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scotung

(n.)
Grammar
scotung, e; f.
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For ðæs fýres sceotungum on account of the flashes of lightning, Lchdm. iii. 280, 15

Linked entry: sceotung

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
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Stód se leóma him of swylce fýren cylle ongeán norðdǽl portabant facem ignis contra Aquilonem, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 687, 22. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Angl. ix. 264, 22.

blæst

(n.)
Grammar
blæst, es; m. [blæse I. a blaze, flame]
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A burning, blaze, flame; ardor, flamma Ne mæg ðǽr, rén ne snáw, ne fýres blæst, wihte gewyrdan there rain nor snow, nor flame of fire can aught injure, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 25; Ph. 15: Andr. Kmbl. 1674; An. 839.

fót-sceamel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-sceamel, -sceamol, -scamel, -scamul, es; m.

A footstoolpĕdum scăbellumsubpĕdāneum

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A footstool; pĕdum scăbellum, subpĕdāneum Óþ-ðæt ic asette ðíne fýnd to fótsceamele ðínra fóta dōnec pōnam inĭmīcos tuos scăbellum pĕdum tuōrum, Lk. Bos. 20, 43: Ps. Lamb. 109, 1. Ge-eádmédaþ fótsceamol his fóta adōrāte scăbellum pĕdum ejus, Ps.

hel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hel-líc, adj.

Hellishinfernal

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Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27

Linked entry: helle-líc

ofer-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Fyll ða oferhýdigan, 73, 22. Ða oferhygdego superbos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 51

þel

(n.)
Grammar
þel, (þell), es; n.
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Þeáh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer ðæs fýres hróf ... and þeáh man mid ðám hameron beóte on ðæt ísene þell, Wulfst. 147, 2-7.

Linked entries: þille weel

deáw

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Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441. Deáwas and rímforst rores et pruina, Hy. T. P. 68. Add

ge-fyrht

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-fyrhtan, ge-fyrhtian;</b> p. te, ode; ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted, ge-fyrhtod. to make afraid.

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Hér is fýr micel ufan and neoðone, 24, 9; Gen. 375. On ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh ge ufan ge neoþon, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 23. ¶ Associated with prepositions : -- Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum ufan óþrum steorrum, Met. 24, 24.

Linked entries: on-ufan ufan ufon

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Symble fýr oððe gár ever fire or piercing cold, Cd. Th. 20, 29 ; Gen. 316. Simle diuturne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 23. Hié simle lócigeaþ tó ðære eorþan ad terram semper inclinantur, Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 155, 20.

Linked entries: symble symle

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Hit wæs elles feáwum mannum cúð, Chr. 1043; P. 164, 3. with pronominal adverbs. local Wæs eorðstyrung on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr . . . and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre micel yfel dyde and gehwǽr elles, Chr. 1049; P. 167, 25, 27.

ofer-módigian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan
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Ðé læs ðe hira fýnd ofermódegodun ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Hwý gé ofer óðre men ofermódigen, Met. 17, 16

Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian

swǽr

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D. 326, 7. add: — Þá swǽran synna ne beóð nǽfre áfeormode for nánes fýres ǽlincge, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 19. add: — Swǽr piger, An. Ox. 48, 3. b. add: — Slépon þá mǽdene swá swárum slápe ꝥ man hí áwreccan ne mihte, Hml. S. 35, 68

cásus

(n.)
Grammar
cásus, gen. cásūs; m.
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Cásus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss a case, that is, a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23. Ða pronomina, ðe habbaþ vocativum, ðá habbaþ six casus the pronouns which have a

un-eáðelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíc, adj.

difficult to doimpossibledifficult to beargrievoustroublesome

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Líg fýres on ceafa yrnende æthabban ys uneáþelíc flammam ignis in paleas currentem retinere est impossibile, Scint. 57, 7. difficult to bear, grievous, troublesome Ne heó ( a sin ) nǽfre ne þince eów tó ðan hefig ne tó ðan uneáðelíc ne tó ðam fracodlíc

un-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hold, adj.

unfriendlyhostileunfaithfuldisloyal

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Ealle his ǽhta unholde fýnd, ríce réðe mann gedǽle, Ps. Th. 108, 11. Hé mé álýsde of huntum unholdum, 90, 3. unfaithful, disloyal Se unholda ðeówa, Homl. Th. ii. 556, 18

Linked entry: hold

ge-blissian

(v.)
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þú þíne fyrde geblissast. Hy. 7, 47. Ealle weorðaþ and féhþ and geblysaþ (cf. blisung. Ps. Spl. 64, 13) fæder ætsomne cunctos fovet, implet, honorat, Dóm. L. 274.

or-mǽte

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Cóm Timotheus mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 432. Hé (David) his (Goliath's) ormǽte heáfod of óslóh, 18, 26. of non-material things Ormǽte inormis (facinus inorme, Ald. 139, 11), An. Ox. 18 b, 47.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.
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Gif ðú wið fýre foldan and lagustreám ne mengdest tógædere, 20, 112. Ðá com Godwine eorl and Swegen eorl and Harold eorl tógædere, Chr. 1048 ; Ed. 178, 19: Ps. Th. 94, l : Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 430.