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swiftness

(n.)
Grammar
swiftness, e; f.
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Ass. 63, 280. Þurh ða swiftnysse ( the rapidity of the moon's motion ), Lchdm. iii. 248, 4. Uton behealdan ða wundorlícan swyftnysse ðære sáwle; heó hæfþ swá mycele swvftnysse, ðæt heó on ánre tíde besceáwaþ heofonan and ofer sǽ flýhþ, Homl.

Linked entry: swiftu

þeáwfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
þeáwfæstness, e; f.
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Ass. 40, 406, 404: Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 138. Þeningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon (cf. þénas ðe his willan gefyllaþ, 65), Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62. Regoles gehýrsumnesse and þeáwfæstnesse regule oboedientiam et disciplinam, R. Ben. Interl. 103, 16.

a-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fight against ⬩ attack ⬩ assail ⬩ impugnare ⬩ expugnare ⬩ to tear or pluck out ⬩ evellere

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to fight against, attack, assail; impugnare, expugnare Bryttas Ongel þeóde afuhton the Britons fought against the English nation, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 647, 1: 4, 26; S. 602, 25. Hí afuhton me expugnaverunt me, Ps. Th. 108, 2: Ps.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, ge-stellan, ge-styllan; p. ed.
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., and add: To reach by leaping (v. stellan to leap), to assail, attack (of disease) Hé wæs gestelled (correptus) mid feferádle, Gr. D. 276, 13. Gestelled and geðreád, 286, 16: 288, 8.

for-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen [for-, grípan to grasp]

To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre

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Ðeáh gé mínne flǽschoman fýres wylme forgrípen though ye assail my body with fire's heat, Exon. 38 a; Th. 124, 31; Gú. 346

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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Asser: ad manum episcopi in filium confirmationis aeceptus), Chr. 853; P. 64, 30. (v. note ii. p. 79.)

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From above ⬩ Above ⬩ besides

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Ass. 198, 112

Linked entries: þǽr-onufenan þǽr-onufenan

un-tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweólíce, adv.

undoubtedly ⬩ indubitably ⬩ certainly ⬩ without feeling doubt ⬩ with certainty

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Ass. 97, 184. Heó getácnode untweólíce ða hálgan gelaðunge, 114, 412. Untwílíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 39. Se Sunu is gást and hálig untwýlíce, Homl. Th. i. 282, 30. Untwýlíce ðú líhst, 378, 6.

Linked entries: tweólíce un-twílíce

un-gewítnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewítnod, adj.

Unpunished

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Ass. 148, 10. Ne wén ðú ná be ðé ðæt ðú ungewítnod beó, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 159.

Linked entry: un-wítnod

up-flór

(n.)
Grammar
up-flór, a, e: -flóre, an; f.: es; m.

An upper floor or story ⬩ upper chamber

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Ass. 108, 204. Ða yldestan Angelcynnes witan gefeóllan of ánre upflóran (solario), Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 10. Sume férde upp on ðone uppflóre, 1083; Erl. 217, 18

Linked entry: flór

wígbed-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceát, es; m.

An altar-cloth

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Ass. 35, 284. v. next word

BEÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.

to BEAT ⬩ strike ⬩ lash ⬩ dash ⬩ hurt ⬩ percutere ⬩ tundere ⬩ verberare ⬩ cædere ⬩ pulsare ⬩ quatere ⬩ lædere ⬩ to tread ⬩ trample ⬩ tramp ⬩ calcare ⬩ proculcare

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Ðá Balaam beót ðone assan cum Balaam verberaret asinam, Num. 22, 23. Streámas staðu beátaþ streams beat the shores, Exon. 101 a ; Th. 382, 4; Rä. 3, 6. Sǽ on staðu beáteþ the sea lashes against the shore, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 30; Met. 6, 15.

Linked entry: a-beátan

þreodian

(v.)
Grammar
þreodian, þridian; p. ode.

to deliberate ⬩ take thought ⬩ to deliberate ⬩ hesitate

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Ass. 124, 242. Ic fród þrágum þreodude, Elen. Kmbl. 2475; El. 1239. Weras þeahtedon, þrydedon and þóhton, 1094; El. 549. to deliberate, hesitate Þrydaþ hesitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 35.

Linked entries: ymb-þreodian þrydian þrýþlíce

un-gedered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedered, (-od); adj.

Unhurt ⬩ uninjured

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Ass. 71, 169. Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce mid his bósum full goldes ungederad, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 5. Ðære ungederedan inlibatae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 16. Seó leó heóld ðæt cild ungederod, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 183

Linked entry: ge-derian

un-gecynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecynde, adj.

Unnatural

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'non de regali prosapia progenitum,' Asser.) cyning underféngon, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 10

Linked entries: ge-cynde un-cynde

ymb-hípan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hípan, pp. ed
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To crowd about, surround in crowds, assail Ymbhípan (printed -hiwan) constipari, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 21. Ðá wæs hé sóna ǽghwanon mid wǽpnum ymbhýped cam max ubique gladiis impeterelur, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 25.

Linked entry: ymb-heápian

truma

(n.)
Grammar
truma, an; m.
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Ass. 113, 356. Truman aciem, Hpt. Gl. 426, 69. Hé gesette ða menn on ǽnne truman, ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr on ðæm londe slóg, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 80, 19. Hé hæfde eahta and eahtatig coortana, ðast wé nú truman hátaþ, 5, 12 ; Swt. 240, 33.

un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy

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Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride

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Ass. 101, 322. Hé (Lucifer) wæs fordón þurh ða miclan upáhefednysse, Homl. Th. i. 12, 21. Upáhefednesse forfleón elationem vel jactantiam fugere, R. Ben. 18, 23: L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 12

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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[Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving women, children, and goods behind there; but if Asser may be trusted, the reinforcement was from abroad.

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