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wind-filled

(adj.)
Grammar
wind-filled, adj.

Wind-felledblown down by the wind

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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10

Linked entry: fillan

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Swá wé ǽr cwǽdon (cf. swá ic ǽr cwæþ, 8, 14), 24, 32. Wé mihton ðás rǽdinge menigfealdlícor trahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 556, 13. Hwæt wille wé eów swíðor secgan be ðisum symbeldæge, ii. 444, 13: Blickl.

Linked entry: ús

æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter, adv.

Afterthenafterwardspostposteaexinde

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Ǽr oððe æfter sooner or later, Exon. 32b; Th. 103, 22; Cri. 1692. Ic wát æfter nú hwá mec ferede ofer flódas now afterwards I know who conveyed me over the floods, Andr. Kmbl. 1808; An. 906.

Linked entry: æftera

býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
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Ne bísnode ðé nán man, forðamðe nán ǽr ðé næs no man set thee an example, for no one was before thee, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20. Ða bísnodon hiora æfter-gengum they set an example to their successors, 39, 11; Fox 230, 2.

hwílend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílend-líc, adj.

temporaltemporarytransitory

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Ðú næfst ða hwílendlícan árwyrþnessa ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest thou hast not those temporary dignities that thou hadst before, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 31

Linked entry: hwílwend-líc

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...

wic-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wic-þegen, es; m.
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Interl. 66, 6) ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe . . . Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, R. Ben. pp. 58-60. Se diácon wucþén diaconus hebdomadarus, Anglia xiii. 415, 721. Fram mæssepreóste wucþéne a sacerdote ebdomadario, 395, 435.

wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them), Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 25. Grammar wiþ-æftan, with acc. or doubtful Heó com wiðæftan ða menigu uenit in turba retro Mk. Skt. 5, 27.

Linked entry: æftan

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1. Noldan hí heora synna dyrnan, Ps. Th. 77, 4.

ge-feá

Grammar
ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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Þéh þe hé úte wǽre belocen fram neorcxnawanges gefeán (gaudiis), hé gemunde þá ylcan gefeán, for þon þe hé ǽr heora breác, Gr. D. 261, 3-6. Écum gefeánum wilfægene sempiternis gaudiis compotes, Hy. S. 123, 9.

ólehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ólehtung, e; f.
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Gif þú þá ilcan ólectonge þám líchoman [dó, hit ná] híwfægere bið, þonne hit ǽr wæs, 166

þanc

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Add Ic geann him .vi. mæran mid .vi. coltan tó þance ( in gratitude ), Shrn. 159, 29. v. æf-, of-, ymb-þanc

rím-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
rím-cræft, es; m.

The science of numbers arithmetic

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Ða ðe ǽr wǽran on rímcræfte rihte getogene those who were correctly instructed in the art of computing, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 1.

á-solcen

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Ásolcaen (-æn, -en) iners, Txts. 70, 531. Ásolcen desidiosus, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. Læt and ásolcen tardus et tepidus, 440, 1072. Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5.

Linked entry: á-seolcan

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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Ær ðan þe se fǽrlica siege ús ástrecce, ii. 124, 21

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Sum sceal on galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, óþðæt báncofa blódig ábrocen weorðeþ, Exon. 329, 13; Vy. 33

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Onginne hé sécan oninnan him selfum ðæt hé ǽr ymbúton hine sóhte, 35, 1; Fox 154, 22 : Met. 22, 7. Munt is hine ymbútan, gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 510; Sal. 255: Ps. Th. 124, 2. Licgaþ mé ymbútan grindlas, Cd. Th. 24, 24; Gen. 382.

Linked entry: emb-útan

cyrc-líc

(adj.)

ecclesiastical

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Ælf. C. 33 ; Th. ii. 356, 13: Homl. Th. i. 600, 8

dúre-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.

A door-ward, door-keeper

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Ælf. C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 28

tumbian

(v.)
Grammar
tumbian, p. ode
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To tumble, dance Ðá tumbude (saltavit) ð ære Herodidiscean dohtur beforan him. Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6. Tumbode, Mk. Skt. 6, 22