for-þylman
To encompass ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ cover over ⬩ obscure ⬩ involvĕre ⬩ obvolvĕre ⬩ obscūrāre
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To encompass, overwhelm, cover over, obscure; involvĕre, obvolvĕre, obscūrāre He his sylfes ðǽr bán gebringeþ, ða ǽr brondes wylm on beorhstede forþylmde it [the phœnix] brings its own bones there, which the fire's rage had before encompassed on the
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irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died
sworettan
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Ða ús nú bysmriaþ, ða ðe ǽr on úrum bendum sworettan, Blickl. Homl. 85, 25. Ðá ongan hé sworettan, swá swá eallunga gewǽced, on ðam oreðe belocen, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 234
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un-snytro
Folly
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Worda eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra, Elen. Kmbl. 2567; El. 1285. Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo. Th. 3472; B. 1734: Met. 9, 11. Hé unsnytrum ( foolishly, unwisely ) Andreas hét áhón, Exon. Th. 260, 35; Jul. 308.
fore-lǽrende
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acting as guide and teacher Þá cwæð Petrus tó Paule, 'Bróðor Paulus, árís þú and gebide þé ǽr . . .'
ge-tilian
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Sceal se gesceádwísa lǽce lǽtan ǽr weaxan ðone lǽssan and tilian ðæs máran ... búton he bégra ætgæddre getilian mæge, Past. 457, 15. Getilian ðæs unryhthǽmdes, 24
ge-widlian
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Ꝥte hiá nére giwídlad (-æd, L. ) ut non contaminaretur, Jn. R. 18, 28. Mánfulles, gewidledre fanatice (superstitionis) An. Ox. 4428. Ic míne ciricean oft sóhte mid gewídlode líchoman and mid unclǽne gegierelan, Angl. xi. 99, 82
nídinga
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Ðonne sculon hié eft niédenga gadrian óðer ierfe on ðaes wriexle ðe hié ǽr for mildheortnesse sealdon violenter exquirunt, quae misericorditer largiuntur, Past. 341, 18.
on-hrínan
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Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne, v. l. ), Past. 241, 13. Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhrine, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 8. with dat. Hé ne mæg þám sáre mid handa onhrínan, Lch. ii. 198, 24
yfel-sacian
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Hé lange ǽr wæs yfelsaciende, and swá þeáh lifde gesund blasphemus vixerat , Gr. D. 289, 27
wend
a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case
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Gif hit gebirie ðæt Alhmund swá ða freóndréddene healdan nolde, oððe hine mon oferricte ðæt hé ne móste londes wyrðe beón, oððe þridda wend, gif him ǽr his ende gesǽlde Chart. Th. 141, 13
on-hwirfan
to turn (of actual motion), ⬩ to invert, transpose ⬩ to change, turn
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Th. 405, 13; Rä. 24, 1. to change, turn Mé onhwyrfdon ða mé grome wurdon of ðære gecynde ðe ic ǽr cwic beheóld, 485, 24; Rä. 72, 2. Ðú geómrast forðam ðe seó woruldsǽlþ onhwyrfed is, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 9
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A
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In other cases, the short or unaccented æ is used instead of a. See Æ in its alphabetical order.
ge-tengan
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To press, apply oneself to; incumbere Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan, and hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm, æscróf unsláw, El. 200
land
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Ofer eall ðæt land gebyrað æt gyrde .xii. pænegas . . . and náh man nǽnne fisc wið feó tó syllanne ðonne hláford on land byð ǽr man hine him gecýðe. Of Dyddanhamme gebyreð micel weorcrǽden, Se geneát sceal wyrcan swá on lande, swá of lande, C.
ge-hál
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Add: whole, unbroken Se tægel sceolde beón gehál on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39. Gif mon óðrum rib ofsleá binnan gehálre hýde, Ll.
ne
Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec
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Ne him eác nǽfre genóg ne þincþ ǽr hé hæbbe eall ðæt hine lyst, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 6.
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feþer
a feather ⬩ a wing ⬩ a pen ⬩ quill
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Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . týn ambra feðra, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 16-21. a wing Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sint pulli avium, si ante perfectionem pennarum volare appetant, Past. 383, 30.
íþe
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þingum ne on rénum, Shrn. 204, 3. easy, not troublesome, pleasant Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. of persons, not exacting, not harsh Wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs
lǽdan
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Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár hyne tihte, and ꝥ wæs lǽd æt Licitfelda, Cht. Th. 373, 34. to produce, bring forth Wæstme lǽdað (-eð, MS.) cederbeámas, Ps. Th. 103, 16.