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ge-belimpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belimpan, p. -belamp, pl. -belumpon; pp. belumpen

To happenoccurbefallevĕnīreaccĭdĕrecontingĕre

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To happen, occur, befall; evĕnīre, accĭdĕre, contingĕre Hit gebýraþ ðæt hit gebelimpe oportet hæc fiĕri, Mk. Bos. 13, 7

Linked entry: be-limpan

apuldre

(n.)
Grammar
apuldre, an; f.

An apple-treemalus

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An apple-tree; malus Ðeós apuldre hæc malus, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 57

Linked entry: æppuldre

land-búness

(n.)
Grammar
land-búness, e; f.

A settlementcolony

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A settlement, colony Seó landbúness is swíðost cýpemonnum geseted hæc colonia est maxime negotiatorum, Nar. 33, 15. Londbúnes colonia, 35, 18

gewin-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gewin-tíd, e; f.
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A time of distress, troublous time, v. gewin; 4 Oþ þás gewintíde Langbeardna ad haec Longobardorum tempora, Gr. D. 210, 15

blysa

(n.)
Grammar
blysa, blisa, an; m.

A torchfax

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A torch; fax Ðes blisa [blysa, D.] hæc fax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 59; Som. 13, 37

Linked entry: blæse

box-treów

(n.)
Grammar
box-treów, es; n.

The BOX-TREEbuxus

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The BOX-TREE; buxus = πύξos Ðis boxtreów hæc buxus, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 59

ge-meldian

(v.)
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Ǽne ic God spræcan gehýrde, and þæt treówe ongeat tídum gemeldad semel locutus est Deus, duo haec audivi, Ps. Th. 61, ii. Add

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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auctor this augmenter, and hæc auctrixthis augmentress, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ícestre

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

wæstmbǽru

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽru, (o); indecl. f.

Fertility

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Fertility Ðás eorþan ealle hiere wæstmbǽro hé gelytlade terra haec sterilitate suorum fructuum castigatur, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 20

un-áspringende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspringende, adj.

Unfailing

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Unfailing Geunne mé ðæt ðis wæter sý mé tó fulwihtes bæþ unáspringende ( fiat mihi haec aqua fons baptismi indeficiens, Homl. Ass. 217, 326), Nar. 46, 9

Linked entry: á-springan

fore-sægdness

(n.)
Grammar
fore-sægdness, e; f.

A preface

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A preface Ðis ondweard foresaegdnis haec praesens praefatiuncula, Mt. p. 2, 14. Onginnes foresægdnise incipit praefatio, 10, 11. Foresægdnisse, 12, 6

Linked entry: -sægdness

fór-þoncol

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-þoncol, adj.

Forethoughtfulprudentprōvĭdusprūdens

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Forethoughtful, prudent; prōvĭdus, prūdens Ðú ahýddest ðás from snottrum and fórþonclum abscondisti hæc a săpientĭbus et prūdentĭbus. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 25

Arabisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Arabisc, adj.
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Arabian Arabisc man hic et haec Arabs, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 65, 12. Hie Fenix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre ðeóde, 70, 12

beg-beám

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Morarius begbeám morarius etiam celsa vocatur, mora haec commune nomen est bergena (cf. heorot-berge), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, I. Cf. beger. Add

helle-mere

(n.)
Grammar
helle-mere, es; m.

The lake of hellStyx

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The lake of hell, Styx Hellemere hæc styx, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 13. Helemere Styx, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 99; Wrt. Voc. 36, 22

on-drincan

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Ðis deór mid þý ðe hit þæs wætres ondronc haec bestia potata aqua, Nar. 15, 18. Add

plýme

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Haec prunus (plunus, v. l.) ðis plúmtreów, hoc prunum seó plýme, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 20, 18. Ðonne þú plýman habban wille, Tech. ii. 124, 20. Add

ge-inseglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inseglian, -insegelian; p. ode; pp. od, ud

To sealto impress with a sealsignareobsignare

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Lá hú ne ðás þingc geinseglode on goldhordum mínum nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 194 a, 34 : Th. Apol. 20, 10 : 21, 2

Linked entry: in-seglian