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umbor

(n.)
Grammar
umbor, es; n.

A child

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Meotud ána wát hwǽr se cwealm cymeþ ðe heonan of cýþþe gewíteþ umbor ýceþ ðá ǽr ádl nimeþ ðý weorþeþ on foldan swá fela fira cynnes the Lord only knows what becomes of the pestilence that departs away from the land.

gangan

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation

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Take here geongan, and add : of movement irrespective of point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Halto geongeð claudi ambulant Lk. L. 7, 22. Mid fótum gangan, Met. 31, 8.

ge-wuna

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Ox. 1820

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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Of ðám æssce tó ðǽre ældan hlýpe; of ðáre hlýpe tó ðáre ealden wudehæcche . . . of ðám bróce tó ðan æssce . . . of Werdhæcce tó eácrofte . . . intó Æðeríces hlýpe, of ðáre hlýpe intó wulfhlýpe, C. D. iv. 157, 4-35

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

Frig-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Frig-dæg, Frige dæg, es; m.

FRIDAY ⬩ Friga's day ⬩ dies Vĕnĕris

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FRIDAY, Friga's day, the day on which the heathens worshipped the goddess Friga, or Venus, the consort of Woden and protectress of matrimony; dies Vĕnĕris Man singe ǽlc Frigdæge æt ǽlcum mynstre, ealle ða Godes þeówan, án fíftig sealmas for ðone cyng

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.

The Sicilians ⬩ the people of Sicily ⬩ Sicily

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The Sicilians, the people of Sicily, or (as in the older stage of the language the name of a people was used where now that of their country is put) Sicily. Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15. Sicilia ðæt ígland is þrýscýte, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2.

flówan

to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound

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gálnysse, swá swá se wítega be sumum cwæð: 'Ðá nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe,' Hml. Th. i. ii 8, 14. of persons, to resort in great numbers, come or go in streams Þá him fleówon tó forwel menige, Hml.

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time

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Similar entries v. ufera, II On foreweardne sumor and eft on ufeweardne hærfest in the early part of the summer and again in the latter part of autumn, Chr. 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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substitute 1579. add: expressing quickness of movement or procedure Heó gewát hyre west þonan feran, forð ónette, Rä. 30, 11.

dyncge

(n.)
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Ox. 4773. Dinig (l. dincg or dung?) fimus, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 6. Of dincge gramine, An. Ox. 46, 16. Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hæbbe twelf nihta dingan (ðingan, MS.; the Latin version has dingiam ) tó Middanwintra, Ll.

ile

(n.)
Grammar
ile, es ; m.

callosity

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Him weóxon ylas on olfendes gelícnysse on his cneówum callosities grew on his knees, just as on a camel's, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 26

treów-prág

(n.)
Grammar
treów-prág, e; f.

A season of good faith or trust

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A season of good faith or trust Men leahtras oft geceósaþ treówþrág is to trág men often prefer vice to virtue, the time when good faith is kept is all too short (?), Exon. Th. 354, 37 ; Reim. 57

slǽp-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽp-wérig, adj.

Weary and sleepy ⬩ sleepily weary ⬩ so tired as to sleep ⬩ weary of sleep

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Weary and sleepy, sleepily weary, so tired as to sleep, cf. deáþ-wérig; or (?) weary of sleep, cf. symbel-wérig Oft mec (a mill-stone) slǽpwérigne secg oððe meówle grétan eode, Exon. Th. 387, 14; Ra. 5, 5

lác-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lác-líc, adj.

Sacrifcial

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Sacrifcial, having the nature of a sacrifice or offering Swá oft swá hí offrodon ða láclícan lác ðe ðá gewunelíce wǽron as often as they offered the sacrificial offerings that were then customary, L. Ælfc. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 18

snás

(n.)
Grammar
snás, snǽs, e; f.

A spit, skewer ⬩ a skewer ⬩ a score

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Án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga una serta; a number of fish or other things run on to a stick Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 9. Snásum veribus ii. 91, 37: feribus 148, 7

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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Suck, sucking at the breast On ðone dæg ðe man ðæt cild fram soce áteáh in die ablactationis ejus Gen. 21, 8. [Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

bádian

(v.)
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cf. iii gemót on geáre búton hé hit gebicge oþþe gebidde,433, 33) he should come to the meeting or a fine might be exacted of him Cht. Th. 432, 32. Add

treów-ræden

(n.)
Grammar
treów-ræden, treów-rædenn, e; f.

The state or condition of being faithful or true

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The state or condition of being faithful or true Swá ic ðé lǽre lǽst uncre wel treówrǽdenne as I teach you, maintain our state of mutual faithfulness. Cd. Th. 139, 5 ; Gen. 2305

mód-þreá

(n.)
Grammar
mód-þreá, gen. -þreán; m. f.

Pain or torment of mind

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Pain or torment of mind Egsa micel módþrea terror, great torment of mind, Exon. 102a; Th. 385, 25; Rä. 4, 50

loþa

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Add: — Loþa heordan of wearpe, of ácumban wæs gehefeldad colobinm (cum) de sltippae stamine (yel potius) putamine ordirelvr, An. Ox. 3725

Linked entry: hloþa