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fǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽrlíce, férlíce, feárlíce; adv.

Suddenly, immediately, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte

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Lamb. 63, 6: Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 17

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ come before ⬩ prevent ⬩ anticĭpāre ⬩ prævĕnīre

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To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand,

Linked entry: for-scyttan

los

(n.)
Grammar
los, es; n.

Loss ⬩ destruction

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Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1. Weg ðiú lǽdas tó lose via quæ ducit ad perditionem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 13. Ðæt tó lose weorþe ut pereat, Rush. 18, 14: 5, 30.

Linked entry: lor

melcan

(v.)
Grammar
melcan, p. mealc, pl. mulcon; pp. molcen

To milk

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Melke, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Se ðe melcþ qui emulget, Kent. Gl. 1121. Milciþ morgit (?), Ep. Gl. 14 f, 16. Milcet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 73. Milcit, 114, 17: mulgit, Wülck. 33, 26. Hé éwa mealc, Shrn. 61, 19. Ðæt fæt ðe ðú wille on meltan, L.

Linked entry: meolcian

á-líman

(v.)
Grammar
á-líman, p. de.
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to come forth brilliantly Up álýman emersisse (the passage is: Illaesa venustate virgines e thermis emersisse leguntur Ald. 68, 9), Hpt. Gl. 516, 52. (In An. Ox. 4784 the form is álýmdan. In two other glosses emergere is rendered by ámýlan (?

Linked entries: á-mylþ líman

cyne-helm

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Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R.

mearcung

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Gl. 468, 1) constellationem (cf. constellatio, notatio siderum, Corp. Gl. H. 33, 517), An. Ox. 2631

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great

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Þurhslegene mid ðare ádle ðæs myclan líces ( elephantiasis ), Lchdm. ii. 399, col. 2. Micel grandem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 70. Ða miclan tán alloces, 5, 18.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out

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Nelle gé wénan ðæt ic cóme tówurpan (solvere) ða ǽ; ne com ic ná tówurpan (-wearpan, MS. A.), ac gefyllan, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 17. Uton tówurpan ðás geflitu dissolvamus has conlentiones, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23.

DEÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁF, adj.

DEAF ⬩ surdus

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Deáf corn deaf or barren corn, Past. 52, 9; Hat. MS

Linked entry: a-deáf

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic gá, ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp. gá, pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To go ⬩ come ⬩ walk ⬩ happen ⬩ īre ⬩ grădi ⬩ evĕnīre

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Gá hider come hither, Gen. 27, 21. Gáþ eów into ðære cyrcan unforhtlíce go into the church fearlessly, Homl. Th. i. 508, 1

tigele

(n.)
Grammar
tigele, tigle, tiegle, an; f.
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Nim sume tigelan (tiglan, Cott. MSS.) and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 9, 11. Tieglan (tiglan, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 161, 12, 20.

Linked entries: tiegle tygele

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch

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Nis nán gesceaft gesceapen ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit ðider cuman mǽge ðonan ðe hit, ǽr com, ðæt is tó ræste and tó orsorgnesse. Seó ræst is mid Gode, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29-32 ; Met. 13, 71.

Linked entries: reste ræst

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride

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Hwæt sceal ic ðonne búton hlehchan [Cot. MS. hliehhan] ðæs ðonne gé tó lose weorþaþ what shall I do but laugh at it, when you come to ruin; ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1.

DǼL

(n.)
Grammar
DǼL, es; m.

a part, portion, DEAL ⬩ pars, portio ⬩ a part of speech in grammar ⬩ pars orationis ⬩ a part of a sentence, a word ⬩ verbum

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Sume dǽle in some part, partly, Cot. 154. a part of speech in grammar; pars orationis Eahta dǽlas sind partes orationis sunt octo, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 22. Interjectio is betwyxaworpennyss.

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubt ⬩ question ⬩ offence ⬩ ill-will ⬩ fear

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Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste hú ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly; ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, 72, 11.

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Parv. 466, col. 2

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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Telga might rather refer to a branch distinguishable from the loss of its bark :-- Andlang strǽte on ðone calewan telgan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 258, 7.

un-lǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽd, -lǽde; adj.

poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched

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Catal. 134, col. 1. Swá heó ðæs unlǽdan ( Holofernes ) eáþost mihte wel gewealdan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 102. Ða þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðæm unlǽdan folce Iudéa, Blickl. Homl. 97, 16.

Linked entries: -lǽde lǽd

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful

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Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.