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BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flowerflos

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He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers, Menol.

Linked entry: blóstm

ge-hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To consecratededicateinitiateordainhallowmake holysanctifyconsecrārededĭcāresacrāreinĭtĭāreordĭnāresanctĭfĭcāre

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He gehálgode wín of wætere he hallowed wine from water, Andr. Kmbl. 1171; An. 586 : 3298; An. 1652. Wælhreów Criste gehálgode offrunge tyrannus Christo sacrāvit victĭmam, Hymn. Surt. 52, 11.

ge-metfæst

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Se wísdóm gedéþ his lufiendas wíse and wære and gemetfæste, 27, 2; F. 98, l

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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Grammar weddian, with gerundial infin. Hig him weddedon feoh tó syllenne pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare, Lk. Skt. 22, 5.

Linked entry: be-weddian

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostilitya place where hostility is shewn

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Ðú hafast þurh ðín orlegu ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen, wiðsæcest tó swíðe ðínum brýdguman thou hast by thy hostile proceedings acted contrary to the judgement of wise men, dost reject too violently thy suitor, 248, 17; Jul. 97. a place where hostility

Linked entry: or-læg

for-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen

To blow awayinflateinflāre

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To blow away, inflate; inflāre Com án wind, ond forbleów hie út on sǽ there came a wind, and blew them out on to the sea, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 19. Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

eald-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
eald-cwén, e; f.

An old wife, an old crone vĕtŭla

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An old wife, an old crone; vĕtŭla Ealdra cwéna spell vĕtŭlārum fābŭla, R. 100

défe

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Gif þú wilt doefe beón si vis perfectus esse, Mt. R. 19, 21. Add

Linked entry: doefe

peall

(n.)
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The entries under weall (= mulled wine) should be taken here. See An. Ox. 326

gerwan

(v.)
Grammar
gerwan, gerwian, gerwigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To make ready prepare, make, constructpărăre, præpărāre, făcĕre, construĕre

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Gerwigan wífe hús wexinge getácnaþ to prepare [one's] house for a wife betokens increase, Som. 205; Lchdm. iii. 210, 3

scort-wyrplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scort-wyrplíc, adj.
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On .xvi. nihta æfter langre tíde hit ágǽþ a dream on the fifteenth night of the month will be of early fulfilment. On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time, Lchdm. .iii. 156, 2

Linked entry: -wyrplíc

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen
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Wið slápende (paralyzed) líce, i. 380, 18. Cf. Wið áslápenum lice, ii. 12, 17. to sleep, lie with a person His hlǽfdige cwæþ tó him : 'Slap mid me, ' Gen. 39, 7

Linked entry: slápian

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Gif se hláford him wíf sealde sié hió ðæs hláfordes if he have a wife that he got himself, let her go out with him. If the lord gave him a wife, she shall be the lord&#39;s, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 4.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together.and, both . . . and, also, too

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Th. i. 86, 5. marking association of similar objects or circumstances, with nearly the force of and, both . . . and, also, too Somod jamque, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 31. Weras wíf samod men and women, Andr. Kmbl. 3330; An. 1668. Weras, heora wíf somed Cd.

ísig-feðera

(adj.)
Grammar
ísig-feðera, adj.
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Having ice on the wings Stearn ísigfeðera, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 15; Seef. 24

fǽcen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
fǽcen-nes, (?)

deceitguilewile

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deceit, guile, wile Wá middangeard from fǽknissum vae mundo a scandalis, Mt. R. 18, 7

ge-bésmed

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Add: Swelled out by the wind Segelbósmas gebésmed carbasa sinuata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 26

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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H. 25, 18. to a hypothetical clause Gif ic ǽnig unriht wið hí gedón hæbbe, oððe furðum him gulde yfel wið yfle, Ps. Th. 7, 4. Hwæþer hit furþon sóð sý oððe hwæðer mé on swefne mǽte, Hml.

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5; Swt. 43, 14

Linked entry: be