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flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-residentin aula sĕdens

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A court-resident; in aula sĕdens Ðá wæs flet-sittendum fægere gereorded there was a feast fairly arranged to the court-residents, Beo. Th. 3580; B. 1788.

cealdian

(v.)
Grammar
cealdian, ode; od; v. intrans.

frigescere

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To become cold; frigescere Eorþmægen ealdaþ, ellen cealdaþ [MS. cólaþ] earthly power grows old, courage becomes cold, Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 62; Reim. 69, Grn. Gl

corn-troh

(n.)
Grammar
corn-troh, ,-trog, es; m. [troh a trough]

A corn-troughbina vessel for cleansing grains of corn cista frumentariacapisterium

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A corn-trough, bin, a vessel for cleansing grains of corn; cista frumentaria, capisterium Corntroh capisterium Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 62; Wrt. Voc. 16, 35

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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Th. 351, 28 ; Sch. 87. strongly, effectually Mé com stíðlíce tó móde it was strongly impressed on my mind, Anglia viii. 313, 3. Ðú stíðlíce eallum miltsadest, Ps.

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.
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On cinges þéningmanna gemóte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 80, 20. See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 47; Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 186

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quickfestīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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He éfste [éfstte, Th. 278, 23, col. 2] norþweard he hastened northward, Chr. 1016; Th. 278, 22, col. 1. Abraham éfste in to ðam getelde festīnāvit Abraham in tabernācŭlum, Gen. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 19, 6; Beo.

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Andlang oxna pæþes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 215, 10. Ðone kyng gerihtan of ðam dweliandan pæþe ( from the path of error ), Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 30.

Linked entry: paþ

ég

(n.)
Grammar
ég, e; f.

Water, sea aqua, măre

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Used to denote,—The sea coast Blecinga ég Blekingley, the coast of the Blekingians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 1. Scon-ég Sconey

Linked entry: ége

feor-cumen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feor-cumen, part.

Come from afarperĕgrīnusperĕger ventus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus, perĕger ventus Feorcumen [MS. feorcuman] man a far-come man, a foreigner, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15, note 30, MS. B

forþ-steallian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-steallian, p. ode; pp. od

To come to passposthac lŏcum hăbēre

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To come to pass; posthac lŏcum hăbēre Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian that event shall yet come to pass, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 15; Gen. 2390

Linked entry: steallian

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Hér wearð Ecgbriht abbud unscyldig ofslegen, Chr. 916; Th. i. 190, col. 2. Ne cweþe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel sié ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan (-scyldgan, Cott. MS.), Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4.

a-célan

(v.)
Grammar
a-célan, p. de; v. intrans.

To be or become coldalgerefrigescere

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To be or become cold; algere, frigescere Ðæs þearfan ne biþ þurst acéled the thirst of this desire is not become cold, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 34; Met. 7, 17

Linked entry: æ-céled

ǽw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽw-líc, adj.

Lawfullegitimus

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Conc

ge-gogud

(adj.)

relying onfretus

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Conc

corn-hrycce

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Dele, and see corn-hwicce

Æðeréd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðeréd, es; m.
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The name of a king and a Mercian nobleman.Chr. 867; Th. 130, 22, cols, 1, 2, 3; Th. 131, 22, cols. 1, 3: Chr. 912; Erl. 100, 30

a-hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyldan, -hildan; p. -hylde; pp. -hylded, -hyld.

to inclinereclineinclinarereclinareto declineturn awayavert fromdeclinareinclinare

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to incline, recline: inclinare, reclinare Ahylde ic míne heortan inclinavi cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 112. Ahyld me ðín eáre inclina aurem tuam ad me, 85, 1. Ahylded, 103, 6. Hwár he his heáfod ahylde ubi caput reclinet, Lk.

Linked entries: a-hildan a-hyldendlíce

BANA

(n.)
Grammar
BANA, bona, an; m.

A killermurderermanslayerthe devilinterfectoroccisorhomicidadiabolus

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Hie nǽfre his banan folgian noldon they never would follow his murderer, Chr. 755; Th. 84, 33, col. 1: L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 7: L.H.E. 2, 3, 4; Th. i. 28, 1, 5, 7. On banan fæðme in the embrace of the murderer, i.e. the devil, Andr.

Linked entry: bona

dracentse

(n.)
Grammar
dracentse, dracente, dracanse, draconze, an; f.

Dragon-wort, dragons dracontea = δρακόντιoν, arum dracuncŭlus

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Cont. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 12; 15, 1.

Linked entry: dracan blód

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, es; m.

DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditchvallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est

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ADIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ; vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est Andlang díces along the dike, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 438, 18.

Linked entry: fæsten-díc