on-rǽs
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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá
ge-lettan
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Add: to hinder a person from going where he intends, to stop Hé wolde tó his méder . . . ac Godwine hine gelette, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 22. Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést gelettan, An. 518.
stund-mǽlum
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Gl. 451, 6: 469, 72: 482, 51. at different times, alternately, now at one time now at another Stundmǽlum alternatim, singulatim, separatim, 438, 53: vicissim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 238, 4. Stuntmælum, R. Ben. Interl. 38, 10
sweart
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Add Sweartes geallan melancolie, i. fellis, An. Ox. 2950. add: — Mid sweartum tetris, i. nigris (tenebris), An. Ox. 1736. add: — Sweartum ceco (ceco carpitur igne et clandestinis inflammatur stimulis, Ald. 66, 11), An. Ox. 4653
ge-wylde
Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion
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Nis us nán lim swá gewylde to ǽlcum weorce swá us sind úre fingras we have no limb so at our disposal for every work as are the fingers, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 7. Seó gewylde gleáwnes consummata prudentia, Nar. 2, 1.
séman
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with acc. of person, to bring to an agreement those who have a dispute Ðá hét hé hié séman. Ðá wæs ic ðara monna sum ðe ðǽrtó genemned wǽran . . .
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Add: temporal Fæce intercapedine, An. Ox. 2401. Þú byst æfter fæce ꝥ ic nú eom, Bl. H. 113, 24: 23, 30. Ofer ealne geáres fæc, Wlfst. 102, 15.
here-toga
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Add the acting leader of an army Scotta sumdǽl gewát on Brittene, and þes landes sumdǽl geeódon, and wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, Chr. pref.; P. 5, l. Ðonne se heretoga wácað, þonne bið eall se here gehindred, 1003; P. 135, 15: Ll.
sǽ-flód
an incoming tide, flood ⬩ the sea,
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On ðissum geáre com ðæt mycele sǽflód, and ærn swá feor up swá nǽfre ǽr ne dyde, and ádrencte feala túna, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 14.
wǽr-fæst
Faithful,
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¨ Faithful, as an epithet of the Deity Waldend gemunde wǽrfæst (faithful to his covenant)Abraham árlíce, Cd. Th. 156, 8; Gen. 2585. Ús Hǽlend God wǽrfæst onwráh Jesus, faithful to the covenant, has revealed God to us, Exon. Th. 24, 13; Cri. 384.
encgel
An angel ⬩ angĕlus
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An angel; angĕlus Hálig encgel a holy angel, Cd. 226; Th. 301, 24; Sat. 586, = engel an angel
wiþer-bersta
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An adversary Ðeáh ðe . . . him an eorðan nǽfre nǽre ǽnig wiðerbresta (v. wiþer-breca, ), Sal. K. 86, 5
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up-engel
An angel of heaven
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An angel of heaven Upengla fruma, Andr. Kmbl. 451; An. 226. Upengla weard, Menol. Fox 417; Men. 210
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . . And ic an Léfquéne fítténe acres and an toft . . . And Alfwold habbe, mid tón þe hé hér hauede, .xvi. acres mid tofte mid alle. Chart. Th. 580, 6-27. v. Grmm. R. A. 539
ǽr-sceaft
An old creation ⬩ an ancient work ⬩ pristina creatio ⬩ priscum opus
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An old creation, an ancient work; pristina creatio, priscum opus, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 1; Ruin. 16
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ídelgild-offrung
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An offering to an idol Ídelgildoffrung idolothytum, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 109; Wrt. Voc. 22, 25
flíming
A fugitive ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw
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A fugitive, a banished person, an exile, outlaw Flými[u]g profugus i. expulsus. An. Ox. 2965
in-lendisc
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Add: The definite form used substantively, a native, an inhabitant Inlendisca accola, i. habitator, An. Ox. 2415
sceacel
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add: an instrument for causing vibrations (v. sceacan; ), an implement for striking the strings of a harp
lǽl
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Add: Lǽla uibices, An. Ox. 7, 246. Lǽlo, 8, 184. Add: Lǽl liuor, An. Ox. 32, 24. ¶ The word glosses linor = envy :-- Lę́la liuoris (rancida liuoris inuidia, Ald. 40, 14), An. Ox. 4, 52. Cf. lǽlian