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hláf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-leást, e; f.

Lack of bread

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Lack of bread For ðære hláfleáste ða eorþan ǽton for lack of bread they ate the earth, St. And. 34, 20

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damagedestructionperditionruindeathdetrīmentumintĕrĭtusintĕrĭtioperdĭtiopernĭciesinternĕcio

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Lamb. 106, 20. Grammar for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd the eternal perdition awaits thee, Homl. Th. i. 598, 9.

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Downbeneathbelow

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Lamb. 27, 1 : Lchdm. iii. 210, 17. Hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31

Linked entry: nieþer

ge-feoht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.

A fightbattlecontestwarpreparation for warpræliumpugnacongressiobellumprocinctus

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Lamb. 139, 8. Ðú here fýsest to gefeohte thou incitest a host to battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2377; An. 1190 : 2393; An. 1198 : Elen. Kmbl. 2365; El. 1184. To gefeohte in procinctu, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 35; Wrt. Voc. 55, 40.

burg-lond

(n.)
Grammar
burg-lond, es; n.
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City-land; urbis solum Eálá sancta Hierusalem, Cristes burglond O holy Jerusalem, city-land of Christ! Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 12; Cri. 51

Linked entry: burh-land

CÍGAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.

To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summonvocare, nominare, invocare, convocareTo cry, callclamare, vocare

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Lamb. 85, 5: PS. Spl. 146, 10. Swá hwylce daga ic ðé cíge, gehýr me in quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me, Ps. Th. 137, 4. Ðínne naman we cígaþ nomen tuum invocabimus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 19. Ðe cígaþ naman his qui invocant nomen ejus, Ps. Spl. 98, 6.

Linked entries: cýgan cégan ciégan

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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S. 25, 414. to lay low, destroy, the object a person, of the action of an individual Næs his hergiung on þá fremdan áne, ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

gærs-molde

grass-land

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grass-land

weorold-gímenn

Grammar
weorold-gímenn, (?). (?). v. weorold-sorh (
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last passage)

nese

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'Nese, , nese,' 46, I. 'Næse, , nese, ' 49, 12. where a prohibition is assented to 'Þ án ic þé bebeóde, ꝥ þú . . . ne forgite ꝥ ꝥ ic ǽr tǽhte.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Gl. 512, 18. interjection well, ah Wel heu Germ. 388, 11. Hé cwæð mid wópe; wel , Basilius, gif ðú sylf noldest, nǽre ðú git forðfaran. Homl. Skt. i. 3, 627. Wel , mín Drihten, hwæt ic hér nú hreówlíce hæbbe gefaren 23, 575.

Linked entry: BET

be-spirian

(v.)
Grammar
be-spirian, -spirigan, -spyrigan; p. ode; pp. od

To inquire, traceinquirere, investigare

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Se ðe bespyrige [bespirige, Wilk.] yrfe innan óðres land, aspirige hit út, se ðe ðæt land áge, gif he mǽge he who traces cattle into another's land, let him trace it out, who owns that land, if he can, iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 14

Linked entry: be-spyrigan

feorr

(adj.)
Grammar
feorr, adj.

Fardistantlonginquus

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Far, distant; longinquus Ðeáh him mon feorr land gehéte though a distant land was promised him, Past. 50; Hat. MS: Andr. Recd. 850; An. 423

Norþ-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-Engle, pl.

The inhabitants of the north of England

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The inhabitants of the north of England On Norþ-Engla lage stent ... be Norþ-Engla lage, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332, 7-10

frowe

(n.)
Grammar
frowe, an; f.
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A lady Seó frowe þe ús freán ácende ( the Virgin Mary ), Dóm. L. 291. [From (?) O. H. Ger. frouwa domina, matrona.] Cf. freó a lady

éðel-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-fæsten, es; n.

Land-fastness, a country's fortress patriæ mūnīmentum

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Land-fastness, a country's fortress; patriæ mūnīmentum Ic éðelfæsten brece I break through a land-fastness, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 3; Rä. 72, 22

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Sume syndon ortativa . . . heia nú , age nú ; ðis is eác menigfealdlíce, agite nú gé , Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 27-28. Nú age jam, Wülck. Gl. 252, 43

ge-ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágnian, -áhnian; to -ágnianne, -áhnianne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To ownpossessinheritappropriate to one's selfclaim as one's ownpossĭdēreherēdĭtārevindĭcāre sibi

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Ða geyrfweardiaþ oððe geáhniaþ land ipsi herēdĭtābunt terram, Ps. Lamb. 36, 9. Ðú geágnadest, Ps. Th. 79, 16. Parthe him ðæt ríce geáhnedon the Parthians took the kingdom to themselves, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 35.

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
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Danihel læg betwux seofan leónum on ánum seáþe, Homl. Th. i. 488, 5. Héht scúfan scyldigne in drígan seáþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1382; El. 693. In synna seáþ, Exon. Th. 267, 10; Jul. 413.

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.),move, shake

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[Swa þe hæȝe wude þenne wind weieð hine, Laym. 20137

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian