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drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Se cyning and þá rícostan men drincað myran meolc, and þá unspédigan and þá þeówan drincað medo, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16. Nalles scír wín hí ne druncan ... hlúterra wella wæter hí druncon, Bt. 15; F. 48, 10, 13.

þynne

(adj.)
Grammar
þynne, adj.

Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine

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Hé elles ne ðeah nemne medmicel hláfes mid ðynre meolce lac novum in phiala ponere solebat, et post noctem ablata superficie crassiore, ipse residuum cum modico pane bibebat, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 35.

Linked entries: þinne þynness

FLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLÓWAN, part. flówende; ic flówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he flóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen

To FLOW ⬩ issue ⬩ fluĕre ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ inundāre

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On ðæt land ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle, Ex. 3, 8: Num. 13, 28: 14, 8: 16, 14: Ps. Spl. 57, 8: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 19; Lchdm. iii. 268, 16.

Linked entry: geond-flówan

molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth

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Ða moldan ðe meolce and hunige fléwþ humum lacte et melle fluentem, Num. 14, 8. Mearh moldan træd the steed trod the ground, Elen.

ge-hýdan

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Gehýddum abditis 98, 34. to hide, put out of sight, bury in the ground Dætste ꝥ wíf gehýdeð ( abscondit ) in meolo mitto, Lk. L. R. 13, 21. Ic gehýdde ( abscondi ) cræft ðín on eorðo, Mt. L. 25, 25.

flówan

to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound

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K. p. 86, 4. of other things, to abound Tó gódan lande, þæt ðe fleówð mid meolce and mid hunige, Hml. Th. ii. 192, 8. Flówendre (blówendre?) praepollenti, i. florenti (gazarum affluentia), An. Ox. 3602

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Genim mærcsápan and hinde meolc, mæng tósomme and swinge, Lchdm. iii. 4, 2. Swyng, 14, 32.

heord

keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard

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Th. i. 434, 21. jiock of sheep Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hsebbe . . . his heorde meolc .vii. niht æfter emnihtes dæge. Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. His gebróðru wǽron mid heora fæder heordum on lǽsum . . .

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Lind. 24, 14. what is taught or enjoined, a rule, regulation, law, injunction Ðú him ǽrest ne sealdest, æfter ðam apostolícan ðeódscipe, meolc drincan, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 33. <b>II a.

brúcan

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Þǽ;ra éwena meolc gé brucon ovium lacte fructi estis , Ll. Th. ii. 202, 23. Ett ł brúc manduca , Jn. L. R. 4, 31. Brúce (brýce, R.) comede , Lk. L. 12, 19. Him weaxað untrumnyssa, þæt hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 9.

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

fédan

(v.)

to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze

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Gemeng ꝥ dúst wiþ wífes meoluc þe wǽpned féde, Lch, ii. 338, 8.

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another

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Tó ðam earde ðe fléwþ meolce and hunige, swá swá gé of ðissum wæstmum oncnáwan mágon, Num. 13, 28. Geseón and oncnáwan and swiðe gearelíce ongeotan ðæt ðisses middangeardes ende neáh is, Blickl. Homl. 107, 22 : 115, 5.

Linked entries: an-cnáwan be-cnáwan á-cnáwan

hláf

bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake

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Abraham þa nam buteran and meoloc and þæt flǽsc mid þám hláfum and léde him ætforan, Gen. 18, 4-8. in special phrases, e.g. bread of affliction: Ðú ús fédest teára hláfe, Ps. Th. 79, 5.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ

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Meolc wið wíne gemencged ðæt áttor tósceádeþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 14. Stefn Drihtnes tósceádendis (intercidentis) lég fýres, Ps. Spl. 28, 7. Ðá tósceáden wearð líg, tólýsed, Exon. Th. 277, 22; Jul. 584. intrans.

Linked entries: sceádan tó-gesceádan tó-scádan

mann

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Se man sé þe [ne] mæge bearn áfédan, nime þonne . . . meoluc on hyre handæ, Lch. iii. 68, 12. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, sié ꝥ swá þæs gewintredan monnes bót, Ll. Th. i. 78, 18. Ꝥ hé tó þám untruman men geeóde.

furþum

Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just

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Th. 105, 33: 138, 11. where one action takes place soon after another Nim gáte meoluc þonne hió furþum ámolcen sié, Lch. ii. 188, 12. Ísen þonne hit furþum sié of fýre átogen, 256, 15.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling

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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan, and rínan meolc of heofonum, Ors. 4, 3; l. 162, 7. the region beyond the visible sky Ær þám þe gewíte heofon and eorþe, Mt. 5, 18. Þeós wlitige gesceaft, heofon and eorðe, An. 1440.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

gód

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Drihten siló ús þá moldan þe meolce and hunige fléwð, Num. 14, 7. Neorxna wang stód gód (cf. Gen. 2, 9), Gen. 209.

be

rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request

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Meolc þe hý bí libbað, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 10. Þæs þe eall þeódscype big sceall libban, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 36. Zó þǽm mere þe wé bí gewícod hæfdon, Nar. 12, 21. Búton hió hwǽr tó lǽne sié, oððe hwá óðre bí wríte, Past. 9, 7

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