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bytming

(n.)
Grammar
bytming, e; f.
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Ground-floor of the Ark On ðǽre nyðemystan bytminge wunodon þá réðan deór . . . on ðǽre bytminge wæs se arc rúm, Hml. Th. i. 536, 10-14

hærn

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Flód oððe hærn flustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 32. Hærn eft onwand árýða geblond, An. 531

æt-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-felgan, p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen; v. intrans.

To cleave onadherestick toadhærere

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To cleave on, adhere, stick to; adhærere Mín sáwul flóre ætfealh adhæsit pavimento anima mea, Ps. Th. 118, 25: 118, 31: Beo. Th. 1941; B. 968 : Ps. Spl. C. 62, 8

Linked entries: æt-fealh et-felgan

tó-scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scríðan, p. -scráð

To flow in different directionsbe disperse

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To flow in different directions, be disperse Ðæt wæter unstille ǽghwider wolde wíde tóscríþan, wác and hnesce, ne meahte hit on him selfum ǽfre gestandan, Met. 20, 93

up-fléring

(n.)
Grammar
up-fléring, e; f.

an upper flooran upper chamber

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an upper floor Seó upfléring tóbærst under his fötum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 3. an upper chamber Hí ástigon upp on áne upfléringe (coenaculum, Acts 1, 13), Homl. Th. i. 296, 9: 314, 7

a-dón

(v.)
Grammar
a-dón, p. -dyde; impert. -dó; v. a.

To take awayremovebanishtollereejicere

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Flód adyde mancinn a flood destroyed mankind, Ælfc. T. 5, 25: Gen. 7, 23: 9, 11. Adó ðas wylne ejice ancillam hanc, Gen. 21, 10: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 10: Ps. Th. 68, 14

Linked entry: a-dydest

biter-líce

(adv.)
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Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce (amare) bærnð ðá earman sáula, Dóm. L. 166. Wearð seó móder biterlíce gegremod, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 3. Add

on-flyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-flyge, es; m.

Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people flying at a person, fighting

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Icel. á-flog, flying at a person, fighting

geótan

(v.)
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S. 29, 181. intrans. to pour with a liquid Hí teárum geótað, Cri. 1567. to pour, flow, gush, of the (violent) motion of a liquid (lit. or fig. ) Léton geótan háte streámas, Ruin. 43.

geond-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-lácan, p. -léc; pp. -lácen

To go through or over, flow overpertransīre, transfluĕre

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To go through or over, flow over; pertransīre, transfluĕre Ðætte ðæt tírfæste load geondláce laguflóda wynn that the joy of water-floods sports over the glorious land, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 15; Ph. 70

be-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-strícan, p. -strác
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Genim ane gréne gyrde, and lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, and bestríc hine ymbútan (draw a circle round about him with the rod), and cweð. . . Lch. iii. 70, 13

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde the story of Adam passed out of mind after the flood, Wlfst. 3, 37. Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48.

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Hé gefeóll ofdúne on ða flór, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 3. Nis hire éþre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, 33, 4; Fox 130, 38. Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, 25; Fox 88, 22.

Linked entry: á-dún

feðer-scíte

(adj.)
Grammar
feðer-scíte, -scitte, -scette; adj.

Four-corneredquadrangularquadrangŭlāris

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Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt. Voc. 39, 50

Linked entry: feðer-scette

grund-wang

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wang, -wong, es; m.
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The bottom, ground, floor, the earth He ðone grundwong ongytan mihte he could perceive the bottom [of the lake ], Beo. Th. 2996; B. 1496: 5533; B. 2770. Grundwong ofgyfan to give up the earth, to die, 5169; B. 2588

oden

(n.)
Grammar
oden, e; f.

A threshing-floor

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A threshing-floor Frymþa odene ðínre primitias areae tuae, Scint. 29. Beóþ sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, sume on carcerne, and lybbaþ ðeáh æalle be ánes hláfordes áre, Shrn. 187, 23. On odene cylne macian, Som

CREÓDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CREÓDAN, ic creóde, ðú creódest, crýtst, crýst, he creódeþ, crýdeþ, crýt, pl. creódaþ; p. ic, he creád, ðu crude, pl. crudon; pp. croden

To CROWDpressdrive premerepremipellerepelli

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Creád cnear on flot the bark drove afloat Chr. 937; Th. 204, 14: col. 1; Æðelst. 35

Linked entry: cruþ

þille

(n.)
Grammar
þille, an; f.
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A boarding, flooring, floor Ðille tabulata, tabulamen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 8, 10. Þille tabulamen, i. 290, 73. [O. H.

FEALO

(adj.)
Grammar
FEALO, fealu, feale; def. se fealwa; adj.

FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? flāvus, gilvus, fuscus

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Cing út gewát on fealone [fealene, col. 1] flód the king departed on the dusky flood, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 16, col. 2; Æðelst. 36: Beo. Th. 3904 ; B. 1950.

ciric-land

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-land, es; n.
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Se flód gecyrde fram þan cyriclande 'nec terras ecclesiae laedere praesumas' . . . Statim se a terris ecclesiae fluminis aqua compescuit, Gr. D. 193, 25, 194, 3