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ferþe

(n.)
Grammar
ferþe, es; m.

Skin

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Skin Wiþ tóbrocenum heáfde . . . gespǽt þá wunde, and gif se hála ferþe wille habban reádne hring ymb þá wunde, wite þú þonne ꝥ þú hié ne meaht gehǽlan, Lch. ii. 22, 22

sárig-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful, melancholy Nú sume hwíle wé sprácon ymb unróte and sáriglice bysne; gehwyrfen wé nú eft tó þám blíþum spræcum interim hoc triste seponentes ad ea laeta redeamus, Gr.D. 290, 6

þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf.
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Goth. þragjan, and for conjugation cf. plegan); p. de To run, proceed in a course Sume tungul læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende, oððe micle máre geféraþ, ða hire midore ymbe þearle þrægeþ (-aþ?) (cf. sume tunglu habbaþ lengran ymbhwyrft ðonne

þǽr-út

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-út, adv.
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte, Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25

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ofer-stæppan

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Hí ymb hine gemearcodon ánne bring on þǽre eorðan, and héton ꝥ hé nǽnige þinga mid his fét þone bring ne oferstópe in terra circulum designaverunt, extra quem pedem tendere nullo modo auderet, Gr. D. 197, 1. Add

bi-þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-þryccan, p. -þrycte, pl. -þrycton; pp. -þrycced

To press onimprimere

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[þryccan to press] To press on; imprimere Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod gebýgdon, þreám biþrycton they bent a sharp crown around my head, pressed it on with reproaches, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 26; Cri. 1446

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flogettan

to fly aboutfluttervolitareto be uncertainwavervacillate

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Substitute: to fly about, flutter; volitare Sum lytel fugel ongann flogettan (volitare) ymb his ansýne, Gr. D. 100, 19. to be uncertain, waver, vacillate Sélre ys on eádmódrum trum faran þænne hangendum gráde on heágrum flogettan (fluctare), Scint.

ǽg-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwider, -hwyder; adv.

On every sideevery wayquaquaversum

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On every side, every way; quaquaversum Ǽghwider ymb swá swá Edwines ríce wǽre quaquaversum imperium regis Æduini pervenerat, Bd. 2,16; S. 519,38. Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92

sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceáwian, IV. add: to review troops,
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revise what is written Hé þá fyrde sceáwode, Hml. S. 30, 295. Marcus leornode of Petres bodunge hú hé ðá bóc gesette, and Petrus hí sceáwode, 15, 145. Spellunga sceáwende fabulas rimando, An. Ox. 193. v. fore-, ymb-sceáwian

fór-werd

(n.)
Grammar
fór-werd, e; f.

A fore-wardprecautioncontractagreementpræcautiopactum

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A fore-ward, precaution, contract, agreement; præcautio, pactum Hér swutelaþ ymb ða fórwerda ðe Wulfric and se arcebisceop geworhton here is made known concerning the agreements which Wulfric and the archbishop made, Cod. Dipl. 738; A.D. 1023; Kmbl.

altar

(n.)
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Add:, alter, altare Ðá colu ðæs alteres. Past. 51, 1. Altares, R. Ben. 103, 14. Tó þínum hálgan altare, Ps. Th. 5, 7. Ymb þínne alter, 25, 6. Uppan þone altare, R. Ben. 101, 7, 8. Altras altaria, Bl. Gl

scearpian

(v.)
Grammar
scearpian, ode

To scarify,

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To scarify, make an incision in the skin Scearpa him ða scancan, Lchdm. ii. 46, 24: 76, 13: 126, 20. Scearpige and smire mid hátan ele, 130, 7: 284, 8. Ðú scealt ymb .iii. niht scearpian, 264, 1. Scearpigean, iii. 132, 31

sundor-nytt

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-nytt, e; f.
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A special office, employment, or use:?-Ǽlc hæfþ sundornytte (sunder-, Hatt. MS.) per officium diversa sunt, Past. 34. 3; Swt. 232, 4. Hæfde Hróðgár seleweard áseted; sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, eóten weard ábeád, Beo. Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding

wudu-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-lǽs, we; f.

Forest pasture

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Forest pasture Seó útlǽs and seó wudulǽs mid ódrum mannum gemǽne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 214, 22. Wæs tiolo micel spréc ymb wuduléswe tó Súðtúne; waldon ða swángeréfan ða lǽswe forður gedrífan ond ðone wudu . geþiogan ðon hit aldgeryhto wéron, i. 278, 32

ofer-flítan

(v.)

to overcome in a contest, to confute

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to overcome in a contest, to confute Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát, hæfde máre mægen, Beo. Th. 1039; B. 517. Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne to confute Arius Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1

forþ-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-yrnan, part. -yrnende; p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run forth or beforeprecedepræcurrĕre

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To run forth or before, precede; præcurrĕre Wæs, æfter forþyrnendre tíde, ymb fífhund wintra and tú and hundnigontig fram Cristes hidercyme it was, according to the time preceding, about five hundred and ninety-two years from Christ's coming hither,

fyrn-gesceap

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-gesceap, es; n.

A decree of oldōlim constĭtūtum

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A decree of old; ōlim constĭtūtum Ne wát ǽnig hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce, fæger fyrngesceap, ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd not any knows how the conditions are wondrous, the fair decree of old, concerning the bird's birth, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 15; Ph. 360

westan-norþan

(adv.)
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Grammar westan-norþan, adv. From the north-west. Cf. westan Hit ( Italy ) belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan búton westannorðan, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 18. in phrases (or compounds) marking position, to the north-west Be-westannorðan ðære byrig, Ors. 1, 1; Swt

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rinc

(n.)
Grammar
rinc, es; m.

A man (a poetical term)

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A man (a poetical term) Se rinc ( Enoch) on líchoman lisse sóhte, Cd. Th. 73, 12; Gen. 1203 : (Abraham ) 107, 17 ; Ger. 1790. Com ðá tó recede rinc ( Grendel ) síðian, Beo. Th. 1445; B. 720. Árás ðá se ríca ( Hrothgar ), ymb hine rinc manig, þegna heáp

heáh-seld

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Add: [seld = setl, Sievers, Gram. 196, 2] a throne Satanus wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan (cf. hú hé him stólgeworhte on heofonum, Gen. 273), Sat. 372. Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322. Héhseldum