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feng

(n.)
Grammar
feng, es; m. [fón to take] .

a graspspanhugembraceamplexuscaptuswhat is takenbootycaptumpræda

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a grasp, span, hug, embrace; amplexus, captus Ic fára feng feore gedígde from the grasp of foes I with life escaped, Beo. Th. 1160; B. 578. Fýres feng the grasp of fire, Salm.

Linked entries: gearu-fang ge-feng

hwem-dragen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwem-dragen, adj.

Sloping

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gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so that the walls should be perpendicular, but it appeared much more like

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
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Grein suggests comparison with λαισήïoν a buckler, target, and that the word like rand may mean the rim of the shield and also the body of the shield. Either rendering is admissible so far as the sense is concerned

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

ge-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyttan, -cnyhtan; p. -cnytte; pp. -cnytted, -cnytt, -cnyt [cnyttan to tie]

To tie or fasten toto annexadnectĕreallīgāre

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Lind. 11, 44

Linked entry: ge-cnycc

ge-haðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-haðerian, p. ode; pp. od

To restraincohĭbēre

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Lind. 12, 50

ge-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hewcutcut in piecesdolarecædereconcidere

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Lind. 15, 46

weorold-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sorh, gen. -sorge; f.
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Worldly care, care of this life Hwonon wurde ðú mid ðissum woruldsorgum ðus swíþe geswenced ? . . . Gewítaþ nú, áwirgede woruldsorga, of mínes þegenes móde, Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 20-23.

ancor-setl

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On ancersetle and lífe in anchoretica vita, Bd. 5, 1; Sch. 549, 3. Wunode sum sácerd on ancersetle . . . Se hálga onette tó ðám ancersetle ðǽr hé ǽr gesæt, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 4, 20. Hé on ancorsetle wunade, Shrn. 71, 9.

for-sláwian

(v.)
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lose by sloth, neglect through laziness Ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópestan tíman ... ðonne bistilð sió slǽwð on ús, Past. 283, 1. to be slow to do Þú náht ne forsláwodest ꝥ þú þín ágen feorh for hine ne sealdest thou wert not slow to give thine own life

Linked entry: for-slǽwan

martyr

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Wé witon unrím ðára monna þe ðá écan gesǽlða sóhtun nallas ðurh ꝥ án þæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlican deáðes, ac eác manegra sárlicra wíta hié gewilnodon wið ðan écan lífe: ꝥ wǽron ealle þá háligan martyras, Bt. 11. 2; F. 36, 5. Add

ælan

Grammar
ælan, l. ǽlan,

to kindle light, fireto burn upto burn, expose to fire what is not consumed

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Ph. 222: 526: Cri. 813 (in Dict.). to burn, expose to fire what is not consumed Se deópa seáð giémeð gǽsta, ǽleð hý mid ðý ealdan líge, Cri. 1547

cristalla

(n.)
Grammar
cristalla, an; m. cristallus, i; m.

crystal crystallusthe herb crystalliumflea-baneflea-wort crystallionpsyllion

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Lat. crystal; crystallus = κρύσταλλος Ðæt wæs hwítes bleós swá cristalla it was of a white colour like crystal Num. 11, 7. Cristallan crystallum Glos. Prudent. Recd. 140, 49. He his cristallum sendeþ mittit crystallum suum Ps.

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Ðæt is to gewitnesse ðæt hit him ne lícode that is for a testimony that they did not like it, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 13; Hat. MS. In gewitnisse hiora in testimonium eorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 14.

Linked entry: witness

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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Voc. ii. 88, 64. of bright objects, bright, shining, splendid, not dimmed (lit. and fig.) Hlúttor (hlýttor, clarus hlútter, Hpt. Gl. 418, 18) luculentus, i. splendidus (limpidissimi soils splendor), An. Ox. 494.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

berbéna

(n.)
Grammar
berbéna, æ; f. Latin : berbéne, an; f.

Vervainverbēna

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This plant, which they call vervain, and by another name verbena, in colour is very like to doves, Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 11-14. Verbēna officinalis is intended by the drawing in MS. V. and by περιστερεών in Dioskorides

ciric-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-þénung, e; f. [þénung duty, service]

Church-duty or serviceecclesiæ ministerium

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ecclesiæ ministerium We lǽraþ ðæt preóstas on ciricþénungum ealle án dreógan, and beón efenweorþe on geáres fæce on eallum ciricþénungum eve enjoin that priests in church-duties all perform service at the same time, and, in the space of a year, be like

DREPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREPAN, ic drepe, ðú drepest, dripest, dripst, he, drepeþ, dripeþ, dripþ, pl. drepaþ; p. ic, he drep, dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl. drǽpon; pp. drepen, dropen

To strike percŭtĕre

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Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981

frettan

(v.)
Grammar
frettan, p. te; pp. ed

To feed uponeat upconsumedepasci

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Lind. 4, 4

be-sengan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sengan, p. -sengde; pp. -senged, -sengd

To singe, scorch, burnustulare, urere, æstuare

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Lind. 13, 6. Hí besáwon on ða besengdan burh and on ða wéstan they looked on the burnt and wasted city, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 42

Linked entry: sengan

ge-efnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To doperformcarry outsustain

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Ealdor geefnan to spend [one's] life, Salm. Kmbl. 711; Sal. 355

Linked entry: ge-æfnan