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ræfnan

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Add Énne hræfneð unum sustinebit, Mt. L. 6, 24. Þá ræfnede mycel mægn unwederes vim nimiae tempestatis pertulit, Gr. D. 346, 33. þon wǽre ræfnende þá gewin þæs ealdan feóndes antiqui hostis certamina toleraturus, 184, 28

réþ-ness

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Take here hréþ-ness, and <b>I a.</b> add Þǽra Langbeardna réðnes ( saevitia ) byð gemetegad þurh his gife, Gr. D. 234, 1. Sealde bysne his folgerum móston forbúgan réðnysse, Hml. A. 72, 176

Linked entry: hréð-ness

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m. l. n.
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Add Ne gebyreð . . . léfænnæ rúmæs bútan twígen fýt, C. D. ii. 89, 7. Add Interuallum þæt is hwíl oððe rúm, Chrd. 24, 6. Add Gif rúm and þone ǽmtan hæbbe si locus aut tempus exigerit, Chrd. 105, 18

sceald

(adj.)
Grammar
sceald, adj. ?
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Shoal, shallow Andlang streámes út on scealdan fleót; ðonnen andlang scealdan fleótes, C. D. iii. 431, 21. scelden mære, iv. 158, 10. Útt on scealdan ford (cf. on ðæs deópan fordes ende, iii. 431, 12), v. 256, 16: 300, 19

scyttel

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D. 234, 18-25. Add

spora

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Dele hún-, hand-spor(a?) at end, and add ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

stær-blind

(adj.)
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Stærblindra scotomaticorum, i. cecorum, An. Ox. 1735. Add

un-gebunden

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tóbræc þone fótcops, and swá þéh æfter þan ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe . . . ac hine sylfne beeóde . . . bútan racenteáge in swá mycclun landsticce ungebunden swá ǽr gebunden on wunode, Gr. D. 214, 16. Add

úp

Grammar
úp, <b>. V.</b>
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Ðér hit ǽr úp eóde where it started, C. D. v. 40, 17. Þý lǽs for longum gesǽlþum úp áhæbben, and ðonan on ofer-méttum weorðen, Bt. 39, Ii; F. 228, 23: Past. 79, 17 : 461, 28. Add

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.
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Add Weart uigil, An. Ox. 32, 8. Siþþan Scipia geáscade þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard

wíd-gill

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On þǽre sídan þæs wídgellan (-gill-, v.l.) muntes in devexi mantis latere, Gr. D. 12, 17. Of þǽre wídgyllan (-gill-, v.l.) sídan þæs muntes e devexo montis latere, 112, 19. Geond þá wídgellan (-gill-, v.l. ) sídan þæs muntes, 211, 25. Add

fýl-ness

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, Wlfst. 240, 15. Seó fýlnes (foetor) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28. Fýlnesse fuliginis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 41. Add

gafol-land

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strǽt synd .xii. hída .xxvii. gyrda gafollandes ... Middeltúne .v. hída .xiii. gyrda gafollandes ... cinges túne .v. hída synd .xiii. gyrda gafollandes and .i. hída bufan díc ðæt is eác gafolland, C. D. iii. 450, 12-18. Add

á-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stellan, (i, y); p. de

To leaprushfly off

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To leap, rush, fly off Se þorn, efne swá swá strǽl of bogan ástelleþ, swá of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. hraþe ástylde (forð árǽsde, v. l.) of his ræste ex lecto prosiliit, Gr. D. 21, 28

bæcestre

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Voc. i. 83, 15. becom þám ofne, in þám þá wíf bócon heora hláfas. Þá lócode in þone ofn, wénunga hwylc hláf ðǽr láfe wunode æfter þám bæcestrum (coquentibus), Gr. D. 251, 27. Add

be-búgan

(v.)

to avoid.

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to avoid. bebeáh and warnode hine wiþ swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Ongan his freónd and his geféran bebúgan amicos coepit et familiares deserere, 181, 1. Add

Eofes-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Eofes-ham, Eues-ham; gen. -hammes; m. [Flor. Eouesham: Hovd. Heuesham: Brom. Euesham: Kni. Evisham, Evysham, Ewesham, Evesham]

EVESHAM, Worcestershire oppĭdi nomen in agro Vigorni*-*ensi

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D. 1054] was consecrated the monastery at Evesham, on the 6th of the Ides of October [October 10th ], Chr. 1054; Th. 322, 34, col. 1; 324, 3, col. 2 : 1078; Th. 350, 15

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eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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D. v. 319, 19: Cht. Crw. 4, 36. Is sió eáste-meste þeód háten Libia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 33. On þǽm eástemestan onwalde, 6, 1; S. 252, 5. Cf. west; adj

fana

(n.)
Grammar
fana, fanu(-e) ; f.

a flagfane

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Add: a flag Pater Noster hafað gyldene fonan, and seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, Sal. K. 152, 17. Fanan uexillo, An. Ox, 4804. Fanan labara, 1762. [v. N. E. D. fane a banner.]

Linked entry: fan-byrd

ge-orwénan

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Add: absolute Gif ðú georwénst si desperaveris, Kent. Gl. 925. Ne georwén ðú ne desperis, 702. to despair of. with acc.