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folgere

a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent

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

flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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Voc. ii. 146, lo. Flór on húse, 32, 59. Hé árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe hé 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 tó nymenne tó þám tíman þonne hé 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

Grammar
wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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His ðeng sum þám hé hæfde beboden ꝥ hé 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, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, 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. Hú beorht, mire, ǽnlic O preclara, i. splendida, An. Ox. 1266.

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gærs

herbage ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ the blade ⬩ pasture, 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 hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se im- patientiae

Linked entries: on-cunness á-cunnan

on-sægedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sægedness, e; f.

the rite, act of sacrifice or offering ⬩ what 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 ná tó 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.

á-cuman

(v.)

To come ⬩ to bear, bring ⬩ to bear, support trouble, &c.

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To come Hé ne mihte búton ðám hrófe ácuman he could not get outside the house, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 12. trans. to bear, bring Hí þurh deófles láre ðá menniscnesse tó deáðe ácóman, Wlfst. 22, 23. to bear, support trouble, &c.

FECCAN

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

FETCH ⬩ bring to ⬩ draw ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ tollĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ haurīre

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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 HEARTH ⬩ fire-place ⬩ a 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 people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul

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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 poor ⬩ mean ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable person ⬩ a 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 fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H.

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manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monition ⬩ admonition ⬩ advice ⬩ a claiming or exaction of debt, tribute ⬩ the place where toll is demanded ⬩ the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised ⬩ the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful

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Ecg. C. 21, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 4

andettan

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Add: andet(t)ian Heó andette fatebatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 48. to confess what one has done wrong Hé andette and cwæð, 'Sóðlíce ic syngode,' Jos. 7, 20. to confess, admit the truth of a charge, unfavourable statement, &amp;c.

cípe-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cípe-mann, (cíp-), es; m.
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A merchant, trader Cípemann institor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 28. Ciépeman agapa (cf. agapo, qui negotia aliena anteambulant, Corp. Gl. H. 14, 383), i. 285, 8: ii. 8, 28. Cépemon emptor, venditor, 143, 37: Shrn. 134, 4: Mt. L. 21, 12.

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