fleardian
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To act with (wicked) folly, act wantonly, to stray in the paths of folly Sé þe þreágincga forlǽt, hé fleardað qui increpationes relinquit errat, Scint. 113, 16. Wá þám þe cyrican mid ídele sécað; þæt syndan þá ungesǽligan þe ðǽr fleardiað mid ídelre
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lustfull-nes
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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8. His lustfullnysse him ne belífð nán
weallan
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Add Mycel wynsumnesse stenc þǽr upp weóll of þǽre byrgene de sepulcro fragrantia suavitatis emanavit, Gr. D. 338, 18. I. Add Binnan Róme weóll án wille ele ealne dæg fons olei per totum diem fluxit, Ors. 5, 14 ; S. 248, 10. 2. Add Þá líc weóllon
up-heofon
The heavens ⬩ the sky
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The heavens, the sky Eall upheofon bið sweart and gesworcen, Wulfst. 137, 8. Beofaþ ealbeorhte gesceaft ... dyneþ upheofon, Exon. Th. 448, 25; Dóm. 59. Eálá middaneard ... eálá upheofon, Cd. Th. 275, 6; Sat. 167. Ðú geworhtest eorþan frætwe and upheofen
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flex
Flax ⬩ līnum
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Flax; līnum Smeócende flex he ne adwæscþ līnum fūmĭgans non extinguet, Mt. Bos. 12, 20. Eall hira flex and hira bernas wǽron fordóne linum et hordeum læsum est, Ex. 9, 31
mortere
A mortar
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A mortar Mortere mortariola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 28. Se ealra mǽsta mortere girba, 42, 22: i. 20, 25. Gepuna eall tósomne on ánum mortere, Lchdm. i. 216, 13: 142, 18
land-efne
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Amount of landed property Se cyng lét tóscyfton þone here geond eall þis land tó his mannon, and hí fǽddon þone here ǽlc be his landefne, Chr. 1085 ; P. 216, 3
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for-cuman
To surpass ⬩ overcome ⬩ destroy ⬩ harass ⬩ wear out ⬩ supĕrāre ⬩ vexāre
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To surpass, overcome, destroy, harass, wear out; supĕrāre, vexāre Hæfde ðá se snotra sunu Dauides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl then had the wise son of David overcome and surpassed in knowledge the earl of the Chaldeans, Salm. Kmbl. 353; Sal. 176
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chor
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A choir.Add: local Chor sacrarium, i. sanctuarium, An. Ox. 2990. Þá þénas inn gán tó chore ministri introeant chorum, Angl. xiii. 391, 370. Gelamp ꝥ þá Frencisce men brǽcen þone chor, Chr. 1083; P. 215, 8. personal Tó þǽre mæssan offrige se swíþra
mæsse-reáf
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For 'Vestment' 1. 'Vestments', and add Eall swá be mæssereáfe þe sume menn maciað of heora ealdum cláðum, Hml. A. 35, 279. Se hálga Swídun on scínendum mæssereáfe stód swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 354. Mæssepreóst sceal habban clǽne mæssereáf
á-seóþan
to clear from impurity ⬩ to clear impurity from something ⬩ to try ⬩ examine
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Add Áseóþan decoqui, Germ. 396, 196. to clear from impurity Ásoden weax obrisum metallum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 14. Ásoden wín carenum, An. Ox. 4, 5. to clear impurity from something Leahtras áséð ádl uitia exquoquit languor, Scint. 165, 6. Þæt eall ꝥ
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fót-welm
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Add: e; f. (? v. Kent. Gl. 165 below; or has the glosser taken plantae to be dative?): -welma, an; m. Fótwelma, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 46. Fótwylm planta, Germ. 396, 151. His fótwelme (ut non comburantur) plantae ejus, Kent. Gl. 165. Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall
éðel-wyn
Joy of country ⬩ patriæ gaudium
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Joy of country; patriæ gaudium Nú sceal eall éðelwyn eówrum cynne leófum alicgean now shall all joy of country to your beloved kindred fail, Beo. Th. 5762; B. 2885
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feðer-sceátas
Four corners or quarters ⬩ quătuor plăgæ
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Four corners or quarters; quătuor plăgæ Eall ðeós leóhte gesceaft feðersceátum full feohgestreóna all this bright creation in its four quarters full of treasures, Salm. Kmbl. 63; Sal. 32
ge-hréfan
To roof ⬩ cover ⬩ tĕgĕre
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To roof, cover; tĕgĕre Gehréf hit eall roof it all, Homl. Th. i. 20, 32. Holme gehréfed covered with water, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 12; Rä. 2, 10
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heáh-engel
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Add: — Gabrihel, heofones heáhengel, Cri. 202. Heáhengles tíd, Men. 177. Fæder onsende heáhengel his, 50. Heáhengla brego, Cri. 403. Þurh eall engla wered and heáhengla, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 9
ge-þun
A noise; ⬩ clangor
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A noise; clangor Us þúhte for þam geþune ðæt sió eorþe eall cracode it seemed to us from the noise that the earth all cracked, Ps. Th. 45, 3
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heáh-hylte
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A high-placed shrubbery Eall swá ðæt heáhhylte scǽt tó scagan, C. D. v. 234, 24. Á be þám héhhylte in on þone langan þorn, Cht. E. 206, 27. Cf. scóm-hylte
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springan
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Add On lengtentíma[n] springað oððe gréniað wæstmas, Angl. viii. 312, 22. add Se geleáfa sprang geond ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 304, 29. His nama geond eall sprang, ii. 156, 17
á-drincan
to drink up, quench thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (a vino)
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Add: to drink up, quench thirst Ic of ádrince ebibo, Ælfc. Gr. 275, 9. Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum