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fýl-ness

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Hwæt sceoldon þé (the soul), þeódeorðan fýlnes, úre ǽlmessan?, Wlfst. 240, 15. Seó fýlnes (foetor) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28.

ge-beran

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Hé hyre gecýdde þæt heó sceolde geberan (parere) Godes sunu . . . þá wearð heó on innoðe geeácnod and mid þám cilde wearð sóna, and þæt gebær, ðá hit þæs tima wæs. Wlfst. 22, 5-9.

for-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tendan, p. -tende [ = -tendede], pl. -tendon; pp. -tended [for-, tendan to burn]

To burn off or awaysearinūrĕre

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-cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that

Linked entry: tendan

foxes glófa

(n.)
Grammar
foxes glófa, an; m. [foxes clófa MS. B.]

Foxglovedigĭtālis purpŭrea

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The leechdoms here recorded seem derived from what Dioskorides says of the στρύχνος κηπαῖος: namely, τὰ φύλλα καταπλασσόμενα ἁρμόζει πρὸς ἐρυσιπέλατα καὶ ἕρπητας; and so on of κεφαλαλγία and στόμαχος καυσούμενος and ὠταλγία. [iv. 71].'

óþ-feallan

(v.)
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Swá clǽne hió (learning) wæs ðþfeallenu on Angelcyn so utterly was learning decayed in England, Past. pref. ; 3. 13

þreáp

(n.)

a troopband

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or = Ital. a gara) al so wulues doþ þe step, Misc. 149, 85. Halliwell gives thrap to crowd, as an Essex word), Hpt. 477, 52; 487, 33. (?)

wíde-feorh

(n.)
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Ðonne hé gást ofgifeþ, syþþan hine gærsbedd sceal wunian wídefyrh ( so the MS.; -fyrhþ (?) as Thorpe reads ), Ps. Th. 102, 15. v. next two words

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Sceal gehycgan hæleða ǽghwilc ðæt he ne abælige bearn wealdendes every man must be mindful that he offend not the son of the powerful, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 25; Sat. 195 : 219; Th. 282, 7; Sat. 283.

synder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, privatethat is apart, separate, remoteprivate, that is done apart, not publicprivate, without distinction, ordinaryspecial, peculiar, properseparated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Næfde se Fæder nán ðing synderlíces búton his Suna the Father had nothing not in common with his Son, Homl. Th. ii. 366, 12. Heora nán næfde siððan nán þingc sinderlíces, ac didon him eal gemǽne, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 36.

Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig

ge-niwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niwian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To renew, make new, changerenovare, innovare

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in some years it is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 22.

gleáw-hýdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gleáw-hýdig, adj.

Wise of thoughtheedfulprudentsagacious

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Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5

swylt-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
swylt-cwalu, e; f.
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Kmbl. 311; An. 156. of the death of the soul Gif seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð habban . . . on swyltcwale and in sárum sorgum, Wulfst. 188, 4. Cf. deáþ-cwalu

bladesian

(v.)
Grammar
bladesian, (blat-) ; p. ode.

to flameblazebe hot

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to flame, blaze, be hot Bryne ł bladesige on fíre sóþ lufu flammescat igne karitas, Hy. S. 10, 14. Bladesiendum (blat-, Hpt. Gl. 464, 51) coquentibus, i. assantibus, An. Ox. 2469. to emit an odour Bladesiað redoleant, i. spirent, An. Ox. 554.

Linked entries: bladesnung blatesian

wælt

(n.)

apparently some part of the thigha sinew

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apparently some part of the thigh, a sinew (?) Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, .iii. scillingas gebéte, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. (The preceding section deals with wounds to the thigh.

windel-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
windel-streáw, -streów, es; n.

Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed

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Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed (v. windle-straws, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74.

lettan

(v.)
Grammar
lettan, p. te

hinderimpededelay

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Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.

Linked entry: ge-lettan

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: in a physical sense, fitly, so as to fit Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlyd ðǽrtó gelimplíce geféged, Hml.

hyldu

(n.)
Grammar
hyldu, e; hyldo; indecl. f.

Kindnessfavouraffectionfriendshipgracefidelityloyalty

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Swá ic áge Pharaones helde so may I possess the favour of Pharaoh; per salutem Pharaonis, Gen. 42, 15. Wé hraðe begytan hyldo ðíne cito anticipet nos misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 78, 8.

Linked entry: helde

feld-gangende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feld-gangende, -gongende; part.

Field-goingmoving over a plaincampum peragrans

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Field-going, moving over a plain; campum peragrans Feldgangende feoh pĕcus campum peragrans, Soul Kmbl. 161; Seel. 81: Salm. Kmbl. 45; Sal. 23. Feldgongende feoh cattle traversing the field, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 25; Seel. 81, note: Salm.

Linked entry: gangan

leoþuwǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
leoþuwǽcan, liþewǽcan; p. -wǽhte

to assuagesoften

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To become or to make soft, or pliant, to grow calm, to assuage, soften Liþewǽcaþ brymmas sǽs the surges of the sea become still, Hymn. Lye Liþewǽhte lentesceret, Hpt. Gl. 479, 30. Liþewǽhtan mollescerent, delenirent, 481, 13.