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fýr

fire firefireto be on firea fire, fuel in a state of combustion a fire on a hearth a piece of burning material firelightninga disease

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Ox. 4652. Fýrum laribus, fýr larem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 13, 14. a piece of burning material Fýrum, brandum (rogi) torribus, i. ignibus, An. Ox. 3520.

scearn

(n.)
Grammar
scearn, es; n.

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Scearn (oxena) fimum, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1

Linked entry: scern

pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Andlang oxna pæþes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 215, 10. Ðone kyng gerihtan of ðam dweliandan pæþe ( from the path of error ), Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 30.

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ge-munan

(v.)
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Ox. 1598. Gemunað memorant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 34. Nú ic þyses Alexandres gemyndgade, ic wille þæs máran Alexandres gemunende beón, Ox. 3, 7 ; S. 110, 11. Is gemunen, gesǽd memoratur, An. Ox. 1514: 2814.

ídel

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Ox. 1109. Mid ídelre dǽde, Wlfst. 279, 8. Mid ídelre gewilnunge effeta (i. exinanita) uoluntate, An. Ox. 4677.

æt-wíndan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wíndan, l. æt-windan; p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden,
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Ox. 4392. Þæt hé ætwindan móste that he migh' escape (unpleasant consequences' ), Hml. Th. i. 598, 28. with dat. Ðám ( death ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL Th. ii. 232,22. Hé ðám wítum ætwunde, Hml. S. 23, 118.

á-cwellan

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Ox. 4869. Domicianus wearð ácweald æt his witena handum, Hml. Th. i. 60, 3. Sié ácwelled moriatur, Mt. L. 15, 4. Ácwealde multate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 21. Add

be-hýdan

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Ox. 8, 308. Hí on þám scræfe lágon fram Decie behýdde, Hml. S. 23, 741. ¶ of sheathing a sword :-- Hé hét Petrum behýdan his swurd, Hml. S. 25, 848: 28, 65. Þá sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron ( reconduntur ), Prud. 72. Add

clýsing

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Ox. 2849. Clýsinga syllogismos, 2, 291

ge-máh

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Ox. 5277. (Seó) gemáge inportunus i. ferus, inmitis (cupidus, improbus, Hpt. 425, 59) (gastrimargiae draco), 811. Tó gemágum ad inportunum, i. ad inoneslum (praelium), 807.

ge-eácnung

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Ox. 3136. what is born Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes Redemptor . . . partus virginis, Hy. S. 41, 34

grund-leás

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Ox. 23, 39. Hé helle séceð ... grundleásne wylm, Wal. 46.

á-dílgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-dílgian, á-díligian.

to destroy, &c., obliterateto blot out iniquity, &c.

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Ox. 18 b, 19. Hosp ádílegode calumpniam explodit 1263. Hergung ádíligode Godes cyrican, Chr. 793; P. 57, 2. Hí woldon his gemynd on erðan ádílgian, 979; P. 123, 21. Hé wolde ðá geleáffullan of heora lande ádýlegian, Hml. S. 25, 543.

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Ox. 5159

bred

a boardplanka tablet

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Ox. 3032. Bræde, 2, 139. Sé þæt fácn tó his cýþþe gebodade, and hit on ánum brede awrát, and siþþan mid weaxe be-worhte quod per tabelias primum scriptas, deinde ceratas, suis prodidit, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 2.

cyning

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Ox. 4472. Ðæs cyninges tácen is þæt þú wende þíne hande ádúne, and befóh þín heófod ufeweard eallum fingrum on cynehelmes tácne. Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú strece onbútan heófod, and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, Tech. ii. 128, 23-27.

flǽsc-lic

humanmortalanimalnaturalcarnalworldlycarnalsensualsexual

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Ox. 40, 22. Seó menego tácnode þá flǽsclican willan and þá ungeréclican uncysta, Bl. H. 19, 6. sexual: Flǽsclicum gemange carnali commercio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 73

for-wyrd

(n.)
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Ox. 835: Wlfst. 193, 22: R. Ben. 68, 22: Hml. Th. i. 194, 30. Þá bydelasþæs écan forwyrdes, 4, 12. Tó úrum forwyrde, ii. 546, 11: Chr. 1052; P. 175, 27. On écan forwyrde, Wlfst. 8, 9

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 1874. quickly, in a short time Swá swá wyrta felda hwætlíce ( cito ) hí feallaþ, Ps. L. 36, 2. Þæt tó þám hwætlícor hé mæge becuman quatinus ad eam quantocius valeat peruenire, Scint 29, 3

on-timber

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Ox. 1833: 1875. add: matter for a feeling, &c. Ontimber (bið) geseald tó mótgenne materia ei datur superbiendi, R. Ben. I. 110, 4. Druncennys is gálnysse antimber, Hml. Th. i. 604, 25.