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meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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Hit ys bysmorlic dǽd ꝥ ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mettum áfylle and on óðerne ende him gange ꝥ meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 16. Ic hine bewurpe mid meoxe mittam stercora, Lk. 13, 8. God áhefð of meohse ( de stercore) þone mann þe hé wile, O. E.

plega

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Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne

spircan

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Spyrcendum scintillantibus (favillis), 3961. of that which is set on fire Spircendum scintillante (ita ut atrae picis offulas et resinae fomentum cum scintillante oleo rogorum incendia cumularentur, Ald. 56, 27), An. Ox. 4029.

tó-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dwínan, p. -dwán

To vanish awayto burst and vanish

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Lchdm. i. 84, 25: 82, 2) se draca út of ðan carcerne the dragon burst all in pieces and vanished from the prison (the Latin has: Crux crevit in ore draconis et in duas partes eum divisit.

Linked entries: dwínan tó-þwínan

be-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-styrian, p. ede; pp. ed; [be, styrian to move]

To heap up, pile upaggerare

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To heap up, pile up; aggerare His þegnas mid moldan hit bestyredon and gefæstnedon his thanes heaped up with mould and fastened it, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 20

Linked entry: be-streddon

for-scruncen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scruncen, pp. of for-scrincan.

shrank updried upwithered

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shrank up, dried up, withered, Job Thw. 167, 37: Mk. Bos. ii. 20;

wergild-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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At omni tributo publicalium rerum et ab expeditionalibus causis et a cunctis operibus uel regis uel principis sit terra in perpetuam libera, ita ut nec pontem nec arcem facere debeant, nec de furtis aliquam poenam soluere, nec etiam fures illo quos Saxonice

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Grammar wiþ-útan, with acc., without, to the outside of Léd út ðone hirwend wiðútan ða wícstówe educ blasphemum extra castra, Lev. 24, 14. Hig áwurpon hyne wiðútan ðone wíngeard (extra vineam), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 39

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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Surt. 96, 5. metaphorically, of want of concentration in the mind, to wander, be drawn hither and thither, be distracted Nán wuht nis on ús ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód, for ðæm hit gewítt suá oft fram us suá us unnytte geðohtas tó cumaþ, and æfter ǽlcum

Linked entry: te-flówan

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Ðǽr gewende út of ðam fæte án næddre, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 19. Wé bebeódaþ ðám deóflum ðe on ðisum anlícnyssum sticiaþ, ðæt hí út faron, 496, 8. Se apostol cwæð tó ðam áwyrgedan gáste ðe hire on sticode, i. 464, 22.

ge-beorgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beorgan, to -beorganne; p. ic, he -bearg, -bearh, ðú -burge, pl. -burgon; pp. -borgen [ge-, beorgan to save]

To saveprotectdefendsecuresparepreserveservāresalvāretuēridefendĕrearcēreparcĕre

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Ðæt hí him gebeorgen bogan and strǽle ut fŭgiant a făcie arcus, Ps. Th. 59, 4. Ne biþ us geborgen we shall not be secure, Homl. Th. 1. 56, 18

Linked entries: ge-bearg ge-borgen

þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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Ús tó þingunge, Chart. Th. 240, 24. Ðurh ða bróþorlícan ðingunge per intercessionem fraternam, Bd. 4, 22; S. 593, 22: 5, 19; S. 640, 42: Homl. Th. i. 76, 22. Ðǽr nǽnige þingunga ne beóþ, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30.

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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Ðæt flód ábær úp þone arc, i. 22, 1-5: 20, 31. Sé wæs geboren in þǽre earce, Chr. 855; P. 66, 28. In ðá arkǽ (ærce, L.) in arcam, Mt. R. 24, 38. In ærce (erce, R.), Lk.

wel-willende

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-willende, adj. (ptcpl.)

of good willbenevolentbenignantkind

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Wynsum ús byð ðæt wé welwyllende beón 10, 267. Gebyreþ ðætte sume, ða ðe welwillende beóð, on monegum weorcum unfæste beóð ongietene contigit, ut quidam cum cordis innocentia in nonnullis suis actibus infirmi videantur Past. 34; Swt. 235, 17.

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

fódder

(n.)
Grammar
fódder, fóddor, fóddur, fóder, fódor; gen. fódres; dat. fódre; n.

FODDERdry food for cattlehaycornprovenderfood generallyjūmenti pābŭlumfœnumĕdūliumpābŭlumescavictusa case from which anything is feda casecoversheaththācaθήκη

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Wolde syllan his assan fóddur ut dăret jūmento pābŭlum, Gen. 42, 27. Fódder neátum fœnum jumentis, Ps. Th. 103, 13. We fódder horsum úrum habbaþ pābŭla ĕquis nostris hăbēmus, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 29. Fóddur, Ps. Th. 77, 20; [mettas, Ps.

Linked entries: fóter FÓÐER

frécennes

Grammar
frécennes, frécnes.
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Lege tó ðǽre wunde, oþ ðæt þú ongite ꝥ seó frécnys (frǽcnes, v.l. ) sý út átogen, Lch. i. 92, 19. Ungecyndelic is ǽlcre wuhte ꝥ hit wilnige frécennesse oððe deáþes. Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 8: 20; F. 72, 6. Betwuh ðá frécnesse stówe inter Scyllam, Wrt.

slǽpness

(n.)
Grammar
slǽpness, e; f.
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Sleepiness, drowsiness Deófol ús lǽreþ slæpnesse and sent ús on slǽwðe, Homl. As. 168, 106

wealcian

(v.)
Grammar
wealcian, p. ode

To roll up, muffle up

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To roll up, muffle up Hefeldþrǽdum liða wealcedon liciis arliculos obvolverent, Hpt. Gl. 489, 56

Linked entry: wealca

mid

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Add Albanus eóde út mid ðæs preóstes hacelan (wearing the priest's dress; cf. S s Albanus gegyrede hine mid þæs cuman munucgegyrelan hospitis habitu indutus, Bd. 1, 7 ; Sch. 20, 25), Hml. S. 19, 36.