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full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)
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Praeteritum plusquam perfectum is forðgewiten máre þonne fulfremed, for ðan ðe hit wæs gefyrn gedón, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 124, 5-9. v. un-fullfremed, full-fremman

Linked entry: fremed

lengu

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Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx. es furlonga long, Nar. 12, 16. Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille . . . sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 15.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive Ymb ða gýmene his écre hǽlo hé wæs tó sǽne erga curam perpetuae suae salvationis nihil omnino studii gerens, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538,19 . Ne sceal se tó sǽne beón, ne ðissa lárna tó læt. Exon. Th. 450, 16; Dóm. 88.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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hider tó lande; ðæt wæs Waltear bisceop in the same year came the Pope's legate to this country; that was bishop Walter, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 28.

Linked entries: sand sond

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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.; æt ǽfenne, R.) wæs cum sero factum esset, Mt. 27, 57. Éfrn, Mk. L. 11, 11, 19. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, and ðæt wæs tó ǽfennes, Bt. 15; F. 48, 9. Éfernes, Mt. p. 20, 5. Ǽr ǽfenne, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 28. On ðám ǽfene, Mt. 26, 20.

han-créd

(n.)
Grammar
han-créd, -crǽd, hon-, es; m.

Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the nightgallicinium, galli cantus

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Se cyning embe forman hancréd út gangende wæs the king about the first cock-crowing was going out, Lchdm. iii. 424, 34. Ðá com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd quarta autem vigilia noctis venit Iesus, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 25

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un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensityan immense numberimmoderationexcessto excesswithout measureexcessivelyimmenselyvery

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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

á-wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wiltan, p. te.

to rollto harassmolest

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Huá eft ł áwæltes (á-wælte, -wælte,ús ðone stán quis reuoluit nobis lapidem?, Mk. L. 16, 3. Se engel áwylte þæt hlid of ðǽre þrýh, Hml. Th. i. 222, 8. Engel eft áwælte (revolvit) ðone stán, Mt. L. 28, 2.

Linked entries: wiltan á-wyltan

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, p. ode; pp. od

To tormentvexpunishpūnīre

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To torment, vex, punish; pūnīre Swilce he for his synnum swá getucod wǽre as if he was so tormented for his sins, Job Thw. 167, 14

clǽnsere

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Sé ðe wǽre gálsere on fúlan forligere, weorðe sé clǽnsere his ágenre sáwle, Wlfst. 72, 6. Sácerdas, ðæt is on Englisc clǽnseras, Past. 139, 15. Add

friþu

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Take here <b>freoþo</b> in Dict. and add Þú mé wǽre freoða fultumiend refugium meum es tu, Ps. Th. 70, 3

ge-wyrcan

Grammar
ge-wyrcan, <b>; V.</b>
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Hé áxode ... hú hé geworht wǽre on woruldlicere drohtnunge (cf. hé ongan ácsian be his lífe, Gr. D. 322, 4), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 3. Add

be-þearfod

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þearfod, (-ed); adj.

Needy

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Needy, brought to want Gif þú hwæne on neádþearfe ongitst, and gif þú hwæne on wǽdle beþearfodne (-þreaf-, MS.) ácnǽwst, Engl. Stud. viii. 474, 50

Linked entry: þearfian

huntnold

(n.)
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&#39; Wǽre þú tó-dæg on hunt*-*nolde (venatione) ?, Coll. M. 21, 34. Cf. (?) færeld for suffix.

ge-síþcundlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-síþcundlíc, -síþlíc; adj.

Pertaining to a companion

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Pertaining to a companion Swá swá he wǽre gesíþcundlícre [MS. Ca. gesíþlícre, MS. B.] gegaderunga quasi comes copulæ carnalis, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 1, note

ge-streáwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streáwian, -streówian; p. ode; pp. od

To strew

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To strew Swylc hit eall gestreáwod wǽre mid wynsume blóstmen and wyrtgemangum as if it all were strewed with pleasant flowers and spices, Shrn. 15, 31

a-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-yrnan, he -yrnþ ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon ; pp. -urnen [a out, yrnan to run]

To run overto pass or go overpassgopræteriredecurrere

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Swá neáh wæs þúsend wintra a-urnen so near was a thousand winters gone, Chr. 973; Th. 226, 5, col. 1; Edg. 16: Cd. 79; Th. 98, 6; Gen. 1626. A-urnenre tíde in or at a declining time, the time being far spent or gone.

Linked entry: a-urnen

burh-stede

(n.)
Grammar
burh-stede, burg-stede, es; m.
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Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled the city-place was filed with joys, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 10; Gú. 1291: 124a; Th. 476, 3; Ruin. 2

Linked entry: burg-stede

dene

(n.)
Grammar
dene, an; f.

A valley vallis

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Seó dene wæs afylled mid manna sáwlum the valley was filled with men's souls, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 9. Seó micele byrnende dene the great burning valley, ii. 352, 20

Linked entries: Dæne Dena lagu

DÍGOL

(n.)
Grammar
DÍGOL, dýgol, dégol,es; n.

Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium

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He wǽt díglu heortan ipse nōvit abscondĭta cordis, Ps. Spl. 43, 24: 50, 7. Mægen he cýðde on dígle he revealed his power in secret, Andr. Kmbl. 1251; An. 626.