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here-gild

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Ic ðat fele síðe men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C. D. vi. 205, 23. Ab illa magna heregoldi exactione quae per totam Angliam fuit, 180, II.

FÍF

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FÍF, generally indecl

FIVEquinque

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 67. Fíf wintra fæc lustrum quinquennium, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 70; Wrt. Voc. 21, 57.

Linked entry: fífe

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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Gr. 33; Som. 37, 23. Mé lyst rǽdan lecturio, 34; Som. 37, 56. Hine ne lyst his willan wyrcean, Blickl. Homl. 51, 16.

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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We gehérdon wuldres swég we heard the sound of glory, 218; Th. 279, 13; Sat. 237. Gehér án spell hear a discourse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1 : 35, 5; Fox 166, 21, note 24.

ece

(n.)
Grammar
ece, æce, ace, es; m.

AKE, pain dŏlor

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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

Linked entries: ace æce

flyne

(n.)
Grammar
flyne, flene, an; f.

What is made softbatterfluĭdum quid

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What is made soft, batter; fluĭdum quid Gewyrce to flynan micelne citel fulne work a large kettle full into a batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 6. Geót ða flynan on pour the batter on, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 10

Linked entry: flene

fúlnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúlnes, fúllnes, fýlnes, -ness, e; f.

FOULNESSimpuritystenchfœditassordesfætor

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Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 7] eorþan, eal forwisnad foulness of earth, all decayed, Soul Kmbl. 35; Seel. 18. Unarǽfnendlíce fúlnes wæs upp aweallende fætor incompărābĭlis ebulliens ĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25

Linked entries: fúllnes fýlnes

gást-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
gást-gedál, gǽst-gedál, es; n.

Separation of soul and bodydeathanĭmæ et corpŏris divortiummors

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Separation of soul and body, death; anĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors Ðá he ðas woruld þurh gástgedál ofgyfan sceolde when he must give up this world through death, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 33; Gen. 1127 : Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 32; Gú. 834

Linked entry: gǽst-gedál

lang-sweored

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sweored, -swyred; adj.

long-necked

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Having a long neck, long-necked Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá swanas some birds are long- necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 16. Ða beóþ langswyrede ðe lybbaþ be gærse swá swá olfend and assa, 9; Norm. 16, 2

swoncen-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swoncen-ferhþ, adj.
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v. swancor, <b>I;</b> or sworcenf;erð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25. ?

tíd-fara

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-fara, an; m.
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Nú ðú ( the blessed soul immediately after death ) móst féran ðider ðú fundadest . . . eart nú tídfara tó ðam hálgan hám, Exon. Th. 102, 18; Cri. 1674

un-land

(n.)
Grammar
un-land, es; n.

What is not land

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Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14

wéþe

(adj.)
Grammar
wéþe, adj.
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T.) sanges sonum cantilenae dulcis Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 23. Ðone scýnan wlite, wéðne mid willum, Exon. Th. 57, 9 ; Cri. 916. Wegas wéþe pleasant paths 102, 15; Cri. 1673

níd-þearf

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add: need, a condition marked by the lack or want of something necessary, or requiring some extraneous aid or addition Ðonne hié eallenga ágiémeleásiað ðone ymbhogan woruldcundra ðinga, ðonne gefultumað hé náwuht tó his hiéremonna niédðearfe subditorum

on-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bígan, p. de

To cause to bend, to subdue

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Heora módes heánesse ealle eorþcyningas onbégan mihton their loftiness of soul could make all the kings of the earth to bend, Blickl. Homl. 119, 21

Linked entry: on-býgan

hlynsian

(v.)
Grammar
hlynsian, hlinsian; p. ode

To sound, resound

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To sound, resound Reced hlynsode the mansion resounded, Beo. Th. 1545; B. 770. Hlinsade, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 26; Rä. 34, 3. Hófan and hlynsadan hlúdan reorde elevaverunt flumina voces suas, Ps. Th. 92, 4. Hlynsodon, Andr. Kmbl. 3089; An. 1547

nearu-níd

(n.)
Grammar
nearu-níd, -néd, e; f.

Sore needgrievous trouble

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Sore need, grievous trouble Ða menigo ðe ðé mid wuniaþ on nearonédum [ or (?) on nearo nédum in confinement by force ], Andr. Kmbl. 203; An. 102. From naronéðe de angusta (as if, angustia? ), Lk. Skt. p. 8, 6

bonnan

(v.)
Grammar
bonnan, p. beónn, pl. beónnon; pp. bonnen

To summon, call togethercitare, convocare

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To summon, call together; citare, convocare Sió býman stefen and se beorhta segn bonnaþ sáwla gehwylce the voice of the trumpet and the bright sign shall summon every soul, Exon. 23 b; Th. 66, 6; Cri. 1067

ge-cind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cind, es; n : also, e; f.

A kindnaturesortgeneratiogenusconditio

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A kind, nature, sort; generatio, genus, conditio And of fugelcinne seofen, and seofen ǽgþres gecindes et de volatilibus caeli septena, et septena cujuslibet generationis, Gen. 7, 3. Fram gecinde a generatione, Ps. Spl. T. second 9, 7

deáf

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Th. ii. 16, 17. imperfect in some essential quality, sterile Se æker ðe bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra quae sterilem segetem gignit, Part. 411, 20