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folgere

a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent

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Þæt gewinn Alexandres folgera, S. 150, 27. a follower, adherent, of a prince Ná má ne lifde þára þe Alexandres folgeras wǽron extinctis Alexandri ducibus, Ors. 3, ii; S. 152, 15. of a teacher, example, opinion, &c.

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Drihten ne dyde þæt hé ús on hearde hæftnýd sealde non dedit nos in captionem, Ps. Th. 123, 5. Hæftnéd hefige, 125, 1. Þá graman hæftnéd, 84, 1. Hé hí on hæftnýd heán gesealde, 77, 61. On heaftneád and on þeówdóm, Angl. xi. 2, 51.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

ídel-ness

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R. 7, 7. idleness, lack of energy Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtanne þæt wundor non me quoddam spiritale praesagium narrare piget, Guth. Gr. 159, l

íþe

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þingum ne on rénum, Shrn. 204, 3. easy, not troublesome, pleasant Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. of persons, not exacting, not harsh Wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs

Linked entries: eáþe éþe

swilce

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Næs þæt cild gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer siððan ácende, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24

á-wegan

to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to

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Add: to carry off Hé hét delfan his byrgene and þæt greót út áwegan, Hml. Th. i. 74, 25. Helias wæs mid cræte up áwegen, 308, 16. Upp áwegen evulsa, Gr. D. 213, 27. Áwegen evectus, sublevatus, An. Ox. 1440. I a. to put away, renounce (?)

á-rǽcan

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S. 5, 138: Hex. 14, 17: Lch. i. 246, 4. to hold forth Se hopa árǽhte (offert) sweord þǽre eáðmódnesse, Prud. 35a; 37a. Árǽc (pretende) mildheortnesse þíne ongitendum þé, Ps. L. 35, Ii. Árǽce þíne handa, Bl. H. 153, 9.

á-lísness

(n.)
Grammar
á-lísness, e; f.
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His álýsnesse of his earfoðum, 22, arg. as a religious term, redemption Þǽre tíde neálǽhte úre álésnesse, Bl. H. 77, 14. Tó écre álýsnesse, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 462, 12. Heora álýsnesse of heora scyldum æfter fulluhte, Ps.

ent

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Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, and sceópon him naman, þǽra manna naman þe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Hml. Th. i. 22, 31: 366, 21. Nembroð and ðá entas worhton þone wundorlican stýpel, Wlfst 105, 3. Enta cyclopum, An. Ox. 23, 16.

for-spenning

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Þurh þǽra myltestrena forspennincgæ, Hml. S. 8, 13. Forspennigum illecebris, R. Ben. I. 11, 3. luring to destruction, cf. for-spanan, Forspenningce anathemate, i. perditione, An. Ox. 5122

leóht-brǽdness

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Substitute: Wantonness, levity, frivolity Þonne ys se óeth;er heáfodleahter gecweden gífernes . . . of þǽre bið acenned ungesceád bliss and sceandlicnes and leóhtbrǽdnes and ídelsprǽc (inepta laetilia, scurrilitas, levitas, vaniloquium), Verc.

rignan

Grammar
rignan, <b>I a.</b> add: (a α)
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</b> add :-- Hit swá swíðe rínde ꝥ hié hæfdon wæter genóg onufan þǽre dúne, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 16. Add Unmǽte rénas ríndon, Gr. D. 196, 2. Þí geáre manig seah meoloc rínan of heofonum, Shrn. 30, 10

dǽlan

(v.)
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Th. i. 12, 1: 172, 1. of common action Nis þæt gemet mannes þæt hé wið áglǽcean eofoðo dǽle ( take part in conflict, fight with ), eorlscype efne, B. 2534. Betere þonne wé hilde dǽlon better than our fighting with one another, By. 33

earm-sceapen

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Ðá micelan wíta þe þǽr beóð þám earmsceapenan for heora ǽrdǽdum gegearwode, Wlfst. 137, 1

fætels

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fætels, l. fǽtels and (?) fǽtel,

a vessel ⬩ a bag

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Ðás fételsco (altered from fætelsco) haec uascula, Rtl. 97, 39. applied to persons: Wé beóð tempel and fǽtels þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. i. 212, 1. Hé (St. Paul) is mé gecoren fǽtels vas electionis est mihi iste, 386, 24: An. Ox. 5112.

ge-mótian

(v.)
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ge-mótian, p. ode.
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to talk about; ge-mótian ymb (be) to discuss Ús þingð genóh ꝥ wé ymbe þæs bissextus wurðscipe habbað þus gemótod, and ymbe his geréna manega þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 308, 9.

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láreów-dóm

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Hwylc sprǽc þæs godcundan láreóudómes quis sermo divine auctoritatis R. Ben. 133, 2. Ongunnon hí him tó befæstenne heora cild tó Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2.

mere

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Hí cwǽdon ꝥ wé fundon sumne swíþe micelne mere in þǽm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg ingens nos stagnum dulcissime aque inuenturos, Nar. 11, 26. On merum in stagna, Ps. L. 106, 35: 113, 8. [ The word occurs in many compounds, v. Midd. Flur, s. v.]

wita

Grammar
wita, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé wæs him sylfum þæs wita (testis), Gr. D. 265, 22. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wǽre se cúðesta wita (gewita, v.l.) hyre clǽnnesse dicens se testem integritatis suae esse certissimum, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 440, 21

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

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