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strícan

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add: where the hand, finger, &c. is passed over or along a surface Sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoðan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22. Stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, 25: 126, 22. Strýc

bæftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Add: prep. local Hé hine scét bæftan his bæce Hml. S. 18, 336. Bæftan þǽre healle, 36, 97. Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús forestæpð, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 17. marking inferiority Nis heora nán máre þonne óðer, ne nán lǽssa ðonne óðer; ne nán beforan óðrum ne

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flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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Flór excusorium, pavimentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, lo. Flór on húse, 32, 59. Hé árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe hé onuppan wæs sittende, Hml. S. 23, 802, 823. On þæs húses flóre (in habitaculi pauimento) seáð ádelfan, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 520, 8. Lǽt sittan

fur-lang

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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25. Of ðǽre ealdan díc on

hlinc

ridge

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Add: a bank separating strips of arable land on a slope (v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. p. 5), a bank forming a boundary Andlang ðæs hlinces on ðára þreóre acra ende, C. D. v. 71, 6. Tó þæs niþærlangan hlincæs eástendæ; andlang hlincæs út on eá, 243, 3. Úp

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Add: to shake off, remove by shaking Ic of ásceace (-scace, v. l.) excutio, ic on ásceace incutio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 169, 8, 9. Ásceacan excutere, ásceacene excussam, expulsam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 20, 21. literal Hé áscóc hí ( the viper ) in tó fýre, Hml

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

cípe-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cípe-mann, (cíp-), es; m.
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A merchant, trader Cípemann institor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 28. Ciépeman agapa (cf. agapo, qui negotia aliena anteambulant, Corp. Gl. H. 14, 383), i. 285, 8: ii. 8, 28. Cépemon emptor, venditor, 143, 37: Shrn. 134, 4: Mt. L. 21, 12. Gif ciépe-mon (cépe-

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here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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Add: On ðá strét; andlang strét. . . on ðone herepað; of ðám herepað . . . on ðá strét; of ðǽre stréte, C. D. iv. 49, 6-13. For weg see C. D. iii. 414, 23 infra] Þanon súþ tó þane herepade (to the lawepathe,later version; ad illam legalem semitam, Latin

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sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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A messenger, envoy Ðá wæs Lýfing ƀ mid ðám kincge . . . Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message? ) from Christchurch to the bishop, and he (the

Linked entries: sand sond

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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Add: evening Ǽfen vesperum, bedtíd serum, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 15. Seó niht hæfð seofan dǽlas . . óþer is uesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfensteorra betwux ðǽre repsunge æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28: Angl. viii. 319, 28. Ðá éfern (éfen, R.) warð vespere facto

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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a band on foot, infantry, a host, troop, tribe, company; phălanx pĕdestris, pĕdites, lĕgio, ăcies, trĭbus, căterva Eórod sceal getrume rídan, fæste féða stondan a band of horse [ = cavalry] shall ride in a body, a band of foot [ = infantry] stand fast

Linked entry: féðu

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Take here hyrwan, herewian, herian, in Dict., and add: to feel (and express) contempt for, to despise, scorn Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað omnes ut ulcerosum contemnunt, Verc. Först. 139, 10. Hý nú hyrwað háligra mód, þá þe him tó heofonum hyge staðeliað

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Substitute: and add: a first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19. Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and

on-ǽlan

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add: of physical fire or light, to kindle fire, light a lamp Anǽl lígræscas corusca coruscationes, Bl. Gl. Þára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá man (is an ; ma, MSS. ) micel blácern onǽle ( this is seems a better reading than that taken under ǽl) on þýstre

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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To draw, pull Ic teó traho, ic teó swýðe pertraho, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 176, 5, 6. Teáþ trahunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 32. with the idea of horizontal movement, to draw along, pull, drag Ðú mé gebundenne mid fýrenum racenteágum týhst in éce fýr, Shrn. 117

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Add: of movement, irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk 'Óþer hæfþ his fóta geweald ꝥ hé mæg gán. . . óþer næfþ his fóta geweald ꝥ hé mæge gán. . . and onginþ creópan . . . hwæþer ðára twégra þincþ þé mihtigra ?'

ge-singan

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Add: to make a sound. of persons, to play an instrument Wé gesungun iúh mið hwistlum cantauimus nobis tibiis, Lk. L. 7, 32. of a bird (cock), to crow Gisingeð ðe hona cantabit gallus, Jn. R. L. 13, 38. Ðe hona gisang, 18, 27 : Mk. R. L. 14, 68 : Lk.

on-ginnan

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add: to draw near to performing an instantaneous act His sunu ongan sweltan his son drew near to death, Shrn. 122, 8. ¶ with almost the sense of the auxiliary do. Cf. later gan with infinitive :-- Ongan ic steppan forð, Sat. 248. Mid þý hé geswiperum

æt-standan

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Add: where there is or may be movement, of a moving body, to stop, come to rest Seó sunne cymð tó þám sunnstede and þǽr ætstent. Lch. iii. 250, 24. Swá swá wæter scýt of ðǽre dúne and ætstent on dene, Hml. Th. i. 362, 22. His sceaft ætstód ætforan him