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sweflen

(adj.)
Grammar
sweflen, adj.

Sulphurous, of brimstone

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Hé eal ðæt land mid sweflenum fýre forbærnde Deus pluit super hanc terram ignem et sulphur, totamque regionem exustam aeterna perditione damnavit, I. 3; Swt. 32, 10: Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 17. Swæflenum. Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32.

fúle

(adv.)
Grammar
fúle, adv.

Foully

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Eal se líchoma stincð fúle, Lch. ii. 236, 14. Hé stanc swá fúle ꝥ man hine ferian ne mihte, Hml. S. 25, 545. On þá fúle stincendan eá in foetentem fluvium, Gr. D. 319, 14, in a moral sense Fúle forlegene hóringas, Wlfst. 165, 33.

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; n.
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Gelaðige se abbod eal þæt gefére (omnem congregationem), 15, 5, 2, 8. Take here passages under ge-fér in Dict., and add

ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ful, adj.

Full ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus

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Full, filled, complete, entire; plēnus Ealra fúla ful full of all foulness [impurities ], Elen.

Linked entries: full full

míl

(n.)
Grammar
míl, e; míle(?), an; f.

A mile

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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.

ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Poisonous, venomous Eall hit bið ǽtrig (ǽttrig v. l.) ꝥ him (the devil ) of cymð, Hml. S. 17, 127. Ǽttrig virulentus , Hpt. Gl. 450, 10. Mid ǽttrigere clufþunge letali toxa , 427, 55.

Linked entry: ǽttrig

brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Hí hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido þára brémela, þæt him wæs eall se líchama gewundod, Guth. 36, 12. Of þiccum brémelum senticosis surculis, An. Ox. 1268. Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7.

fleótan

to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow

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Fleótende fluitans, Germ. 401, 12. of fish, to swim Eall fleótendra fixa cyn and fleógendra fugla, Shrn. 65, 31, Þæt heó gesáwe fleótende fixas and fleógende fugelas, Wlfst. 3, 5. to flow Ðá streámas ðe on neorxna wange fleótað, Sal. K. 190, 26

ge-anwyrde

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M. 18, 28. to make confession of Him man wearp on ꝥ hé wæs þes cynges swica and ealra landleóda, and hé þæs geanwyrde wes (hé was þas gewyrde, v. l.), þeáh him ꝥ word of scute his unnþances debuit esse delator patriae, quod ipse cognovit ita esse, licet

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32.

healfunga

indirectly ⬩ slightly ⬩ to some extent ⬩ half

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Ðæt wé him sume opene scylde healfunga oðwiéten, ðæt hié for ðǽm scamige si culpae manifestioris ex latere requisitae improperio confunduntur, 209, 22. slightly, to some extent, half Geseah hé hwǽr þá weorcstánas lágon ofer eall þǽr onbútan, and hé healfunga

spannan

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Ox. 17, 62. to bind by considerations of interest, fear of consequences Hí speónnon heom eall ꝥ landfolc tó (cf. hí námon gíslas swá fela swá hí woldon, 179, 3), Chr. 1052; P. 178, 36

hlid

(n.)
Grammar
hlid, es; n.

A lid, ⬩ cover, ⬩ the opening which is closed by the cover

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Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron and mid hlide belucon úre ealra Álýsend then the thanes laid Jesus therein, and closed up with a cover the Redeemer of as all, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 4.

tó-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-feallan, p. -feóll; pp. -feallen

To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ collapse, ⬩ fall down

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To fall to pieces, fall away, collapse, fall down Ðá hié æt hiora theatrum wǽron, ðá hit eall tófeóll (collapsa est). Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 11. Ðá byfode seó eorðe, and stánas burstan, and stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 216, 4.

Linked entries: tó-dreósan tó-fillan

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. e; dat. e; acc. e, u; f.

The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens ⬩ civitas, civitatis populus

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Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas, Mt. Bos. 21, 10: Chr. 1013; Th. 271, 28, col. 1. Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12.

á-wundrian

(v.)

to wonder ⬩ be astonished ⬩ to wonder at ⬩ admire ⬩ magnify

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Áwundrode eall se líchama in þám wífum omne in eis corpus obrigesceret, 284, 21. Áwundradon mirabantur, Lk. L. 1, 21: 4, 22: mirati sunt, 8, 25. Áundrad wæs miratus est, 7, 9. Ꝥ hé woere áwundrad ut miraretur, Mk.

be-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dirnan, (-dyrnan, q. v. in Dict.)

to conceal

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Eall þeós mennisce gebyrd Sancte Johanne bedyrned is St. John knew nothing of (was not subject to) frailties natural to humanity, Bl. H. 167, 27

Linked entry: be-dyrnan

mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrsung, e; f.

a making known ⬩ report ⬩ rumour ⬩ fame ⬩ renown ⬩ celebrity ⬩ celebration ⬩ a making great ⬩ magnifying ⬩ glorification ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ excellency ⬩ honour ⬩ favour

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Mid ealre boncunga and mǽrsunga hine herian to praise him with giving thanks and glory to him, Blickl. Homl. 31, 21.

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.

a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor

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a servant Eálá ic eom ðín ágen esne Dryhten and ðín swylce eom scealc ombehte (cf. ambeht-scealc) and ðíure þeówan suna O Domine, quia ego servus tuus, ego servus tuus, et filius ancillae tuae, Ps. Th. 115, 6.

Linked entry: scilcen

an-drysen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
an-drysen-líc, -drysn-líc, [on-]; adj.

Terrible ⬩ terribilis

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Terrible; terribilis Swýðe heáh God and swýðe andrysnlíc ofer ealle godas Dominus summus, terribilis super omnes deos. Ps. Th. 46, 2: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19 a. 26