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ful-freólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-freólíc, adj.

Very liberalpĕnĭtus libĕrālis

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Very liberal; pĕnĭtus libĕrālis Ða yldestan Chus and Cham hátene wǽron, fulfreólíce feorh, frumbearn Chames the eldest were called Cush and Canaan, most liberal beings, Ham's firstborn, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 25; Gen. 1618

líc-bysig

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-bysig, adj.
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Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1

mǽdwe-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽdwe-land, es; n.

Meadow-landland where grass that is to be mown grows

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Meadow-land, land where grass that is to be mown grows Hió sellaþ him ðæt médweland bí westan Sæferne . . Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3

Linked entry: mǽd-land

er-bleadd

(n.)
Grammar
er-bleadd, es; n. [er = ear an ear of corn, bleadd = blæd a blade, leaf]

A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubblestĭpŭla

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Moys. Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8

fearm

(n.)
Grammar
fearm, es; m.

A freight, cargo, load ŏnus nāvis

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A freight, cargo, load; ŏnus nāvis Ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste fór mid fearme the most excellent house [the ark] sailed over the ocean's orb with its freight, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 7; Gen. 1394

ge-rǽcan

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ge-rǽcan, <b>; I 3 a.</b> add: to attain (cf.
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Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21

sunna

(n.)
Grammar
sunna, an; m.
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Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

under-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
under-scyte, es; m.

Interceptingintervention

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Intercepting, intervention Se móna mæg þurh his underscyte ða sunnan áþeóstrian, Lchdm, iii. 242, 25. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt seó sunne bið hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32

scop-leóþ

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.), þonne hí mé on móde gebróhton þá deóflican leóþ tó singanne þe ic ǽr on worulde geleornode, Hml. S. 23 b, 539. Add

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Be þon þe nán mon gehwyrfe yrfes bútan gewitnesse, Ll. Lmbn. 156, 1. with dat., to make exchange with Oft se welega and se wǽdla habbað gehwierfed (-hweorfed, v. l. ) hiera ðeáwum plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum Past. 183, 10.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

ge-fón

(v.)
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To lay hold Gif mon on cirliscre fǽmnan breóst gefó, LI. Th. i. 68, 14. Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. <b>II a.

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Beó á getreówra ðonne ðé mon tó wéne, ðý lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe búton wið hlísan (unless you get credit for it) Prov. K. 76.

ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to thinkconceiveperceivereflect uponweighmeditariconsiderarepensareto think aboutrememberconsider maturelyto take to heartrecogitareiterum cogitarereminiscito think ofbear in mindrememberrecordaricogitarememor esseto excogitatedeviseinventconceiveexcogitarestruereinvenireto resolveintendwishintenderevelle

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He worn geþenceþ hinderhóca he devises a number of stratagems, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 19; Mód. 33.

in-tinga

(n.)
Grammar
in-tinga, an; m.

A causesakepleacaseoccasionmatteraffairbusiness

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Ic ongann be ðam intingan hwæthwega geornlícor smeágan I began to inquire somewhat more diligently about the matter, ii. 32, 23.

Linked entry: tinga

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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Gif ðonne ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen eallunga on ða lǽnan sibbe ðonne ne mæg hé nǽfre becuman tó ðære ðe him geseald is relinquo scilicet transitoriam, do mansuram.

gilpan

(v.)
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Ðonne ðæt mód for his cræfta geearnunga gilpð and orsorglíce fægnað on him selfum m animus de virtutum meritis laeta apud se securitate gloriatur Past. 463, 27.

Athlans

(n.)
Grammar
Athlans, m. ['Aτλαs, αντοs, m.]

Mount Atlas, in West AfricaAtlas mons

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Mount Atlas, in West Africa; Atlas mons Hyre west-ende is æt ðæm beorge, ðe man Athlans nemneþ its west end is at the mountain, which is called Atlas, Ors. 1, 1 ; Bos. 16, 6

dimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dimlíc, dymlíc; adj.
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Dim, secret, hidden, concealed; obscūrus, clandestīnus Of dimlícum clandestīnis, Mone B. 872. Ná swylce he todrǽfe ða dymlícan þeóstra not as if he dispelled the dim darkness, L. Ælf. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 7

Linked entry: dymlíc

manigfeald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
manigfeald-ness, e; f.

Multiplicitycomplexityabundancegreat number

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Moys. 7

twá-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twá-nihte, adj.
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Two days old On twánihtne mónan far tó and bige land ðæt ðíne yldran áhton when the moon is two days old, go and buy land that thy forefathers owned, Lchdm. iii. 176, note 2

Linked entry: twi-nihte