earg-lic
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Cowardly, craven, timid Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe ꝥ wé álecgan úre wuldor mid earhlicum fleáme, Hml. S. 25, 661. Ful earhlice laga ( laws that only cowards would submit to ) and scandlice nýdgyld ús synt gemǽne, Wlfst. 162, 10.
bútan
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Eall úre folc mid fleáme astwand búton wé feówertig Þe on ðám feohte stódon, Hml. S. 11, 74. <b>C. II 1.</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e
feorrian
depart
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Hiá fearrageð ł fléað recedunt, 8, 13. Feorriað hí and fleóð longe fugiunt, Nar. 35, 32: 36, 22. Ic feorude fleógende elongavi fugiens, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 7. Ic feorrode symle fleónde I fled always farther and farther away, Hml. S. 23 b, 510.
Linked entries: of-fearrian fearrian feorran
hatung
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Hine se kyning hider and þider áflýmde, and hé his éhtnysse and his hatunge fleáh, Guth. 76, 15
earn
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Fleáh sum earn ætforan him ( Cuthbert ) on síðe . . . Hé cwæð: 'God mæg unc þurh þisne earn ǽt foresceáwian' . . . Se earn on ðam ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, þá cwæð hé . . .
ge-windan
To twist ⬩ weave ⬩ bend ⬩ wind ⬩ torquĕre ⬩ plectere ⬩ implĭcāre ⬩ To go ⬩ turn ⬩ turn about ⬩ revolve ⬩ roll ⬩ se vertĕre ⬩ volvĕre
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Se aglǽca on fleám gewand the miserable being turned to flight, 2007; B. 1001: Homl.Th. i. 290, 19. Se líg gewand on láðe men the flame rolled on to the hostile men. Cd. 186; Th. 231, 22; Dan. 251
sam-wist
A living together, cohabitation, matrimony
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Ne ceara ðú (Hagar ) fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Cd. Th. 137, 27; Gen. 2280. Þeáh his líc and gǽst hyra somwiste, sinhíwan tú, gedǽled (-de?), Exon. Th. 160, 9; Gú. 941. Somwist, 172,28 ; Gú. 1150. Samwista contubernia, Hpt. Gl. 416, 27: 520, 54
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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Hié sǽdon ðæt sió sibb of his mihte wǽre ac hé fleáh ða sægene he would not admit what they said, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 33. Sægenum assertionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 62.
a-stellan
To set forth ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ afford ⬩ supply ⬩ appoint ⬩ establish ⬩ ordain ⬩ undertake ⬩ undergo ⬩ begin ⬩ statuere ⬩ collocare ⬩ instituere ⬩ præbere ⬩ stabilire ⬩ fundare ⬩ suscipere ⬩ inire
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Ðone fleám ǽrest astealde Þurcytel Thurkytel first began the flight, Chr. 1010; Th. 262, 43
hyht-lic
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Add: feeling joyous, exultant Hergas wurdon on fleáme . . . him on láste stód hihtlic heorðweorod, Gen. 2076. causing joy or pleasure, pleasant Þæt is sió án rest eallra geswinca, hyhtlicu hýð heáum ceólum módes usses, Met. 21, ll.. nóht hyhtlic hám
Linked entry: hyht-ful
ge-fricgan
To learn by asking or by inquiry ⬩ hear of
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Syððan æðelingas feorran gefricgean fleám eówerne after nobles from afar shall hear of your flight, 5770; B. 2889. Ðæt ðæt folca fela gefrigen habbaþ that which many peoples have heard of, Cd. 190; Th. 236, 31; Dan. 329 : Bt. Met.
Linked entry: ge-frægen
cearian
To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse
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Ne ceara ðú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre care not thou to part your fellowship by flight, Cd. 104; Th. 137, 25; Gen. 2279: 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732
Linked entry: carian
ge-swencan
To disturb ⬩ agitate ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ fatigue ⬩ outweary ⬩ afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ oppress ⬩ pulsāre ⬩ agĭtāre ⬩ trībŭlāre ⬩ vexāre ⬩ fătīgāre ⬩ afflīgĕre ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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Sarai híg ðá geswencte and heó sóna fleáh út to ðam wéstene afflīgiente igĭtur eam Sarai fŭgam iniit, Gen. 16, 6. Hí synne geswencton they outwearied sin, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 12; Az. 189: Chr. 1116; Erl. 245, 35.
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berstan
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Th. i. 280, 10. to break away, cf. æt-berstan Gelæhton þá weardmen his wealdleðer, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 15. Hú hé Hingware berstan sceolde, Hml.
býge
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Hé gedyde bigeas (-ias, v.l.) and fleám, Gr. D. 122, 24. something bent Under býcnunge ðæs écan biges (beáges, v.l.) sub figura coronae perpetis, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 6. Hyrdle, bige plecta, An. Ox. 3888
ge-lustfulling
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Hé forhæfde hine sylfne fram gelustfullunge þysses lífes, Shrn. 12, 22. pleasure as a personification Seó gelustfullung ( voluptas ) gewundedum fótum þurh þá þornas fleáh, Prud. 53. that which produces pleasure, an object or source of delight, a delight
on-feng
laying hold of, seizing ⬩ taking, with the idea of wrongful taking ⬩ defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) ⬩ attack, onset, assault
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Homl. 209, 29. attack, onset, assault Wurdon hié on ðam onfenge forhte, and on fleám numen, Andr. Kmbl. 2679 ; An. 1341. Hé hine scilde wið onfengom earmra gǽsta, Exon. Th. 126, 24; Gú. 376: 133, 15; Gú. 490
þennan
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Gothic) Ðæt geswinc his sýðfætes ne understandende mid hrædestan ryne þenigende arn ( he exerted himself in running ), for ðam ðe hé gewilnode hine geðeódan ðam ðe ðǽr fleáh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 186
here-toga
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Þá onstealdon þá heretogan ǽrest þone fleám, Chr. 993; P. 127, 29. as an official term Eoldorman princeps, heore-toga oððe láteów dux ealdorman oððe geréfa comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 60.
felgan
To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre
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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.
Linked entry: ge-felgan