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sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Ðonne seó eorþe him on ufan scealde when the earth came to be put upon them, Shrn. 81, 2, Ǽr hé onweg scyle before he die, Exon. Th. 310, 14; Scef. 74. denoting obligation, fitness, propriety, use (cf. Ger. wozu soll dies ?)

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Wurdon viiii folc*-*gefeoht gefohten . . . and bútan ðam ðe him cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon ðe mon ná ne rímde there were nine pitched battles . . . and besides king's thanes often made raids upon them, that were not counted, Chr. 871; Erl

Linked entries: seó þæt þeó þió þiú tó

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, p. de; pp. ed [a, fyllan to fill] To fill up or

full ⬩ replenish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ replere ⬩ implere

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full, replenish, satisfy; replere, implere Afyllaþ ða eorþan replete terram. Gen. 9, 1. He ne mæg ða gítsunga afyllan he cannot satisfy the desires, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16. Fýres afylled with fire filled, Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 26; Cri. 1563: Cd. 215; Th

Linked entry: a-fellan

feóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feóld, pl. feóldon folded up,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 24
    • ;
  • Som. 25, 50: Exon. 107 a
    • ;
  • Th. 408, 4
    • ;
  • Rä. 27, 7
    • ;
p.
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of fealdan

stigian

(v.)
Grammar
stigian, to shut up in a sty or
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pen Oððe ic stigie, nyttes bicge, Salm. Kmbl. 402 ; Sal. 202. Swýn stigian, Anglia ix. 262, 2

Linked entry: stig

swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
swelgend, e; f., but also es; m. n. A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.),
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a very deep place, an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool Ðýlæs hí forswelge sió swelgend ðære upáhæfenesse ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 57, 3; Swt. 439, 3. Seó grundleáse swelgend (gítsunge) vorans rapacitas. Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 32. Swelgend vorago

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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To accuse a person of something (acc. of person and gen. of charge, or charge expressed by a clause) Ðú mé stale týhst furti me arguis, Gen. 31, 32. Hwí tíhþ úre hláford ús swá micles falses? 44, 7. Gif gé scyld on eów witen ðæs ðe eów man tíhþ, Txts

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

ge-pilod

Grammar
ge-pilod, piled up.
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Dele, and see preceding word

lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
lúcan, to pull up.
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úp-áhafenness

Grammar
úp-áhafenness, <b>. I.</b>
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Swylce hit þolode þáre úpáhefenesse (úphefnesse, v.l.) ac si sublevatione caruisset, Gr. D. 249, 17. II (a). add :-- For þí þe [Dryhtnes] is úre úpáhafennys quia domini est assumptio nostra, Ps. L. 88, 19. Add

úp-ende

(adj.)
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Andlang þǽre díc oð ðæs furlanges úpende, C. D. iii. 418, 24. Add

úp-flór

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Þá gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles úpflóra ( in turris superioribus), Gr. D. 170, 15. Add

úp-gang

Grammar
úp-gang, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a going up of water on to land Gedónre ýþunge se streám mid his rynum and mid his uppgange (úpgonge, v.l. ) gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras, Gr. D. 192, 17

úp-lic

Grammar
úp-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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add: Se deáð is for þám úplic; þeáh se man ástíge ofer þone yfemystan dǽl þæs hýhstan holtes, swáþeáhhwzðere hiene se deáð geséceð, Verc. Först. 103, 13. On úplicere gesihde in oromate, i. uisione superna, An. Ox. 404. Tó þám úplican lífe ad superos

úp-weardes

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Add: of direction Þá fǽringa lócode heó uppweardes ( sursum respiciens) and geseah þone Hǽlend þider cuman tó hire, Gr. D. 286, 21. with the face turned upwards, cf. úp-riht Se líchama þæs abbudes læg úpweardes abbatis corpus supinum jacebat, Gr.

up-áhafenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhafenness, e; f.

Uplifting ⬩ elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance ⬩ pride

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Uplifting, elevation. literal Upáhafenes handa mínra eleuatio manuum mearum, Ps. Lamb. 140, 2. Seó symbelnyss ðære hálgan róde upáhefennysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 399. metaphorical, exaltation Drihten ys mín upáhafenys Dominus exaltatio mea, Ex. 17,

Linked entries: á-hafenness up-áhefedness up-hafenness

up-áhefedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
up-áhefedlíce, adv.

Proudly ⬩ arrogantly

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Proudly, arrogantly Upáhefedlíce arroganter, superbe, Hpt. Gl. 422, 8

up-ástigenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-ástigenness, and -ástígness, e; f.

An ascent ⬩ a going up ⬩ an ascension ⬩ a means of going up

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An ascent, a going up, an ascension Be ðisse drihtenlícan upástigennesse, Blickl. Homl. 117, 6. Æt ðære upástígnesse, 121, 13: 171, 9: Shrn. 78, 10: 79, 29: Nar. 39, 14.. Ða hálgan upástigenesse on heofonas, Blickl. Homl. 119, 36. Upástígnesse, 81, 11

Linked entry: á-stigenness

up-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
up-cund, adj.

Supernal ⬩ celestial

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Supernal, celestial Onǽled mid ðý upcundan leóhte illustrates superno lumine, Past. 49; Swt. 379, 24. Cuman tó ðam upcundan æþelan ríce, Exon. Th. 17, 10; Cri. 268. Ðæt wé magon upcund ríce gestígan, 348, 27; Sch. 34. Upcundra ceastergewarena supernorum

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