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líf

(adv.)
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V. adv. gen. lífes alive :-- Hé bið lang lífes vitalis erit, Lch. iii. 156, 18, 23. Unlǽde bið on eorðan, unnyt lífes . . . sé þurh þone cantic ne can Críst geherian, Sal. 21. (For other instances see Dict. )

for-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive awayforcecompeldrive outejectbanishpellĕreprōpellĕrecompellĕrecōgĕreexpellĕre

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Lufiaþ fordrifene, forðamðe gé sylfe wǽron fordrifene and útancymene on Egipta lande vos ămāte pĕrĕgrīnos, qui et ipsi fuistis advĕnæ in terra Ægypti, Deut. 10, 19, 18

for-spillan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spillan, -spyllan; p. de; pp. ed [spillan to spill, spoil, destroy]

To spilllosewastedestroydisperseperdĕredisperdĕredissĭpāre

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Ðæt he fordó oððe forspille of lande gemynd heora ut perdat de terra mĕmŏriam eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 17

in-gang

(n.)
Grammar
in-gang, es ; m.

Entranceentryingressentrance-fee

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Be útgonge Israhéla folces of Ægypta lande and be ingonge ðæs gehátlondes de egressu Israel ex Ægypto et ingressu in terram repromissionis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 11. Him óðres lífes ingang gegearwode vitæ alterius ingressui paravit, S. 599, 2.

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽrlíce, adv.

Magnificentlyexcellentlynoblysplendidlywith distinction

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Joseph leofode on ðam lande (Egypt) mǽrlíce Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 8. Hwæt is ðes mihtiga ðe ðus mǽrlíce féreþ (Christ entering Jerusalem), Blickl. Homl. 71, 14. Mǽrlíce ðæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.

Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Seaxe, Seaxan; pl.
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Of Seaxum, ðæt is of ðam lande ðe mon háteþ Eald-Seaxan, cóman Eást-Seaxan (-Seaxa, -Sexa, Chron. 449) and Súþ-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.) and West-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20-24. Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan, S. 483, 36.

wóhness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhness, e; f.

crookednesswrongdoinginiquilyperversitydepravitywickedness

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Fram langre wónesse and ungesǽlignysse álýsde a longa iniquitate atque infelicitate liberatam, 2, 15 ; S. 519, 10. Wónessa iniquitales, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 38: Blickl. Homl. 107, 24. Heora wóhnyssa forgyfennys, Homl. Ass. 136, 668.

Linked entry: wóness

á-flíman

(v.)
Grammar
á-flíman, -flýman.
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Hine ( Egbert ) hæfde Offa áfliémed .iii. geár of Angelcynnes lande on Fronclond, Chr. 836; P. 62, 22. Wearð áflémed út (man útlagode, MS. D.) Ósgot Clapa, 1044; P. 165, 15. fig. Áflýman eliminace (verborum tonitrua ), An. Ox. 1963.

Linked entry: á-flýman

man

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Swá swá scyp brincð man ofer sǽ; syððan hé tó lande cymð, þonne forlǽt hé ꝥ scyp, Solil. H. 21, 20. with correlative they: — Gif ǽnig . . . fluge . . . ꝥ hine mon slóge swá raðe swá mon hiora fiónd wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 52, 35.

wæl-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-reáf, es; n.

what is taken from the slainspoil taken in warspoilpreyrobbing the slain

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Ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan, lǽt mé on láste líc eorðan dǽl wælreáf wunigean weormum tó hróðre. Apstls. Kmbl. 189; Ap. 95.

Linked entry: weg-reáf

beó-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
beó-ceorl, beó-cere, es; m.

A BEE-CEORLbee farmer or keeperbocherusapum custos

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Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.

swíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-mód, adj.
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in a good sense, great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted Com ðá tó lande lidmanna helm ( Beowulf ) swíðmód swymman, Beo. Th. 3252; B. 1624. Swíðmód cyning, Cd.

Súþr-íge

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íge, gen. [e]a, ena; pl.
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On Súþrígena lande be Temese streáme in regione Sudergeona juxta fluvium Tamensem, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 14. Ealhere mid Cantwarum and Huda mid Súþrígium (Súþrígum, MS. E.) gefuhton wiþ herige, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 17.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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D. 49, 7. to shoot, strike an object Hí cwǽdon ꝥ se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ( lance ) ꝥ geswell; þá dyde hé swá, and þǽr sáh út wyrms, Hml. S. 20, 63. Ásceótende eviscerando, An. Ox. 46, 47.

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplatebeholdto considerto see about take care of

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Gl. 404, 34. to consider For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre heortan . . . hú Crýst on Iudéa lande geboren wæs. St. A. 32, 13. Hé besceáwað considerat (Prov. 5, 21), Kent. Gl. 115. Hé besceáwode ꝥ hí mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife, Hml.

hatung

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Heora gelícan nǽron on þæs cáseres lande, ne him swá leófe, gif hí noldon áwendan þá lufe tó hatunge, Hml. S. 11, 59. Bið rihtwísnys on dóme forhwyrfed for ege and for gýtsunge and for hatunga and for lufe, Hml. A. 148, 108: 113.

sáwan

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Hé seów hwǽte on beswuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 9. <b>I c.</b> absolute :-- Ic hrippo ðér ne seáwu ic meto ubi non semino, Mt. L. 35, 26. Sé ðe sáwes ł seáwa (seów, R.) qui seminavit, 13, 39.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Simon Petrus téh his nett on land, Jn. Skt. 21, 11. Teóh mid glæse oþþe mid horne, Lchdm. ii. 200, 13: 262, 5. Tæppan teón, Techm. ii. 120, 12. Teón út lange, Lchdm. iii. 16, 13. Onlegena út teónde ðone heardan swile, ii. 182, 16.

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Hé ða gewilnunge náht lange ne ylde he did not long delay that desire, Th. Ap. 1, 17. Ne ylde hé hit ðá leng nec exinde distulit, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 512, 34. Hé ylde ðá gyt distulit, Ps. Th. 77, 23. Ne yld ðæt ðú mé árie ne tardaveris, 39, 21.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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Hé oferhergade eall hira land betwuh dícum and Wúsan (terras illorum quae inter terrae limitem sancti regis Eadmundi et flumen Usam sitae sunt devastat, Flor. Wigorn. The limes is the Recken or Devil&#39;s Dyke. v.