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treów

(n.)
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'Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe' ... þá geseah þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and lytel, ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 766. <b>IV a.

ǽ-bær

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-bær, ǽ-bǽre (-bére); adj.

Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved

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Ǽbǽre þeóf occurs in a list of privileges granted to a monastery :-- On eallan þingan . . . ðe ðǽr mid rihte gebyrað, mid fyrdwíte and fyhtwíte and ǽbǽre þeóf and griðbryce and foresteall and hámsócne, C. D. iv. 222, 23

fýst

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Colapsus, i. colafus, pugnus fýst vel tarastrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 45. Físt [in Wülck. Gl. 291, 17 it is printed fýsð], i. 64, 74. Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð .III. scill. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 16, 17.

ofer

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), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 77, 17. add Ðá fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré[m]ber ofer ðæt nebb, C.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ðæt fǽmna mynster on Brytene is nemned on Bercingum (on Byrcingum, in Bercingum in loco qui nuncupatur in Berecingum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 383, 19), Shrn. 138, 2 Is swá þeáh gód weorc on þám gódan wordum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 25.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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Take here &lt;b&gt;gémung&lt;/b&gt; in Dict., and add: a taiking care of a person, entertaining, an entertainment, a wedding feast, nup-ials. v. gíman; 3. [Cf. O.

here-gild

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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 cl) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng heregyld Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat fele síðe men gildeð hire gilde heregilde, C.

hleóþrian

(v.)

To make a soundto soundresoundTo speak words

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Add: Hleóðrien crepitaret Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 29. Hleóðrian crepitare 38. Hleóðriende and bécniað ciebant 50. Hléþrende increpitans 48, 66. Hleóþrendi, hlæódrinde, hleódendri, Txts. 69, 1065. intrans.

þing

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1. Add Hwæt is ðienga (ðinga, v.l.) ðe bieterre sié ... ðonne se anda?, Past. 165, 1. (1 a α) add :-- Þé biddað manega þeóda þínes þinges lǽne and þú ne bitst nánne foenerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo foenus accipiens, Deut. 28, 12.

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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D. 190, 24. Hit ádríg, Lch. i. 332, 26. Ádríg duste, ii. 144, 1. Genim ácmistel and ádríge, 88, 5. Ádríged on réce, 216, 8.

Linked entry: á-drígan

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Take here &lt;b&gt;ge-freoþian&lt;/b&gt; in Dict. and add: to protect, shelter. to defend from harm, guard from injury Þú gehǽlst ús and gefreoðast (custodies ) fram heora yfle, Ps. Th. ii. 8.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

ge-hweorfan

(v.)
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geearnode, eft gehwurfe his fæder gife and freóndscipe, Gr. D. 238, 13. of action, to turn to a person Gehweorfen ; þá þe hyldu áhtan convertantur ad me qui piment te Ps.

ge-rídan

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Add: to ride with others ic þǽr mi men sende (cf. nonne eres viros misimus in medium ignis ?, Dan. 3, 24) síðe, nales me sylfa gerád, Az. 175. Gif þonne nelle hwá ge[]dan (rídan, rídan, v. ll. ) mid his geférum, Ll.

ge-brúcan

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Add: [in Northern Gospels p. -bréc, -brǽc; pl. -brécon], to-use food, eat Gif huá ofðǽm gebrúcceð (mandu*-*cauerit) . . . Gif huælc gebrúcces (gibrúches. R.) . . . ðe gebrúccað (-, R.), Jn. L. 6, 50, 51, 54.

hwǽte

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Add: corn, grain Of hwæte cœreri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 5. as a plant growing Átió ǽrest of þám lande þá þornas, ... se hwǽte mæge ðý bet weaxan liberat arva prius fruticibus, ... ut nova fruge gravis Ceres eat, Bt. 23; F. 78, 23.

leóran

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Add: leórian. to pass from one place to another, pass over or through leórdon ( transivimus) þurh fýr and wæter, Ps. Vos. 65, 12. þé gedafenaþ þú leóre on þíne bǽre tu debes procidere lectum, Bl. H. 149, 17.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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L. 7, 41. Ǽc ł fæstlíce (W. S. has nothing) quidem, 16, 9: 11, 6: Lk. L. R. 11, 4. Ðes fæstlíce (etiam) synna forgefeð, Lk. L. 7, 49 (W. S. has nothing): L. R. 9, 5. Fæstlíce jam, L. 8, 27 (W. S. has nothing ): Jn. L. R. 3, 18: 9, 22: 13, 2

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedomimmunityprivilegelībertasimmūnĭtasprivĭlēgiuma time of freedoma holy dayfeastfestivalthe celebration of a festivalfestumfesti celebratio

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Eth. v. 17; Th. i. 308, 23: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 26. To ðam eáster-lícan freólse to the paschal feast. Lk. Bos. 2, 42; L. Eth. v. 14; Th. i. 308, 14, 16, 17: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 25.

Linked entries: friólsend heals

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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In the declension of monosyllabic nouns and adjectives, e is rejected from the short or unaccented æ, and becomes a, when a single consonant, or st, sc, is followed by a, o, u in nouns, and by a, o, u, e in adjectives; as Stæf, pl. stafas, g. stafa, d

and-lang

(prep.)
Grammar
and-lang, ond-long, on-long; prep. only gen.

On lengthALONGby the side ofin longumper

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Andlang ðæs [MS. ðas] wéstenes along the desert, Jos. 8, 16. Andlang ðara nægla along the nails, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 30.