æfter-spyrian
To inquire after ⬩ examine ⬩ examinare
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To inquire after, examine; examinare Gif ge hit willaþ æfterspyrian if ye will examine it, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 8
æfter-weard
After ⬩ ⬩ following ⬩ posterior ⬩ secundus
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After, AFTERWARD, following; posterior, secundus Gif he me æfterweard weorþeþ if he shall be after [afterward] me, Exon. 104 b ; Th. 397, 3 ; Rä. 16, 14
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æfter-yldo
after-age ⬩ old age ⬩ ætas provecta ⬩ an after-age ⬩ after-time ⬩ posterius ævum
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after-age, old age; ætas provecta Ne mágon ða æfteryld in ðam ǽrestan blǽde geberan they may not produce [show] old age in their first strength [youth ], Exon. 39b; Th. 132, 3; Gú. 467. an after-age, after-time; posterius ævum Swá nǽnig æfteryldo syððan
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æled-leóma
A gleaming fire ⬩ fire-brand ⬩ ignis micans
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A gleaming fire, fire-brand; ignis micans.Beo. Th. 6241; B. 3125
æmet-hyll
An EMMET-HILL ⬩ ant-hill ⬩ formicetum
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An EMMET-HILL, ant-hill; formicetum, Past. 28, 3; Hat. MS. 37 a, 3
ærce-biscop
An archbishop
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An archbishop, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 35
ærce-diácon
An archdeacon
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An archdeacon
ǽren-dæg
The day before ⬩ yesterday ⬩ pridie
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The day before, yesterday; pridie, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Wrt. Voc. 53, 31
æren-geát
a goat-eagle
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a goat-eagle; harpe = ἅρπη,Ælfc. Gl. 17; Wrt. Voc. 21, 62
æðel-boren
Noble-born ⬩ free-born ⬩ noble ⬩ natu nobilis ⬩ nobili genere natus ⬩ nobilis
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Noble-born, free-born, noble; natu nobilis, nobili genere natus, nobilis Sum æðelboren man homo quidam nobilis, Lk. Bos. 19, 12. Æðelborene cild vel freóbearn liberi, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Wrt. Voc. 51, 67: Apol. Th. 19, 21
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æðel-cund
Of noble kind or origin ⬩ noble ⬩ nobilis originis
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Of noble kind or origin, noble; nobilis originis Æðelcunde mægþ the noblewoman. Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 18; Hö. 1
æðel-cundnes
Nobleness ⬩ nobility ⬩ nobilitas
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Nobleness, nobility; nobilitas Mid micelre æðelcundnesse with great nobleness, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 31
æðel-íce
Nobly ⬩ elegantly ⬩ nobiliter ⬩ insigniter
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Nobly, elegantly; nobiliter, insigniter.Cot. 77
æðel-nes
Nobility ⬩ nobilitas
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Nobility; nobilitas,Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 7: Ps. Th. 118, 142, [MS. æðeles.]
æðel-stenc
A noble odour ⬩ odor nobilis
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A noble odour; odor nobilis, Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 10; Ph. 195
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A. D
ǽtter-loppe
A spider ⬩ atanea
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A spider; atanea And a-ýdlian oððe aswarcan oððe acwínan oððe aswindan ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan oððe ryngan sáwle his et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 38, 12; and thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyneWyc
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eástor-ǽfen
Easter-even ⬩ dies ante festum paschæ
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Easter-even; dies ante festum paschæ On eástor-ǽfen on easter-even, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 24
freóls-ǽfen
A festival-eve ⬩ vigil ⬩ festi vigĭlia
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A festival-eve, vigil; festi vigĭlia Man mót, freólsǽfenum [MS. freólsǽfenan], faran betweonan Eferwíc and six míla gemete one may travel, on festival-eves, between Fork and a distance of six miles, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 26
mæsse-ǽfen
The eve of a festival
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The eve of a festival, e.g. Christmas Eve On sc̃e Michaeles mæsseǽfan. Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 13. Fæstaþ ðæra háligra martyra mæsseǽfenas. Wulfst. 136, 19