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fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Wæs ðæt lond . . . ádrígad and fen (fien, v. l.) and cannon and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Angl. iv. 157, 5. Mid sǽ, mid fænne, Bt. 18, l; F. 62, 23, 26. Mid wudum and mid muntum and mid fænnum, 18, 2; F. 62, 35.

flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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Hé árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe hé onuppan wæs sittende, Hml. S. 23, 802, 823. On þæs húses flóre (in habitaculi pauimento) seáð ádelfan, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 520, 8. Lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, Lch. iii. 70, 13.

ge-manian

(v.)
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</b> to make demand for a debt, to dun :-- Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund ánum men and wæs oft gemanod for ðǽre lǽne, Hml. Th. ii. 176, 35. (O. Sax. gi-manón : O. H. Ger. ge-manón memorare, admonere, commonere.)

fur-lang

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Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx.es furlonga long castra in longum stadia .xx., Nar. 12, 16. an area of land a furrow-long in width (v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 2-4) Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe, C. D. iii. 18, 28.

lyt-hwón

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. :--- Lythwón monna geflit paucorum homimum contentio, Mt. p. 2, 10. as adv. of distance Þ á hé wæs lythwón þanon ágán progressus pusillum Mt 26, 39.

on-cweþan

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In l. 2 after 18 insert Rä. 5, 7, and add: to say in response to a statement just made Þá cwǽdon hí tó him, 'Hál wæs ðú, bróðor.' Hé him oncwæð, 'Syb sý mid eów, bróðra,' Hml. S. 30, 250. Him Cain andswarode . .

on-wreón

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Add Hé onwreáh þá eorðan þe ǽr wæs oferþeaht, Ps. Th. 28, 7. Onwríg eágan míne, Ps.

swilce

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</b> with antecedent and relative combined (such, so) as :-- Hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron he was such as the Romans then deserved, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 24. Dó þú þá lǽcedómas swilce þú þá líchoman gesié, Lch. ii. 84, 15.

tíd

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tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, and ealle his tída tógædere, ǽr hé út eóde, Vis. Lfc. 64. <b>I d.

þencan

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Ercol wæs tó gefaren, tó ðon þæt hé hié ábrecan þóhte, 3, 9; S. 132, 12: 4, 13; S. 212, 2. (b i) add :-- Hé þóhte his sunu tó beswícanne, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 9

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Inferior, worse Symle wæs ðý sǽmra ðonne ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníðlan ever was the deadly foe the worse when I struck him with the sword, Beo. Th. 5752; B. 2880. Hit is sǽmre nú it is worse now (than in the golden age). Met. 8, 42.

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Ic wæs be sande sǽwealle neáh, Exon. Th. 471, 14; Rä. 61, 1. Swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycþ on ðám sandum neáh ðære byrig ðe Tarsit hátte, Ps. Th. 47, 6

up-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
up-weard, adj.

turned upwardsmoving upwards.

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For ðam gelómlícum ðeáwe his gebeda, swá hwǽr swá hé sæt, ðæt his gewuna wæs ðæt hé his handa upwearde hæfde ofer his cneówa ob crebrum morem orandi, semper ubicumque sedens, supinas super genua sua manus habere solitus sit, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 25. moving

fýren

composed of fire on fire, flaming, burning.bearing fireburning, red-hot

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Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs innan fýren and ongan semninga byrnan contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8.

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windywindyflatulent

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Wæs on ðam ofne, ðǽr se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347. Windig wolcen, Exon. Th. 201, 24; Ph. 61. Ðes eindiga sele (Hell), Cd. Th. 273, 14; Sat. 136.

wil-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-sum, adj.

desirablepleasantwillingvoluntaryspontaneousdevoutdevoted

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Hé sylfa wæs se wilsumesta (devolissimus) lǽstend, 5, 22; S. 644, 4

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on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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wæs oncunnen accusatus fram ðam ylcan cyninge, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 9. Tó oncunnyne oncunnysse as excusandas excusationes, Ps. Spl. M. C. 140, 4

Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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Helias wæs mid cræte up áwegen, 308, 16. Upp áwegen evulsa, Gr. D. 213, 27. Áwegen evectus, sublevatus, An. Ox. 1440. I a. to put away, renounce (?):-- Bútan heora hwilc wolde áwegan (-wǽgan?) v. áwǽgan his geleáfan, Hml.

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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wæs reste fæst he lay on his couch without stirring, Gen. 178. Se légdraca . . . glédum beswǽled . . . wæs deáðe fæst the firedrake . . . scorched by the flames . . . lay a captive to death, B. 3045.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Him wæs Godes egsa in gemyndum, Gú. 139. In móde, Mód. 83: B. 180: Dan. 218.