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ǽl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl, e; f.

Burning

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Burning Ðára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá is án micel blácern on ǽle (onǽle? cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18

ǽl-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl-fisc, es; m.

An eel

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An eel Ic geeácnode tó ðǽre ǽrran sylene týn þúsenda ǽlfixa ǽlce geáre ðám munecum, C. D. iii. 61, 5

æl-fremed

Grammar
æl-fremed, (el-).

strange, foreign, not belonging to onestranger to anything, without a share in, free from

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Add: strange, foreign, not belonging to one Næs mid him [god] elfremed alienus Cant. M. ad fil. 12. Se ælfremeda Heródes ðæs ríces geweóld, Hml. Th. i. 82, 4. Hé earmlíce geendode on ælfremedum earde, Hml. S. 25, 547. On eorðan elfremedre in terra aliena

ǽl-hýd

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl-hýd, (?), e; f.

An eel-skin

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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hýd

æl-tǽwlíce

(adv.)
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Ðone mon ðú meaht gelácnian æltǽwlíce, Lch. ii. 348, 16, 22. Add

æl-þeód

Grammar
æl-þeód, &c.

Similar entry: el-þeód

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Add: intrans. To dry up, of material containing moisture (lit. and fig.) Ádrúgað aruit heorte mín, Ps. Srt. 101, 5. Wæstmas ádrúgiaþ, Bl. H. 59, 3. Ádrúgade exaruit, Mk. R. 4, 6. Ðá wǽtan hrægel ádrugedon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 25. Míne bán ádrúchedon,

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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Add: to dry up (lit. and fig.). to extract the moisture from material Hé ðá miltan ádrígeð, Lch. i. 334, 24. Gást unrót ádrígð exsiccat bánu, Scint. 167, 11. Hé ealle ðá costunga of his ágnum líchoman ádrígde omni illa tentatione carnis caruit, Gr. D

Linked entry: á-drígan

á-drysnendlic

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á-dumbian

(v.)
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On ðám dóme ádumbiað ðá ýdelan lyffeteras, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 35. 'Beó ðú dumb' . . . And hé ðá ádumbode, i. 202, 7. Wið ðon ðe wíf fǽrunga ádumbige, Lch. iii. 58, 16. Hét hé ðone hund ádumbian, Hml. S. 31, 1133. Se fæder wæs ádumbod, Hml. Th. i. 352,

á-dún

Grammar
á-dún, -dúne (-a).
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Add: á-dún Feall nú ádún, Hml. Th. i. 166, 19: Hml. S. 11, 108. Hé ofdrǽd slóh ádún, 23, 718. á-dúne (-a) Feól hé ádúne, Hml. Th. 1, 316, 29. Hí lédon heora wǽpna ádúne, Hml. S. 29, 171. Clif áscoren rihte ádúne, 31, 316. Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl.

á-dustrian

(v.)

to imprecate

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to imprecate(?) Ðá ongann hé ádustriga (&ustriga, R.) tunc coepit detestari, Mt. L. 26, 74. Cf. &ustrungæ abominationem, Mt. R. 24, 15

Linked entries: andustrian andustrung

á-dwǽscendlic

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ǽn-líce

(adv.)
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Ǽnlíce gefretewod, Hml. S. 9, 24: 18, 341. Ðá cwæð ðæt folc ðæt hé ǽnlíce spræc, 18, 111: 36, 79: Hml. A. 103, 44. Add

ǽn-lípe

(adj.)

Similar entry: án-lípe

ǽra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽra, an; m.

A scraper (of brass)

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A scraper (of brass) Aera, ǽren screop strigillus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 41

ærn-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
ærn-þegen, es; m.

The officer of a house

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The officer of a house Rendegn aeditus, templi vel aedis minister, Txts. 109, 1137

Linked entries: ren-degn ærn

bryne-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-ádl, e; f.

a diseaseA burning disease, a feveræstuans morbus, febris

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[ádl a disease] A burning disease, a fever; æstuans morbus, febris, Cot. 92

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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legitimate matrimony Gehádedum mannum is beboden, ðæt hí cýþan sceolan folce hwæt on hálgum bócum áwriten is, and hí wísian, hú hí rihtǽwe healdan sceolan, Wulfst. 304, 18. a legitimate wife Be ðam men ðe hæfþ his rihtǽwe legitimam suam uxorem, L. Ecg

heal-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
heal-ærn, es; n.

A house with a hall, palace

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A house with a hall, palace, Beo. Th. 156; B. 78

Linked entry: heall-ærn