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úht-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úht-tíd, e; f.

Early morning timethe time before daybreak

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Moyses bebeád eorlas on úhttíd folc somnigean, frecan árísan, Cd. Th. 191, 17; Exod. 216

Linked entry: úhtan-tíd

feald

(num.; suffix)

fold

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fold (as a multiplicative) Þæt man ǽlcne ceáp mihte be twám fealdum (be twiefealdan, S. 248, 2) bet geceápian þonne man ǽr mihte ut duplicia quam usque ad id fuerant rerum venalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 37

ge-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styltan, p. te

To be astonishedto be silent from astonishment

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Folc gestylte [gistylted wæs, Rush.] populus stupefactus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 15. Gestyldon aldro stupuerunt parentes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 56

toll-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
toll-sceamol, es; m.

A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions

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Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43

Linked entry: toll-setl

dol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
dol-scipe, es; m. [dol foolish; scipe termination, q. v.]

Foolishness, folly, error stultĭtia, error

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Foolishness, folly, error ; stultĭtia, error Giongra monna dolscipe hí ofslihþ the folly of young men kills them, Past. 50, 2; Hat. MS

druncen

Grammar
druncen, drunkenness.
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[Þat folc þurh heore drunken moni þusend swulten, Laym. 6070. Þa þe luueden hordom and drunken, O. E. Hml. i. 175, 253. Goth. druggkanei: O. H. Ger. trunchení.]

on-sǽlan

(v.)

to untie, unfasten

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Ðonne geméte gyt eoselan gesǽlede and hire folan; onsǽlaþ hié, Blickl. Homl. 69, 36. Onsaelid desolutus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 80. Hæft wæs onsǽled, Cd. Th. 215, 15; Exod. 583

hlúde

(adv.)
Grammar
hlúde, adv.

Loudly

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Loudly Folc ðe hlúde singeþ a people that sings loudly, Blickl. Homl. 149, 30: 217, 33. Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on uhtan ðonne on dægréd gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet, Past. 63; Swt. 461, 2

emb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl, -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre

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He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had besieged them, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 83, 3

Linked entry: ymb-sittan

stencan

(v.)
Grammar
stencan, p. te
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ða elðeódgan folc and hý áwurpe afflixisti populos et expulisti eos, Ps. Th. 43, 3

un-derigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-derigende, adj.

Harmlessinnocent

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Hió mid wíflíce níðe wæs feohtende on ðæt underiende folc, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 19

brægd-boga

(n.; part.)
Grammar
brægd-boga, an; m. [brægd, p. of bregdan
to draw, bend,
brægd
deceit
; boga
a bow
]

to draw, bend,deceita bowA drawnbent bowa deceitful or fraudulent bowarcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus

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A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19

compian

(v.)

to fightcontend against militarepugnare

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Lamb. fol. 183b, 18

ge-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To fold upwrapplĭcāreinvolvĕre

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To fold up, wrap; plĭcāre, involvĕre Ne læg hyt ná mid línwǽdum, ac onsundron gefealden on ánre stówe non cum linteamĭnĭbus pŏsĭtum, sed sepărātim invŏlūtum in ūnum lŏcum, Jn. Bos. 20, 7. Miððý gefeáld ðæt bóc cum plicuisset librum, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: ge-fildan

ár-leás

(adj.)
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Ic and mín folc sind árleáse ( injusti ), Ex. 9, 27. [O. H. Ger. ér-lós impius.]

á-þriéttan

Grammar
á-þriéttan, l. -þriétan,

'loathe any one,

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Hié ðæt folc áþrýtton þæt hié him on hond eódon they tired out the people so that they yielded to them, Ors. 5, ll; S. 238, 10

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Be landbygene (= landleóda[n] bebygene?), Ll. Th. i. 110, note I

doxian

(v.)
Grammar
doxian, p. ode
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To become dark-coloured Hwílum hé ( the dead body ) bið swíðe láðlicum men gelíc; þonne wannað hé and doxaþ; óðre hwíle hé bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, Verc. fol. 23 b

tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Hé rít uppan tamre assene and byre folan (sittende on eosule and on folan sunu ðære teoma, Rush.) sedens super asinam et pullum filium subjugalem, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5. Wildu diór woldon stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 2.

Linked entries: teoma tom

cyric-bót

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-bót, ciric-bót,e; f.

Church-repair ecclesiæ reparatio

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To ciricbóte sceal eall folc fylstan mid rihte all people must lawfully give assistance to church-repair, L. C. S. 66; Th. i. 410, 12: L. Eth. ix. 6; Th. i. 342, 8

Linked entry: bót