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crafian

(v.)
Grammar
crafian, cræfian.
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Hér kýþ on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífman þe Édit hátte mid unrihte . . . and Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633, 17. Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C.

fore-rynel

(n.)

a harbinger

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Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21. On þǽre cyrcan þæs hálgan forryneles and fulluhteres, Hml. S. 23 b, 505. Add

þeód-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-cyning, es; m.
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Th. 367, 25 which has here éce Dryhten), ælmihtig God ende worulde wyrcan wille, weoruda Dryhten, Soul Kmbl. 24; Seel. 12. [O. Sax. thiod-kuning (used of Christ and of Herod): Icel. þjóðkonungr.] Cf. þeóden

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.
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Hér sæt hǽðen here on Tenet in this year a heathen [Danish] army sat in Thanet, Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 31. Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13.

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35

afor

(adj.)
Grammar
afor, adj.

Vehementdirehatefulroughausterevehemensatroxodiosusasperausterusacerbus

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Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy, Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11

eorþ-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gealla, an; m. [gealla gall]

The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury fel terræ, erythræa centaurium

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The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury; fel terræ, erythræa centaurium. Lin Eorþgealla [MS. -gealle] fel terræ vel centauria, Wrt. Voc. 79, 50; Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 64, 5; Wrt. Voc. 31, 17. Eorþgealla centauria, Mone A. 373.

Linked entries: gealla curmealle

þúsend-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þúsend-feald, adj.

Thousand-folda thousand

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[Mid þusendfeld wrenches he þe herte towendeð per mille meandros agitat quieta corda, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 26.]

firding

Grammar
firding, (-ung).

military servicefightingmarchingan expeditionmilitiatroopsarmamentmilitary forces

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S. 30, 300, Hí lágon úte on fyrdinge ongeán þone here, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 16. figurative: pá concurrentes gehwyrfað mid sóðre fyrdunge, ꝥ ys mid fullum gesceáde, Angl. viii. 302, 30. an expedition: Se cásere his fyrdinge geendode. Hml. S. 28, 118.

wyrt-eceddrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-eceddrenc, es; m.
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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11

Linked entry: eced-drenc

be-swápan

Grammar
be-swápan, <b>; I.</b>
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Ic Heróde in hyge bisweóp ꝥ hé Ióhannes bibeád heáfde beheáwan, Jul. 294. Add

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor.eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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an elderman, ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king; mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. The

gærsama

(n.)
Grammar
gærsama, gersuma, an; m.

Treasureŏpes

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Treasure; ŏpes He lét nyman of hire ealle ða betstan gærsaman he caused all the best treasures to be taken from her, Chr. 1035; Th. 292, 22, col. 2. Gif he ne sealde ðe máre gersuman if he had not given the greater treasures, Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 7

Arrian

(n.; v.)
Grammar
Arrian, es; m.

AriusArrianus

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Arius; Arrianus Arrianes gedwola the heresy of Arius, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 80; Met. 1, 40

eorþ-rima

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-rima, an; m.

A kind of plant, dodder?herbæ gĕnus, cuscuta ? L. M. 3,

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herbæ gĕnus, cuscuta ? L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 334, 12

wyrtung

(n.)
Grammar
wyrtung, e; f.
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Seasoning with herbs On scírum wíne . . . : ge on wíne ge on wyrtunge, Lchdm. i. 342, 26

gedwild-æfterfylgung

(n.)
Grammar
gedwild-æfterfylgung, e; f.
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A following after error, heresy Kyre vel gedweldæftertelgung (printed gedweloæfterfelgund) heresis, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 55

Linked entry: æfter-fylgung

fór án

(num.; prep.; adv.)

onlytantumtantummŏdo

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Fór án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér ŏves tantum vestræ et armenta remăneant. Ex. 10, 24

gold-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fáh, adj.
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Variegated or adorned with gold Hió becwiþ him hyre goldfágan treówenan cuppan she bequeaths to him her wooden cup ornamented with gold, Th. Chart. 536, 17: Beo. Th. 621; B. 308: 5615; B. 2811.

spircan

(v.)
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Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele ( with oil that bespattered her ), Homl.

Linked entries: spearcian spyrcan