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up-flór

(n.)
Grammar
up-flór, a, e: -flóre, an; f.: es; m.

An upper floor or story ⬩ upper chamber

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Wunigende on ánre upflóra (in coenaculo), Homl.Th. i. 314, 5: ii. 184, 26: 164, 2: Homl. Skt. i. 10, 58, 64, 81: 18, 341: ii. 27, 31, 67. Seó wudewe wunode on clǽnnysse æfter hire were on hyre upflóre, Homl. Ass. 108, 204.

Linked entry: flór

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

going ⬩ walking ⬩ a going ⬩ course ⬩ journey ⬩ a way ⬩ road ⬩ the run ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ course ⬩ proceeding

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Add: of movement, going, walking, &c. Færelde cursu (rapidissimo abscessit), An. Ox. 4903.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Less ⬩ lest

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Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34. Gif læs manna beó sin minor est numerus, Ex. 12, 4. Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38.

Linked entry: læsast

fyrdian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrdian, fierdian, feordian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fyrd an army]

To go with an army ⬩ march ⬩ be at war ⬩ profĭcisci ⬩ bellum gĕrĕre

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To go with an army, march, be at war; profĭcisci, bellum gĕrĕre Fyrdode him togeánes he marched against him, Chr. 835; Th. 117, 18, col. 1, 2: 894; Th. 166, 17, col. 2; 167, 16, col. 1.

Linked entries: feordian fierdian

mycg

(n.)
Grammar
mycg, mygg, es; m. : mycge (?), an; f.

A midge

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A midge Mygg culix. Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 60: sciniphes, 120, 9. Mycg culix, 15, 55. Mygc, i. 281, 36, Micge (micgc ?) culex, 24, 17. Mycgæs cynomya Ps. Spl. T. 104, 29. Wið gnættas and micgeas, Lchdm. i. 54, 14. Heó gnættas and micgeas (micgas, MS.

Englan

(n.)
Grammar
Englan, gen. ena; dat. um; acc. an; pl. m.

The Angles ⬩ Angli

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Betweox Wealan and Englan between the Welsh and Angles, L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 354, 2: 3; Th. i. 354, 10

swinge

(n.)
Grammar
swinge, swynge (both forms occur in the Pastoral), an; f.

A stripe, stroke. ⬩ a stroke with a scourge or rod ⬩ chastisement, afflicting stroke ⬩ flagellum ⬩ a winnow, fan

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A stripe, stroke. literal, a stroke with a scourge or rod Sc̃p. Petrus hine mid grimmum swingum swong and þreáde (flagellis artioribus afficiens) . . . Cwæþ him eác tó: ' Ic bende and swingan (vincula, verbera) ðrowade' . . .

Linked entry: swynge

eall-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
eall-mægen, al-mægen,es ; n.

All-power, all-might ⬩ omnis vis

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All-power, all-might ; omnis vis Gif hí,eall-mægene ne þiówoden Þeódne mǽrum if they, with all might, served not the illustrious Lord, Bt Met. Fox 29, 193; Met. 29, 98

Linked entry: eal-mægen

ge-cringan

Grammar
ge-cringan, Take here ge-crincan, and add
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Gecrong occubuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 37. Gecrang, 63, 61. Gecrong oppetere(t), 93, 16. Gecrang, 64, 45. Gecrunge succumberet, 80, 7

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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add: a director, chief, ruler Ðonne hé gemétte ðá scylde ðe hé stiéran scolde, hrædlíce hé gecýðde ðæt hé wæs mágister and ealdormonn ( magistrum se esse resoluit), Past. 117, 6: Gen. 40, 21 (in Dict.].

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury ⬩ chlora perfoliata, Lin ⬩ the lesser centaury ⬩ erythræa centaurium, Lin

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Wyl on ealaþ twá curmeallan boil in ale the two centauries, L. M. 3, 38; Lchdm. ii. 330, 14.

Linked entry: culmille

sceafoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceafoþa, sceafþa, scæfþa,an ; m. (or -e; f. ?)

A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of

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A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of Ðá gehálgode ic wæter and scæfþan dyde on ðæs foresprecenan treówes tunc benedixi aquam, et astulam roboris praefati inmittens, Bd. 2, 13; S. 539, 5.

Linked entry: sceafþa

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournful ⬩ doleful ⬩ lamentable

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Grammar wóp-líc, of that which is an expression of grief Hé spræc mid wóplícre stemne, Homl. Th. i. 402, 9 : Homl. Ass. 196, 29: 198, 121. Mid wóplícre ceorunge, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 355. Mid wóplícum murcnungum flebilibus questibus, Hpt. Gl. 518, 25.

éd-

(prefix)
Grammar
éd-, = ád

a funeral pile

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a funeral pile

un-áræfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfedlic, ad/.
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Intolerable Be ðám tintregum unáræfedlicum (intolerabilibus), Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 617, 12

Linked entry: á-ræfedlic

un-geeahtedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geeahtedlic, ad; '.
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Incalculable, extraordinary Mid ungeehted-licre ændebyrdnesse inaestimabili ordine, Gr. D. 248, 20

Linked entries: ge-eahtedlic ge-eahtian

gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payer ⬩ tributary ⬩ debtor ⬩ trĭbūti reddĭtor ⬩ dēbĭtor ⬩ a rent-payer ⬩ a renter of land as opposed to the owner ⬩ qui censum annum pendit ⬩ conductor

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H.] húse gefeohte, cxx scillinga to wíte geselle if he fight in a tenant's house, let him pay cxx shillings as fine, 6; Th. i. 106, 7

æncnetrym

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
æncnetrym, = ǽn(i)gne trym (?) or ængne trym (?)

a narrow step ⬩ a little bit

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a narrow step; an acc. used adverbially with same force as colloquial a little bit (?). The word pedetemptim (An.

Linked entry: trem

friþ-gegilda

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-gegilda, friþ-gegylda, an; m. [friþ-gild a peace-guild]

A member of a peace-guild ⬩ congildo ⬩ sŏdālis ⬩ sŏcius

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Ath. v. prm; Th. i. 228, 6-9

áþ-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-gehát, áþe-gehát, es; n. [áþ an oath, gehát a promise]

A promise on oath ⬩ sacred pledge ⬩ an oath ⬩ sacramentum

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A promise on oath, sacred pledge, an oath; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl.13 ; Som. 57, 119 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entries: áþe-gehát áþ-wed