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folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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Ne folga noli me persequi, 295, 15.

hord

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Hé ( Christ ) æteówde eác his ǽnlican hordas, ðá hé gehét, Hml. S. 7, 38. that are concealed Synna hord. Ps. C. 155. Dyrne hordas abdita (secretorum) archana An.

býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed [býre an event, a favourable time, an opportunity]
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War. 10, 13: Mk. Lind. War. 4, 38. Ðe ne býrede him to etanne quem non licebat ei edere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 4

Óðen

(n.)
Grammar
Óðen, es; m.
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Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se louis wǽre, ðe hý Þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ. Wulfst. 107, 6-11. Þór and Ówðen (Oþen, MS. F.), 197, 19

Linked entries: Ówðen Wóden

tácn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
tácn-bora, an; m.

a standard-bearera leader, guide, director

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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

Linked entries: wudere wudung

adela

(n.)
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; m. Filth (cf. addled); a filthy place, sewer Ðá swýn hí gecuron for ðǽre fúlnysse fenlices adelan, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 8: 472, 7. His líchama læg on þám adelan, Hml. S. 5, 463. Ðæt cweartern wearð áfylled mid fúlum adelan, 35, 244.

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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Sé þe frióne forstele, and lé hine bebycgge, and hit hym on bestǽled, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, Ll. Th. i. 48, 6

Linked entry: stǽlan

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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Cf. dæg-mete

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, error.
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Cf. gedwol-cræft Þá þe galdorcræftas and gedwolan begangaþ and mid þǽm umwære men beswícaþ and ádwellab, Bl. H. 61, 23. erroneous opinion or doctrine Wiðerweardra gedwola apocryphorum naenias, Mt. p. 10, 9. v scín-gedwola

leóþ

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Eác sceal áðreótan ymbe ealra þára Tróiána gewin tó ásecgenne, for ðon on spellum and on leóðum hiora gewin cúðe sindon (certamina, quae in fabulis celebrari solita sunt). Ors. 1. 8; S. 42, 14. Add

lot

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Add: — Met. 4, 46. Ðonne hié óðre menn mid hira lote bismriað, ðonne gieipað hié suelce hí sién micle wærran ðonne hié dum perversa et duplici actione ceteros fallunt, quasi praestantius ceteris prudentes se esse gloriantvr, Past. 243, 24.

Linked entry: lutian

ríman

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þincð þæt tó lang æall tó rímande, and ðé tó ǽlenge tó gehýranne, 59, 30

wandung

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</b> Sé þe man for ylde oððe for sumre wandunge swingan ne mæg, si etas out qualitas personę prohibet, Chrd. 61, 34

yppan

Grammar
yppan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt hors ongan mid unáblinnendlicre brogdettunge ealles líchaman meldian and yppan ( prodere ) ꝥ hit ne mihte wífman beran, Gr. D. 183, 12

wæter-flód

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-flód, es; m. n.

A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b

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Hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, ne wæterflódas brecan brondstæfne, Andr. Kmbl. 1006; An. 503. Hí ymbsealdan swá wæterflódas ( sicut aqua ). Ps. Th. 87, 17. On wæterflódum in aquoso, 62, 2

ceorlisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorlisc, ciorlisc, cierlisc, cirlisc, cyrlisc; adj. [ceorl, -isc, q. v.]

CHURLISH, rustic, commonrusticus, vulgaris

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Gif cierlisc [ciorlisc MS. H; cyrlisc B.] mon betygen wǽre if a common man has been accused, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6. Se cierlisca [ceorlisce MS. B; ciorlisca H.] mon the common man, 37; Th. i. 124, 21. Be cierlisces [cyrlisces MSS. B.

irringa

(adv.)
Grammar
irringa, irrenga; adv.

Angrilyin anger

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Met. Fox 18, 13; Met. 18, 7. Yrrenga, 26, 167 ; Met. 26, 84. Se brǽda sǽ of clomme bræc up yrringa on eorþan fæðm the broad sea from durance broke up angrily on to earth's bosom, Exon. 24 b ; Th, 70, 31 ; Cri. 1147.

byrst

(v.)
Grammar
byrst, he byrþ bearest, he bears, produces; facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran

æfstnung

(n.)
Grammar
æfstnung,
  • Hpt. Gl. 436, 32
(æstnung,
  • MS. v. Angl. vi. 99
  • )
.

costnung,

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1. costnung, cf. An. Ox. 1260