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hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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[It is not always possible to distinguish between forms that belong to hol and those that belong to holh ; some of those here given to the former may belong to the latter.] a cave, pit, deep place in water Hool vorago Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 13.

gif

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Gyf þú wylt, þú miht (Mt. 8, 2); here it is implied that the person addressed is actually willing to act. Hú magon wé . . . gif þú his ne meaht ór áreccan?

a-fédan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fédan, p. -fédde; pp. -féded, -féd

To feednourishrearbring upnutrirecibarealerepascere

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To feed, nourish, rear, bring up; nutrire, cibare, alere, pascere Heó bearn afédeþ she nourishes her child, Salm. Kmbl. 746; Sal. 372 : Ps. Th. 135, 26 : 83, 3.

Linked entry: a-fǽded

ATOL

(adj.)
Grammar
ATOL, atul, atel, eatol ; adj.

Direterrificterriblehorridfoulloathsomedirusatroxterribilishorridusfœ́dus,teter

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Gúþrinc geféng atolan clommum the warrior seized in her horrid clutches, Beo. Th. 3008 ; B. 1502

Linked entries: atel atul eatol

be-standan

(v.)
Grammar
be-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen
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Abraham híg bestód on ða ealdan wísan Abraham stood by her after the old custom, Gen. 23, 2. Fæderas and móddru bestandaþ heora bearna líc fathers and mothers stand around the corpses of their children, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 17.

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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nor does ship carry her, vessel, nailed plank (or with nail-fastened sides ), Exon. Th. 439, 17; Rä. 59, 5. Siððan nægled bord, fær séleste, flód up áhóf, Cd. Th. 85, 22.

Linked entry: nægled-bord

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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Ðe gé hér on stariaþ, 33, 6; Cri. 521: 36, 3; Cri. 570. Him ðæt tácen wearð, ðǽr hé tó starude, Cd. Th. 260, 32; Dan. 718. Ðe hire an eágum starede, Beo. Th. 3875; B. 1935. Hí on mere staredon, 3211; B. 1603.

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25. Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten on ða wrace hyre ðæs unsceððian blódes, Shrn. 155, 8. Hé sǽde ðæt án gehwǽde wolcn upp ástige mid ðære unscæðþigan ( not threatening storm ) lyfte, Hontl.

Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358. 5. v. ofer-ranc. bold, valiant (Icel. rakkr courageous, bold) Ðǽr mihton geseón Winceastre leódan rancne here and unearhne a host bold and fearless, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 26

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

ge-siht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siht, -sihþ, -siehþ, -syhþ, -sihtþ, e; f.
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Sight, power of seeing, vision, something seen, aspect, respect; visus, acies oculorum, visio, aspectus, conspectus, respectus Se ord on here oððe scearp gesihþ acies, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 14. Yfel gesihþ oculus malus, Mk. Bos. 7, 22.

Linked entry: ge-syhð

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Micel here for þæs cynges fielle fleáh, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 7: 3, JO; S. 138, 13. Mid heora twégea fielle duorum morte, 6, 36; S. 294, 6. On his fylle, Hml. S. 26, 161. Líf edníwe, feorh æfter fylle, Ph. 371.

Linked entries: fyll fiell

ge-dwimor

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For the sense in which nebulonis seems to be taken here cf. nebulonis heówunga, leásunge, 2238), An. Ox. 4695. <b>II a.

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.
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Take here <b>ge-þuild</b> in Dict., and add: es; n.:&nbsp;<b>ge-þyldu</b>;&nbsp;f. indecl. &nbsp; ge-þyld;&nbsp;f. &nbsp; Sió geðyld, Past. 218, 22. Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21.

ge-weorpan

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</b> where the direction or end of throwing is marked :-- Hé beheóld huu ðe here giwarp óset mæslen on gazophilaciutn and monige weolge giwurpun feolu aspiciebat quomodo turba iactaret aes in gazophilacium, et multi diuites iactabant multa, Mk.

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman the falchion passed through all her fated carcase, Beo. Th. 3140; B. 1568. On ðæt fǽge folc in the fated band, Elen. Kmbl. 233; El. 117.

lácan

(v.)
Grammar
lácan, p. leólc, léc; pp. lácen.

to swingwave aboutto playfightto play

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Is ðæt frécne stream ýða ofermǽta ðe wé hér on lácaþ perilous is the stream, huge the waves, on which here we toss, 20 a; Th. 53, 24; Cri. 855. Hie ofer feorne weg ceólum lácaþ Andr. Kmbl. 506; An. 253.

Linked entries: leólc be-leólc

on-munan

(v.)
Grammar
on-munan, to esteem, consider (worthy), think (
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Ǽlc ðara ðe síe under ðæm gioke hláfordscipes hé sceal his hláford ǽghwelcre áre wierþne onmunan quicumque sunt sub jugo servi, dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur, Past. 29; Swt. 201, 23. with acc. of person alone Hé úsic on herge geceás tó

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.
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Godes word is ase a uayr ssewere, ine huam me yziȝt alle þe lakkes of þe herte, Ayenb. 202, 21. Sheweres glasses (A. V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54. a buffoon, an actor (v. sceáwend-sprǽc) Sceáwera scurrarum, ii. 90, 13

on-rǽs

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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá

drugian

(v.)
Grammar
drugian, he drugaþ, pl. drugiaþ; p. ode; pp. od; v. n. [drige dry]

To become, dry, wither arescĕre

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On mergen swá wyrt gewíteþ, on mergen blóweþ and fareþ, on ǽfen afylþ, astíðaþ, and drugaþ mane sīcut herba transeat, mane flōreat et transeat, vespĕre decĭdat, indūret, et arescat, Ps. Spl. 89, 6.

Linked entries: ge-drugian druwian