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lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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. ¶ as s æsclace ðǽr æsclace fylð út on Wuorf ... of ðǽre ealdan díc on Grindewylles lace ... on Ættanpennes lace, C.D. vi. 48, 8-14. On brómlace; ðonne andlang streámes, iii. 452, 13. On ðá gemǽrlace; andlang lace, vi. 8, 26. On þá mǽrlace, 9, 2.

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden.
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Mid ðam worde wand fýr of heofonum at those words fire flew from heaven Homl. Skt. i. 18, 249. Wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mǽst, Beo. Th. 2242 ; B. 1119. Ða spearcan wundon wið ðæs hrófes the sparks flew whirling towards the roof Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 229.

Linked entry: winde

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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S. 25, 573. to subdue, reduce or destroy the strength of, weaken, a person Ic ábæd æt Críste ꝥ ðis cwealmbǽra fýr mé ne gewylde, Hml. S. 9, 121.

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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for another Ðá ðá from boecerum ł geécad ł gihwerfde arun ł ymbcerred wé boetas ea quae a librariis aut addita sunt aut mutata corrigimus Mt. p. 2, 2. to turn to (into), bring an object to a different condition, reduce to, convert into Þás getimbro fýr

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

BEÁM

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁM, es; m.

a treearborthe treecrosspatibulumcruxa columnpillarcolumnawooda shiplignumnavisa BEAMsplintposta stock of a treetrabsstipesA ray of lighta sun-BEAMradiusa trumpettuba

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Heora ǽrenan beámas ne mihton fram Galliscum fýre forbærnede weorþan their brazen beams could not be destroyed by the fire of the Gauls, Ors. 2, 8 ; Bos. 52, 16.

Linked entries: Beám-dún wudu beóm

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.
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Se cyng his fyrde beád, and uppon ðone earl tó Norðhymbran fór, Erl. 231, 26. Heora ǽgðer uppon óderne túnas bærnde, 1094; Erl. 230, 12.

Linked entries: on-uppan uppon

ge-metgian

(v.)
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Beóð twégen dǽlas on twá healfa þám gemetegodum dǽlum (-e, v.l. ). . . cealde, Lch. iii. 260, 23-262, 2. to mitigate what is excessive, allay, moderate Ðú gimetgadest ( mitigasti ) légo fýra, Rtl. 100, 20.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Þá ylcan heápas þára fýra idem globi ignium, 619, 5. a raised mass of material In heáp bið gesamnod conprehendatur, Wrt. Voc: ii. 58, 56. On heáp in cumulum (turgescens pontus in cumulum creverit, Ald. 34, 26), An. Ox. 7, 163.

CUMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUMAN, part. cumende; ic cume, ðú cymst, cymest, he cumeþ, cymþ, cymeþ, cimþ, pl. cumaþ; p. ic, he com, cwom, ðú cóme, pl. cómon, cwómon; imp. s. cum, cym, pl. cumaþ; subj. indef. ic cume, cyme, pl. cumon, cumen, cymen; p. cóme, pl. cómen; pp. cumen, cymen.

COME go, happen venire, ire, accidere, evenire

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Ðonne his fyll cóme when his fall has happened, Cd. 200 ; Th. 248, 15; Dan. 513. Cumaþ ðonne mid cumendum venientes autem venient, Ps.

Linked entry: aweg-cuman

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
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Seofon nihta fyrst, Elen. Kmbl. 1385; El. 694. On ðám seofon wæstmbǽron geárum, Gen. 41, 47. Hé ábád óðre seofon dagas, 8, 10. Hé him tó genymþ seofun (-en, MS. A.: seofona, Lind.: siofun, Rush.) óðre gástas, Mt.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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to grasp, clasp Hé fótum ymbféhð fýres láfe, Exon. Th. 217, 6; Ph. 276. Heó ymbféng Drihtnes fét, Blickl. Homl. 157, 17. Ymbféng obuncat (moecham, quam manus tollentis obuncat, Ald. 164), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 39. Ymbeféng, Beo.

ge-beót

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Hé eft genam fyrde, wolde his gebeót mid weorcum gefrem-man, 25, 621. Mid manna blódum þe ic þurh gebeót and þurh hát-heortnesse ágeát with men's blood that I shed through hot words and hot temper, Angl. xi. 113, 36.

ge-forþian

(v.)
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Hú hé yrðe mæge fyrme geforðian, Angl. ix. 261, 5. to carry out, accomplish, perform Se cniht þá brýdlác geforþode, Hml. S. 34, 21.

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Grammar BEGEN, Acc. m. and f. or f. and n. bá, bú both; ambos et ambas vel, ambas et amb Ðæt ðæt fýr ne mæg foldan, f. and merestreám, m. forbærnan, ðeáh hit wið bá twá síe gefeged that the fire may not burn up earth and sea, though it be joined with

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.: wǽte, an; f.
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Wolde ðæt folc ðæt fýr ádwæscan, gif hit ǽnig wǽta wanian mihte, 140, 17. Hit wæs mid wǽtan (blood) bestémed, Rood Kmbl. 44; Kr. 22. <b>II a.

Linked entry: wǽte

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Hú lá ne wurpe wé þrý cnihtas intó ðam fýre why, did not we cast three youths into the fire? Homl. Th. ii. 20, 12. Wénst ðú lá ðæt ðú beó álýsed fram ðisum tintregum do you suppose then that you will be released from these torments? Homl.

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Swá wénaþ manige men, ðæt ðes diáccon leóge be ðam fýre, Wulfst. 206, 13. Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde, ǽr hé leóge, ðæt hé ðé leógan ne durre, Blickl. Homl. 179, 29. Búton Priscianus luge unless Priscian have made a mistake, Ælfc.

þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
þicce, adj.
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Anlíce swá ðú bærne þornas þyre Þicce fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12. Ða ðýstru swá ðicce wǽron tenebrae in tantum coudensatae sunt, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 12. Becómon ðicce ðeóstru, Homl.

ge-sund

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Ox. 4783. of things, material Seó studu gesund and ungehrinen from þám fýre ástód posta tuta ab ignibus et intacta remansit, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 14.

mid

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Hit eall mid fýre forbærneð, and hé sylf mid forwyrðeð, Verc, Först, 120, 19.Hié sylfe gáð mid, 128, 10: Hml. Th. i.598, 2. Him farað mid Godes englas, 456, 23. Ǽlcum welwyrcendum God mid beó mydwyrhta. . Solil. H. 30, 14.