fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Ǽr him fǽr Godes aldre gesceóde ere the calamity sent by God destroyed them, Dan. 592. Ne con hé yfles andgiet, ǽr hit hine on fealleð. Hé þonne onfindeþ, þonne se fǽr cymeð, Dóm. 73.
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will
A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)
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Se Hǽlend sæt æt ðam wylle, Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Bið on him will (wyll, v. l. ) forðrǽsendes wætres, 4, 14. Wyl, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27. Hió áweóll of ánum wille (welle, Cott. MSS. ) non a diverso fonte emanavit, Past. 7 ; Swt. 49, LI.
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staca
A stake
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Álege ðone man upweard, dríf .ii. stacan æt ðám eaxlum, Lchdm. ii. 342, 5.
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be-hleápan
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Ic on behleápe insilio, Ælf. Gr. Z. 191, 4. Add
tó-cweþan
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Ǽlc deófolgeld hí tócwǽdon, Chr. 926; P. 107, 25. Add
ge-sceaft
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Eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum écne dóm gesetton, 121, 20. (3 b) of other things Gif hwá his wæccan æt ænigum wylle hæbbe, oððe æt ænigre óðre gesceafte (creaturam), Ll. Th. ii. 210, 12.
sealt-hús
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Cf. sealt-ærn
æftan
From behind
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Add: From behind Ǽlc óþerne æftan heáweð, Wlfst. 160, 4
hreófla
A leper
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Moyses ǽ forbeád tó hrepenne ǽnigne hreóflan the law of Moses forbade to touch any leper, Homl. Th. i. 122, 5. Hreóflan synt gehǽlede leprosi mundantur, Lk. Skt. 7, 22
a-lénian
To make lean ⬩ to soak ⬩ macerare
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To make lean, to soak; macerare, Ælf. pref. Hom. p. 4
be-sæncan
to sink ⬩ mergere
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Ælf. P. 13; Th. ii. 368, 27
faran
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Ríccra(-æ, MS.) wífa (-e, MS.) wǽfels regillum vel peplum vel palla, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32.
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clǽn-líce
Purely, cleanly ⬩ puré
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Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25
beggen
both
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Ælf. P. 35; Th. ii. 378, 13, 15, 16
full-sóþ
full sooth ⬩ most truly
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Ælf. C. 6; Lambd. 128, 29
in-stæpe
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Hý farað, and instepe æft cumað, Solil. H. 62, 31. Add
full-gán
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Th. 23, 4. to execute a command, task, &c., do a person's will Ǽlc wuht his rihtgesetnesse fuleóde bútan menn ánum, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 9.
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Mid ðám ilcan mannan ðe ǽr ðæt loc makedon with the same men that had before made the settlement, Chr. 1094, Erl. 230, 3
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ágan
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Icel. eiga konu :-- Ðám gefarenan bréðer ðe ðæt wíf ǽr áhte, Past. 43, 15. Sé þe him þás idese ágán wolde, Gen. 2702. of accomplishment Gif þet Godes wille seó, þæt heó ꝥ færeld áge, Cht.