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ǽw-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-fæsten, es; n. [ǽw law, fæsten a fast]

A fated or legal fastlegitimum jejunium

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A fated or legal fast; legitimum jejunium To ǽwfæstene for the legal fast. Rubc. Lk. Bos. 3, 1a, notes, p. 578

æt-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gifan, p. -geaf, -gaf, pl. -geáfon, géfon; pp. -gifen [æt to, gifan]

To give torenderaffordtribuereaflferre

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To give to, render, afford; tribuere, aflferre Ic him Mf-wtaðe lytle meahte ætgifan æt gúðe / could render to him little life-protection in the conflict, Beo. Th. 5748; B. 2878

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
  • .

what is owned, a possessionpossession

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Cf. ǽht-boren :-- Gif hwylc man his ǽht servum ofslyhð, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 29: 268, 9. possession Hilde gebohte týn hída landes hire on ǽhte, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 2.

ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht, e; f. [ǽhte = áhte had; p. of ágan to own, possess]

possessionspropertylandsgoodsrichescattleopessubstantiapossessiogregespossessionpowerpossessiopotestas

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On ágene ǽht syllan in possessionem dare, Ps. Th. 104, 10, 39: 110, 4

ǽ-lic

Grammar
ǽ-lic, (ǽw-).

of law, concerned with law, belonging to lawin accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate

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Ox. 5144. with special reference to marriage, Similar entries v. ǽ :-- Ǽulic hǽmæd legitimum connubium, An. Ox. 415. Ǽwlices gegæder-scipes legitime jugalitatis, 582. Ácenned of ǽlicum gesinscype, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 22. Tó ǽlicum gyftum, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽw-lic

ǽ-fæsten

Grammar
ǽ-fæsten, (ǽw-).
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On ǽwfæstenum ic gesyngode, Angl. xi. 102, 66. Ǽfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, 99, 62: Ll. Th. ii. 144, 23. Add

ǽlc

allany

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Hí þegniað ǽlc óðum, Met. 25, 12. adjectival Hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 34. combined with án :-- Ǽlc án hagelstán wegeð fíf pund, Wlfst. 228, 6.

ǽr-morgen

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Se ǽr-merigen wæs fram Adam oð Nóe, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 18. Gewordenum ðám ǽrmergene mane facto, Gr. D. 72, 11. Ǽrmergenne, 201, 25. From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. From ǽrmergenne (-morgene, MS. E.), Chr. 538; P. 16, 12.

æt-ýcan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-ýcan, p. -ýcte; pp. -ýced, -ýct [æt, ýcan, écan to eke]

To add toaugmentincreaseadjicere

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To add to, augment, increase; adjicere Se gesíþ ætýcte eác swylce his bénum, ðæt he his teáras geát the earl also added to his intreaties, that he shed tears, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 40: 4, 5; S. 573, 13

æra gebland

(n.)
Grammar
æra gebland, [ær = ear sea]

The agitation of the sea

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The agitation of the sea, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 38, col. 1; ear in col. 2, and p. 203, 38, col. 1; eár in col. 2

Linked entry: ǽr-geblond

brád-æx

(n.)
Grammar
brád-æx, e; f.

A broad axe; an axedolatura, dolabrum

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A broad axe; an axe dolatura, dolabrum Brádæx dolatura, dolabrum, Cot. 68;Ælfc. Gl. 51;Som. 65, 131;Wrt. Voc. 34, 59

Linked entry: brádlást-æx

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take toattachdeprehenderecapereinvenire

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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L. Eth. ii. 8;

æt-hreppian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hreppian,
  • Ettm.
æt-hræppian,
  • Som
  • ;
p. ode; pp. od

To rap atto knockdash aboutimpingere

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To rap at, to knock, dash about; impingere

brádlást-æx

(n.)
Grammar
brádlást-æx, e ; f.
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A broad-axe Braadlástęcus (braedlaestu aesc, Erf. Gl. ) dolatura, Txts. 57, 703

Linked entries: brád-æx brǽd-lǽst

æt-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted; f. trans, [æt, fæstan to fasten]

To fixfastendrive intoafflict withinflict onimpingereinfigere

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To fix, fasten, drive into, afflict with, inflict on; impingere, infigere Hí míne sáwle synne ætfæsten they inflict sin on my soul, Ps. Th. 142, 12. He him ætfæste éce edwít opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis, 77, 66. Bitere ætfæsted bitterly afflicted

Linked entry: æ-fæstan

æt-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [æt fram, wenian to wean]

To deliver fromweandissuescereseducereablactare

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To deliver from, wean; dissuescere, seducere, ablactare Ðe híg deóflum ætweneþ who weaneth them from devils, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 13

ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Eachanyeveryallquisquequivisunusquisqueomnis

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Each, any, every, all; quisque, quivis, unusquisque, omnis Ǽlc gód treów byrþ góde wæstmas omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17. Ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singulæ metretas binas, Jn. Bos. 2, 6.

Linked entries: ealc élc

tapor-æx

(n.)
Grammar
tapor-æx, e; f.

A small axe

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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30. Habbe hé áne taperæx on his [handa], Chr. 1031; Erl

æt-écan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-écan, -ycan; p. -écte; v. trans, [æt to, at, eacan to eke]

To add toincreaseaddereadjicere

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To add to, increase; addere, adjicere He ætécte addidit, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 33: Mt. Rush. Stv. 6, 27

æt-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen [æt, fleón to flee]

To flee awayescape by flighteschewaufugere

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To flee away, escape by flight, eschew; aufugere Ic ána ætfleáh I alone escaped, Job Thw. 165, 30. Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7