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án-lépe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lépe, -lépig, -lípig, -lýpig, [ǽn-]; adj. [án one; hleáp, hlýp a running, leap]

Going alonesolitaryprivatealonesingularoneeach onesolivagussolitariusprivatussolussingularisunussingulus

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Ánlépra ǽlc each one, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 111; Met. 25, 56

full-dón

(v.)
Grammar
full-dón, p. -dyde

To completeperform

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To complete, perform Eall ꝥ yfel ꝥ hí ǽr ðan begunnon, hí ꝥ eall syððan fuldydon, Hml. S. 23, 388. Hí þæt fuldón hoc perficiant, R. Ben. 70, 21.

Linked entry: dón

hræd-bíta

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hræd-bíta, hræð-bíta, an; m.

blata

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An insect which eats away clothes, etc; blata, Wrt. Voc. 281, 44

norþan-eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
norþan-eástan, in be norþan-eástan

to the north-east

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to the north-east, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 10 : 16, 18

un-súr

(adj.)
Grammar
un-súr, adj.

Not sour

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Not sour Eala forgá and meoloc þicge unsúre, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30

Linked entry: súr

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Geworht of Wiliscum ealað, Lchdm. ii. 78, 23. Drence on Welscum ealað, 136, Dó ealle ðás wyrta on Wylisc ealo, 120, 6. servile Hé on ðreó tówearp ða cneór[d]nesse, ðæt wæs wælisc ( the race of Ham ; cf.

norþeást-ende

(n.; adj.)

the north-east end

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the north-east end Óþ ðone norþeástende ðisses middangeardes, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 14, 14

Linked entry: ende

eástan-norþan

(adv.)
Grammar
eástan-norþan, adv.
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From the north-east Eástannorþan ab borea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 30. Eástannorðan, 4, 16

fíftig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftig-wintre, adj.
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Fifty years old Gyt þú ne eart fíftigwintre quinquaginta annos nondum habes, Jn. 8, 57

heáh-cásere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cásere, es; m.
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The supreme emperor : Þú gewurðod eart on heofonríce heáhcásere, Hy. 7, 60. Cf. heáh-cyning

ymb-weorpan

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Sió sunne wæs eall útan ymbworpenu mid þryfealde gyldene hringe, Verc, Forst. 97, 16. Add

bróðor-gemédred

(n.)

a brother by the same motherfrater ex eadem matre ortus

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a brother by the same mother; frater ex eadem matre ortus, Gen. Grn. 43, 29

óþ-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-þringan, to force away from one (oftenest in phrases líf, feorh, etc., óþþringan
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Unc mágas uncre sculon eard óþþringan our kinsmen shall take our home from us, Exon. Th. 496, 9; Rä. 85, 11. Cf. æt-þringan

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.

þing-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
þing-gemearc, es; n.
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geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive that is found) Ðá wæs ágangen tú hund and þreó geteled rímes swylce þrittig eáe

yfemest

(adv.)
Grammar
yfemest, yfmest; adv.
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Ðǽr hire yfemest bið eard gecynde, Met. 13, 63. Ðæt fýr is yfemest ofer eallum ðissum woruldgesceaftum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 38: Met. 20, 84. Yfmest, 24, 20. Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum óðrum steorrum, 24, 23.

Linked entry: ufera

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Eal ꝥ his fæder þǽr begeondan hæfde, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 10: 1013; P. 114, note 2

ellen

(v.)
Grammar
ellen, ellern (-aern), elle

elder-tree

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Þá gemearr þe man drífð . . . on ellenum and eác on óðrum mislicum treówum (for the elder as a sacred tree see Grmm. D. M. p. 651 (trans.)), Ll. Th. ii. 248, 5. Add:

ge-fég

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God gesette twégen sunnstedas and hé geendebyrde þá twelf mónðas on twám emnihtum ... hé eác mid his ágenre mihte geglengde ꝥ gér mid feówrum gesceaftum, swá þis gefeig ætýwð eallum þe hyt sceáwiað he adorned the year with four seasons, as this framework