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líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon

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a line, rope, a coil of rope Langre línan with a long line, Salm. Kmbl. 589; Sal. 294. Línan spiræ, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 14; Wrt.

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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Wé cómon of fyrlenum lande (de terra longinqua), Jos. 9, 6. Wé wǽron swíðe fyrlyne, ǽgðer ge stðwlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Hml. Th. i. 106, 21. Him onbugon þá fyrlenan norð-menn, Hml. S. 29, 177. Tó fyrlenum landum, Hml. A. 106, 132: Jos.

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

ge-leáfleást

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Láriówas út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge gewearþ, Cht. Crw. 19, 7. Nele úre heofonlica Fæder ús syllan þæs deófles geleáflǽste, gif wé hine biddaþ þæt hé ús sylle sóðne geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 252, 29. Add

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately ⬩ to disperse (intrans.)

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Hí tóférdon tó fyrlenum lande on swá manegum gereordnm swá ðæra manna wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 12. Ða apostoli er þon þet heo toferden, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 8

Linked entry: tó-faran

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Tó ðam lande ðe eall fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies ... of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis ... de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat, Num. 16, 14, 13.

Linked entry: teár-líc

FEALO

(adj.)
Grammar
FEALO, fealu, feale; def. se fealwa; adj.

FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus

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Lang is ðeós síþfæt ofer fealuwne flód this journey is long over the dusky flood, 841; An. 421. Sindon fealwe fótas the feet are yellow, Exon. 60a; Th. 219, 22; Ph. 311.

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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And lang eá tó holan wylle, v. 302, 36. of the shape of a vessel or plant Holo pannae patena, holo ponne paneta, Txts. 86, 784. (Cf. M. E. hol basin in contrast with flat basin. v. N. E. D. hol basin, s. v. holl.) Hole cersan, Lch. ii. 78, 26.

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædmon,
  • MS. C. C. C. Oxford
: Cædmon,
  • Bd. 4, 24
  • ;
  • S. 170, 50
; Cedmon,
  • S. 597, 12
: Ceadmon,
  • MS. B. S. 597, note 12
: Cadmon,
  • Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11
, :
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cæd
linter
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mon
homo
]

linter ⬩ homo

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He first sang of earth's creation, and of the origin of mankind, and all the history of Genesis, and then of the departure of the people of Israel from the Egyptians' land, and of the entrance of the land of promise, and of many other histories of the

geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traverse ⬩ pertransīre, peragrāre

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Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa I traversed many foreign lands, Exon. 85 b; Th. 321, 22; Wíd. 50: 84 b; Th. 318, 23; Wíd. 3

feormian

(v.)

to cleanse ⬩ to furbish

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Hé mec (a lance) fægre feormað, Rä. 72, 18. Fe(o)r(mie) wǽge, B. 2253

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, p. ode.

to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.

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to taw, dress or prepare material Ðá bæd se Godes man ðæt him man íserngelóman mid hwǽte ðyder brohte ðæt land mid tó tawienne.

Linked entry: ge-tawian

brecan

(v.)

to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive

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Mid þǽm palistas hié weallas brǽcon, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 9. to break land, plough for the first time Brocen land novalis ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. to break a chain Racentan brecan, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. to violate a law, agreement, &c.

Linked entry: bracan

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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Tó lang hit him þúhte, hwænnne hí tógædere gáras béron, Byrht. Th. 133. 47; By. 66. Him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, Cd. Th. 233, 4; Dan. 270. Ðæt wundra sum monnum þúhte, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 133, 13; Gú. 489: 169, 27; Gú. 1101.

Linked entries: ge-þyncan þincan

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce

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Ðes apostol Iacobus bodode on Iudéa lande this apostle James preached in Judea [lit. in the land of the Jews], Homl. Th. ii. 412, 23.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

ge-wǽcan

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Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced ǽgðer ge mid fæstene ge on þám langan geswince, Hml. S. 23 b, 769. Gif wé lange standað, wé beóð gewǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 488, 35. of the effect of disease, age, wounds, famine, &c. Hungre ic gewǽce fame conficiam, An.

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.

swart, swarthy, black, dark ⬩ of absence of light or brightness, dark, black, gloomy ⬩ of absence of good, black (crime), dark, dismal

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Swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, Homl. Th. i. 54, 13. Mánfulra heáp sweartne the devils, Salm. Kmbl. 299 ; Sal. 149. Ic fela gefremede sweartra synna, Exon. Th. 261, 10; Jul 313 : 270, 20 ; Jul. 468.

Linked entries: swart swertling

sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
sceaga, an; m.

A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood

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On ðone langan sceagan westeweardne; of langan sceagan on ðæt hǽðene byrgils, iii. 85, 19-20. Onbútan færsscagan, 229, 29. Rihte út þurh ðone sceagan óþ ða lége, 406, 27. Of ðære byrig þwyres ofer ðane sceagan, 460, 2.

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre

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Hú lange, eálá Drihten, forgitst ðú me usquequo, Dŏmĭne, oblīviscēris me? Ps. Lamb. 12, 1: Ps. Th. 41, 11. Ðæt man forgitt ða ǽrran geár that the former years shall be forgotten, Gen. 41, 30.

Linked entry: for-gietan

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors

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On ðám scyran ðe ordríc abbud hæfþ land inne in those shires that abbot Ordric has land in, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 228, 5. Alle ða ðe ðǽr inne eardedon all who dwelt therein, Chr. 491; Erl. 14, 6.

Linked entry: innian

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 14. Sulum aratris, Wück. Gl. 254, 6. In the following passage perhaps he word is used to denote the quantity of land which could be cultivated with one plough; v. sulincel and cf. plóg.