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flocan

Grammar
flocan, flócan; p. fleóoc

clap

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To beat together, clap with the hands, as an expression of joy or grief Oft ic (a sword) wífe ábelge, wonie hyre willan: heó mé wom spreceð, flðceð hyre folmum . . .ungód gæleð, Ru. 21, 34. Flócende conplosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 14. Substitute:

fullwiht-bæþ

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Substitute for what is given at <b>fulluht-bæþ:</b> a font On fulluhtbæþe in baptisterio, An. Ox. 4087: 4360. baptism Ꝥ gerýne onfón fulluhtbæþes sacri baptismatis sacramenta pereipere, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 76, 6: Guth. 76, 4

ge-þweran

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raciend

(n.)
Grammar
raciend, es; m.
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One who addresses an assembly Se sóðsagola raciend and déma, sé þe mid his áþenedre handa gestilleþ ꝥ gehlýd eallra manna, and hí gespaneð tó ánum dóme concionator verax extensa manu omnium tumultus sedat, eosque ad unam sententiam revocat, Gr.

tó-brýsan

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Þá tóglidenan stánas ná ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tócwýsdon ac hí eác swylce mid ealle his bán tóbrýsdon ( ossa contriverant ), Gr. D. 125, 21. His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and tóbrýsendne ( contritum ), Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 573, 7. Add

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, (a different word from preceding ?)
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to make an agreement with Ac nales æfter micelre tíde þæt hié waredon (geweredon, v.l.) wið him, and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið hieora geféran sed non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. l, 15 ; Sch. 40, 7

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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An inch one 12th of a foot, and one 24th of an ell.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

meaht

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Sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 22. great power or strength, mightiness. as an attribute of God His miht bið á éce, Bl. H. 31, 26. Mihte potestatis ( divinae ). An. Ox. 12, 11.

be-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽd [be- dis-, rǽdan to possess]

To dispossessdeprive ofprivare

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Kmbl. 2653; An. 132 8: 266; An. 133. Hie unscyldigne feore berǽddon they deprived the guiltless of his life Elen. Kmbl. 993; El. 498.

linian

(v.)
Grammar
linian, leonian

to leave

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Ic leonige óðrum eorþcyningum tó bysne ðæt hié witen ðý gearwor ðæt mín þrym and mín weorþmynd máran wǽron ðonne ealra óðra kyninga ðe in middangearde ǽfre wǽron I leave it [an account of my exploits] as an example to other kings, that they may the better

Linked entry: leonian

scip-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fæt, es; n.
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Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in the form of a ship, used in the church from an early period to hold the incense, as well as other articles

weorold-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cyning, es; m. I.
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Woruldcyninga, 6343; B. 3181. a king of all the earth, a supreme monarch Woruld-cyninges (cf. him God sealde gumena ríce, world tó gewealde. Cd. Th. 254, 7; Dan. 608), Exon. Th. 197, 4; Az. 185

hryscan

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Substitute: <b>hrýscan</b> to make a creaking, grating, whirring noise; stridere Ðǽre hristendan (hríscendan? v. hrýscung) tó swége (this is almost certainly a gloss to Ald. 65, 15: Ad stridulae buccinae sonum) ad stridulae, Wrt.

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig Suanir geháten they arrived at last at a chief town called Suanir, 494, 2. Cartaina heora heáfodburh Carthage their principal city, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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Þæt hine God álýsde ǽgðer ge æt his mettrumnesse ge æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 27, arg. God hine álýsde æt his feóndum . . . hé sceolde álýsed beón ǽgðer ge fram Iudéum ge of ðý deáðe, 29, arg.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

umbor

(n.)
Grammar
umbor, es; n.

A child

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He increases the children then, before disease carries them off (a great many children are born before pestilence returns to a country), so it happens that there are so many of mankind on earth, Exon. Th. 335, 9; Gn. Ex. 31

tó-sceádan

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Add -Swá mycel swá tósceát eastdǽl fram westdǽle quantum distat ortus ab occidente, Ps. L. 102, 12. Tósceáden (-an?) distare, An. Ox. 441

ládung

(n.)
Grammar
ládung, e; f.

An excusing an apologyexcusea defenceexculpationpurgation

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betwux burgum án lagu æt ládunge, L.

Linked entry: be-ládung

á-scilian

(v.)
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As a gloss to enucleare the verb seems connected with scealu; cf. á-scealian:as a gloss to dividere, it seems cognate with Icel. skilja. Áscilian enucleare (the corresponding gloss in An. Ox. 3898 is: enucleare i. manifestare spyrian), Wrt.

Linked entries: scilian á-scelede

teóðung-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
teóðung-georn, adj.
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Sedulous in paying tithes Ælmysgeorn and cyricgeorn and teóþunggeorn tó Godes cyricean and earmum mannum eleemosynas libenter erogans, et ad ecclesiam libenter frequens, et sedulo decimas erogans ecclesiae Dei ac pauperibus, L. Ecg.