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æfter-fyligend

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-fyligend, -fylgend, es; m.

One who follows or succeedsa followersuccessor

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One who follows or succeeds, a follower ; successor Ac Oswald his æfterfyligend ge-endade swá we ǽr beforan sǽdon sed successor ejus Oswaldus perfecit ut supra docuimus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 36: Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 2

weorold-irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-irmþ, weorold-irmþu; f.
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héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hé hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36

sigor-fæst

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Add: as an epithet of men Ne byð nǽfre nǽnig leán þæs sigores búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod. Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

þurh-leóran

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Þurhleórde pertransivit, 123, 5. to penetrate ne þurh-leóriað (-leornað, v.l. (very indistinct)) his deógolnysse secreta ejus non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29

on-scunung

(n.)
Grammar
on-scunung, -sceonung, e; f.

abomination, execrationirritation, exasperation

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setton mé on onscununge ( abominationem ) him, 87, 8. Ðonne gé geseóþ ða onsceonunge ( abominationem ) ðære tóworpennysse, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15. irritation, exasperation In onscununge in exacervatione, Ps. Surt. 94, 9

wilwan

Grammar
wilwan, I.
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Hé ungyrede hine his hrægle and hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylewede (wylede, v.l. ) on þám ordum þára þorna . . . and þár þá wæs lange welwed (volutatus), Gr. D. 101, 14-18. Add

on-wendan

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Add Hié hié noldon onwendan from hiera woom wegum, Past. 267, 5. Onwendum heora móde fram þǽre þýfþe, Gr. D. 202, 2. <b>IV b.

stǽlan

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Add: :-- Men him eallinga ne ondrǽdaþ, hú ꝥ dióful him on stǽleð ealle þá unrihtan weorc þe hér worhte bióð, Verc. Först. 89, 11.

tó-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.

Togetherin concert,at the same time

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Hit ágan rínan .xl. daga and .xl. nihta tósomne, Wulfst. 216, 33

Linked entry: tó-somne

fúl

(n.)
Grammar
fúl, e; f: fúle, an; f.

A foul, common or unconsecrated placea highway where criminals were buriedlŏcus profānus

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Hine man on fúlan lecge let one lay him in a common place, L. C. S. 33; Th. i. 396, 17. v. Th. L. Gl

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Áféng se Hǽlend hláf and hine brǽc, Mk. 14, 22. Cf. Hú hig hine oncneówan on hláfes brice, Lk. 24, 35. tó hláfe gan to go to eat bread.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

un-andweard

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andweard, adj.

Not present

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Not present Drihten nolde líchamlíce síðian tó ðæs cyninges untruman bearne, ac unandweard mid his worde hine gehǽlde, Homl. Th. i. 128, 17

Linked entry: and-weard

for-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-belgan, p. bealg(-h), reflex.

To get angry

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To get angry, get in a rage Forbealh hé hine for þon þe ꝥ hrýþer him þúhte on wédenheorte, Bl. H. 199, 10

Linked entry: belgan

for-mengan

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Hé mæg hine formengan tó ðǽm écum mid his willan aeternis se conjungere per desiderium valet, Past. 395, 4. For 'Past. ... Lye' substitute

ge-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cúþ, adj.
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Known Hine þá monige his gecúdra monna ácsodon, ge æþelcunde ge óðre multi viri noti ac nobiles requirebant, Gr. D. 22, 14 note

yfellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
yfellíce, adv.
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Meanly, poorly Hié úrne Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle yfelíce . . . and gegiredon hine mid reáde hrægle yfellíce, Nap. 71. See preceding word

sencan

(v.)
Grammar
sencan, p. te; pp. ed.
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.), plunge, immerse Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé hine on ðam streáme sencte solebat in flumine supermeantibus undis immergi, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 22. to submerge, flood with water Abraham wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sínum fýre(?)

Linked entry: be-sæncan

búr-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cniht, es; m.
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A chamberlain, servant of the bedchamber, eunuch His búrcnihtas ( eunuchi ) woldon hine amyrran, Hml. A. 98, 213. Án þára búrcnihta, 100, 278

impe

(n.)
Grammar
impe, [?], an; f.

An impsciongraftshoot

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An imp, scion, graft, shoot Ðæt is sió hálige gesomnung Godes folces ðæt eardaþ on æppeltúnum ðonne hie wel begáþ hira plantan and hiera impan óþ hié fulweaxne beóþ ecclesia quippe in hortis habitat, quæ ad viriditatem intimam exculta plantaria virtutum

ge-fleógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fleógan, p. -fleág, -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen

To flyfly overvolaretransvolare

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To fly, fly over; volare, transvolare He héht his heáhbodan hider gefleógan he commanded his archangel to fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 4; Cri. 295. Ne mæg ǽnig ðone mearcstede fugol gefleógan nor may any bird fly over the boundary place, Salm.