þeów-cnapa
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A servant-lad His ðeówcnapena án wearð þearle áwéd; ðá sette Martinus his handa him onuppon, and se feónd fleáh forht for ðam hálgan, and se ðeówa siððan gesundful leofode, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 27
eorþ-ríce
the earth
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Add: the earth Sé hæfde áre on eorþríce, sé þe ælmyssan dǽlde dómlíce, Lch. i. 400, 8. an earthly kingdom, earthly power Críst fleáh eorðríce tó underfónne regnum percipere vitavit in terris, Past. 33, 12
wérig-ferhþ
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Hí hreówigmóde wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, gewitan him wérigferhþe on fleám sceacan, Jud. Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 291. Wérigferðe . . . reónigmóde, Exon. Th. 361, 14; Wal. 19
fyren
A sin ⬩ crime ⬩ peccātum ⬩ crīmen
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He ðære mǽgþe fleáh fyrene he avoided the crimes of the people, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 24; Gen. 1941: Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 18; Gú. 1044
mann-wíse
Custom ⬩ fashion ⬩ usage ⬩ manner of men
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Hé ðære mǽgþe monwísan fleáh he shunned the customs of that country, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 21; Gen. 1939
bunden-stefna
bound ⬩ the prow of a ship ⬩ A bound prow ⬩ ligata prora
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[bunden bound, stefna the prow of a ship] A bound prow; ligata prora Sǽgenga fleát ofer ýðe, bundenstefna ofer brimstreámas the ship [lit. sea-goer] floated over the wave, the bound prow over the ocean-streams. Beo. Th. 3824; B. 1910
loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
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A flea(?), a spider(?); also a silk-worm Furþum ðeós lytle loppe hine hwílum deádne gedéþ even this little flea sometimes kills him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 13. Seolucwyrm oððe sídwyrm oððe loppe bombix, Wrt.
scunian
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to shun, fear, avoid a thing from fear Hé his hatunge fleáh and scunode. Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, 16. to be afraid Scunian revereantur, Ps. Spl. T. 69, 2. to detest, abhor Mid áne móde wurð hé gescunned uni animo detestetur, Chart. Th. 318, 37
be-tyllan
To lure ⬩ decoy
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To lure, decoy Þá gelǽdde hé here in Peohtas, þá gelíccetton hí fleám for him, and hine betyldon (-tilldon, -telldon v. ll. ) on nearo fasten cum exercitum ad uastandam Pictorum prouinciam duxisset, iniroductus est, simulantibus fugam hostibus, in angustias
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gnæt
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Heó ( fleabane ) gnættas and micgeas and fleán ácwelleþ, Lch. i. 266, 1. Add
án-standende
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Fleáh hé ánstandende tó ánre dúne, 162, 6. Þæt hié (hermits) ánstandende ( sola manu) ongeán deófol winnan magan, R. Ben. 9, 7
ham
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D. v. 374, 14-32. v. fleax-hamm, flód-hamm, mint-hamm, mylen-hamm, sceáp-hamm, stigel-hamm, wæter-hamm. See Midd. Flur, s. v
strangian
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</b> to move or act with energy, vigour, force :-- Beelzebub fleáh . . . and úre Drihten him strangode æfter (pursued him vigorously), E. S. 49, 354
tó-rípan
To pluck in two ⬩ tear to pieces
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To pluck in two, tear to pieces Ðá hé fleáh ðá tórýpte hine án brémber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face.
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sǽ-genga
a sea-goer, a mariner ⬩ a vessel, ship
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understandaþ ðæt eorþlíce líchamlíce beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum the skilful mariners well understand that earthly, corporeal things are fuller with a waxing than with a waning moon, Anglia viii. 327,21 . a vessel, ship Sǽgenga fór, fleát
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trega
Pain ⬩ grief ⬩ vexation ⬩ hurt ⬩ ill
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Ic fleáh hlǽfdigan hete, tregan and teónan, Cd. Th. 137, 15; Gen. 2274. Ða twegen tregan (cf. ðyssa yfla hwæðer, 41), Met. 5, 42. Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988
weorold-folgoþ
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Ðá hé wæs týn wintre, and hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton, ðá fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean. Blickl. Homl. 211, 22-29. Ðá forlét hé ðone woroldfolgað, and ðá gewát tó Sancte Hilarie ðæm bisceope, 217, 1
toren-íge
Blear-eyed
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MSS.) oððe fleáh hæfde on eágan si lippus fuerit, si albuginem habens in oculo, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 5. Wiþ eágena sár, ðæt is ðonne ðæt hwá torníge (toraneáge, MS. B.) sý ad lippitudinem oculorum, Lchdm. i. 108, 23.
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sneóme
swiftly, rapidly ⬩ quickly, immediately, at once ⬩ velociter, cito, subito, statim ⬩ citius ⬩ quickly ⬩ to hasten
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Swá heó sǽ geseah, hé hió snióme fleáh 113, 3. Sniómor Cd. Th. 51, 21; Gen. 830
ge-tengan
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To hurry Hé mid fleáme tó wuda getengde, Hml. Th. i. 384, 8. reflex. To press, apply oneself to; incumbere Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan, and hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm, æscróf unsláw, El. 200