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flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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S. 13, 122. to dispute, argue, have a controversy, oppose the opinions of a person, be at variance Paulus ꝥ ilce lǽreþ, and wiþ mé flíteþ, and ꝥ ilce spreceþ and mid him (S. Peter) bodaþ, Bl. H. 175, 13.

a-rǽfnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽfnan, -réfnan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To endurebearsuffersustineretolerareperferre

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Ic þrówade and arǽfnde pertuli, 2, 6; S. 508, 21: Andr. Kmbl. 1632; An. 817. Sáwl mín symble arǽfnde sustinuit anima mea, Ps. Th. 129, 5: 68, 21: 64, 7

flot

(n.; part.)
Grammar
flot, es; n. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float]

Water deep enough for sustaining a shipthe seaăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendammăre

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Water deep enough for sustaining a ship, the sea; ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam, măre Ongan eorla mengu to flote fýsan the multitude of warriors began to hasten to the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 451; El. 226: Andr. Kmbl. 3393; An. 1700.

heorcnian

(v.)
Grammar
heorcnian, hercnian; p. ode

To hearkenlisten

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To hearken, listen Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out directly and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15. Ypolitus mid geþylde heora wordum heorcnode Hippolytus listened to their words with patience, Homl.

Linked entry: hyrcnian

land-ceáp

Grammar
land-ceáp, land-cóp, es; m.
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, and nine hundred shillings for the land, Cod.

rand-burh

(n.)
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a town that acts as a shield (?), a fortified town, a frontier town (?) Ríce geréfa rondburgum weóld, eard weardade, Exon. Th. 243, 32; Jul. 19.

réceleást

(n.)
Grammar
réceleást, e; f.
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas ðe on heora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34.

BÓSG

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSG, bósig, bósih, es; m? n?

An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE,præsepiuma cottagea barnstabulum, præsepium bovis

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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties.

teónd

(n.)
Grammar
teónd, es; m.
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An accuser Gif wíteþeów mon betýnþ . . . ðonne áh se teónd áne swingellan æt him, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 9. Eode se man sylf tó ðe man tuge, and hæbbe se teónd (se ðe týhþ, MS. B.) cyre, swá wæterordál swá ýsenordál, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 15.

un-ámeten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámeten, adj.

Unmeasurednot having determined limitsvery greatimmenseboundless

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Ne synt þrý unánetene ... ac is án unámeten immensus Pater, immensus Filius, immensus Spiritus Sanctus ... Non tres immensi ... sed unus immensus, Ath.

Linked entry: á-metan

burg-geat-setl

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(right to sit) in a court held at the gate of a town' (cf.

eówan

Grammar
eówan, eówian.
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Ðú eáuande arð manifestaturus es, Jn. L. 14, 22. Add

fǽhþ

feud

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Samson hæfde fǽhðe tó ðám folce Samson was at feud with the folk (the Philistines ), Hml. Th. i. 226, 23. as a law term Be fǽhðum, Ll. Th. i. 90, 1

firen-lic

Grammar
firen-lic, (fyrn-).

flagitiouscriminalgrossgrievous

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ge-cígnes

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Substitute: A call, summons Oð ðæne dæg his gecígnesse of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 7.

á-sláwian

(v.)

to become dull of hearingto become torpidsluggish inert

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Add Ásláwie obtorpeo, An. Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7.

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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Homl. 231, 30 : Andr. Kmbl. 525; An. 263. On ðæs sǽs waroþe, Bd. I, 12 ; S. 481, II. Feówer swulung ond án læs on waruðe gebyreð inn tó Raculfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16. On waruðe, Andr. Kmbl. 479; An. 240. Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl.

Linked entry: wearoþ

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out at once and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15.

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the seaæstus aquæ, mare, pelagusπέλαγοςæquor

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C. 45: Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442: 3147; An. 1576: Cd. 166; Th. 208, 2; Exod. 477: Exon. 95 b; Th.356, 6; Pa. 7. Beáteþ [MS. beataþ] brim staðo [MS. stæðo] the sea beats the shores. Andr. Kmbl. 991; An. 496.

Linked entry: brym

ciepe

(n.)

an onioncæpe

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an onion; cæpe Genim ciepan take an onion, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 6

Linked entry: cipe