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crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them tumulus

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a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them; tumulus On ðone durnan [MS. durnen] crundel; of ðam durnan crundelle on ðone þorn to the retired barrow; from the retired barrow to the thorn Cod. Dipl. 1053; A. D. 854; Kmbl. v. 105, 26.

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

mattuc

(n.)
Grammar
mattuc, <b>, mattoc, mettoc, meottic,</b> es; m.

A mattockkind of pickaxe

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A mattock, kind of pickaxe Mattuc ligonem; mattucas lagones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 35, 36. Mettac tridens, i. 289, 59. Mettocas ligones, rastros, Ep. Gl. 22 d, 29: lagones, 13 b, 20: ligones, 13 f, 1: Wrt. Voc. ii, 50, 77: rastros, 118, 68.

mid-wist

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wist, e; f.

The being with otherspresencesociety

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Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie geládie ðære midwiste let every one that is cognisant or co-operating, where a stranger injures a native, clear himself of the participation, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 29.

árfæstnes

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Ðone greádan his árfæstnesse and his frófre gebrǽt sinum pietatis expandit, 407, 11: Gr. D. 146, 28. bæd ðone ælmihtigan for his árfæstnysse þám preóste gemiltsode, Hml. S. 6, 167: 30, 350.

án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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An anchorite, a hermit jÞǽr eardode sum swíþe myccles mægnes wer, wæs ánsetla in wéstenne illic vir quidam solitarius magnae virtutis habitabat, Gr. D. 306, 1.

be-sceótan

(v.)

to dashflingto shut upto dashto happenoccur

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Add: trans, to dash, fling Ðá deóflu bescuton ánum dracan innan þone múð, Wlfst. 141, 23. to shut up þá cyrican beleác, and mid scyttelum besceát and gefaestnode, Gr.

blǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.

to blowrush

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to blow [v. N. E. D. blast], Similar entries v. á-blǽst. to move impetuously, rush [or is this a different verb blæstan? cf. O. H. Ger. blesten descendere; ana-blesten, p. -blasta ingruere, inruere : ar-blesten erumpere; ana-blast (-blást?)

Linked entry: on-blǽstan

cwéman

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Add: absolute Ic cwéme blandior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 44. Þéh þe þes middangeard cwéme etiam si mundus blandiretur, Gr. D. 258, 26. with dat. Ic wilnige ðæt ic monnum cuéme and lícige ( placeo ), Past. 147, 19. Gode cwémon and deófol týnan, Bl.

cyne-helm

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Add: a crown Cynehelme palma, i. corona, An. Ox. 3093. Vashti cóme him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32.

fág

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Voc. ii. 100, 68. Fág, 7, 21. Faag farius, 108, 27. Fág, 35, 9. Fáh barius, varius, 125, 24. Ceruleus, i. glaucus, fáh, deorc, color est inter album et nigrum, subniger, 130, 35.

flasce

(n.)
Grammar
flasce, an; f.
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Voc. ii. 149, 33. Flaxe oððe cylle asscopa, i. 17, 32. Bonefatius þám Gotan gefyllde þá flaxan . . . þá sealde heom áne trýwene flascan (flaxan, v.l.) wínes fulle (parvum vos ligneum vino plenum). Gr. D. 66, 3-10.

for-hergian

(v.)
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D. 57, 5

fór-mete

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Sum óðer wegférend bær fórmete (mettas þicgenne in þám wege, v. l.) alter viator sumendos cibos in itinere portabat, Gr. D. 128, 10. Se ríca berð máre þonne behófige his fórmettum. Hml. Th. i. 254, 30. Add

ge-nípan

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Werð genipen stetit i. inhorruit (nimbosisque polus stetit imbribus), An. Ox. 34, 2. Add: to make dark(?) Þǽr niht ne genípð (genimð? v. ge-niman; d) nǽfre þeóstra þæs heofenlican leóhtes scíman, Dóm. L. 253

ge-stihtung

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S. 60, 24: 62, ii.

ge-synto

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D. 50, 2. of favourable condition Eála bið ofersǽlig þe mid gesyntum swylce cwyldas and wítu mæg wel forbúgon felix o nimium qui illas effugiet poenarum prospere clades, Dóm. L. 248

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Add: ge-þýwian. to serve Is ánum Drihtne geþeówad and gehýrsumod uni domino servitur, R. Ben. 111, 2. to reduce to servitude Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ...

ge-tilian

(v.)
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Add: to gain, get by labour Ic geann ðæs landes ... mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod bið I grant the land ... with all the produce got from its cultivation, C. D. iii. 294, 8. Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml.

hám-fæst

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Þá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Witodlíce wunað on Wincelcumbe hámfæst (he is settled at Winchelcombe), Hml. S. 21, 33. Ic and míne geféran on Ephesa byrig hámfæste wǽron I and my companions had our home in Ephesus 23, 739. Add: —

griþ-bryce

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D. iv. 208, 23. On Dena lage cyning áh griðbryce ( mulctas pacis violatae ), Ll. Th. i. 384, 6