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a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fell ⬩ to strike or beat down ⬩ to overturn ⬩ subvert ⬩ lay low ⬩ abolish ⬩ slay ⬩ cædere ⬩ occidere ⬩ prosternere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ demoliri ⬩ comprimere ⬩ abrogare

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To fell, to strike or beat down, to overturn, subvert, lay low, abolish, slay; cædere, occidere, prosternere, dejicere, demoliri, comprimere, abrogare Gif mon afelle [MS.

ge-lǽte

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Þá hǽðenan æt wega gelǽtum him lác offrodon, Wlfst. 107, 4. Gif wífman hire cild æt wega gelǽton ( ad compita viarum ) þurh þá eorðan tíhð, Ll. Th. ii. 210, 18: Hml. S. 17, 148. Gáð tó wega gelǽtum (geléta, L.) ite ad exitus viarum, Mt. 22, 9: Wrt.

hír-ness

hearing ⬩ subjection ⬩ service ⬩ a parish

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., and add: hearing Eára hérnisse (-nisses, L.) aures audiendi, Mk. R. 4, 23, Hérnisses, Mt. L. 11, 15. Hérnises, Lk L. 8, 8. From hérnise auditu, Mt. L. 13, 14. Te hérnise auditui, Jn.

Linked entries: hýr-ness hére-nes

hoh-full

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Ne beó ðú hohful, lá wíf, þín sunu leofað, 152, 19. Hé ðá swíðe hohful wearð and feól tó his fótum flówendum teárum (cf. provolutus ejus pedibus fusis cum gemitu lacrimis. Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 10.

ongeagn

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Add: <b>A. I.</b> Mið ðý gesætt on dúne oelebeárna ongeaegn (-gægn, R.) temple (contra templum), Mk. L. 13, 3. Ásettað mé ongǽn (-gén, v. l.) þysum fýre contra ignem me ponite, Gr. D. 48, 3.

hwǽr

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L. 6, 21. Hwér am ic, ðér ðegn mín bið, Jn. R. 12, 26. See also Mt. 24, 28 ( 1 a): Lk. R. 12, 34 ( 1 b): Jn. L. 12, 26 ( 1 b)

a-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen

To fall down ⬩ cadere

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Lk. Bos. 6, 49: Cd. 202; Th. 251, 1; Dan. 557: Jud. 16, 30. Wearþ afeallen Æðelrǽdes eorl Ethelred's earl fell [in the battle ], Byrht. Th. 137, 46; By. 202

Linked entry: a-feóll

gat

(n.)
Grammar
gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.

A GATE ⬩ porta

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A GATE; porta Ðá se Hǽlend geneálǽhte ðære ceastre gate when the Saviour approached the gate of the city, Lk. Bos. 7, 12 : Exon. 12 b; Th, 20, 15; Cri. 318 : Ps. Spl. 117, 19 : Ps. Th. 126, 6

Linked entry: burgat

luh

(n.)
Grammar
luh, (a borrowed word apparently, Welsh llwch; cf. pól and Welsh pwll]; n.

A loch ⬩ lough

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A loch, lough Ofer ðæt luh trans fretum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 22. Ofer luh ł lytel sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 22: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1

ambeht

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht, n.
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Dele: Lat. ambitus, and add Ic þín eom scealc ombehte ego servus tuus, Ps. Th. 115, 6. In cummenum foreonfoeng dearfscipes in gesendena embichta ðeódómes is in venientibus praesumtio temeritatis, in missis obsequium servitutis est, Mt. p. 8, 2

be-hreósan

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Substitute: to fall Sé þe on ðá wítu behreóseð, Wlfst. 26, 12: Ll. Th. ii. 330, 12. Ðá on helle behreósað in gehen-nam incidunt, R. Ben. 24, 3. Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I

be-lecgan

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Ll. Th. ii. 256, 39. Belege mid wulle cover with wool, Lch. ii. 262, 3. Mid unþeáwum beléd subject to vices, R. Ben. 121, 14. Líge belegde enveloped in flame, Dan. 296. Add

eald-hríþer

(n.)
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.ii. ealde hrýðeru, twá ealda rýderu, twá ealda rýðeru, v.ll. ) oþþe .x. weðeras, Ll. Th. i. 146, 17, iiii. aldhryðra, Shrn. 159, 9. v. next word. (?)

Linked entry: hríðer

fefer-fuge

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Feferfugie (-fugia, -fuge, v. ll.) febrefugia, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 310, 9. Feferfugian emmicel, Lch. ii. 292, 17. Gebeáte feferfugean and pipor, 80, 6. Feferfugian, 350, 7. Add:

for-byrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
for-byrdig, (fore-); adj.

Patient ⬩ forbearing

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Patient, forbearing, Hér hé is swíðe forbyrdig (fore-, v. l.) for ús, ac hé bið eft ús swíðé réðe, Nap. 23. Hér hé is swíðe forebyrdig ofer ús, ac hé is þǽr swíðe réðe, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 5

Linked entries: -byrdig fore-byrdig

ge-néhwian

(v.)
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Add: to approach, draw near Tó geneólécde ł gehnéhwade (adpropinquavit) ríc heofna, Mt. L. 10, 7. to consent. Cf. ge-neálǽcan; VII Ðes ne efne-genéhuade (-ginéhwadæ, R. ) tó dédum hiora hic non consenserat actibus eorum, Lk. 23, 51

æt-ýwnys

(n.)
Grammar
æt-ýwnys, -nyss, æt-ýwedness, æt-eówedniss, æt-íwedness, e; f.

A shewing ⬩ manifestation ⬩ laying open ⬩ a declaration ⬩ ostensio

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Óþ ætýwednessum, Lk. Foxe 1, 80

Linked entry: æt-íwedness

folc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-líc, adj.

Folklike ⬩ common ⬩ pŏpŭlāris ⬩ commūnis

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Folklike, common; pŏpŭlāris, commūnis Folclíc lár hŏmīlia [MS. ŏmīlia = ὁμιλία ], Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 75; Wrt. Voc. 28, 53. He sǽde ðæt he folclíc man wǽre rustĭcum se fuisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 6: Nar. 18, 4

lín-wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
lín-wǽd, e; f.
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Hé geseah ða línwǽda licgan videt posita linteamina, 20, 5: Lk. Skt. 24, 12

uferian

(v.)
Grammar
uferian, p. ode.

to elevate ⬩ make higher ⬩ to make later ⬩ to delay

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Kmbl. 24, 48: Lk. Skt. 12, 45

Linked entries: uferung ufera