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fleá

Grammar
fleá, Strong and weak forms occur of which the former seem the older
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Hwí ne lufast þú flæá (pulices) ?, Solil. H. 16, 7. Take II under fleáh albugo; with I take fleó in Dict., and add;

fultuman

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Ne fultumað hé nóht tó his hiéremonna niédðearfe subditorum necessitatibus minime concurrunt, Past. 136, 3. Hé tiohchode him tó fultemanne ( ut solatium daret ), 305, 4. Fultemendum adsessore, Txts. 42, 95: Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 34. Add

ge-dwolsum

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Substitute: Misleading Æfre sé þe áwent of Ledene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ꝥ ꝥ Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan; elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne þám þe þæs Ledenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 10

ge-wissung

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Th. i. 614, 31. information. v. gewissian; Nis gerǽd on nánre béc nán swutelre gewissung be hire geendunge, Hml. Th. i. 440, 11

hús-bonda

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þonne gé tó gereorde gelaðode beóð, ne sitte gé on þám fyrmestam setlum, þe lǽs ðé árwurðra (honoratior te. Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, v. l. ) háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28. Add

meagol-ness

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gerýst hyt tó swutelianne niid ealre heortan meagolnysse hwanon hé cóm, Angl. viii. 325, 37. Wé sceolon þǽre micclan lufan úrum Drihtne singallíce þancian ǽghwæþer ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum ge eác mid ealre heortan meagolnysse, Hml. A. 153, 39.

mete-leás

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Ne mihte Iúdas meteleás þǽr ábídan, Hml. S. 25, 447. Hié ( the Danes) sǽton on þám íglande . . . oþ þone first þe hiú wurdon swíþe meteleáse, Chr. 918; P. 98, 32. Þá león leofodon be hungre seofon niht meteleáse, Hml. S. 16, 82. Add

nǽder-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
nǽder-cynn, es: n.
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A kind of snake Cwóman hornede nǽdran, carastis ꝥ nǽdercyn, Nar. 13, 16. Saga mé hwæt nǽddercynna sí on eorðan. Ic ðé secge, feówer and þrittig. Sal. K. 204, 7. Wið scorpiones stingc and wið ealra nǽddercynna slitas, Lch. i. 304, 18

on-hildan

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Add Fram dómum þínum ic ne anhylde (declinaui), Ps. L. 118, 102

réceleásness

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Án manricynn wunað . . . under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse, gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et nosti, quad non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml.

stræc

(n.)
Grammar
stræc, n.
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Add Hé bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6. Add Micel strec bið þæt mennisce menn mid eádmódum geearnungum ðá heofenlican myrhðe begytan, Hml. Th. i. 360, 26

swígan

Grammar
swígan, <b>. I.</b>
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R. 18, 39. v. æt-swígan. to pass over in silence, v. swigian; III Ne ic eác swíge (forsuwie, v.l. ) ꝥ, ꝥ his gingra ge-wunode tó reccenne, Gr. D. 157, 18

teosu-word

(n.)
Grammar
teosu-word, es; n.
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An injurious word Þá hé swíðust óðre men mid tesowordum tǽl[d]e in his renceo, þá earnode hé mé þæs écan teónan, Nap. 62. Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, þá earnode hé mé þára mǽstan benda, 27, 39

ymb-gangan

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Add: to surround, encompass 'Send mé þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne þæt þá embgange ealle þás ceastre þæt ne magen geneósian for þsém fýre.' And þus cweþende fýren wolc[n] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle þá ceastre, Bl. H. 245, 29

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6

ge-stióran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stióran, p. de; pp. ed

To correctrestraindirectguidecorrĭgĕre

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To correct, restrain, direct, guide; corrĭgĕre Wénst ðú ðæt se anwald eáðe ne meahte Godes Ælmihtiges him his yfeles gestióran thinkest thou that the power of Almighty God could not keep him from his evil, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 104; Met. 9, 52

á-stingan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stingan, p. -stang, pl. -stungon.

to thrust outto stab

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to thrust out Heó his swýþran ége út ástang, Nar. 44, 14. Rómáne his eágan ástungon, Chr. 797; P. 56, 11. to stab Hé hine sylfne mid his swurd of ástang he stabbed himself to death with his sword. Nor. 48, 24

á-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
á-wemman, p. de.

to disfigureto defile

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to disfigure Decennovennalis ... ys gecíged of þrým áwemmedum dǽlum (component parts altered from the forms of the original words), ꝥ ys of decem and novem and annalis, Angl. viii. 325, 17. to defile ꝥ mín sáwle ne seó áwæmmod Hml. A. 172, 63

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Sceáwa on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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Sóþlíce nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod non est enim occultum, quod non manifestētur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17. He ðǽr wolde dígol beón he would there be hidden, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 44. On dígle, deorce stówe in an obscure, dark place, Ps. Th. 142, 4.