a-fýsan
to hasten ⬩ festinare ⬩ tendere ⬩ to hasten away ⬩ impel ⬩ accelerate ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ make ready ⬩ incitare ⬩ accelerare ⬩ paraturn vel prornptum reddere
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to hasten; festinare, tendere Feor afýsan and forþ gangan to hasten away and to go forward, Byrht.
Cásern
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An empress; augusta Æfter ðam ðe Róme burh getimbred wæs Dccc wintra and LXVII, féng Adriánus to Rómána ánwealde.
cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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-wyrd] féng to ðam abbodríce æt Abban dúne Æthelstan, warden ofthe church, succeeded to the abbacy at Abingdon, Chr. 1044; Th. 300, 26. Cyrcweard sacri scriniarius, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 23; Wrt. Voc. 61, 4. Cyrcwerd ædituus, R. Conc. 1.
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Dægsan stán
DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland ⬩ agro Cumbriæ
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DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne, Th. 37, 26], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here in this year [A.
ed-wít
A reproach, disgrace, blame, contumely, scorn ⬩ opprobrium, probrum, ignōmĭnia, cavillātio
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And me eác fela ðínra edwíta on gefeóllon et opprobria exprobrantium tĭbi cecĭdērunt super me, Ps. Th. 68, 9: 73, 21
for-þencan
To misthink ⬩ disdain ⬩ despise ⬩ distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ dedignāri ⬩ diffīdĕre
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He fela worda spræc, forþoht þearle he uttered many words, greatly despaired, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 163; Met. 1, 82
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óþ-bregdan
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Hé (Nero when Rome was burning bebeád his ágnum monnum ðæt hié gegripen ðæs licgendan feós swá hié mǽst mehten, and tó him brohten, ðonne hit mon út óþbrúde, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32. Siððan wearþ Adame eardríca cyst óþbróden, Exon.
big-leofa
Food, victuals, nourishment ⬩ cibus, victus, alimentum ⬩ Money, wages ⬩ stips, stipendium
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Bigleofan, and scrúd, and feoh quid adquiris de tua arte? Victum, et vestitum, et pecuniam, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3-6. Bigleofa victus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 6. Bíleofa alimentum, C. R.
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ge-nearwian
To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict
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Mid weres egsan hearde genearwod with the fear of man sorely oppressed, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 32; Gen. 921: 123; Th. 157, 9; Gen. 2603. Genearwad biþ heorte mín anxiaretur cor meum, Ps. Spl. 60, 2
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umbor
A child
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Meotud ána wát hwǽr se cwealm cymeþ ðe heonan of cýþþe gewíteþ umbor ýceþ ðá ǽr ádl nimeþ ðý weorþeþ on foldan swá fela fira cynnes the Lord only knows what becomes of the pestilence that departs away from the land.
wyrm-cyn
the genus reptile ⬩ reptiles ⬩ serpents ⬩ a species of reptile ⬩ serpent
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the genus reptile, reptiles, serpents Hí gesáwon æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellíce sǽdracan, sund cunnian, Beo. Th. 2855; B. 1425. Betwux dracum and aspidum and eallum wyrmcynne, Homl. Th. i. 488, 1.
céne
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Swíþe yfel mon ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne and oft feaht ánwíg, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Sum céne heretoga mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 431. Se céna Iudas, 424. Cwæð Moyses tó þám cénan Iosue, 13, 6. Hé ðrowode mid cénum móde tintregu, Hml.
Dene
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Dena him mycel feoh guldon, 1048; P. 167, 17. Dena (Deona, v. l. ) weóldon ríce Englalandes, 1065; P. 194, 7. Þá Denan sige áhton, 943; P. 111, 13. Under Dena onwalde, 901: P. 91, 28: 921; P. 103, 14. Denia leóde, B. 2125. Mægen Deniga, 155: 271.
deór-wyrþe
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M. 26, 33. ꝥ is ꝥ eallra deórweorþeste feoh pretiosissimum divitiarum genus, Bt. 20; F. 72, 26. v. diór-, dýr-wurþe in Dict
folc-riht
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Ðæt hyra nán ne wandode ne for mínan lufan ne for mínum ege ðæt hý ðæt folcriht árehton that none of them either for love or fear of me hesitated to declare the law, 114, l. Add
firdian
march
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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.
gebed-hús
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Fela ðeóda synd . . . hí ǽnne God wurðiað, þeáh ðe heora gereord and gebedhús manega sind, Hml. Th. ii. 582, 6. Add
on-uppan
upon, on ⬩ besides, over and above
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Hé wearþ bebyrged, and him læg onuppan fela byrðena eorþan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 56: 14, 114. Hé sæt ðǽr onuppan, 13, 25. Ðonne man bringe offrunge nime smedeman and geóte ele onuppan, Lev. 2, 1.
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be-bycgan
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Hé Críst bebohte for feós lufon, Bl. H. 63, 7. Swá hwæt swá ðú hæbbe bibyge (bebyg, L.) vende, Mk. R. 10, 21. Sylle ł bebycge (-byg,L.), Mt. R. 19, 21. Ðá bebycendo (bibyccende,R.) and ðá bycgendo ... seatlas bebycgendra (bibyccendra, R.) Mk.
sceótan
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Hé lét dragan up ðæne deádan Harald and hine on fen sceótan, Chr. 1040; Erl. 166, 24. <b>III a.</b> to give a person help in escaping (cf.