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ofer-etol

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-etol, -ettol; adj.

Given to excess in eating, gluttonous

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Gehiéren ða oferetolan ða word ðe Krist cuæþ: Behealdaþ eów ðæt eówre heortan ne sín gehefegode mid oferǽte, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 8, 16

Linked entry: etol

on-wealcan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wealcan, v. trans.

To roll

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Sóna swá ðú geseó ðæt ðú hyre ( the mandrake ) geweald hæbbe, genim hý sóna on hand, swá andwealc hí, and gewring ðæt wós of hyre leáfon, Th. An. 116, 22

Linked entry: and-wealcan

fácen-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
fácen-ful, fácn-ful, -full; def. se -fulla, seó, ðæt -fulle; adj.

Deceitful, crafty fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus

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Deceitful, crafty; fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus Se fácenfulla [MS. fakenfulla] fægere word sprecþ the deceitful man speaks fair words, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 5. Múþ ðæs fácenfullan ofer me geopened is os dŏlōsi sŭper me ăpertum est, Ps. Lamb. 108, 2.

Linked entries: fácn-ful fácyn-full

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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Emb stem, Scint. 140, 17. a body of persons who take their turn at any work (v. fird-stemn), the English military force(?) On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33

ge-þeódnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeódnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [ge, þeódnes, -nys a joining] .

a joiningjuncturejointjunctiojuncturacompages

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Gr. 44, 2; Som. 45, 24: 5, 26; Som. 3, 50. conjugation Conjugatio verborum is worda geþeódnyss ... Conjugatio mæg beón gecweden geþeódnyss forðan ðe on ðærebeóþ manega word geþeódde on ánre declínunge, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-fégincg

a-dýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dýdan, -dýddan; p. -dýdde; pp. -dýded, -dýd; v. a. [a, dýdan to die]

To put to deathto destroykillmortifyperdereoccidere

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To put to death, to destroy, kill, mortify; perdere, occidere Wolde híg adýddan would destroy them, Ælfc. T. 22, 19.

lǽð

(n.)

a lathe

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The word occurs in the Latin laws of Edward the Confessor In quibusdam vero provinciis Anglice vocabatur léð, quod isti dicunt tithinge [or trihinge], Th. i. 455, ii. 3. In L. Hen.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To alightapproachcome

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Segde ðætte sealfa god wolde helwarum hám gelíhtan said that God himself would come home to the dwellers in hell, Cd. 222; Th. 291, 16; Sat. 431

simbel-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
simbel-geféra, an ; m.
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symbelgeféran, ac hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnigne mæg bútan óðrum bión it is not only that it is so easy for opposites to be able to be constant companions, but it is more extraordinary that no one can exist without another, Met. 11, 50. v. preceding word

Linked entries: ge-féra symbel-geféra

stæþ-hlípe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæþ-hlípe, adj.
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Homl. 201, 16. v. next word

Linked entries: swæð-hlýpe -hlípe

tácn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
tácn-bora, an; m.

a standard-bearera leader, guide, director

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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22

þrág-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þrág-mǽlum, adv.

From time to timeat timesat intervals

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Ne meahton hió word forðbringan, ac hió þrágmǽlum þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ, þrágmǽlum eft ánforlǽteþ (cf. hit hwílum þunraþ, hwílum ná ne onginþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 34), 28, 55. Ðrágmǽlum, Andr.

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15.

Linked entries: wudere wudung

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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A meal, food Hé ðone hálgan ( Cuthbert) grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes tíðode (that he would give him a meal ). Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30.

ildian

(v.)
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Th. i. 350, 14 (in Dict.). with (negative) clause Se munuc gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hwæþre hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde monachus audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr.

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S.

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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[Hǽste may also be taken either as adj. agreeing with brógan (v. next word), or as adverb.] Grein compares with Goth. haifsts

óman

(n.)
Grammar
óman, pl. f.

Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammationserysipelas.

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In the section of which this is the heading the word frequently occurs. Of hómena stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26. Wið hómum, nim gate horn . . . dó on ða hóman, i. 350, 17-20. Wið hómum (Óman, MS.

Linked entry: hóme

spyrd

(n.)
Grammar
spyrd, es; m.

stadiuma coursea measure of distancea coursea distancestadium

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The word glosses stadium with the meaning a course Ða ðe in spyrde iornaþ qui in stadio currunt, Rtl. 5, 33. with the meaning a measure of distance Swelce spyrdas fífténe (spyrdum fífténum, Lind.) quasi stadiis quindecim, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 18.

bealcettan

to belchto come forthto utter

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Ox. 1884. to utter Mín heorte bealcet good word, Ps. Th. 44, 1. Bylcetteþ eructuat, i. a corde emittit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 12. Ðá láre hé mid hunigswéttre þrotan bealcette, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22