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ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde, Chart. Th. 203, 1. ¶ Þǽr on ufenan thereupon : -- cwæð, ðæt án culfre him fluge wið ðæt heáfod, swilce heó ðær on ufenan settan wolde, Homl. Ass. 198, 112

egesian

(v.)
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egesode ðá ðe on unryht hǽmdon fornicationis metum praemisit, 397, 20.

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.

cyleþenie

(n.)
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cyleþenie, an; f.

The herb celandine chelidonium majus

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The herb celandine ; chelidonium majus Cyleþenie, Herb. 75; Lchdm. i. 176, 15, 18

eów

(int.)
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eów, interj.

Wo! alas! væ! heu! — Eów me!heu mihi!

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heu! — Eów me! heu mihi! Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5

Linked entry: euwá

bí-leofen

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beget him biglyfne mid his weorce, Hml. S. 30, 214. Þá gesettan bíleofene (annonam), R. Ben. 55, 11. Heó bíleofenæ fundon, Hml. A. 85, 121. Add

ge-hírsum

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsum</b> in Dict. and add: obedient wearð gehýrsum tó þí þæt willes deáð þrowade factus obediens usque ad mortem R. Ben. 26, 15 : 126, 8.

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum

ge-wæterian

(v.)
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S. 14, 177. to pour water on material hét gewæterian ealne þone wudu ait: 'Fundite super ligna,' Hml. S. 18, 125

hindan

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Add: where there is movement towards the back of an object, of the direction of an action hét Mathéum hindan mid sweorde þurstingan, Shrn. 131, 33. þ á Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15. with verbs of pursuit ofi nþ þá

hwearfian

(v.)
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hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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biþ fremede freán ælmihtigum englum ungelíc ána hwearfaþ he shall be a stranger to the almighty Lord, unlike angels, alone shall he wander, Salm. Kmbl. 70; Sal. 35.

Linked entry: hreafigende

fácen

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forgeaf him eallum ꝥ unryht anð ꝥ fácn ꝥ him dón þóhte omnium factorum dictorumve in eo veniam sanxit, 6, 4; S. 258, 29. Heora tungan wyrcaþ mycel fácn linguis suis dolose agebant, Ps. Th. 13, 5.

nemnan

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nemnan, <b>. I.</b> add: Monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for ðǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. <b>Ia.</b> with cognate accusative
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Hér wé magon gehiéran, ðá be ðǽm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde, ðæt hine nemde se áworpna, Past. 357, 23.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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ne mæg forbúgan ꝥ þæt ilce yfel ne geþafige óþrum monnum þe ǽr óþrum dyde, Bt. 16, 2; F. 54, 5.

on-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
on-weard, adj.
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Proceeding against, taking action against Warnige se abbod ðæt þurh andan ne sý onweard ðam profaste let the abbot take heed that he be not acting against the provost from hatred, R. Ben. 126, 11

Clede-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Clede-múþa, an; m. [the mouth of the river Cleddy]

GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH

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GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH, South Wales Hér Eádweard cyning getimbrede ða burh æt Cledemúþan in A. D. 921, king Edward built the burgh at Cledmouth, Chr. 921; Th. 194, 1-3, col. 3; Th. 195, 1-3, col. 1

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.
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Ná swylce on eástdǽle synderlíce sý his (God's) wunung ... se ðe ǽghwár is andweard ná þurh rýmyt ðære stówe ac þurh his mægenþrymmes andweardnysse he who is everywhere present, not through the extent of the place in which he dwells, but through the presence

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe, Charter quoted by Lye. <b>Ia.

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten
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ongeat Titum hwéne mon-þwǽrran ðonne sceolde, and Timotheus he ongeat hátheortran ðonne sceolde, Past. 40; Swt. 291, 21-23: Blickl. Homl. 219, 5. Hit ongeat his láre swíðe tótorenne, Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 31.

swiftness

(n.)
Grammar
swiftness, e; f.
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Uton behealdan ða wundorlícan swyftnysse ðære sáwle; heó hæfþ swá mycele swvftnysse, ðæt heó on ánre tíde besceáwaþ heofonan and ofer sǽ flýhþ, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 123

Linked entry: swiftu

ele-fæt

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hét áwurpan út þæt glæsene fæt mid ele mid ealle . . . hét eft áhebban þæt elefæt, 178, 31. Oelefæt full smirinise alabastrum ungenti, Lk. L. 7, 37. Add