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ǽ-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-firmþa, f.

Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse

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Add:the quotation in Dict. under æ-fyrrnþa. Cf. á-feormian

carles wǽn

(n.)
Grammar
carles wǽn, [gen. of carl]
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat.

hwealf

(n.)
Grammar
hwealf, e; f.
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An arched or vaulted covering Under heofenes hwealf under the vault of heaven, Beo. Th. 1156; B. 576: 4034; B. 2015. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofenes hwealfa bíþ late patentes ætheris cernat plagas, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22.

Linked entries: hwalf hwalwa hwealf

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109

swán-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
swán-steorra, an; m.
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Cf. swána steorra under swán

be-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeówan, p. -þeówde, -þeódde (v. þeówan to serve)

To serve

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To serve Beþeóddan inserviunt (v. l. to inheserunt in passage given under previous word), R. Ben. 134, 20

Linked entries: þeówan þeówan

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

ágnian

(v.)
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Add: to have a person as a possession, under one's dominion, to enslave Ǽgnian Israhéla cyn, Exod. 265

ge-néðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néðan, p. de; pp. ed

To venture, attempt, strive

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Hie hit frécne genéðdon under wætera hrófas they boldly ventured it under the waters' roofs, Cd.170; Th. 214, 17; Exod. 570: Beo. Th. 1923; 959

Linked entry: néðan

líg-hrægel

Grammar
líg-hrægel, [?]
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Ducange duo 'orbicularia de opere ad acum' under orbiculare

scild-truma

(n.)
Grammar
scild-truma, an; m.
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A phalanx; testudo Under þiccum scyld-truman subter densa testudine, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29. Of sceltruman testudine, Hpt. Gl. 475, 66

in-sting

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Him mon betǽhte þá þreó land tó innstinge inn tó Defenum ( to be under the authority of Devonshire ), Cht. Crw. 19, 16. Add

pyle

(n.)
Grammar
pyle, es; m.
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Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ under ǽlcne elnbogan lecggean pyle and bolster under ǽlcne hnecean.... Se legeþ pyle under ǽlces monnes elnbogan ... vae his qui consuunt pulvillos sub omni cubito manus, et faciunt cervicalia sub capite universae aetatis....

Linked entries: pile pylu

bisceop

under

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Add: under Dǽda folces dǽd oferstígan scyl bisceopes ( praesulis), Scint. 120, 16. Hú hé his apostolas tó biscpum gebletsode, Wlfst. 175, 21. Under Aristobolus wæs ǽgþer ge heora cyning ge heora biscop, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 14.

tíderness

Grammar
tíderness, <b>. I.</b>
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Dele 'I.' and under Add Þá heofenan wé ne magon for úre eágena týddernysse geseón, Lch. iii. 232, 16

godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Seó ealde ǽ getácnode godspelbodunge under Godes gife. Þreó tída sind on ðysse worulde ... óðer is seó ðe wæs under ǽ; seó ðridde is nú æfter Crístes tócyme. Þeós tíd is gecweden 'under Godes gife.' Hml. Th. i. 312, 28

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, bi-feolan ; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon ; pp. -folen, -feolen

To commit ⬩ commend ⬩ deliver ⬩ grant ⬩ committere ⬩ commendare ⬩ tradere

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To commit, commend, deliver, grant; committere, commendare, tradere Morðor under eorþan befeolan to commit murder under the earth, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 23; Gn. Ex. 115 : Cd. 202; Th. 251, 7 ; Dan. 560.

Linked entries: be-felan bi-feolan

dróf

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Take first passage under drófig, and add Gyf hé fæger wæter geseó.... Gyf hine méteð ꝥ he dróf wæter geseó, Lch. iii. 168, 27

gléd-fæt

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Th. 140, 2 under gléd,

deófol-scín

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For the citations see under scín, scinn in Dict., and add Utan wið deófolscín scildan ús georne, Wlfst. 188, 34

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