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adesa

(n.)
Grammar
adesa, eadesa, an; m.

An addice or adze ⬩ a cooper's instrument ⬩ ascia

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An addice or adze, a cooper's instrument; ascia, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Wrt. Voc. p. 84, 62

Linked entries: eadesa adsa

a-dihtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dihtan, p. -dihte, -dihtode; pp. -dihtod, -diht

To compose ⬩ edit ⬩ write ⬩ facere ⬩ componere

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To compose, edit, write; facere, componere

a-dilegian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dilegian, -dilgian, -dylegian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a, dilgian to destroy]

To abolish ⬩ blot out ⬩ destroy ⬩ do away ⬩ abolere ⬩ delere

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Th. 68, 29: 108, 13, 14. Adilgode, Ps. Th. 17, 40

Linked entry: a-dylegian

a-dimmian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dimmian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To dim ⬩ darken ⬩ obscure ⬩ make dull ⬩ obscurare

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To dim, darken, obscure, make dull; obscurare Ðeáh heora mód sie adimmad though their mind be obscured, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 28: Ps. Th. 68, 24

ád-lég

(n.)
Grammar
ád-lég, es; m.

The flame of the funeral pile ⬩ flamma rogi

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The flame of the funeral pile; flamma rogi Ádlég æleþ flǽsc and bán the flame of the pile burns flesh and bones, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 9; Ph. 222

ádlian

(v.)
Grammar
ádlian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To ail ⬩ to be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ ægrotare ⬩ languere

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To ail, to be sick, to languish; ægrotare, languere Ðæt se ylca biscop án ádliende mæden gebiddende gehǽlde ut idem episcopus puellam languentem orando sanaverit, Bd. 5, 3; S. 615, 35. Ic ádlige langueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 46

ádlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ádlíc, ádlig; adj. [ádl disease, líc like]

Sick ⬩ ill ⬩ diseased ⬩ corrupted ⬩ putrid ⬩ morbidus ⬩ ægrotus ⬩ tabidus ⬩ vitiatus ⬩ putidus

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Hence ADDLE egg; putidum ovum Ádlige men languentes homines, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 32. Ádlig æger vel ægrotus, Wrt. Voc. 45, 59

ád-loma

(n.)
Grammar
ád-loma, -lama ? an; m.

One crippled by the flame? ⬩ cui flamma claudicationem attulit?

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One crippled by the flame? cui flamma claudicationem attulit? Earme ádloman poor wretches, i. e. diaboli, Exon. 46a; Th. 156, 33; Gú. 884. —

Linked entry: lama

a-dolfen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-dolfen, pp. of a-delfan.

dug

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dug,Ps. Th. 93, 12;

Linked entry: dolfen

a-dón

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

To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ banish ⬩ tollere ⬩ ejicere

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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

a-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drǽdan, p. -dréd; pp. -drǽden

To fear ⬩ timere

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To fear; timere He adréd ðæt folc timuit populum, Mt. Bos. 14, 5

Linked entry: a-dréd

a-dreág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-dreág, -dreáh

bore

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bore,Exon. 25b; Th. 74, 6; Cri. 1202;

a-dréd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-dréd, p. of a-drǽdan.

feared

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feared,Mt. Bos. 14, 5;

adreminte

(n.)
Grammar
adreminte, an; f.

The herb feverfew ⬩ parthenium ⬩ παρθένιον

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The herb feverfew: parthenium = παρθένιον, Prior 78

a-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. -drenced; v. a.

To plunge under ⬩ to immerse ⬩ drown ⬩ immergere

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To plunge under, to immerse, drown; immergere Wolde hine adrencan on ðære eá would drown him in the river, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 36.

a-dreógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dreógan, -driógan; ic -dreóge, ðú -dreógest, -drýhst, he -dreógeþ, -drýhþ; p. -dreág, -dreáh, pl. -drugon; pp. -drogen.

to act ⬩ perform ⬩ practise ⬩ agere ⬩ perficere ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ pati ⬩ sustinere

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Líf adreógan agere vitam, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29. to bear, suffer, endure; pati, sustinere Hí adreógan mágan they may bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 27. Ic ne mæg adreógan ðíne seófunga I cannot tolerate thy lamentations, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20.

a-dreógendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-dreógendlíc, adj.

Bearable ⬩ tolerabilis

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Bearable; tolerabilis; part. of a-dreógan, -líc

a-dreópan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dreópan, ic -dreópe, ðú -drýpst, he -drýpþ; p. -dreáp, pl. -drupon; pp. -dropen

To shed drop by drop ⬩ guttatim effundere

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To shed drop by drop; guttatim effundere Nú is mín swát adropen now is my blood sprinkled, An. 1427, note

Linked entries: á-þráwan á-þrowen

a-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dreósan, ic -dreóse, ðú -drýst, he -dreóseþ, -drýst; p. -dreás, pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall ⬩ decline ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere

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To fall, decline; labi, deficere Ne biþ se hlísa adroren fame will not decline, non erit fama tædio affecta, Exon. 95a; Th. 355, 19; Reim. 79

a-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To be immersed ⬩ extinguished ⬩ quenched by water ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ immergi ⬩ exstingui ⬩ aquis suffocari

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Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere many more of mankind were drowned in the water, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 36

Linked entries: a-dronc a-druncen