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port-weall

(n.)
Grammar
port-weall, es ; m.
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A town-wall Man gengde ábútan ðone portweall, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 267.

feól

Grammar
feól, fiil, fél, e: feóle, an
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Sum heora mid feólan feólode ábútan, Hml. S. 32, 203. Þæt him féla láf (weapons) frécne ne meahton scúrheard sceððan, B. 1032. Add:

be-hringed

(v.)
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Ábútan beringede mid leahtrum circumdati vitiis, Scint. 103, II

gengan

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Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Fengel geatolic gen[g]de, B. 1401.

on-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
on-bútan, prep. (adv.)

About

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H. ábútan) ðæs mannes swyran, Lchdm. i. 160, 23. Feówer circulas onbútan ðære sunnan, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 18. Se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 25. Seó eá gǽþ onbútan ðæt land, Gen. 2, 11.

Linked entries: bútan á-bútan

á-wéstan

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Se cyng létt áwéstan ꝥ land ábútan þá sǽ, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 4. Þæne áwéstendan deófol, Angl. viii. 330, 25. Áwéstendum populantibus, An. Ox. 2715. Gehwilce ǽnlípige sind mid fǽrlicum slihte áwéste, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 10. Add

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, stillan; p. stealde; pp. steald.
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, to stand Ðonne cumaþ upplíce eoredheápas stiþmægen ástyred styllaþ embútan eal engla werod écne behlǽnaþ ðone mǽran Metod (cf. ðonne cumaþ ealle engla þreátas stíðe ástyrode standaþ ábutan eall engla werod écne ymbtrymmaþ ðone mǽran kyning, Wulfst.

DEÁW

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁW, es; m. n.

DEW ros

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On morgen wæs ðæt deáw abútan ða fyrdwíc mane ros jacuit per circuĭtum castrōrum, Ex. 16, 13: Num. 11, 9.

arctos

(n.)
Grammar
arctos, acc. arcton; f. [ἄρκτος, m. f. a bear; ἄρκτος, f. the constellation Ursa Major, called also ἅμαξα, carles wǽn the churl's wain: the bright star in Boötes is denominated by ancient astronomers and poets Ἀρκτοῦρος, the bear-ward].

The constellation Ursa Major

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Se ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ, ac he went abútan, hwílon adúne and hwílon up, ofer dæg and ofer niht one constellation is called arctos in the north part, which has seven stars, and for that is called by another

Linked entries: carles wǽn Boéties

munt

(n.)
Grammar
munt, es; m. [from Lat. mons]

A mounthillmountain

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Ábútan ðone munt, Ex. 19, 12. Ðæra munta cnollas, Gen. 8, 5. Tó ðám muntum, 14, 10. On heálícum muntum heortas wuniaþ, Ps. Th. 103, 17. On healecum muntum, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 29.

GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDEslipslidelabi

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Seó sunne glít abútan the sun glides round it, Lchdm. iii. 258, 6. Heofenes gim glád ofer grundas heaven's gem had glided over the earth, Beo. Th. 4152; B. 2073: Homl. Th. i. 78, 23: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13: Andr.

Linked entry: ge-glídan

súþ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-healf, e; f.
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Hí wendon ábútan Penwihtsteort on ða súðhealfe, Chr. 997; Erl. 135, 10. Hí wendon tó Lundene and dulfon áne mycele díc on ða súðhealfe (on súðhealfe, MS. D.), 1016; Erl. 155, 9.

tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
tyrnan, p. de.
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Ða steorran ðe on ðam rodere standaþ tyrnaþ ǽfre ábútan mid ðam brádan rodere, Hexam. 7; Norm. 12, 32. Hí tyrndon mid bodige and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 19.

Linked entry: turnian

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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Hé lét árǽran ealle ábútan ðá dúne his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon, and wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 418. a cell of a monk, hermit, &c. Cýte, hulce (hulce ł céte, Hpt.

Linked entry: céte

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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Læssan ymbgang hæfð se mann ðe gǽð ábútan án hús, ðonne se ðe ealle ða burh begǽð, Lchdm. iii. 248, ii. of position, on ymbgange about, around Ealle ðe on ymbegonge hys synd omnes qui in circuitu ejus sunt, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 8.

trendel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
trendel, es; m. I.
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a circle, ring Án wúnderlíc trendel ( mirabilis corona) wearð ateówed ábútan ðære sunnan, Chr. 806; Erl. 60, 25. Gelden trendel circulus aureus (in naribus suis, Prov. II, 22), Kent. Gl. 373 .

tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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Surt. 103, 7. with a preposition Ná twýna ðú ábútan ende non dubites circa finem, Scint. 27, 11. Ús is álýfed be ðisum tó twýnienne, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 16.

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

gehwǽr

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Gehwár ábútan woffiende circumquaque debachantes An. Ox. 3775.

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Cómon upp on Wylisce Axa .xxxvi. scypa and ðǽr ábútan hearmas dȝdon mid Gryfines fultume ðæs Wæliscan cynges, 1050; Th. i. 310, 19. Welscan (Wyliscean, 1. 36), 1052 ; Erl. 186, 17. Ðæt ylce ðe man ðam Wyliscean þeófe dyde, L.

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Stódan him ábútan swearte gástas and mid micclum ðreáte ( with great violence ) him onsigon, Homl. Th. i. 454, 9. Ða ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ðæt gelæhton reáferas and of ðam múðe him ábrudon unmǽðlíce mid þreáte, Homl. Ass. 68, 73.