swiftness
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Gewunelíce wé singað mid micelre swif(t)nysse consuete canimus nimia uelocitate, Angl. xiii. 370, 75. Add
tumbing
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas ... ne beón ... þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum ( saltationibus ), Chrd, 79, 1
be-wrítan
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Gá tó ðǽre wyrte and bewrít hý ábútan mid ánum gyldenan hringe, Lch. i. 112, 22. Add
rest-leás
Restless, disturbed
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; Restless, disturbed; Á biþ ungestillod and restleás ðe mid ðám unþeáwum beléd biþ, R. Ben. 121, 14
réðen
Wild
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Wild Ðæt hé hine gereordode mid ðám réðenum (MS. U. réðum) nýtenum, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 102
rodor-stól
A celestial throne
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A celestial throne Hé mid handum his on heofonríce rihte rodorstólas, Cd. Th. 46, 24; Gen. 749
up-ness
Height
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Height Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum hire upnyssa qui tegis aquis superiora eius, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3
Linked entry: up
ofer-sáwan
to oversow
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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25
Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan
á-segendness
An offering
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An offering Nymþe hé mid ásegendnisseum (muneribus) in eóde, Nar. 24, 17. Similar entries Cf. on-sægdness
Linked entry: -segendness
geornfulnes
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Add: eagerness. desire to have Þæs écean lífes hé sceal mid ealre geornfulnesse ( concupiscentia ) girnan, R.
nágan
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Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.
smeá-líc
searching, penetrating ⬩ that goes to the root ⬩ heart of a matter, profound ⬩ exquisite, choice
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or heart of a matter, profound Hú ðú mé hæfst áfréfrodne ǽgðer ge mid ðínre smealícan sprǽce ge mid ðære wynsumnesse ðínes sanges quantum me vel sententiarum pondere vel canendi jucunditate refovisti Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 10: tit.; Fox xiv, 6. exquisite
smeócan
To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke, fumigate ⬩ fumo, fumigo
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To smoke, fumigate Smeóc ðone man mid gáte hǽrum Lchdm. i. 352, 1. Smeóce mid hǽþe 354, 23. Heortes hǽr beóþ swíðe, góde mid tó smeócanne 338, 4
á-werian
to defend against attack ⬩ to protect from hurt ⬩ secure
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Hié þá ceastre áweredon, 885; P. 78, 12: Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 33. to protect from hurt, secure Wé áweriað ús mid þǽre segene, áweriað eów mid þǽre láre fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 26. Wé willað áwerian ús, Ll.
Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered
flǽsc-hama
Flesh-covering ⬩ the body ⬩ a carcase ⬩ carnis tegmen ⬩ corpus
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Flesh-covering, the body, a carcase ; carnis tegmen, corpus Læg mín flǽschoma in foldan bigrafen my body lay buried in earth, Exon. 29a; Th. 89, 32; Cri. 1466: 47b; Th. 163, 35; Gú. 1004.
Linked entry: ge-flǽschamod
fóre-steppan
To step or come before ⬩ to prevent ⬩ go before ⬩ precede ⬩ prægrĕdi ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ antĭcĭpāre ⬩ præcēdĕre
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To step or come before, to prevent, go before, precede; prægrĕdi, prævĕnīre, antĭcĭpāre, præcēdĕre Mín God fórscýt [MS. forscytte] oððe fórestepþ me Deus meus prævĕniet me, Ps. Lamb. 58, 11.
Linked entry: fóre-stæppan
wudu-land
Wood-land ⬩ forest-land ⬩ forest
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Ðæt wudæland, ðæ mín fæder geúþæ, iii. 2:73, 27. Him wǽre fornéh eall ðæt wudulond on gereáfad . . . ðæt Æðelbald cyning gesealde tó mæstlonde and tó wudulonde, v. 140, 17. Feldlondes and wudulandes, iii. 262, 19: vi. 219, 5.
sǽl-wang
A fertile plain ⬩ plain
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Hwílum mec mín freá fæste genearwaþ, sendeþ ðonne under sǽlwonge (MS. sal-), Exon. Th. 382, 27; Rä. 4, 2. Ic geseah hors ofer sǽlwong þrægan, 400, 3; Rä. 20, 3. Hé geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, Cd. Th. 78, 14; Gen. 1293
Linked entry: sál-wang
ge-axian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ exquīrĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ audīre
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To find out by asking, learn, hear; exquīrĕre, resciscĕre, audīre Swá hwá swá ðæt geaxaþ, he hlihþ eác mid me quicumque audiĕrit, corrīdēbit mihi, Gen. 21, 6.
ferhþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta
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Noe læg ferhþe forstolen Noah lay deprived of mind, Cd. 76; Th. 95, 15; Gen. 1579: Ps. Th. 131, 2. Hí ferdon forþ ðonon, ferhþum fægne they went forth thence, rejoicing in their minds, Beo.