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scrallettan

(v.)
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to make a loud sound Ðonne wín hweteþ beornes breóstsefan stígeþ cirm on corþre cwide scralletaþ missenlíce when wine excites a man's mind, clamour arises in the company, they cry out with speech diverse, Exon. Th. 314, 27; Mód. 20.

stíþe

(adv.)
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stíþe, adv.
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[Hou thai mai stithe stand igain the fend, Met. Homl. 4, 11.] hardly, harshly, sternly, severely Hú stíðe ( dure ) se landhláford spræc wið hig, Gen. 42, 30. Him ðæt stíðe geald fædera Lothes, Cd. Th. 125, 15 ; Gen. 2079. austerely, strictly, Homl.

ufan-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ufan-weard, adj.

top of

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The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18.

á-ídan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ídan, p. de
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[The rarity of the verb (the three last instances are glosses in different MSS. of the same passage in Aldhelm), and the fact that eliminare is elsewhere glossed by á-nídan, á-ýtan (q. v.) may suggest a doubt as to the genuineness of á-ídan.]

Linked entry: -ídan

log

(n.)
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The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps loge shows Scandinavian influence and is the same as English lage (< lagu, q. v. ), or it may be from a nominative log. v. N. E. D. lough.] —

hwanne

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Ic wát ðeáh ðú cweþe nú hwonne tó mé: 'Hwylc unryht mæg bión máre ...?,' 'quae' vero inquies 'potest iniquior esset confusio ...?

niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Downbeneathbelow

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Hé sceal þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31

Linked entry: nieþer

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Ǽnig man ciricmangunge mid unriht ne macie, Ll. Th. i. 306, 28.

on-lúcan

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Add Ðonne seó cest bið onlocen, þonne cymeð ðǽr upp wunderlic stenc, Shrn. 67, 27. add Hé ús onlýhð, nú ús bóceras beteran secgað, lengran lyftwynna, Exod. 529. Se Wísdóm wordhord onleác. Met. 6, 1

bearn

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Bearn soboles, bearn ( = pl.) liberi, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 26, 27: pignus, ii. 66, 64. Bearna bearn pronepotibus, 76, 69. Nefena bearnum, An. Ox. 850. Betwuh bearnum inter natos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 46. Add

FÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉDAN, part. fédende; he fédeþ, fét, fétt; p. ic, he fédde, ðú féddest, pl. féddon; pp. féded, fédd.

nourishsupportsustainbring upeducatepascĕrecĭbārenutrīreengtrīresustentāreedŭcāreto bring forthproducegignĕreprodūcĕre

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to FEED, nourish, support, sustain, bring up, educate; pascĕre, cĭbāre, nutrīre, engtrīre, sustentāre, edŭcāre Mægen mon sceal mid mete fédan a man must feed strength with meat, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 22; Gn. Ex. 115.

Linked entry: féding

gilpan

(v.)
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Swá [ne] gylpan þearf Grendles mága [ǽnig] úhthlem þone [the MS. is defective, but as Thorkelin&#39;s transcript gives b after swá perhaps begylpan may have been the original form : it is not found elsewhere however], B. 2006. to speak highly of (

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Cf. ǽrist for gender). a giving, restoring Hwæþer magon rihtwísra manna sáwla beón onfangene in heofonas ǽr þǽre gyfte and geedníwunge þára líchamana on dómes dæge ( ante restitutionem corporum ), Gr.

elcor

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Hí ne magon elcor beón búton mínre gemynde geendebyrded non sine magna cura ordinata, 3, 15. Hú mæg ꝥ beón ylcor (elles, v. l.) ongyten búton . . . quid sentiri aliud potest, nisi . . . Gr.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Wé gehýraþ oft secggan worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Ne his snytru mæg secgean ǽnig, Ps. Th. 146, 5.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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William of Malmsbury may have alluded to one of these waxed tablets in Gesta Reg. ii. § 123, — 'Cum pugillari aureo in quo est manca auri.'

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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Þæt fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle (cf. ne mæg cuman tó his earde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 32), Met. 20, 154

fífel-streám

(n.)
Grammar
fífel-streám, es; m.

The frightful or horrid streamthe oceanōceănus

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The frightful or horrid stream, the ocean; ōceănus Nǽnigne merehengesta ðonne ǽnne ferede on fífelstreám he led not more than one of the sea-horses on the ocean, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 51; Met. 26, 26

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

foodprovisiongoodssubstancevictussubstantiabŏnaan entertainingentertainmentfeasthospĭtālĭtasconvīviumcœnaa place where provisions are keptprovision-quarters of an armyvictus stătiousebenefitprofitenjoymentūsusfructus

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accuse a churlish man of the entertaining of a fugitive, L.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Tó tácnunge án-fealdes sáres, 7, 2; F. 18, 21. simple, without addition or amplification, no more than Se Ióannes wæs ácenned swá swá óðre menn beóð and wæs ánfeald man, mǽre and geðungen (he was simply a great and illustrious man), Hml.