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fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Add: without warning or notice, unexpectedly, of a sudden, all at once Féringa improvisu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 64 Fǽringa, 45, 41. Féringa extimplo, Kent. Gl. 146. Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl.

heord-rǽden

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heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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Ofer dohter gálfulle fzstna heordrǽdene (keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, Ecclus. 42, II), 177, 3. watching over animals, care of a herdsman Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll gewát of

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

hwǽte

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Add: corn, grain Of hwæte cœreri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 5. as a plant growing Átió hé ǽrest of þám lande þá þornas, ... ꝥ se hwǽte mæge ðý bet weaxan liberat arva prius fruticibus, ... ut nova fruge gravis Ceres eat, Bt. 23; F. 78, 23.

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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To ǽfenne þurhwunaþ wóp and on dægréd blisse ad vespĕrum demorābĭtur fletus et ad matutīnum lætĭtia, Ps. Lamb. 29, 6: Gen. 32, 22.

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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The word also occurs in compounds landscar-hlinc [also landscare hlinc], landscar-ác

ge-líca

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Tó Ðeódríce and tó Neróne and tó manegum hecra gelícum, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 1. (1 a) the like of a person, such a person as (depreciatory) :-- Hwylc eom ic, ꝥ ic ǽfre þus his gelícan (þyslicum men, v. l.) þeówie quis sum ego, ut isti serviam?, Gr.

hwirfling

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfling, es; m.
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Something round, an orb Hwyrflicnces (hwurf-linces, Hpt. Gl. 453, 37) begýmendum rícetere crus gubernante monarchiam An. Ox. 1992

Linked entries: hwurfling hwyrfling

ge-reord

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. ¶ æt gereorde (-um) at meat, at table :-- Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 20. Hlengendes æt gereordum (ligendes æt geriordum, L. ) recumbentis. Mt.

ge-þinge

(n.)
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ge-þinge, es; n.
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Take here the passages given under <b>ge-þing,</b> and add: an agreement between persons, compact Ðis is geðinge Eádwaldes and Cyneðrýðe ymbe ðet lond, C. D. i. 295, 32. Ðis sindan geðinga Ealhburge and Eádwealdes et ðém londe, 296, 31.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

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add: at the present time Þú ána nú géna (gýta, v. l. ) eart bysceop geméted, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 73, 3. in the time immediately following on the present moment, immediately Hát mé nú sillan þá hearpan, þonne wást þú nú ꝥ þú gít nást, Ap. Th. 16, 25.

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

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One who takes an inheritance, an heir Ðes and ðeós yrfenuma hic et hæc heres, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 33. Mín inbyrdling biþ mín yrfenuma ...

Linked entry: -numa

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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and add: a prayer to a human being, request Miltsa mé, abbud, and gefyl nú óþer gebæd mínre béne, Hml. S. 236, 705. where the person addressed is divine. prayer, praying Hús mín hús gebeddes ( orationis ) is. Lk. L. 19, 46.

ge-síþ

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S. 31. 37. a follower, retainer of a great man, king, &amp;amp;c. Geneátum, gesíþum (printed -soþum) parasitis (cf. parasitis, ministris (= Ald. 53, 12), 83, 50), Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 62. Higelác þǽr æt hám wunade selfa mid gesíðum, B. 1924.

hraþe

(adv.)
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Hraðe ( with a quick movement ) heó æðelinga ánne hæfde fæste befangen, B. 1294. in respect to time, where the relation of the time of a circumstance to a fixed point of time is given. immediately, straightway, at once Ðá ongann hé sueriga . . .

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Ass. 110, 269. in a personal sense, a following, retinue, train, cf. folgaþ Seó hell and se ðeáð and heora árleásan þénunga wǽron áforhtode, Nic. 28; Thw. 16, 10

út-gársecg

(n.)
Grammar
út-gársecg, es; m.

The ocean at the horizonthe ocean at a distance from land

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The ocean at the horizon, the ocean at a distance from land. Tungol (the sun) on ǽfenne útgársecges grundas pæþeþ the sun at even holds its way beneath the depths of utmost ocean, Exon. Th. 350, 29; Sch, 70

a-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-tellan, p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon ; pp. -teald ; v. trans. [a, tellan]

To tell outenumeratereckonexplaininterpretdinumerarenumerareinterpretari

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Wit gesáwon swefen, ac wyt nyton hwá hyt unc atelle nos duo somnium vidimus, et non est qui interpretetur nobis duobus, Gen. 40, 8

Linked entry: a-telan

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. dat. e; acc. e, u; f.
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19.

clipigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
clipigendlíc, adj.

calling, vocativevocativusmaking a vocal soundvocalis

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24-27. making a vocal sound; vocalis

Linked entry: ge-cígendlíc

be-faran

(v.)
Grammar
be-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faran; v. trans. [be, faran to go]

To go roundto travel throughgo all overto traverseto gomarchencompassto surroundperagrarecircumvenire

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Rómáne on ungewis on án nyrewett befóran, óþ hý Somnite útan befóran the Romans marched unwittingly into a narrow pass, till the Samnites surrounded them on the outside, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 8 : Cd. 167; Th. 209, 10; Exod. 497

Linked entry: be-féran