mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362. In eálonde ðæs myclan meres ( stagni ), Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 10. Seó menigeo ðe stód begeondan ðam mere, Jn. Skt. 6, 22. On culfran mere; of ðæm mere ...
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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Ðá féng Æðelbald tó ríce on Mercium (Myrcum, MS. E.), Chr. 716; Erl. 44, 14. In Mercum preóst, 731; Erl. 47, 10. On Myrcean, L. C. S. 14; Th. i. 384, 1. On West-Sexan and on Myrcan and on Eást-Englan, 72; Th. i. 414, 14: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 146.
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sceran
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Tó scearanne (beard) ad tondendum, Rtl. 97, 16. to cut the hair of the head Heó scear hyre feax swá swá weras, and gegyrede hý mid weres hrægle, Shrn. 133, 13. to shear sheep Hí sculan waxan sceáp and sciran on hiora ágenre hwíle they shall wash and
scild
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Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, ii. Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Dynedan scildas, Judth. Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204. Scylda parmarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 30.
stranglíce
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Se here ða burh besǽton and hire stranglíce wið feaht, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 15. Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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One of the services of the church, nocturns or matins Hú fela sealma on nihtlícum tídum tó singenne synt. On wintres tíman is se úhtsang þus tó beginnenne ... quanti psalmi dicendi sunt nocturnis horis.
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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Hié ne dorston forþ bí ðære eá siglan for unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt
wyrt-wala
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the root of a plant Swá fela bóga treówes of ánum wyrtwalan ( radice ) spryttaþ, Scint. 3, 17. Genim wegbrǽdan wyrtwalan, Lchdm. i. 82, 19: 90, 6, 23: 94, 19, 23. Wyrtwalan radices, Ps. Surt. 79, 10.
car-ful
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Add: of persons, filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled Ðú eart carful and bysig ymbe fela ðing thou art careful and troubled about many things (Lk. 10, 41), Hml. Th. ii. 440, 8. Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, 344, 2.
cild
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Féng his bearn tó cyneríce, cild unweaxen, Chr. 975; P. 120, 7. Be fundenes cildes fóstre, Ll. Th. i. 118, 17. In cildes híw, Cri. 725. Heó wearð mid cilde, Hml. Th. i. 24, 26. Þá cild on Bethlem ofslægene wǽrun, Chr. 2; P. 2, 29.
cýþan
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K. 22. to shew feeling, capacity, exercise, practise Cýð him mildheortnisse swá swá ic cýðde þé juxta misericordiam quam feci tibi facies mihi, Gen. 21, 23. God cýþæ his sáule mildheortnisse, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 21.
folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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On ðý seofoðan geáre ðæs ðe óswald bisceop tó folgaðe féng, C. D. iii. 5, 17. Folgoðe, 21, 28. Hú hé on ðone folgoð becume ad culmen regiminis qualiter venial, Past. 23, 20.
láf
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Add Him féla láf ( used with collective force and taking verb in plural? ) ne meahton sceððan, B. 1032. Add: Þǽr Alexandres láf wæs and his sunu, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 31. Of wífe ł hláfe seofa bróðra de uxore septem fratrum Mt. p. 19, 6.
on-weald
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Féng Iuninianus tó Rómána onwalde, 6, 32; S. 286, 24. ecclesiastical Sum bisceop wearð for þám gedwylde ádrǽfed of his anwealde, Hml. S. 31, 839. divine Wuldor and onwæld gloriam et imperium, Rtl. 22, 6. [v. N. E. D. on-wald.]
scínan
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</b> of that which appears clearly :-- Ðæt feax gréwð and scínð ofer ðǽm brægene capilli super cerebrum oriuntur, Past. 139, 18. Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon, Hml.
hleótan
to cast lots ⬩ to obtain by lot, ⬩ get a share, ⬩ share in, ⬩ participate, ⬩ obtain
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Then the lot fell to Quintus Flaminius, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 202, 33.
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fricgan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre
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Gomela Scylding, fela fricgende, feorran rehte the aged Scylding, learning much, related [things] from [times] remote, Beo. Th. 4218; B. 2106: Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 17; Sch. 14.
bí
By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex
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Ðisses fugles gecynd fela gelíces bí ðám gecornum Cristes þegnum the nature of this bird is much like to the chosen servants of Christ, 61 b; Th. 225, 12; Ph. 388. sometimes bí is separated from its case Bí wædes ófre by the shore of the sea, Exon. 96
á-gán
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D. iv. 56, 27. to come out, become known Hé létt ágán út hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre he made it come out how many hundred hides there were in the shire , Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18
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hold
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Fela sceal tó holdan hámes geréfan, Angl. ix. 265, 10. Lilla ðæs cyninges þegn him se holdesta (heoldesta, v. l. amicissimus ), Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 147, 6.