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BǼL

(n.)
Grammar
BǼL, es; n.

fireflameignisflammathe fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burneda funeral pileroguspyra

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Kmbl. 2374; An. 1188. the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned, a funeral pile; rogus, pyra Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the pile [the fire of the pile ], Beo. Th. 5629; B. 2818.

Linked entries: beel bell

for-ealdian

(v.)
Grammar
for-ealdian, -ealdigean, -ealldian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, eald old]

To grow or wax oldbecome oldsenescĕreveterascĕreinveterascĕre

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Ne forealdige ðeós hand ǽfre nunquam inveterascat hæc mănus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 24. Ǽlc ánweald biþ sóna forealdod every power soon becomes old, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10: 39, 8; Fox 224, ii. Ðe forealdode wǽron who were grown old, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4

Linked entry: for-eald

HÝR

(n.)
Grammar
HÝR, e; f.

HIREinterest

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HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori.

Linked entries: hýre hír

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entranceingress

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An entrance, ingress Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24. Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2.

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estateoccupation of land

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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.

Linked entry: feld-seten

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lighteningalleviationreliefmitigationrelease

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Lightening, alleviation, relief, mitigation, release Ðis is seó líhtinge ðe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorgan ðe hig ǽr ðyson mid gedrehte wǽron ealles tó swýðe this is the relief that I will secure to all folk in regard to matters with which they were

scír-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
scír-geréfa, an; m.
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Án scíregemót sæt æt Ægelnðþes stáne . . . ðǽr wæs Bryning scírgeréfa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 54, 14.

Linked entry: ge-réfa

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)
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Ǽrest of ðan ealdan slǽpe . . . tó ðan ealdan slǽpe ðǽr hit ǽr ongan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 112, 30-113, 3. On ocean slǽw (slǽp?), iii. 48. 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. sleifa labina (labina a myre, Wulck.

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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Weak, frail Se ðe gehielt his unsceadfulnesse and his gódan willan ðeáh hé hwæt tiéderlíces oððe yfelra weorca útan doo hé mæg ðæt æt sumum cierre bétan si mentis innocentia custodilur, etiam si qua foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur, Past. 34;

Linked entry: téder-

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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The male sex Werhád oððe wífhad sexus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 78, 16: Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 7: 70, 19. Werhádes man mas vel masculus, 70, 17. Ǽlc werhádes man omne masculinum . . . se werhádes man masculus, Gen. 17, 12, 24.

beó-breád

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æt huniges beóbreád, Shrn. 68, 31. Biábreád, Ps. Srt. 118, 103. Bióbreád, Rtl. 3, 34: Lk. p. II, 14. [O. L. Ger. bí-bród: O. H. Ger. bí-brót.]. v. beón-breád in Dict

drinca

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Drince hé betonicam on wætre ǽr óþerne drincan, Lch. ii. 152, 5. Gebryte on drincan . . . swá þú scealt þá óþre ǽtas and drincan sellan, 90, 10-12. Of metta and drincena þiginge, 244, 12. Þára metta cyn ge þone rím þára drincena ( potionum ), Gr.

ealneg

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Hit God wræc on him swá hé ǽr ealneg dyde, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, 4, 7; S. 184, 8. Alneg (ealling, v. l. ), Gr. D. 280, 10. Beóð his wegas ealneh unclǽne polluuntur viae ejus in omni tempore, Ps. Th. 9, 24. Add

ege

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Þysne ege þrowian æt þyssum englum, 93, 34. Ofergytende þisse sǽwe ege, 235, 1. Hú mycelne ege wé sceolon witan (hú micel ege sí tó hæbbenne, v. l.) tó þám hálgum werum quantus sit viris sanctis timor exhibendus, Gr. D. 63, 5.

fetian

(v.)
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Feta, gif ðú dyrre, æt ðus heaðuwérigan háre byrnan, Vald. 2, 16. Fetige hé him má, Solil. H. 1, 10. Fetod, fettad, feotod arcessitus, Txts. 42, 103: Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 31. Dele 'fet,' and passage from Prov. Kmbl., and add

geornfulnes

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Cf. georne, Mid micelre geornfulnesse æt Gode biddan forgifennesse ealra gylta, Hml. A. 142, 114. diligence, studious care Fyre*-*wittre carfulnysse geornfulnes curiosae sollicitudinis sollertia, An. Ox. 907. Geornfulnes diligentia i. cura, 1328.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71.

hǽþen-nes

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Hé monige wæs gecígende fram hǽþenesse (hǽðennesse, v. l.) and fram gedwolan heora lífes multos ab errore reuocans, 5, 11; Sch. 611, 5. people among whom (or district in which) heathenism prevails: — Wit begétan ðás béc æt haeðnum herge mid uncre claene

Linked entry: hǽþen-dóm

nágan

Grammar
nágan, I.
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Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.

of-spring

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Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine tuo), Deut. 28, 46. Ofsprincgum (ofsprincge, Hpt.