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mǽg-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-rǽs, es; m.

An attack by men upon their kinsmen

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An attack by men upon their kinsmen Wearþ ðes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh morðdǽda and þurh mándǽda . . þurh mǽgrǽsas and þurh manslihtas this nation is sunk in sin through deeds fell and foul . . through attacks of kinsmen upon kinsmen and through

flicerian

(v.)
Grammar
flicerian, flicorian; p. ode; pp. od [fleógan to fly]

To move the wings ⬩ flutter ⬩ FLICKER ⬩ mōtāre ālas ⬩ vŏlĭtāre

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Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans, Deut. 32, 11. Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb a black thrush flickered about his face, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22

Linked entries: fyrclian flacor

brédan

(v.)
Grammar
brédan, p. de

To cherish ⬩ nourish

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To cherish, nourish, hatch an egg Feormat, broe*-*deth fovet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 79. Brédeþ, feormaþ fovit, 35, 74. Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24.

cild-cradol

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Add: a cradle Tó his cildcradele feallende ipsius ad cunabula cadentes, Hy. S. 48, 17. On cildcradelum ástreht in cunis supinus, An. Ox. 2156: Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 19. as symbol of infancy, the cradle Crísten fram cildcradole, Hml. Th. i. 428, 23.

endeleáslíce

(adv.)

everlastingly ⬩ to eternity

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Endeleáslíce orsorh beón on gefeán, 52, 9. without making an end, without stopping Ortrúwige sé ána ðe endeleáslíce syngað, and ǽr his endenéxtan dæge dǽdbóte ne gewyrcð, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 30

Linked entry: endeleás-lic

ge-síþman

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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

wác-lic

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Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum and wáclicum gebǽrum . . . Him þúhte þá tó wáclic þæt hé wolde gefremman þá leásan leahtras, ac hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 14-28

sam-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-mǽle, adj.

Agreed, come to an agreement

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Hér swutelaþ on ðisum gewrite hú Wulfríc and Ealdréd wǽron sammǽle ymbe ðæt land at Clife, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 5. Dene and Engle wurdon sammǽle æt Oxnaforda, Chr. 1018; Erl. 161, 16

Linked entry: sam-

ge-uferian

(v.)
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Geuferod, 1470. (3 a) used of a place :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum geoffred (u is written over o) (Syracusae) prosperis successibus sublimatur, An.

nergend

(n.)
Grammar
nergend, nerigend, neriend, es; m.

A saviour ⬩ preserver

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Ealra fǽmnena cwén cende ðone sóþan Scyppend and ealles folces Férfrend, and ealles middangeardes Hǽlend, and ealra gásta Nergend, and ealrasáula Helpend, Blickl. Homl. 105, 18

spora

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Dele hún-, hand-spor(a?) at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

eorl-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-dóm, es; m.

EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7 ⬩ cŏmĭtis mūnus

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An EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v.

Linked entry: eorl

preóst-híred

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-híred, es; m.
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An ecclesiastical community, a body of clergy Preósthíredes cleri, An. Ox. 3006. Ætforan þám bisceope and þám preósthírede, Chrd. 37, 15. In ǽlcum preósthírede (canonica congregatione), 13, 20: 60, 32. Úre preósthýredas noster clerus, 42, 32.

flicce

(n.)
Grammar
flicce, es; n.
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Flicci feusa (perna, quod rusticae fiosa dicunt), An. Ox. 53, 44 (and note). Mon selle .IIII. scép and tuá flicca, C. D. i. 293, 9. Feówer swín and feór fliccu, 164, 31. Add

ǽg-hwilc

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Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille, Wlfst. 170, 9. with án, substantival, cf. I. 2 Ðæt úre ǽghwylc án mæg éce líf geearnian, Wlfst. 283, 21. Æt ǽghwylcum ánum ðára, Bl. H. 127, 33. adjectival Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan, Bl.

forþ-spównes

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-spównes, -ness, e; f. [spówan to succeed]

Great success ⬩ An advance ⬩ a growth ⬩ prosperity ⬩ profectus

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Great success, hence An advance, a growth, prosperity; profectus To forþspównesse gedéfenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17

Linked entry: spówness

weorold-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wæter, es; n.
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An ocean Saga mé, hú fela is woruldwætra? Ic ðé secge, twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 24)

cásus

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Verbum ys word, án dǽl lédensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan cáse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 9. Tó sumum cásum, 107, 4. Add

cól

(n.)
Grammar
cól, coal. l. col,
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and add Coll carbo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 35, 2. Þæt fýr wearð ácwenced ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240