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ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8. Ofe[r]hleofað praecellat, i. superemineat, An. Ox. 309.

openian

(v.)
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Rdr. 5, 11. add: to spread apart, expand Openiendum þé hand þíne, Ps.

willa

Grammar
willa, will.
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Add Gyf mon méte ꝥ hé feala spera geseó ætsamne, þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (ꝥ þú ofercymst ealle þíne fýnd, v.l.). Lch. iii. 176, 10.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Ic hálsige þé ꝥ þú ne beó geǽbylged ongén þíne þeówene, Hml. S. 30, 349. Add

Crecca-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
Crecca-gelád, Cre-gelád, e; f. [gelád a road, way:
  • Flor.
Criccelade:
  • Hunt.
Crikelade:
  • Sim. Dun.
Criccelad:
  • Brom.
Criklade]

CRICKLADE, Wiltshire oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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On ðissum geáre com Cnut mid his here ofer Temese into Myrcum æt Cregeláde in this year [A. D. 1016] Cnut came with his army over the Thames into Mercia at Cricklade, 1016; Erl. 153, 23

on-tyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit

Linked entry: on-tige

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.

gracesafe keepingpreservationsafety

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Substitute: watchful care, safe keeping exercised by a person with respect to persons Þú eart se gooda gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon, Dan. 481.

rǽd-fæst

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Leofa þín líf, gif ðú lǽwede mann sý on rihtum sinscipe, mid rǽdfæstum móde, Hml. A. 7, 158.

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter, 237, 6.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

a-myrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-myrran, -merran; p. de; pp. ed [a, myrran impedire]

to hinderimpedeobstructcheckdisturbimpedireturbareobstruereto dissipatespenddistractdefilemarcorruptspoildestroydissipareperdereconsummarecorrumperedevoraredistrahere

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to hinder, impede, obstruct, check, disturb; impedire, turbare, obstruere Ðæs wéla amerþ and lǽt ða men this wealth obstructs and hinders those men, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3.

Linked entries: a-merran on-mirran

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISHAnglĭcus

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Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse Engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien though the sharp-minded wise men need not this English translation, MS. Cot. Faust. A. x. 150b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 31

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

FORMA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FORMA, m; forme f. n: def. adj.

The firstearliestprīmus

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Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld was ðises middangeardes how happy was the first age of this world, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 8. Ðis wæs ðæt forme tácn this was the first miracle, Jn. Bos. 2, 11.

Linked entry: feorma

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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On ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse in this cold storm, Homl. Swt. 11, 187.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis, Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Voc. i. 18, 32. a pen, quill Fiþere tácen is þæt þú geþeóde þíne þrí fingras tósomne swilce þú feþere hæbe . . . and styre þíne fingras swilce þú wrítan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 21.

Linked entries: fedes féþu

leów

(n.)
Grammar
leów, es; pl.(?) leówer, leówera; n.

A thighham

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A thigh, ham Án hríðres læuw a ham of beef, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 355, 7. Leówer pernas, Lchdm. i. lxix, 13. Léwera, lxxiii, 31

Linked entries: læuw leu

þeóf-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-sliht, es; m.
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Thief-slaying Be ðeófslihte. Se ðe þeófslihþ, hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 4

dæg-langes

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Ac gyf unc swá þince uton gebyddan unc hǽr dæglanges and spurian tó morgen furður sed hodie satis, ut puto, scripsimus, Shrn. 188, 17. Add

ge-handlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-handlian, p. ode
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To handle, treat a subject Ús þingð behéflic ꝥ wé on þisre stówe ymbe þarne saltus lunae wurdliun and hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 16

Linked entry: handlian

norþ-ende

(adj.)
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Man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175. 29. Add