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FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wingsvŏlāreTo fleeflee fromfŭgĕreeffŭgĕre

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Fleág fugla cyn the race of birds flew, Exon. 46a; Th. 157, 9; Gú. 889: 86b; Th. 326, 12; Wíd. 127. He fleáh ofer fyðru winda vŏlāvit sŭíper pennas ventōrum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 11: Cd. 72; Th. 87, 29; Gen. 1456.

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

FRÓD

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FRÓD, def. se fróda, seó, ðæt fróde; comp. m. fródra, f. n. fródre; adj.

wiseprudentsageskilfulsăpiensprūdenssciensperītusAdvanced in yearsagedoldancientætāte provectussĕnexvĕtuspriscus

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Fród cyn the ancient race, Cd. 143; Th. 179, 15; Exod. 29. Se fróda Constantínus the aged Constantine, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 18; Æðelst. 37: Beo. Th. 5848; B. 2928. Geárum fródne, acc. advanced in years, Exon. 126 b; Th. 485, 25; Rä. 72, 3

Linked entry: wita

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

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Ðú gehéte ðæt ðú hyra frumcyn ícan wolde thou didst promise that thou wouldest increase their race, Cd. 190 ; Th. 236, 8; Dan. 318. Hí sculon ǽlce dæg eácan [Cott. MS. ýcan] ðæt mon ǽlce dæg wanaþ, Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 1.

Linked entries: écan íht

ge-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap, -scæp, -scep, es; pl. nom. acc. -sceapu, -sceapo; gen. -sceapa, -sceapena; n.

a creation, created being or thing, creaturecreātio, creātūraa decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shapefātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕciesthe privy membersvĕrenda, pŭdendacreaturedecrees of fate

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God gesceapo ferede ǽghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes God has borne his decrees to every one of the human race an earth, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 1; Vy. 95. Sinewealt gesceap volūbĭle schēma, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 14; Wrt. Voc. 55, 18.

Linked entries: ge-scæp ge-scapu

LEÓÞ

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.

A songpoemodelayverses

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Ne wéne ǽnig ælda cynnes ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige wríte wóðcræfte let none imagine of the race of men that with lying words my lays I compose, writing in verse, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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, but from any race, L.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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He Hengestes heáp hringum þénede efne swá swíðe swá he Fresena cyn byldan wolde he should serve Hengest's band with rings even as abundantly as he would encourage the Frisian race, Beo. Th. 2188; B. 1092.

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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The word is used also in the sense of what is begotten,progeny, lineage, strain :-- Of hire owene streone (race ), Laym. 2737. Streon ( offspring ) of a swuch strunde, Jul. 55, 16.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was of the Old-Saxon race. He began to reign in A. D. 855. 'Anno Domĭnĭcæ incarnatiōnis DCCCLV, —Eadmundus Orientālium Anglōrum gloriosĭssimus cœpit regnāre VIII. Kalend.

CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, electlegere, seligere, eligereto acceptoblatum accipere, accipere

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Ðéh ðe fell curen synnigra cynn though the race of sinners chose death, Andr.

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Stillyet

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Metod eallum weóld gumena cynnes swá he nú git déþ the Lord ruled all of the race of men as he yet does now, 2121; B. 1058. He nyste ne ic ðá git he did not know, nor I as yet, Pref. Ælfc. Thw. 2, 2: Gen. 8, 8: Beo. Th. 1077; B. 536.

Linked entries: giet geot

fremede

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For bearnléste þone welan hí lǽfað fræmdum tó brúcanne, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 7. of another race or country Hwá is ðonne from ús fremde bútan ðá áwiergdan gæstas, ðá ðe from ðæs hefencundan Fæder éðle ádrifene sindon qui namque alieni a nobis sunt nisi maligni

ge-timbran

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Ic wolde eów áne race gereccan, seó mæig eówer mód getimbrian, gif gé mid gýmene hí gehýran wyllað, Hml. Th. i. 412, 36. [Goth. ga-timrjan: O. H. Ger. ge-zimbrón constituere, aedificare

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless numberan incalculable number or amount

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Ðæt his ( of that race ) unrím á in wintra worn wurðan sceolde, Cd. Th. 236, 21; Dan. 324. Eác ðám wæs unrím óðres mánes (cf. ðæt wæs tó-eácan óþrum unárímedum yflum, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11), Met, 1, 44.

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A birdFOWLăvisāles

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Ofer fugla cynn over the race of birds, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 22; Ph. 159: 60 b; Th. 221, 6, 16; Ph. 330, 335. Gif seó offrung biþ of fugelum si de ăvĭbus oblātio fuĕrit, Lev. 1, 14: Deut. 28, 26: Ps. Lamb. 78, 2.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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</b> to destine, adjudge a person (acc.) to anything :-- Sceóp and scyrede Scyppend úre oferhídig cyn engla of heofnum our Creator adjudged the presumptuous race of angels to banishment from heaven, Cd. Th. 5, 1; Gen. 65.

hengen

a crossa rack

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S. 29, 252-256. a rack, framework on which a person is stretched, and to which the limbs are fastened Se heáhgeréfa hét on hengene ástreccan Crísantum, and mid candelum bærnan búta his sídan, þá tóbæist seó hengen (cf.

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Drence on Welscum ealað, 136, Dó ealle ðás wyrta on Wylisc ealo, 120, 6. servile Hé on ðreó tówearp ða cneór[d]nesse, ðæt wæs wælisc ( the race of Ham ; cf.

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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Hér begann se deófol tó reccanne hálige gewritu and hé leáh mid ðære race here the devil began to expound holy writ, and he was false in his exposition, Homl. Th. i. 170, 4.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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In Caines cynne ðone cwealm gewræc Drihten the Lord avenged the death [of Abel] on Cain's race, Beo. Th. 215 ; B. 107: Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 17; Cri. 1426: Andr. Kmbl. 2243: An. 1123.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm