leaves and its flowers shall not fall; folium ejus non decidet, Ps. Th. 1, 4. Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan a wood shall blow with flowers, Menol.

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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Gif hé unmyndlunge ( without having previously intended to do it ) ceáp áredige út on hwylcere fare, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 23.

Linked entry: myndlinga

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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strange, wonderful Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate, Ps. Th. 64, 5 : Exon. Th. 26, 12 ; Cri. 416.

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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Take here passages given under fyllan, and add: to cause to fall to the ground, to pull down, throw down, lit. Hé cwealde Crístne men, circan fylde, Jul. 5. Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde . . . hié mid heora handum þá ídlan gyld fyldon, Bl.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Heó bæd ꝥ hí hyre fæx forcurfon, 2, 50. Hé hét forceorfan his tungan ... and his handa forceorfan, 25, 115. Heora ǽlces sweordfǽtelsas hé hét forceorfan, 23, 178. Croppas forceorfende racemos succidens .i. praecidens, An. Ox. 2642.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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Icel. hljótask to be allotted, fall by lot] Hié sendon hlot him betweónum, hwider hyra gehwylc faran scolde tó lǽranne. Se eádiga Matheus gehleát tó Marmadonia (cf. þám ( Matthew ) God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland, An. 14), Bl. H. 229, 6

lyre

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Ben. 51, 6. the fact of losing something. the being deprived of, failure to keep a possession, faculty, &c. Þonne se man geunrótsað for his ǽhta lyre, Hml. S. 16, 291. Lyre gehealtsumnesse dispendio castitatis. An. Ox. 353.

six

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Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1. Æfter dagum sexum (sex. L.), Mk. R. 9, 2. Mónoðas sexu (móneðum sex, L.) mensibus sex, Lk.

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

follystupidityignorance

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From onsiéne unwísdómes (insipientiae) mínes fra face of mine unwisdome Ps. Surt. 37, 6.. Tó unwísdóme ad insipientiam, Ps. Spl. 21, 2. Mid unwísdóme gefyllede, Lk. Skt. 6, 11.

Linked entry: wís-dóm

gryre

(n.)
Grammar
gryre, es; m.

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful

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Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel, Beo. Th. 960; B. 478: Cd. 143; Th. 178, 32; Exod. 20. Mid gryrum ecga with the terrors of swords, Beo. Th. 971; B. 483: 1187; B. 591