frum-sceapen
First formed or created ⬩ prīmus formātus vel creātus
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First formed or created; prīmus formātus vel creātus Ðá ðá he geworhte Adam, ðóne frumsceapenan mann when he wrought Adam, the first created man, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 14
leód-rúne
A witch ⬩ pythonissa
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M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf.
ǽr-dæg
early day ⬩ early morn ⬩ matutinum ⬩ mane ⬩ prima lux ⬩ Early days ⬩ former days ⬩ dies prisci
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Early days, former days; dies prisci On ǽrdagum in former days, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 23; Gen. 2543: Exon. 9a; Th. 6, 4; Cri. 79
Linked entry: samod
iú-wine
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A friend of old or former times Wát his iúwine eorþan forgiefene knows that his friends of old are committed to earth, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 15 ; Seef. 92
Linked entry: geó-wine
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Add: at a great distance. of space, absolute Þú feorr gehogodest sæcce sécean, B. 1988. Hé wæs him feor (suíðe fearr, L., swíðe fear, R.) ipse peregre fuit, Lk. 20, 9. where point from which distance is measured is given, in dative Þá foreweardas wǽron
íre
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[This form seems to be a singular corresponding to Icel, eyrir, while óran is plural corresponding to aurar. For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24.
rómig
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For the form of the suffix cf. popei papaver, [The word may be a gloss to Cf. caccabatus smittud, An. ]
-e
A shepherd, from hyrdan to guard. The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty. These are mostly derived from verbs, and are masculine , but when derived from adjectives they are feminine; as, Rihtwíse, an; f. Justice
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The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty.
neb-wlitu
The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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The form of the face, the face, countenance Heora nebwlitu sceán swá swá sunne, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 10. Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5.
glæd
Gladness ⬩ joy
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Gladness, joy Swá missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68; Perhaps here the form
Linked entries: glad glæd-mód un-glædlíc
hrut
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In form hrút agrees with Icel. hrútr a ram, but the word it glosses is treated as an adjective in the other two instances of its occurrence Wonn bruntus, hrút (the MS. has the accent) balidus (cf. balidus dunn, Wrt.
fyrn-geár
A former or by-gone year ⬩ priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus
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A former or by-gone year; priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus Fyrngeárum fród old with by-gone years, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 3; Ph. 219: Menol. Fox 483; Gn. C. 12
rand-burh
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Or are the walls formed by the water compared to the arrangement of the line of battle when the shields overlapped, called scild-burh q. v. ? v. next word
græfa
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Celtic forms are Bret. grouan gravel: Corn. grow gravel, sand: W. gro pebbles
ábécédé
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An ABC, alphabet Seó forme ábécédé on ðám geríme ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on ðá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on ðá wynstran healfe. . . . Héræter wé wyllaþ tódǽlan ðá abecedaria on twá tódǽlednyssa, Angl. viii. 332, 42.
Gleáw-ceaster
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. ¶ Latin forms :-- In uicecomitatu Gloecestre, C. D. iv. 172, 20. In Gloecestria, 254, 9. Tota ciuitas Gloucestriae, vi. 180, 17. Add
drípan
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[From this form drype an infin. dryppan is inferred in the N. E. D. (v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8.
Linked entry: dryppan
ælf-sogoða
A disease ascribed to fairy influence
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A disease ascribed to fairy influence, chiefly by the influence of the castalides, dúnelfen, which were considered to possess those who were suffering under the disease, a case identical with being possessed by the devil, as will appear from the forms
Linked entry: sogoþa
ge-sweltan
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Add: [weak forms occur in Lindisfarne gospels] Ðaeh becyme mec ꝥ ic efne-gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me common tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31. Se Hǽlend ásuelte (expirauit) . . . Gesæh ðe aldormon ꝥte suá clioppende gesuelte (expirasset), 15, 39.
smicere
Finely, fairly, elegantly
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Ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror minutas ac tenues voces format Past. 63; Swt. 461, 3