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menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A manymultitudecrowdgreatnumber

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Mengo, Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 12; . 81, 29. Mengeo, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 30; Gen. 1726. Meniu exercitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 46. God ða miclan Pharones menge gelytlode, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 27: Cd. 56; Th. 69, 8; Gen. 1132. Cómon menigu (MS.

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Th. 496, 4; . 85, 9. Wé ús wið him sceldan ðæs ðe wé mihton, Nar. 14, 29. Ða wið flódum foldan sceldun (scehdun, MS.), 61, 6; Cri. 980. Hú hí hí sylfe scyldan sceolan wið deóflu, Blickl. Homl. 47, 22.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Th. 422, 23; Ra. 41, 10. Slép, Prov. Kmbl. 1. Gif ic mínum eágum unne slǽpes, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Slépes soporis, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 201, 38: somni, 202, 15. Hí wéndon ðæt hé hyt sǽde be swefnes slǽpe (slépe, Lind. , Rush. de dor*-*mitione somnii ), Jn.

Linked entry: sláp

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
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Th. 394, 13; . 14, 2. Ðe ne onfó swustru (swustra, MS. A.: suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.) Mk. Skt. 10, 30. of membership in a religious house Ætýwde sumre gódre swuster wundorlíc gesyhþ . . . Ðeós sweoster. . . Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 18-30.

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Th. 486, 24; . 72, 20

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

wǽt

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽt, adj.

wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisturewet, moist, having moisturewet, rainy

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Th. 417, 7; . 36, 1. In wǽtan sihtran; of ðam wǽtan síce; . . . in ðæt wǽte sícc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10-16. Loca humentia, ðæt beóð wǽte stówa, Wulfst. 249, 17. On sméþum landum and on wǽtum, Lchdm. i. 90, 4.

ǽg-þer

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Ne hafað hió eágena ǽgðer twéga, . 40, 11. Ðæt hé mehte ǽgþerne gerǽcan, Chr. 894; P. 84, 26. adjectival Æt ǽgþrum cirre, Chr. 918; P. 98, 29.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

hlutor

(adj.)
Grammar
hlutor, hluttor; adj.

Clear, pure, bright, sincere

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Þurh hlutterne dæg during the daylight, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 5; . 21, 7. Hluttor pic resin, L. M. I. 4; Lchdm. ii. 44, 24: 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 25. Dó on hluttor æg add the white of an egg, 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 9.

Linked entry: hlýttor

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Beóþ ða gebolgne ... and heora torn wrecaþ will wreak their rage, 119, 24; Gú. 259. Synfull yrsaþ tóþum torn þolaþ teónum grimetaþ peccator irascetur, dentibus suis fremet, Ps.

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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Se mec ána mæg écan meahtum geþeón þrymme who alone by his eternal powers can tame me with power, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 12; . 41, 90

Linked entry: ǽce

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattleliving animalspĕcusjūmentaMoneyvaluepricehirestipendFEErewardpĕcūniamercesGoodspropertyricheswealthbŏnadīvĭtiæŏpes

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Wiht seó ðæt feoh fédeþ a thing which feeds the cattle, Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 21; . 35, 2.

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISHpiscis

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Mid fiscum with fishes, Exon. 22a; Th. 60, 10; Cri. 967: 126b; Th. 487, 19; . 73, 4. He afédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíf þúsendo he fed five thousand from two fishes and from five loaves, Andr. Kmbl. 1178; An. 589: Mk. Bos. 6, 41.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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Fox 24, 1; Met. 24, 1: Exon. 65a; Th. 241, 7; Ph. 652: 109b; Th. 418, 18; . 37, 7.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, ic fylle, ðú fyllest, fylst, he fylleþ, fylþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, fyllde, pl. fyldon; impert. fyl, pl. fyllaþ; pp. fylled, fyld; v. trans.

To FILLreplenishsatisfycramstufffinishcompletefulfilimplērereplēresătŭrārefarcīresupplērecomplēre

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To FILL, replenish, satisfy, cram, stuff, finish, complete, fulfil; implēre, replēre, sătŭrāre, farcīre, supplēre, complēre Ðæt sceolon fylian firengeorne men sinful men shall fill that, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 11; Cri. 1606: 124 b; Th. 479, 16; . 62,

Linked entry: fullian

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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Th. 403, 2; . 22, 1. Hít swá niowul ( prostrate ) up árǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 26. Neowle nihtscúwan the shades of night that had settled down upon earth, Cd. Th. 184, 28; Exod. 114. Ða neowelan cernua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 14 : 78. 59.

gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Th. 82, 6: 118, 138: Exon. 126 b; Th. 485, 26; . 72, 3. Ðǽr ða graman wunnon where the fierce ones struggled, Beo. Th. 1559; B. 777. In gramra gripe into the grasp of foes, Andr. Kmbl. 433; An. 217: 1901; An. 953.

Linked entry: grom

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Th. 407, 9; . 26, 2. Nǽfre him deáþ sceþeþ, 203, 23; Ph. 88. Ðonne þunorrád biþ, ne sceþeþ ðam men ðe ðone stán ( agate ) mid him hæfþ, Lchdm. ii. 296, 30: 162, 19. Ne sceþ ðé nán wiht, iii. 178, 25. Eów seó wergþu sceþþeþ scyldfullum, Elen.

Linked entry: sceaþan

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Ic on sunde áwóx ufan ýþum þeaht, 392, 6; . 11, 3. Sǽmearas sunde getenge, Elen. Kmbl. 456; El. 228. Of nihtes sunde, Salm. Kmbl. 675; Sal. 337. Hié on sund ( the Red Sea ) stigon, Cd. Th. 198, 8; Exod. 319: Beo. Th. 1029; B. 512.

þynne

(adj.)
Grammar
þynne, adj.

Thinthinleanthe opposite of fat or stoutthinthe opposite of thickthinthe opposite of broadthinthinthinweakfeebledelicatefine

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Th. 424, 8; . 41, 36. Ic dó sum ðing ðinre tenuo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 9. of dimension, thin, lean, the opposite of fat or stout Þynne monn galbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 11.

Linked entries: þinne þynness

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higherhighestat or i-s/>to a greater heightfarther from a coastfrom a spothigherat or to a more honourable placehigherlater

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Th. 427, 8; . 41, 88. temporal, later. Similar entries v. ufera, Fíf nihtum ufor five days later, Menol. Fox 355; Men. 179: 68; Men. 34.

Linked entries: yfemest uferor