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óþer

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Th. ii. 170, 15. the second in each of successive pairs, other as in every other Gebireð ǽfre se óðer fisc ðám landhláforde and ǽlc seldsýndefisc, C. D. iii. 450, 20.

múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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On hwelcum wæterum and on ǽghwelcra eá múþum hí sculun sécan fiscas, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 19. an opening, door Recedes múþan. Beo. Th. 1452; B. 724

ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ferian, ferigan, ferigean, fergan; to ferianne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fer = fær a journey] .

to carryconveybearleadconductferreportārevehĕrededūcĕreafferreto betake oneself tose gerĕreversērito godepartvehiīre

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We ðé willaþ ferigan freólíce ofer fisces bæþ we will gladly convey thee over the fish's bath [the sea], Andr. Kmbl. 585; An. 293.

Linked entries: fergan ferigan fergan

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.),move, shake

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Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Fiscas ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 19; Az. 141. Eorþan ðú onhrérdest commovisti terram, Ps. Th. 59, 2. Onhrérdan, 76, 15. Ðonne hine mon drincan welle, onhrére eft, Lchdm. ii. 270, 13. Ne mæg him se flǽschoma hond onhréran, Exon.

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hæc

(n.)
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A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir, N. E. D.]

steall

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
steall, es; m.
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Scrd. 21, 9. a place for catching fish Lét ða netto on stællo laxa retia in capturam (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces ), Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 4. (Cf stell, a a

on-findan

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Ðene fisc nim . . . and ðú onfindes. . . Mt. L. 17, 27. Gaa in cæstre . . . gé onfindes ðone fola, Mk. R. L. 11. 2

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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Híg brohton him-dǽl gebrǽddes fisces, and beóbreád illi obtulerunt ei partem piscis assi, et favum mellis; oί έπέδωκαν αύτψ ίχθύos όπτoύ μέρos, καì άπò μελισσίoυ κηρίoυ; and from a honey-comb Lk. Bos. 24, 42

ge-bletsian

(v.)
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Add: to hallow, consecrate Fiscas gebledsade ( benedixit ), Mt. L. 14, 19. Hé wæs gebletsod and tó his cinestóle áhofen, Chr. 795; P. 57, 18. Stígand preóst wæs gebletsod tó biscope tó Eást-Englum, 1042; P. 163, 22.

a-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; p. -reahte, -rehte; impert. -rece; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forthstretch outstrainraise upextendereexpandereerigereto put forthrelaterecountspeak outexpressexplaininterprettranslateproponereexponereenarrareeloquiexprimeredisserereinterpretarireddereto set in orderadorndeckexpedireexpolirecomere

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to put forth, stretch out, strain, raise up; extendere, expandere, erigere Hondum slógun, folmum areahtum and fýstum eác they struck with their hands, with outstretched palms and fists also, Exon. 24 a ; Th. 69, 23 ; Cri. 1125.

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Ǽghwæþer ge seó sǽ ge heora eá fiscum genihtsumade ( piscibus abundabant ), Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 8. to be abundant Þonne ungeríme bysna mænifealdlíce genihtsumiaþ cum innumera exempla affatim exuberent, An. Ox. 1690.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Add Þú gesége crevisti, geseah crevit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.

CYN

(n.)
Grammar
CYN, cynn,es; n.

every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progeniesGender genus a sex sexus

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Ymb fisca cynn de piscium genere, Exon. 96b; Th. 360, 6; Wal. 1. in grammar, &mdash; Gender; genus Syndon twá cynn &mdash; masculinum, ðæt is werlíc, and femininum, wíflíc.

hǽtu

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Feáwe men mehten beón eardfæste . . . for þǽre hǽte and for þǽm stence . . . ge ealle þá fiscas ácwę́lan for þǽre hǽte, 5, 4; S. 226, 2-7. Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora lǽse, and stande ofer hig on hǽte ( aestu ) and on cyle, Coll.

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Hé menigfeald wæl felde and slóh, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 7. in other connections Ðá geát mon ðæt átter út on ðone sǽ, and raþe ðæs ðǽr com upp micel wæl deádra fisca, Ors. 6, 3;Swt. 258, 17. a single corpse, a slain person Hé mé habban wile dreóre fáhne

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Cyninges gafoles bígerdel a king's tribute-purse; saccus vel fiscus, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 35; Wrt. Voc. 40, 63.

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaftthe shaft of a speara spearthe shaft of an arrowa polea taper

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Stratmann gives schaftmonde, Nares cites a passage from Harrington's Ariosto in which shaftman occurs; in Ray's Collection (1691) shafman, shafmet, shaftment is explained 'the measure of the fist with the thumb set up.' v. also Halliwell's Dict., and

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Sáwlum tó hǽle and fis sylfum tó þearfe, Ll. Th. i. 358, 14: Hy. 6, 16. Tó hǽle and tó rǽde, Bl. H. 227, 4. Oncnáwan hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, 105, 32.

hund-teóntig

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</b> as ordinal :-- In psalme hunteánteige nióða in psalmo cetitesimo nono, Lk. p. 10, 11. construction uncertain ꝥ nett full mið miclum fiscum hunteántig (hund-, R. ))