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stæf-gefég

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-gefég, es; n.

a combination of letters ⬩ a forming of letters in writing

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a combination of letters that forms a syllable Syllaba is stæfgefég on ánre orðunge geendod. A domo fram húse; hér is se a for ánum stæfgefége; ab homine; hér is se ab án stæfgefég. Hwílon byþ ðæt stæfgefég on ánum stæfe, hwílon on twám, etc., Ælfc.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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time, occasion Ðá becom se apostol æt sumum sǽle (on one occasion ) tó ðære byrig Pergamum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 24: 70, 23. On sumne sǽl quandoque, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 66. Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 13. Ðás wyrte man mæg

Linked entry: sél

fandung

(n.)
Grammar
fandung, e ; f.

A temptation, trial, proof ⬩ tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio

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A temptation, trial, proof ; tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio Óðer is seó fandung ðe Iacob se apostol embe spræc the other is the temptation of which the apostle James spoke, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 8. Scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes the sharp and searching

Linked entry: a-fandung

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At times ⬩ sometimes

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At times, sometimes Hwíltídum oððe nú ðá modo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 37: aliquando, Past. 57, 1; Swt. 437, 3: Lchm. iii. 240, 23: 242, 18. Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan also at certain times he must be prepared

Lindisfaran

(n.)
Grammar
Lindisfaran, pl.
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Name of people settled in part of Northumbria (the word occurs generally with eá or eá-land) Óswald Aidanum on Lindesfarona eálonde biscopsetl forgeaf (in insula Lindisfarnensi): on Lindesfearona eá, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 20, 35. Lǽdde mon his líchoman tó

seáw

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
seáw, es; n.
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Juice, moisture, humour Genim túncersan . . . dó in ða nosu dæt se stenc mǽge on ðæt heáfod and ðæt seáw, Lchdm. ii. 22, 14. Genim cileþoniam seáwes cucler fulne, 28, 2. Ys sǽd ðæt se earn wylle mid ðam seáwe ( of wood lettuce ) his eágan hreppan and

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . . Gif hit bið cleric . . . si quis veneficiis utatur, alicujus amoris

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, -swaþu.
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of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures. Grammar fót-swæþ, neut. or uncertain Ne bið nǽnig wonung on þǽm sande ðǽra Drihtnes fótswaða, Mart. H. 74, 21. Hé ástrehte hine tó Ióhannes fótswaðum, Hml. Th. i. 68, 14. Ic sceolde his fótswaðum fylian

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Add: to equip, dress, attire Wé úrne líchoman gefrætwiað. Bl. H. 99, 7. Gefratwode conficit, Germ. 401, 122. On swylcum heówe swá hié ǽr hié sylfe gefrætwodan. Bl. H. 95, 19. On his lífes þeáwum hé wæs swíþe gefrætewod, Hml. S. 23 b, 20. Mid golde and

ge-yflian

(v.)
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Add: to injure (physically) Sé þe man ofslehð binnan ciricderum, sylle þǽre cirican .cxx. sciłł. . . . Sé þe cwicne on þǽre mundbyrde geyfelige ( he who in a church injures a man without killing him ), sylle .xxx. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 332, ll. used impersonally

grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfe, an; f.: grǽfa, an; m. (? v. mearc-grǽfa.)
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a thicket, copse Ðis syndon ðá gemǽru. Ǽrest grǽfan hrycg se wudu tó dúnhám styde, C. D. iii. 388, 29. Úp on ðá blacan grǽfan; of ðǽre grǽfan, v. 339, 7: ii. 172, 29. On hincstes gréfan; of hincstęs grǽfan ( but gráfan, C. D. B. iii. 655, 13), iii. 134

Linked entry: grǽf

tácn

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Add Þá þá tácna on sǽlicum strandum mearcode cum (patibuli) signacula in glarigeris sulcaret litoribus, An. Ox. 2490. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Táncna (prophetica) signa, An. Ox. 2618. <b>III b.</b> add :-- Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid

þearf

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1 a. Add On ðǽm ðingum ðe him ðearf sié, C.D. i. 316, 12. Ic þæs horses þearfe nabbe ego caballo opus non habeo, Gr. D. 15, 26. Add Wæs him þearf ꝥ him mon hors funde cui necesse fuit ut equus requiri debuisset, Gr. D. 183, 2. Add Þá sceoldon on siml

æfstigian

(v.)
Grammar
æfstigian, æfestigian; p. ode.

to envy, be envious of ⬩ to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards

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with acc. to envy, be envious of Hié æfestigeað óþera, monna góddǽde, Gr. D. 117, 4. Ðá æfestgodon ð æt sume men, Shrn. 74, 28. Se ealda feónd ongan æfstigian invidens ðæs óðres lufan, Gr. D. 99, 7. with prep. to took with envy or ill will on, have envy

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet

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discord, dissension, disagreement, division, quarrel Ungeðwǽrnes discordia, Wülck. Gl. 255, 17. Seó ungeðwǽrnes wundode ða geðwǽrnesse discordia vuluerat concordiam, Gl. Prud. 77: 78. Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta and ungeþwǽrnes (cf. þonan mǽst cymeþ ..

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

dwelian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to go astray, literal Hé on ðám holte dwelode ( wandered ), oð þæt hine wulfas tótǽron, Hml. Th. i. 384, 10. Hé án (sceáp), þe ðǽr losode and dwelede, sóhte, R. Ben. 51, 19. Heó began faran ... swilce heó dweliende þyder cóme ... Heó cwæð

ge-férrǽden

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Add: abstract, of persons Socius geféra, societas geférrǽden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 17, 13. Geþeódlicre geférrǽdenne contubernali sodalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 22 : An. Ox. 2532. Gefér-rǽddene consortio, contubernio, 2148. Gefǽrrédena, Hml. S. 3, 395. Ðæt hé

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain

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A waggon, wain, carriage, vehicle Wægn vehiculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 40. Wǽn plaustrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 51: 284, 43: plaustrum vel carrum, 16, 19: 85, 69. Mid ðý hé ðá se wǽn (wægn, MS. T.) com ðe man ða bán on lǽdde cum venisset carrum in quo ossa

Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year

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a season of the year, winter Feówer tída syndon getealde on ánum geáre, ðæt synd uer, aestas, autumnus, hiems... Hiems is winter, Lchdm. iii. 250, 12. On ðone .vii. dæg ðæs mónðes (November) bið wintres fruma ; se einter hafaþ tú and hundnigontig daga

Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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sweat, perspiration Seofoðe (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam ) becom swát, Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15. Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44. Of ealdum cláðum

Linked entry: swǽtan

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