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gíme

Grammar
gíme, care.
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., and add Gif habbað suá micle sorge and suá micle giéman úrra niéhstena suá suá úre selfra si ut nostram, sic curam proximi gerimus Past. 45, II

irre

Grammar
irre, anger.
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God ús forgyfeð his erre gif úre monnum forgeofað, Shrn. 80, ii. On mé þurhfóron eorru ( irae ) þíne. Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 87, 17. Add

næs-þyrel

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Ðæt ádl þ e hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

scealfor

(n.)
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Gesáwon hié wel feala þára fugela þe scealfras nemnaþ, Bl. N. 4, 32. Geseah hé scealfran swimman on ánum flóde . . . þá bebeád Martinus þám mǽðleásum scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml. S. 31, 1322

spówan

(adv.)
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Add hí ǽfre tihton tó þínre geþafunga, þeáh ðe ús hwónlíce speówe, Hml. S. 8, 34. Add Him þyses ne speów, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 34. Add Him ná speów nánþingc (adv. ) þǽron, C. D. iv. 58, 7

út-gársecg

(n.)
Grammar
út-gársecg, es; m.

The ocean at the horizonthe ocean at a distance from land

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Tungol (the sun) on ǽfenne útgársecges grundas pæþeþ the sun at even holds its way beneath the depths of utmost ocean, Exon. Th. 350, 29; Sch, 70

ǽg-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwider, -hwyder; adv.

On every sideevery wayquaquaversum

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On every side, every way; quaquaversum Ǽghwider ymb swá swá Edwines ríce wǽre quaquaversum imperium regis Æduini pervenerat, Bd. 2,16; S. 519,38. Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92

and-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
and-lang, -long, [ond-]; adj.

All-alongthroughoutcontinuousextendedper totumcontinuusin longum porrectus

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All-along, throughout, continuous, extended; per totum, continuus, in longum porrectus Wæs andlangne dæg swungen was beaten all day long, Andr. Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115

beót-háta

(n.)
Grammar
beót-háta, an; m. [MS. beo = beót, gebeót a command, decree, háta a caller, commander]

A commanderleaderimperatordux

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A commander, leader; imperator, dux Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde calla, bald beót-háta bord upahóf then the herald of war leaped before the warriors, the bold commander [Moses] upraised his shield Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253

éd-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
éd-wylm, es; m. [= ád a funeral pile, wylm heat, fire]

Heat of fire, burning heat flammæ æstuatio

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Heat of fire, burning heat; flammæ æstuatio Se fǽcna gebroht hafaþ æt ðam édwylme ða ðe him oncleófiaþ the beguiler has brought into that burning heat those who cleave to him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 19; Wal. 73

Linked entry: éd-

fellan

(v.)
Grammar
fellan, fyllan; ic felle, ðú felest, felst, he feleþ, felþ, pl. fellaþ; p. felde, pl. feldon; pp. felled; v. trans.

To cause to fallto fellcut or throw downstrip offdestroycædĕresternĕreprojĭcĕreabjĭcĕredejĭcĕredestruĕre

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To cause to fall, to fell, cut or throw down, strip off, destroy; cædĕre, sternĕre, projĭcĕre, abjĭcĕre, dejĭcĕre, destruĕre Gefered ðǽr hit felde borne where it was thrown down, Exon. 109 b; Th. 419, 11; Rä. 38, 4. feallan

feoh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feoh-leás, adj.

Moneylesspricelesspĕcūniæ ĭnopssine prĕtio

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Moneyless, priceless; pĕcūniæ ĭnops, sine prĕtio Ða ðe feohleáse wǽron him scipu begéton they who were moneyless got themselves ships, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 27. Ðæt wæs feohleás gefeoht that was a priceless fight, Beo. Th. 4873; B. 2441

fóre-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gilpan, p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen

To boast greatlyvalde jactāre

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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13

for-sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceorfan, p. -scearf, pl. -scurfon; pp. -scorfen [sceorfan to gnaw, bite]

To gnaw or eat offarrōdĕre

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To gnaw or eat off; arrōdĕre Gærstapan ǽlc wuht forscurfon, ðæs ðe on ðam lande wæs grówendes locusts ate off everything that was growing in the land, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L

Linked entry: sceorfan

frécen

(n.)
Grammar
frécen, gen. frécnes; n.

Perildangerperīcŭlumdiscrīmen

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Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 16; Wal. 20. Ðǽr is ealra frécna mǽste there is the greatest of all perils, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 21; Gen. 488

ranc-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ranc-strǽt, e; f.
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God ðé wǽpnum lǽt rancstrǽte forþ rúme wyrcan God let thee with weapons work an ample road where thy bravery was shewn (of Abraham's rescuing Lot), Cd. Th. 127, 17; Gen. 2112

ge-mengan

Grammar
ge-mengan, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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Add þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Gr. D. 209, 12

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To mark, stain

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To mark, stain Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled the saint stood with spotless aspect, neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 2; Jul. 591

Linked entry: mǽlan

undern-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíma, an; m.

The third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.

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On undern sculon God herian, forðam on underntíman Crist wæs tó deáþe fordémed ... And eft com se Hálga Gást on underntíman ofer ða apostolas, Btwk. 214, 26-30

un-seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
un-seldan, adv.

Not seldomfrequently

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Not seldom, frequently Ðone sang sungon unseldon mid heom, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 264. Oft and unseldan, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 9: Btwk. 222, 2. Oft and unseldon, L. Pen. 2; Th. ii. 278, 5

Linked entry: seldan