ofer-hlifian
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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
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Rdr. 5, 11. add: to spread apart, expand Openiendum þé hand þíne, Ps.
willa
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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
- Flor.
- Hunt.
- Sim. Dun.
- Brom.
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
Linked entries: Crac-gelád Cræcilád Creacc-gelád Creca-lád Cre-gelád Creocc-gelád Cric-gelád
on-tyge
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
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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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 ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter, 237, 6.
Linked entry: eorþ-lic
a-myrran
to hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ obstruct ⬩ check ⬩ disturb ⬩ impedire ⬩ turbare ⬩ obstruere ⬩ to dissipate ⬩ spend ⬩ distract ⬩ defile ⬩ mar ⬩ corrupt ⬩ spoil ⬩ destroy ⬩ dissipare ⬩ perdere ⬩ consummare ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ devorare ⬩ distrahere
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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.
Englisc
ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus
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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
FORMA
The first ⬩ earliest ⬩ prīmus
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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
storm ⬩ tempest
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On ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse in this cold storm, Homl. Swt. 11, 187.
Linked entry: hréð-ness
big-spell
A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story ⬩ parabola, 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.
feþer
a feather ⬩ a wing ⬩ a pen ⬩ quill
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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.
leów
A thigh ⬩ ham
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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
þeóf-sliht
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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
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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
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norþ-ende
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Man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175. 29. Add