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full

(n.)
Grammar
full, a cup with liquor in it.
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[Þe ilke þat halt þene nap, he hine drinkeð up; oder uul me þider fareð . . . þenne þat uul beoð icumen, þenne cusseoð heo þreoien, Laym. 14333-8.] Add

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, to fulfil.
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Add: to become full, fill up (intrans.)

heáh-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-mægen, es; n.
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Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645. Cf. heáh-miht

hran-fisc

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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti

land-gemǽre

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Ǽrest ymbe úre landgemǽra. Úp on Temese . . ., Ll. Th. i. 152, 8. Add

offrung-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-sceát, es; m.
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An offering-sheet [explained in the following passage: Their offerings of bread and wine, which they brought . . . having their hands muffled up in a very fine linen cloth or offering-sheet, v. N. E.

óm

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Ꝥ hé ná tó swíðe ne gewilnige up áwyrtlin rust oððe óm sí tóbrocen fæt ne dum nimis cupit eradere eruginem frangatur vas, R. Ben. I. 108, 7. Hóm rubiginem, Kent. Gl. 954. Hé sealde ómum (erugini) wæstmas heora, Ps.

swipu

Grammar
swipu, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne þú swype habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, and rǽr úp þíne twǽgen fingras, Tech. ii. 122, 13.

under

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I c. add Lǽt reócan swíþe betweoh þá þeóh úp under þæt hrægl, Lch. ii. 332, I

á-lǽtan

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</b> to deliver up, return :-- Þá reáf þe þá yldran álǽtað (reddere debent), Chrd. 48, 22

brond-hord

(n.)
Grammar
brond-hord, es; n.

a burning, hord a hoard, treasureA burning or ardent treasure, a treasure exciting ardent desiresardens thesaurus

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treasure, a treasure exciting ardent desires; ardens thesaurus Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ nú deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now it circulates wide and far, an ardent treasure flourishing, grown up

Linked entry: brand-hord

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, heá; adv.

High

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On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June] the sun mounts highest in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110

organe

(n.)
Grammar
organe, (organa (?); cf. O. H. Ger. organa ; f.), an; f. : organon; pl. organa; n.

A musical instrument

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On salig wê ûre organan up áhengan in salicibus suspendimus organa nostra, Ps. Th. (Spl. T. Surt. ), 136, 2. Iubal wæs fæder herpera and ðæra ðe organan macodun Iuba, fuit pater canentium cithara et organo, Gen. 4, 21

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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D. for-sweal. un-forswǽled

scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
scrincan, p. scranc, pl. scruncon; pp. scruncen.
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S. 158, 7.] to contract, shrink Ðá tán scrincaþ (-eð, MS. ) up. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28. Gif sino scrince . . . oððe gif monnes fót tó hommum scrimme and scrince, ii. 6, 13-15

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of-gifan

(v.)

to give up, leave, abandondestituere

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to give up, leave, abandon Obgibeht (=ofgifeþ) destituit Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 77. Hé Dena land ofgeaf he left the Danes&#39; land, Beo. Th. 3813; B. 1904. Hé ðás woruld ofgeaf he died, Cd. Th. 72, 30; Gen. 1194.

a-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; p. -reahte, -rehte; impert. -rece; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forthstretch outstrainraise upextendereexpandereerigereto put forthrelaterecountspeak outexpressexplaininterprettranslateproponereexponereenarrareeloquiexprimeredisserereinterpretarireddereto set in orderadorndeckexpedireexpolirecomere

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Arece us ðæt bigspell edissere nobis parabolam, Mt. Bos. 13, 36: 15, 15. Arece us ðæt gerýne explain to us the mystery, Exon. 9 a ; Th. 5, 24; Cri. 74: 49 a; Th. 169, 16; Gú. 1095: Cd. 202; Th. 250, 5 ; Dan. 542.

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Gif ðonne ðæt worms up stíhþ tó ðon ðæt ðé þince ðæt hit mon sníþan mǽge and út forlǽtan . . . ðonne hrín ðú him mid ðý snidísene and sníð listum . . . ðonne ðú hit tóstinge oððe sníþe Lchdm. ii. 208, 11-21.

geara

(adv.)
Grammar
geara, adv. [gearo? ready]

Utterlyaltogetherwellenoughvery muchpĕnĭtusprorsusbĕnesătisvalde

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Utterly, altogether, well, enough, very much; pĕnĭtus, prorsus, bĕne, sătis, valde He hét geara forbærnan Rómána burig he [Nero] commanded utterly to burn up the city of the Romans, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 18; Met. 9, 9.

munuc-cild

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-cild, es; n.

A boy that is being brought up to be a monk

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A boy that is being brought up to be a monk Sum munuccild drohtnode on his mynstre, and hæfde micele lufe tó his fæder and tó his méder. Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl.