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EBBA

(n.)
Grammar
EBBA, an; m?

EBB or receding of water ⬩ rĕcessus măris

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Com flówende flód æfter ebban the flowing flood came after the ebb, Byrht. Th. 133, 45; By. 65 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 138; Met. 11 69

Linked entry: æbbung

fóre-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwung, fór-sceáwung, e; f.

A FORESHEWING ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭdentia

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Com hit mid Godes fóresceáwunge and bletsunge it came with God's providence and blessing. Homl. Th. i. 92, 22: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15. On ðara þinga foresceáwunge in rērum provĭdentia, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 7.

Linked entry: fór-sceáwung

forþ-geleoran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-geleoran, p. de; pp. ed

To pass forth ⬩ pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ transīre ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ mŏri

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Ðá ongeat he ðone mann, and him to gemynde com ðæt he his hrægle onféng ðá he forþgeleored wæs cognōvitque hŏmĭnem, et quia vestīmentum ejus mŏrientis accēpĕrit, ad mĕmŏriam reduxit, 3, 19; S. 549, 3: Th. Ghart. 138, 4

geagl

(n.)
Grammar
geagl, geahl, es; m. [also n. v. the last example]

The jowl ⬩ jaw ⬩ mandĭbŭla ⬩ rictus ⬩ fauces

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The jowl, jaw; mandĭbŭla, rictus, fauces Geagl mandĭbŭla, Cot. 128. Geagl rictus Proœm. R. Concord. On ðam geagle in the jowl, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 8.

Linked entry: geahl

geatwe

(n.)
Grammar
geatwe, gen. a; dat. um; acc. a; pl. f.

Arms ⬩ trappings ⬩ garments ⬩ ornaments ⬩ armāmenta ⬩ vestīmenta ornāmenta

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Freólíce in geatwum [MS. geotwum] in trappings goodly, Chr. 1066;Th. 334, 35, col. 1; Edw. 22. Geatwum with ornaments, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 26; Rä. 36, 10. Ic geondseah recedes geatwa I looked over the ornaments of the house, Beo. 6167; B. 3087

EALU

(n.)
Grammar
EALU, ealo, es;

ALE ⬩ cervĭsia, sīcĕra

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Cot: L. M. 1. 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 15: Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769. [Chauc. Laym. ale: O. Sax. alo in alo-fat, n. an ale-cup: Dan. Swed. Icel. öl, n.]

eahtian

(v.)
Grammar
eahtian, eahtigan, ehtian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od.

to meditate, devise, deliberate ⬩ meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre ⬩ to esteem ⬩ æstimāre

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Sum dómas con, ðǽr dryhtguman rǽd eahtiaþ one understands dooms, where people devise counsel, 79 a; Th. 297, 24; Crä. 73: 74 b; Th. 279, 6; Jul. 609: Andr. Kmbl. 2325; An. 1164; Beo.

Linked entries: ahtian ehtian eahtan

wudu-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bearu, (-o), wes; m.

A grove of trees ⬩ a wood

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 7. Da wudubearwas nemora, Nar. 22, 15. Drihten sende ceferas, ða ádilegedan ealle wudebeorwas. Wulfst. 221, 17

cuma

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Se áwerigda cuma Antecríst núget hider on middangeard ne cóm, Bl. H. 117, 33. Cymð sió blis seldhwanne, suelce hió sié cuma oððe elðeódig quasi peregrina veniens laetitia, Past. 313, 24.

ge-hǽt

(v.)
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Gehǽt wæs heorte mín concaluit cor meum, Ps. L. 38, 4

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, to grow long, <b>langian</b> to cause longing, may be taken together.
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Longað þonne þý lǽs þe him con leóða worn he that knows many songs sorrows the less Gu. Ex. 170. Ongan mé langian for mínre hæftnýde ( my captivity began to be irksome to me ), and ic ongan gyrnan ꝥ ic sóhte mín mynster, Shrn. 41, 17

sceald-þýfel

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Dele 'Scaldhýflas. . . col. 2,' and add Gesáwon hí hine þurh þá scealdþýfelas mid fellum gegyredne. Hí wéndon ꝥ hit sum wilde deór wǽre quem dum vestitum pellibus inter fruteta cernerent, aliquam bestiam esse crediderunt, Gr. D. 100, 9.

sibling

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His módor cóm him tó and his siblingas (fratres, Mt. 12, 46), Hml. A. 31, 175. Syblinga contribulium, An. Ox. 6. Man ne mihte æt fruman wífian búton on his siblingum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 6.

gýmeleást

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleást, gímelíst, gémelést, e; f.

Carelessness ⬩ negligence ⬩ neglect ⬩ negligentia

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Þurh preósta gýmeléste through the negligence of priests, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 6. Se Hǽlend ne forlét to gýmeleáste his gelufedan apostol the Saviour did not leave his beloved apostle to neglect, Homl. Th. 1. 58, 33

gyte

(n.)
Grammar
gyte, es; m.

A pouring ⬩ shedding ⬩ inundation ⬩ flood

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Gyte inundatio, Cot. 108, Lye. Ne mihton hí for ðam ormǽtan gyte heora fét of ðære cytan astyrian they could not move their feet from the cottage for the excessive flood, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 6.

cringan

(v.)
Grammar
cringan, crincgan; ic cringe, crincge, ðú cringest, cringst, he cringeþ, cringþ, pl. cringaþ, crincgaþ; p. crang, crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori

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Kmbl. 2062; An. 1033; Chr. 937; Th. 202, 6: col. 2; Æðelst. 10. Crungon they perished Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 17;f Ruin. 26: 124a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29. Fǽge crungon the fated died Cd. 167; Th. 208, 11; Exod. 481; Beo. Th. 1275; B. 635

Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, hó, hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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a form occurring in local names whose meaning is thus given by Kemble: 'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,' Cod.

scytta

(n.)
Grammar
scytta, an; m.

A shooter ⬩ an archer

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On scyttan fæn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 132, 22. On scyttan mere; ðæt on scyttan dúne, 381, 11. Wulfsiges módor scyttan, vi. 212, 5.

Linked entries: scota scytere

wifel

(n.)
Grammar
wifel, es; m.

A weevil ⬩ a beetle

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352

Linked entry: wibil

wyrt-brǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-brǽþ, es; m.

A perfume from plants, an odour, aroma

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Seó cwén com tó Salomone mid lácum on golde, and on deórwurðum gymstánum and wyrtbrǽðum ... Seó geleáfulle gelaðung offraþ Criste wyrtbrǽðas þurh gebeda, Homl. Th. ii. 586, 6-11

Linked entry: brǽþ