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folgere

a successora followeradherent

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Add: one who walks in the steps of another (lit. or fig.) Oft cymð bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and earfoðlíce him filiað merigen, ðe dæg is úre folgere geðúht, Hml.

flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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Voc. ii. 146, lo. Flór on húse, 32, 59. árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe onuppan wæs sittende, Hml. S. 23, 802, 823. On þæs húses flóre (in habitaculi pauimento) seáð ádelfan, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 520, 8.

grénnes

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Ox. 1581. of other things Blǽhǽwenre híwes grénnysse glauco coloris uirore, i. uiriditate, An. Ox. 530. flourishing growth, v. grene; 2. lit. Se wæstem ys nymenne þám tíman þonne æfter his grénnysse fealwað, Lch. i. 324, 7. fig.

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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Múða gehwylc mete þearf, mǽl sceolon tídum gongan, Gn. Ex. 125. Ic on Þín hús hálig gange, and þǽr tídum þé tifer onsecge, Ps. Th. 65, 12. &lt;b&gt;I a α.

wrecan

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wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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His ðeng sum þám hæfde beboden sceolde earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (beódan, ábeódan, v.ll.), Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20. &lt;b&gt;Id.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Þá folc him betweónum ful .x. winter þá gewin wrecende wǽron, Ors. I, II; S. 50, 21.

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, singlealone, solitaryexcellent, peerless,

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Ðú ðe ǽnlic eart Godes bearn, Hml. S. 23, 806. Ǽnlican míne unicam meam, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. alone, solitary Ǽnlic unicus and ðearfa ic eom, Ps. Spl. 24, 17. excellent, peerless, &c. beorht, mire, ǽnlic O preclara, i. splendida, An. Ox. 1266.

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gærs

herbagea herb, plant the bladepasture, grazing the grass-covered ground

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Voc. i. 80, 45: ii. 35, 30. Graes, 108, 48. Gréne gærs carrassinum (carpassinum ? cf. gærs-gréne), 13, 40. On þǽre stówe wæs mycel gærs (gers, v. l., gærs ł heig, L., hég ł gers, R. foenum) Jn. 6, 10. Græse gramine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 63.

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 14. [The Latin version here has 'aut corium capitis cum capillis (auferatur) quod Angli vocant behættie :' Another translation has 'vel decapilletur.'] Sume man hættode, Chr. 1036; Ed. 164, 39.

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge Ðonne oncann hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe ǽr fela sealde occasionem contra se im- patientiae

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on-sægedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sægedness, e; f.

the rite, act of sacrifice or offeringwhat is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation

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Voc. ii. 15, 81. what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation Nis onfónne seó hálige onsægdnes ( eucharistiam accipere ), L. Ecg. C. 35 ; Th. ii. 160, 37. Gif seó onsægednys on eorþan fealle, L. Ecg. P. iv. 15 ; Th. ii. 216, 15.

FECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
FECCAN, feccean, fæccan; p.> feahte, fehte; pp. feaht, feht

FETCHbring todrawaddūcĕretollĕreafferrehaurīre

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To FETCH, bring to, draw; addūcĕre, tollĕre, afferre, haurīre Ðæt he sceolde hine feccan that he should fetch him; Bd, 4, 1; S. 564, 43: Chr. 1017; Erl. 161, 10: Gen. 27, 42, 45: Ex, 2, 5. Com án wíf wæter feccan vēnit mŭlier haurīre ăquam; Jn.

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HEORÞ

(n.)
Grammar
HEORÞ, es; m.

A HEARTHfire-placea house

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Th. ii. 262, 27: Chart. Th. 609, 7, 11, 30. Of ǽlcum heorþe, 27. Be ǽlcum frigan heorþe, L. Edg. 1. 2; Th. i. 262, 17: L. C. E. 11; Th. i. 366, 29: L. In, 61; Th. i. 140, 14.

here-toga

(n.)
Grammar
here-toga, -toha, an; m.

The leader of an army or of a peoplea generalduxconsul

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The leader of an army or of a people, a general; dux, consul Heretoga vel heorl dux, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 2; Wrt. Voc. 42, 11. Heretoga comes, Rtl. 193, 9. Of ðé forþgǽþ se heretoga seðe recþ mín folc ex te exiet dux, qui reget populum meum, Mt.

irming

(n.)
Grammar
irming, es ; m.

A poormeanwretchedmiserable persona wretch

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A poor, mean, wretched, miserable person, a wretch Ic eom ána forlǽten yrming unicus et pauper sum ego, Ps. Th. 24, 14. Ic eom yrming and þearfa ego egenus et pauper sum, 39, 20.

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land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and se landhláford healfum healfum se bisceop hit cynges man hit þegnes [cf. H.

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manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Ðæt rídan be eallum mid ðam geréfan ðe hit on hismonunge , v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 13. the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons se geréfa mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.

rǽswan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽswan, rǽswian, rǽsian, résian; p. ede, ode
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To think, suppose, suspect, consider, conjecture ðǽm sóðum gesǽlþum ðe ðín mód oft ymbe rǽsweþ ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 7. Résiaþ comminiscimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 7. Résiat, 77, 24.

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ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 45. Gyf sóþlíce gewislíce rihtwísnysse sprecaþ si vere utique justitiam loquimini, Ps. Spl. C. 57, 1. Gewislíce án þing is neád-behefe porro unum est necessarium, Lk. Bos. 10, 42.

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sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23: Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Sculdru (sculdra, MS. X. ), L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 10. Gif mon óðrum ða sculdru forsleá, L. Alf. pol. 73; Th. i. 98, 21.

swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
swicol, sweocol; adj.
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Th. 138, 21. occasioning offence (f), v. swice, swician, &lt;b&gt;IV,&lt;/b&gt; swicol-líc, Sóð biþ swicolost (switolost?), Menol. Fox 479; Gn. C. 10

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