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clíþa

Grammar
clíþa, l. cliþa, cleoþa,
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and add Cliþa cataplasma, medicamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 38. Clyþa malagma, i. medicamentum, Hpt. 33, 239, 28. Lácnunge, cliþan cataplasma, An. Ox. 3050. Cleoþan, lǽcedóm, 1973.

dim-nes

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Add: darkness, want of light Dimnis ( caligo ) under fótum his, Ps. Srt. 17, 10. Þýstreful dimnys tenebrosa caligo, An. Ox. 3297. Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml.

þǽr-rihte

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Add: of an event which immediately succeeds another ꝥ cild þe bið ácænned, sóna hit cýð mid wópe and þǽrrihte wítegað þissere worulde geswinc, Hml.

frætwung

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Hé mé beád bæteran frætegunga and his hring mé lét tó wedde, Hml. S. 7, 29. Add

gold

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Add: gold in the ground Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. gold as a form of wealth Hwǽr cóm ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28.

efesung

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Efesunge tonsura, An. Ox. 4174. Man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and bismorlicra efesunga, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 10

ge-strínendlic

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., and add: to be begotten Mid gestrénendlicere stofne progenie propaganda, An. Ox. 1665. Gestrýnendlicra yrfwerda liberorum procreandorum, i. filiorum generandorum, 1402

on-bén

(n.)
Grammar
on-bén, e; f.

A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation

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A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation Hí ús mid heora wiðerwordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ qui adversis nos imprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4

fræne

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Voc. ii. 116, 43 where Latin frena is given as an English gloss to pugula

fót-setla

(n.)
Grammar
fót-setla, an; m.

One who sits on a footstool ⬩ an inferior member of a company

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One who sits on a footstool(?), an inferior member of a company Gif cniht binnan stig sitte, gylde ánne syster huniges: and gif hwá fótsetlan haebbe, do ꝥ ylce, Cht. Th. 612, 34

irfe-stól

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-stól, es; m.

An hereditary seat

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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176

brægden

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
brægden, bregden.
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Brǽdynes strofosæ (fraudis balista), An. Ox. 8, 84. Brǽdnes, 7, 54: Angl. xiii. 29, 39. (The passage to which all these refer is glossed by swicfulles, An. Ox. 732.) Þǽr man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregden bið (that there has been fraud), Ll.

ed-wenden

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Add: :-- Hwæt mé þæs edwendan (-en?) cwóm, gyrn æfter gomene ah! for me of that happiness an end there came, mourning after mirth, B. 1774. v. previous word

ge-sibling

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Wǽron þá gesyblingas (the descendants of Noah) þus tðdǽlde, Angl. xi. 3, 64. Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510, 33.

fullian

(v.)

to fulfil ⬩ to become full ⬩ fill up ⬩ to make full ⬩ fill ⬩ to fulfil an order ⬩ carry out an injunction

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Add: to become full, fill up (intrans.)

firding

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firding, (-ung).

military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces

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the Danes went as they pleased, and the English levies did their countrymen all kinds of damage, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 18.

fyrclian

(v.)
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fyrclian, p. ode; pp. od

To flash ⬩ flicker ⬩ fulgēre

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To flash, flicker; fulgēre Swilce se beám ongeán weardes wið ðæs steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the beam were flashing towards the star from an opposite direction, Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34

corn-wurma

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Substitute: A scarlet dye, and add Cornuurma vr[r]miculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 45. Conuurma coccus, An. Ox. 1064, note. Gor[n]wurman murice, 1064. Be cornwurman de muricibus, 1067. Cornwurmum, 5141

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
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Transfer last passage under to and add there: steady Cild bið cumlíðe, þancful, staðolfæst, Lch. iii. 192, 8. Staþolfæstes wífes stabilis mulieris, Scint. 226, 3. Staþelfæste tremmincge firmo (scripturarum) fulcimento, An. Ox. 1420

hold-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
hold-rǽden, e; f.

Faithfulness, ⬩ loyalty, ⬩ faithful discharge of duty to a superior

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Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior Hire hyrdeman þurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh her herdsman in the discharge of his duty had ascended an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 30