fléring
A FLOORING ⬩ contăbŭlātio
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flooring [of the ark] was their privy and dunghill, on the second flooring the food of the cattle was placed, on the third flooring was the first dwelling, and there dwelt the wild beasts and fierce serpents, on the fourth flooring was the stall of the tame
neádunga (-inga)
Forcibly ⬩ not willingly ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ of necessity
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Forcibly, not willingly, under compulsion, of necessity Hé nolde niman mancyn neádunga of ðam deófle búton hé hit forwyrhte he would not have taken mankind by force from the devil, unless he had forfeited it, Homl. Th. i. 216, 5.
sige-fæst
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Sigefæst tácon victricia signa, Bd. 1, 8 ; S. 479, 24 : H. R. 105, 21. Sigefæstan gúþfanan victricia, victoriosa, Hpt. Gl. 447, 54
swangorness
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Non autem dormire, sed dormitare, est quae quidem reprehenda sunt cognoscere, sed tamen propter mentis taedium dignis ea increpationibus non emendare, 28; Swt. 195, l-10
eáþ-médu
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Take instances given under eáþ-méd, -médum in Dict., and add: humility, lowliness Hé his blǽd Gode þurh eáðmédu ealne gesealde, Gú. 74: Cri. 1443. Eádmédu, Gú. 748.
ge-beórscipe
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Take here ge-bǽrscipe, ge-beárscipe in Dict., and add Singal gebiórscipe juge convivium, Kent. Gl. 521. Wearð seó þénung in geboren and æfter þám cynelíce gebeórscipe, Ap. Th. 14, 15.
geára
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Take here <b>geára, geáro</b> in Dict. and add Geára oþþe geógára jam Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geára gewunan oððe gewunede obtani 65, 3. Þǽm þa geára ábolgen wæs for manna synnum, Bl. H. 9, 6.
ge-cirredness
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Take here ge-cyrredness in Dict., and add: a going to a place, the going of a monk to a monastery. [Cf. tó mynstre gecyrran, R. Ben. 114, 13.]
hen
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Take here hæn in Dict., and add
hræd-ness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.
ǽg-hwanan
from all sides ⬩ on all sides ⬩ on all sides, in every respect, utterly
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Hé hine ǽghwanon mid ðǽre róde tácne gewǽpnode, 23 b, 776. Hí mon ǽghwanone sécan sceolde, 23, 236. Nú is ǽghwonon hreám and wóp, nú is heáf ǽghwonon, nú is ǽghwonon yfel and slege, and ǽghwonon ðes middangeard flýhþ from ús, Bl.
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á-weccan
to wake (trans.) from sleep ⬩ raise from the dead ⬩ to arouse a person from quiescence ⬩ to excite to feeling or action ⬩ stir up ⬩ to arouse ⬩ excite passion
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Beóð áwecte (á-wehte-wehte,v. l.) andan, saca and tala, R. Ben. 124, 17
dolh-sealf
A wound-salve, poultice for a wound ⬩ vulnĕrārium emplastrum
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A wound-salve, poultice for a wound; vulnĕrārium emplastrum Dolhsealf; genim wegbrǽdan sǽd, getrifula smale, scead on ða wunde, sóna biþ sélre a wound-salve; take seed of waybroad, bray it small, put [shed] it on the wound, soon it will be better, L.
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FÍC
Fig ⬩ the fruit of the fig-tree ⬩ fīcus ⬩ a disease so called, the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ fīcus
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Wið ðone blédendne [MS. blédende] fíc nim murran ða wyrt for the bleeding 'fig' take the plant sweet-cicely, iii. 8, 1
hwæðere
Yet ⬩ however ⬩ nevertheless
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Hwæðere for fremsumnysse tamen pro benignitate, 1, 27; S. 493, 7. Hwæðere verumtamen, Ps. Th. 61, 5, 9: 67, 21. Ðeáh ðe ... hwæðere although ... yet, Beo. Th. 3441; B. 1718. Ne ðú hweðere on móde milde weorþest eallum non miseraris omnibus, Ps.
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ing
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf.
irman
to afflict ⬩ vex
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to afflict, vex Ðá ongunnan twá þeóda Pyhtas norþan and Scottas westan hí onwinnan and heora ǽhta niman and hergian and hí fela geára yrmdon and hýndon then began two peoples, the Picts from the north, the Scots from the west, to attack them, and to take
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lustfullian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ take pleasure [in]
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To rejoice, be glad, take pleasure [in] Swá ic lustfullige on ðisum láðum wítum, swá swá se ðe gesihþ ðone ðe hé gewilnode, Homl. Skt. 8, 116. Heó lustfullode on hire fóstormóder húse, Nar. 40, 12.
sunn-ganges
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To move with the sun was considered lucky, to move in the reverse direction unlucky; the latter method is consequently taken by witches in their ceremonies. So Spenser, 'She turned her contrary to the sunne . . . for she the right did shunne.' Cf.
drípan
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(v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8. Ceáces sure wið wín gemenge, ii. 32, 9. Gewyrce (cf. wyrc, 32, 5) him ... finul, wyl þá wyrta, 34, 9.
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