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FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

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S. 26; Th. i. 392, 3: Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 23: Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 2; Æðelst. 36. Ymb cyninges feorh sierwian to plot against the king's life, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 62, 15. Ðú ðín feorh hafast thou hast thy life, Beo.

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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Hé áwrát áne bóc be cyrclícum ðeáwum, ii. 84, 23. Onféngon hí rihtgelýfede ðeáwas on tó lifianne susceperunt ritus vivendi catholicos, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 23: Hy. 9, 28.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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ðás bóc these four were engaged on this book, Mk. Skt. p. i. 3. Hé cwæð ðæt hé ne mihte embe munuclíf smeágan, ac wolde beón embe his þincg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 120. Emban ða steóran beon, L. Ath. v. 11; Th. i. 240, 17.

GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the JutesJutæGAUTSGauti in SueciaΓαυτοί,

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Both Jóti; pl. Jótar, and iötunn; pl. iötnar, are rendered in A. Sax. by eóten; pl. eótenas.

á-mirran

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D. 114, 2: both passages describe the same incident), Hml. Th. ii. 162, 12

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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Brecan proteri, 118, 12. trans. to separate into parts, to break a solid body into pieces Brec ðǽm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 315, 13 : Bl. H. 37, 20. with idea of destruction, to shatter, demolish Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde, Bl.

Linked entry: bracan

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Add: to heal, cure. to heal a person who is sick in body or mind Antecríst geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron; and hé nǽnne gehǽlan ne mæg, búton hé hine ǽrest áwyrde.

ge-lícnes

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Þú ( the dead body ) lámes gelícnes, Seel. 19. Hé gestrínde sunu tó his gelícnesse and anlýcnysse genuit ad imaginem et similitudinem suam, Gen. 5, 3. Tó Godes gelícnesse ad similitudinem Dei, 1. Tó gilícnesse Goddes ad imaginem Dei, Rtl. 109, 11.

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to trackgo in a trackfollowmake a journey in search of something to make a trackgoto enquireinvestigateexamineto enquire after or intoseek to know aboutto search afterseek to attainto askinvestigare, indagare, sciscitarito track; to investigate; to ask

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.; Swt. 5, 16. to make a track, go Mec fugles wyn geond speddropum spyrede geneahhe . . . beám telge swealg stóp eft on mec síþade sweartlást me (a book) throughout the bird's joy (the pen) with drops made frequent tracks, . . . swallowed the tree's

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

ge-sprecan

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L. 3, where the object is that which is spoken about, to speak about Þá wǽre and þá winetreówe þe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Bo. 52. the object a clause Wæs gesprecen ðurh Salomonn bi ðǽm Wísdóme ðæt se Wísdóm wille sóna fleón ðone ðe hine fliéhð

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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H.) tó bóte, 47; Th. i. 94. 3-5. Hire mægþhádes wurð, ðæt synd twelf scillingas be twelf penigon (cf. Se rihtscylling byþ á be .xii. penegum legitimus solidus semper est .xii. denariorum, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: pending

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Caruca, which occurs in the passage quoted below from the Laws, seems to have been used in the sense; e.g. in Florence of Worcester's description of the compilation of Domesday Book quot carrucas seems to represent hú mycel landes in the Chronicle; and

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban, Bt. 21; F. 74, 29. a body of flowing water, a river, waves of the sea Flód oððe hærn flustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 32. Be þæs flódes (the Nile) ófre ripae fluminis, Ex. 2, 3.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.
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Ger. fúl-boum: Ger. faul-baum.] figurative. morally polluted Fúlre gálnysse, fúles forligeres lupanaris incesti, An. Ox. 4222. Gilt sliporne ł fúlne culpam lubricam, Hy. S. 15, 38.

ge-wilnung

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Ox. 1184. (1 a) with gen. of what is desired :-- Hé for ðǽre gewilnunge swelcra weorca biscopdóm ne sécð episcopatum non appetit per hunc boni operis ministerium, Past. 55, 1.

hangian

(v.)
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Add: of the position taken by a body under the action of gravity when supported only from above Ic (a horn ) hongige wlitig on wáge, Rä. 15, 11. Him ne hangað nacod sweord ofer þám heáfde be smalan þrǽde, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 27.

ge-sceád

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Ic þá geþeóde tó micclan gesceáde telede I reckoned the language (of a book translated into English) distinguished the book in a very important respect from the original (the book's being translated made a great difference), Lch. iii. 442, 4.

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Not till after that were children born to his son (Enoch) in that town. The eldest was Irad (v. Gen. 4, 17, 18), Cd.

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two,separate one thing from anotherto divide into partiescause divisiondissension amongto separate contending parties or claimsjudge,decide betweento make a distinction between thingsto distinguishtreat or regard differentlyto separate one thing from another with the mind,to discern,distinguish,discriminateto separate things from one another,to order,dispose,appointto separate the parts of a confused whole,to expound,interpret,render intelligibleto discussto send in different directions,to scatterdisperseTo be separated,to differ

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Mǽden ácenned (born on the first day of the moon) biþ rihtlíce tóscédende (-ne, MS.), Lchdm. iii. 184, 6. to separate things from one another, to order, dispose, appoint Ic tósceádo (-sceódo, Rush.) iuh suǽ tósceádde (-sceódo, Rush.) mé fæder mín ðæt

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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. ¶ with complementary adjective :-- Se cyng wæs deád gekýd the king was reported dead, Chr. 1093; P. 227, 20. (1 a) of official notice, to report, a matter His scrift hit gecýðe þám biscope, hweðer hé tó þǽre bóte cirran wolde, Ll.

Linked entry: cýþan