flotian
To float ⬩ fluitāre
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To float; fluitāre Beó án scip flotigende swá néh ðan lande swá hit nýxt mǽge let a ship be floating as near the land as it nearest can, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 6
ge-earnian
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Toll and teám sý ágifen intó þám mynstre, bútan hé hit geearnian mæge ( unless he can gain remission ) tó þám ðe þænne áh mynstres geweald, Cht. E. 236, 5. Add
ge-sǽlan
To be successful, succeed
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To be successful, succeed Ðam ðe eahtan wile sáwla gehwylcre ðǽr he gesǽlan mæg to him who will persecute every soul if he can manage it, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 6; Gú. 318
stæf-cræft
the art of letters ⬩ grammar ⬩ skill in letters ⬩ learning ⬩ study
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the art of letters, grammar Ic Ælfríc wolde ðás lytlan bóc áwendan tó Engliscum gereorde of ðam stæfcræfte, ðe is geháten grammatica ... forðan ðe stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgit unlícþ, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 2, 13-17.
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ceallian
To CALL, cry out, shout ⬩ clamare
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To CALL, cry out, shout; clamare Ongan [MS. ongean] ceallian ofer cald wæter Byrhthelmes bearn the son of Byrhthelm began to shout across the cold river, Byrht. Th. 134, 28; By. 91
for-sýgian
To pass over in silence ⬩ conceal ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrire
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To pass over in silence, conceal; sĭlentio prætĕrire Hú wéne we hú monegra máran bismra hý forsýgedon can we think how many greater reproaches they concealed? Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 27
sugu
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Cam. Phil. Trans. 1902, p. 15. Cf. Tó suge-bróce, C. D. B. ii. 284, 30. On suga-róde, C. D. iii. 48, 9. Add
cunnan
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Seó óþru leofað, þá ic cann on ansýne and ne can ná hire naman altera superest, quam facie scio, sed nomine nescio, Gr. D. 283, 12.
acsung
An asking ⬩ a question ⬩ an inquiry ⬩ inquisition ⬩ interrogation ⬩ that which is inquired about ⬩ information ⬩ interrogatio
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An asking, a question, an inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, that which is inquired about, information; interrogatio Uneáþe ic mæg forstandan ðíne acsunga I can scarcely understand thy questions, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 16
fǽr-dryre
A sudden or pernicious fall ⬩ repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus
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A sudden or pernicious fall; repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan wið fǽrdryrum he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling against sudden falls, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 9
scrid
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Cam. 67, 18. Fýrene scridu igneos currus, Chrd. 99, 9. Cræta, scriþena bigarum, An. Ox. 2185. Scriddum bigis, 18, 22. Scridū carpentum, Germ. 393, 154. Add
a-hérian
To praise fully ⬩ celebrate enough ⬩ plene laudare ⬩ satis celebrare
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To praise fully, celebrate enough; plene laudare, satis celebrare Ne mæg ðé ahérian hæleða ǽnig not any men can fully praise thee, Hy. 3, 10; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 10; prec. 3 ad calcem Cœdm. l. 5
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hwíl-stycce
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A fragment or short portion of time Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12
eal-fela
Very much, full many ⬩ permultum
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Very much, full many; permultum Se mæg ealfela singan and secgan he can sing and say very much, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 2; Cri. 666: Beo. Th. 1742; B. 869: 1770; B. 883
hogg
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A hog .xx. sugena . . . swyn, and .xl. hogga. . .xliiij hogga, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. Cf. Ðæs landes æt Hocgestúne, C. D. iii. 294, 22. Ðás dæn wæs Hocgetwisla, Lindhyrst, vi. 243, 16
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gærs-swín
a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine
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Cf. cap. 49 of Ine's Laws concerning the illegal pasturing of swine, Ll. Th. i. 132, 11
ge-sǽli
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Happy; fēlix Hweðer micel feoh mǽge ǽnigne mon dón swá gesǽline, ðæt he nánes þinges máran ne þurfe can much money make any man so happy that he may need nothing more? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 13
and-fenge
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Ðá lác beóð Gode ealra andfengeost, Past. 222, 21. that can receive Andfenge stówe conceptacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 13. that can help, v. andfenga Wæs mé andfencge écere hǽlu ( susceptor salutis meae ), Ps. Th. 88, 23
tæl-cræft
Arithmetic
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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699
in-fród
Very old ⬩ very wise
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Very old or very wise Hé him helpe ne mæg eald and infród ǽnige gefremman old and stricken in years he can afford him no help, Beo. Th. 4889 ; B. 2449. Him wæs wén ealdum infródum, 3752 ; B. 1874