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tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is madean employmenttillagecultivation work on landgain from labourproduce of labour,acquisitioncropproducefruit

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Fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16. Da man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25. Ealle eówre wæstmas and eorþlíce tilþa, Wulfst. 132, 14.

Linked entries: tylþ tilþe

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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Gúðhelm tóglád, gomela Scylfing hreás the war-helm slipped off, the aged Scylfing fell. Beo. Th. 4967; B. 2487. Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide, Misc. 94, 43. O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Se wonna hrefn fela earne secgan the dark raven [shall] say much to the eagle, Beo. Th. 6044; B. 3026: Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 12; Ph. 338: Ps. Th. 102, 5.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Seldlícra fela many wonderful creatures, Exon. Th. 193, 34 ; Az. 131. Hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnig ne mæg bútan óðrum bión, Met. 11, 50. Hí ðǽr geségon syllícran wiht, Beo.

swefen

(n.)
Grammar
swefen, swefn, es; n.
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Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru procul recedant somnia et noctium fantasmata, Hymn. Surt. 11, 29. Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle, Rood Kmbl. 1; Kr. 1. Hí áféngon andsware on swefnum, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 12. On swefnum (soefnum.

Linked entry: swefn

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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Hié fela wucena sǽton on twá healfe ðære é, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 25. vi. wicum (wucan, v.l. ) ǽr hé forþférde, 887; Erl. 84, 35. Wucum, 901; Erl. 98, 6: Bd. 5, 4 ; S. 617, 7. Ðæs ymb .iii. wiecan (wucan, v.l. ), Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 19.

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be againstbe hostileto strivestruggledisputeto resistopposeto make hostileprovoketo become provoked

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Hé ne wiðerode ongeán, ne ne feaht, 40, 17. Hí wiðerodon ongeán Cristes láre, 224, 30. Gif preóst ongeán biscopes gerǽdnesse wiðerige, L. N. P. L. 45; Th. ii. 296, 18. Se ðe sóðlíce God lufaþ, nele hé wiðerian ongeán his bebodum, Homl.

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

elcian

(v.)
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Ylde, elcode distulit, moram fecit, 141, 47. Ne hé lange ne elcode, Lch. iii. 434, 24. Elkede (ilkede, ylcodan þá déman) man fram dæge tó dæge, Chr. 999; P. 133, 5. Hí þágit elcodon, Hml. S. 31, 1166.

for-spillan

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Forspil feoh for bróþor and freónd perde pecuniam propter fratrem et amicum, Scint. 148, 5. of personal or abstract object Gé eów sylfe and eówre ðeóndan geogoðe fordóþ and forspillað on wíton and on yrmðum, Hml.

ge-reordan

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Add: absolute, to take food for refreshment, take refreshment, eat, feast Hí sǽton ꝥ híg gemǽnelíce gereordodan, Hml. S. 23, 243. Gehriordig epulare, Lk. 12, 19.

ge-fadian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 578, 14. to dispose of property Þú hæfst ꝥ feoh mid þé, gefada embe lóca hú þú wylle, Hml. S. 3, 285. to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter Yfele þú gefadast þínne rǽd, Hml. S. 3, 303.

haga

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On ðone hagan tó pitan wyrðe . . . ofer þone feld on hagan . . . anlang herepaðes tó ðas hagan ænde, v. 13, 23-28. Úp on Afene oð ðæt ðe se alda suínhæga út scióteð tó Afene; ðonne be ðǽm hagan, ii. 29, 11.

Linked entry: hecge

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean.In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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Féng Carl tó allum ðam westríce behienan Wendelsǽ and begeondan ðisse sǽ Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 11. On án íglond út on ðære Wendelsǽ Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 11. Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe (the Italian shore) Elen. Kmbl. 462; El. 231.

sparian

(v.)
Grammar
sparian, p. ode.

to spareto show mercy toto refrain from injuring or destroyingto sparepreservenot to useto leave aloneabstain fromparcere, fovereto spare

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Féðe ne sparode eorl, Cd. Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534. Sindon ða loccas tó sparianne (-enne, Hatt. MS.) ðæm sacerde ðæt hí ða hýd behelien capilli in capite sacerdotis servantur, ut cutem cooperiant, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 141, 9

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Ða ðe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heáfdum those on whose heads rests the fear of God, 33 b; Th. 106, 20; Gú. 44. Monige hleonigaþ mid Abraham multi recumbent cum Abraham, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11. Hlionigaþ [hlinigaþ, Lind.] ł restaþ accumbent, Lk.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Gif ic cweþe tu scis quis hoc fecit ðú wást hwá ðys dyde ðon biþ se quis relativum ðæt is edlesendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27-30.

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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Ðá he ðá ðás andsware onféng; ðá ongan he sóna singan, in hérenesse Godes scyppendes, ða fers and ða word ðe he nǽfre ne gehýrde . . . Ðá arás he from ðam slǽpe and eall ðæt he slǽpende song fæste on gemynde hæfde . . .

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Hé gereordade æt ánum mǽle fif þúsend manna he fed at one (meal) time five thousand men, 293, 27. Yfel biþ ðæt man rihtfæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete, L. C. S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24: Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25.

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

fleshanimalshuman beings

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Mon geselle tú hriéðeru . . . and feór fliccu; gyf hit on Lencten gebyrige, ðæt ðǽ ðonne ðǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne, C. D. v. 164, 32. Æfter þisum ne et þú nǽfre flǽsc (carnem), Gr. D. 135, 9.