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ge-freógan

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Gefriáil, 32. to free from bonds, prison, captivity, & c. liberate, release Cwóm engel Godes and þæt fýr tósccáf, gefreóde fácnes clǽne (Juliana), Jul. 565.

Clǽig-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
Clǽig-hangra, an; m. [clǽig = clǽg clay]

Clay-hangerClaybury

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Clay-hanger or Claybury, Essex Eádmund cyning gegaderede fyrde and férde to Lundene, eal be norþan Temese, and swá út þuruh Clǽighangran king Edmund gathered a force and went to London, all north of the Thames, and so out through Clayhanger, Chr. 1016

hwástrian

(v.)
Grammar
hwástrian, hwǽstrian; p. ede

To whispermurmurmutter

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To whisper, murmur, mutter Ágén mé hwǽstredun ealle fýnd mine adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei, Ps. Lamb. 40, 8. Huǽstredon murmurabant, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 11: Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 7: Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 41, 61. Huǽstria murmurari, 6, 43.

Linked entry: hwǽstrian

Wealh-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-cyn, Wealh-cynn, es; n.
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Hig gegaderadan mycle fyrde mid Walkynne ( the Celts of Wales ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 188, 33. Griffin wæs kyning ofer eall Wealcyn, 1063; Erl. 195, 12

á-blǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
á-blǽst, adj.
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Gl. 466, 8, infuriated, furious Hé hét geótan týn orcas fulle eles, ðæt hé wolde ðæt ðæs fýres hǽto ðe réðre wǽre and ðe áblǽstre that the heat of the fire might be the more fierce and furious Angl. xvii. 113, 16

Linked entry: blǽstan

ge-find

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ge-find, enemies.
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Take here ge-fýnd in Dict., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant.

Linked entry: ge-fýnd

frécenful

(adj.)
Grammar
frécenful, frǽcenful, -full; adj.

Harmfuldangerousperilousperīcŭlōsus

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P. frécenful] for ðæs fýres sceótungum thunder is harmful from the shootings of the fire, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 280, 14; Wrt. popl. science 19, 27. Of frecenfulre forliðennysse perīcŭlōso naufrăgio, Mone B. 685, 686

Linked entry: frǽcenful

of-tredan

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Add: literal Gif ðám ylpum hwá wiðstent, hé byð sóna oftreden, Hex. 16, 14. figurative Míne fýnd . . . oftreden (conculcent) on eorðan mín líf, Ps. Th. 7, 5.

sacan

(v.)
Grammar
sacan, p. sóc, pl. sócon; pp. sacen.
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Gód sceal wið yfele, líf sceal wið deáþe, leóht sceal wið þýstrum, fyrd wið fyrde, feónd wið óðrum, láð wið láðe ymb land sacan, Menol. Fox 568; Gn. C. 53. Sceal fǽge sweltan and dógra gehwam ymb gedál sacan middangeardes, Exon. Th. 335, 4; Gn.

ge-macian

(v.)
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Hé gemacode þæt fýr cóme ufan swilce of heofenum, Hml. Th. i. 6, Hí gemacodon þæt him cómon tó creópende fela nǽddran, ii. 488, 20: Chr. 1075 ; P. 211, 9: Hml. S. 31, 498. Gemaca ꝥ þá wíf gecyrran sylfwilles tó ús, 36, 373.

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Add Þæt fýr slóh út of ðám ofne, and forswǽlde þá cwelleras, Hml. Th. i. 570, 16. v. mann- (?), þurh-sleán

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Éce fýr wæs Satane and his gesíðum mid, deófle, gegearwad, and ðære deorcan scole, Exon. Th. 93, 9; Cri. 1523. Ðæt gesǽlige weorud gesihþ ðæt fordóne, . . . byrnendra scole, 77, 6; Cri. 1252.

Linked entries: sceolu scól

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendlinessunkindlinessenmitystrifehostilitieswardivisionvariancedisagreementdisunion

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Ðæt ðridde is unsibbe fýr, ðonne wé ne forhtigaþ ðæt wé ða mód ábylgean úra ðæra nýhstena tertium dissensionis, cum animos proximorum offendere non formidamus, 3, 19; S. 548, 17: Anglia xi. 101, 37. Unsibbe simultate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 11.

wiga

(n.)
Grammar
wiga, an; m.
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Fýr swearta lég, weallende wiga, 61, 15; Cri. 985. Wiga ( a dog? fire? ) is on eorþan wundrum ácenned, 433, 23; Rä. 51, 1. a noble, strenuous man Se ðe mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn, wiga weorþlíce, Menol. Fox 317; Men. 160.

Linked entry: wihgena

lind

(n.)
Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.

a shield

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On fyrd wegan fealwe linde, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 14; Gen. 2044. Under lindum, 154; Th. 192, 7; Exod. 228: 155; Th. 193, 23; Exod. 251. Bordum beþeahte, hwealfum lindum, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 30; Jud. 214. Beraþ linde forþ, Thw. 24, 16; Jud. 191.

word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a sayingwordsspeechlanguage

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a saying, words Fyl nú frurnsprǽce, wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde (what thou hast said; ðíne wordcwidas, Exon. Th. 188, 9; Az. 43), Cd. Th. 236, 26 ; Dan. 327. Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde, 256, 27; Dan. 647.

ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend downhumblecast downsubduedeclīnārehŭmĭliāredejĭcĕresubĭgĕre

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Ðú hí mid fýre fácnes gehnégest in ignem dejĭcies eos, 139, 10. He fyrenfulle wið eorþan niðer ealle gehnégeþ hŭmĭliat peccātōres usque ad terram, 146, 6. Hie on wætere wicg gehnǽgaþ they cast down the horse in the water, Salm. Kmbl. 312; Sal. 155.

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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His sculdor and his hleór wurdon ontende mid ðam fýre, Homl. Th. ii. 344, 16. Wæs ðæt bærnet on his sculdre æfre gesewen, 346, 26. On his sculdre in humero, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 15. Oþ ðone swíðran sculdor, Lchdm. ii. 198, 19.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 146, 20, 21. literal Hé áscóc hí ( the viper ) in tó fýre, Hml. Th. i. 574, 15. Ásceaccað asca, Lk. L. 9, 5. figurative Gif hé his fram áscæcð yfelu si sua discusserit mala, Scint. 164, 2.

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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Swá þú bærne þornas fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12. Hé ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34