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flene

(n.)
Grammar
flene, an; f.

What is made softbatter

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What is made soft, batter Wyl ða flenan boil the batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 11

líc-sár

(n.)
Grammar
líc-sár, es; n.
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A body-wound, a mortal wound[?], Beo. Th. 1635; B. 815: Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25; Cri. 1430

Linked entry: sár

níwerne

(adj.)
Grammar
níwerne, adj.

Youngtender

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Bodl. niwernan, glossed by tenero) cilde, Homl. Th. i. 566, 5

ge-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýsan, pp. ed

To redeem, loosen, dissolve, break

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To redeem, loosen, dissolve, break Eall his líchama wæs gelýfed all his body was broken, Blickl. Homl. 241, 30

tó-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-seóðan, p. -seáð ; pp. -soden

To boil to pieces

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To boil to pieces Seóð on cetele and wylle óþ ðæt hió sié eal tósoden, Lchdm. ii. 230, 8

BYSGU

(n.)
Grammar
BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.
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For ðǽm manigfealdum bísgum, ðe hine oft ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman bísgodon [bisgodan MS.] on account of the manifold occupations, which often busied him [Alfred] both in mind and in body, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 5.

streng

(n.)
Grammar
streng, es; m.
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Th. 143, 10. a bow-string Boga arcus, bogen (-an?) streng anquina (ar- ? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 26. Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, Beo. Th. 6226; B. 3117. in a ship, part of the rigging; also a cable. v. ancer-streng and cf.

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Th. 132, 22; By. 20. v. bord-, calc-, gafol-, geolo-, hilde-, síd-rand

Linked entry: rand-beáh

ǽg-hwilc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwilc, -hwelc, -hwylc; adj. [á + ge + hwý + líc]

Everyallwhosoeverwhatsoeverevery onequicunqueunusquisqueomnis

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Bos. 6, 34. Ǽghwylce geáre every year, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 23. Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe here is every man true to the other, Beo. Th. 2460; B. 1228. Ǽghwylcum máððum gesealde he gave a present to every one. Beo. Th. 2104; B. 1050.

Linked entries: á-hwylc ég-hwelc

a-hreddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreddan, p. -hredde; pp. -hreded, -hred [a from, hreddan to rid]

To ridliberateset freedeliverrescueliberareeripereeruere

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He hí æt hungre ahredde he rid them of the famine, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 40. Loth wæs ahreded Lot was rescued, Cd. 96; Th. 125, 27; Gen. 2085. Ahred. 94; Th. 122, 26: Gen. 2032. Ahrede me hefiges nídes feónda mínra eripe me de inimicis meis, Ps.

Linked entries: a-reddan a-riddan

be-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lecgan, bi-lecgan; p. -legde, -léde pl. -legdon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. a.

To lay or impose uponcoverinvestloadafflictchargeaccuseimponereafficereonerareaccusare

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Papirius wæs mid Rómánum swylces dómes beléd Papirius was invested with such authority by the Romans Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 40. We hine clommum belegdon we loaded him with chains Andr. Kmbl. 3119; An. 1562.

Linked entry: bi-lecgan

DILE

(n.)
Grammar
DILE, dyle, es; m.
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Bos. 23, 23. Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man anēthum, and óðrum naman dyle, nemneþ take this herb, which is named anēthum, and by another name dill, Herb. 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 20: Wrt. Voc. 79, 9

Linked entry: dyle

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽrendian, -érendian, -ǽrndian; p. ode; pp. od [ǽrendian to go on an errand]

To go on an errandto asktellintercedemandātum deferrenuntiāreinterpellāre

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Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that he might ask the mercy of Caius for them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 36. He geǽrendaþ [geǽrndaþ MSS. A.

Linked entries: ge-érendian ǽrendian

ge-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wénan, p. de; pp. ed

To hopeexpectsupposethinkesteem

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Se sóþfæsta bóte gewéneþ justus sperabit, 63, 9. On his milde mód gewénaþ sperant super misericordia ejus, 146, 12: 144, 16. Ic me ðyslícre ǽr þrage ne gewénde I before expected not such a time for myself, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 21; Jul. 453.

ge-félan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-félan, p. de; pp. ed

To feelperceivesentīre

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To feel, perceive; sentīre Ðæt hit man gefélan mihte that it might be felt, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 4 : Exon. 24 b; Th. 69, 33; Cri. 1130 : 25 a; Th. 72, 28; Cri. 1179.

á-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fillan, to cause to fall down or
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Þá áfylde sum cnapa ꝥ fæt a boy knocked the vessel down , Hml. S. 31, 1127. Gegrípan ꝥ palmtwig and tó eorþan áfyllan ( to cast it to the earth ), Bl.

Linked entry: a-fælan

hón

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Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2.

íre

(n.)
Grammar
íre, es; m.
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For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24. Bohte man .LX. æcera mid þrím pundum and mid ánum ýre, C. D. B. iii. 371, 2

bræsen

(adj.)
Grammar
bræsen, bresen; def. se bræsna, seó, ðæt bræsne, bresne; adj.

BRAZEN, æreus, æneusmade of brassstrong, powerful, bold, daring;validus, fortis, potens, procax

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Lamb. 17, 35. strong, powerful, bold, daring; validus, fortis, potens, procax Gebeád ðá se bræsna Babilóne weard then the bold lord of Babylon proclaimed, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 16; Dan. 449

Linked entries: bræsna bresne

feorh-hama

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hama, an; m.
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Some part of the body Seó útre wamb venter, fearhhama cauliculus, cwið vel cildhama matrix, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 22

Linked entries: hama fearh-hama