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burg-leód

(n.)
Grammar
burg-leód, es; pl. -leóde (-a); m.
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Ger. burg-liut; pl. -liuti civis.] Take here burh-leóde in Dict., and see next two words

fóþer

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; the amount contained in a waggon, a waggon-load Fóþer altitudo, wǽngehrado tabula plaustri (in a list 'de plaustris et de partibus ejus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 52. Fóder altitudo (? alitudo, v. I), ii. 8, 13.

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

ge-smirian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smirian, l. ge-smirwau.
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Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita, 51, 49. to smear with grease Mycgerne gesmired seuo madefactus (fomes), An. Ox. 2764. to anoint as part of the ritual of consecration to an office Ic ðé tó cynincge gesmyrode, Hml. S. 18, 321.

ge-swebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swebban, p. ge-swefde, ge-swefede: ge-sweflan; p. ode.
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</b> of the sleep of death, to cause to die, deprive of life :-- Crist wæs mid deáðe geswefod on þǽre róde Christus in mice dormivit, Ang. vii. 22, 215. þis mǽden inne læg on deáðe geswefod. of things, to calm, quiet Gelíþewǽhte, geswefede sopita

Linked entry: ge-swefian

þolian

(v.)
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</b> to be without what is unpleasant or evil Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. GodGod the Fatherpatriarca

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Lind. 14, 36. Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder she stands on the right hand of the Father, Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134. Ðeodosius se wæs ðære hǽðenre héhfæder Theodosius who was the patriarch of the heathens, Nar. 40, 5.

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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Se hearda stán aðamans hnescáþ ongeán ðæt líðe buccan blód durus adamas leni hircorum sanguine mollescit, Past. 37, 4; Swt. 271, 4. Hí hnescodon sprǽca his molliti sunt sermones ejus, Ps. Spl. 54, 24.

á-þolian

(v.)

To hold out under trial,To put up withenduresuffer

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To hold out under trial, of persons Hit bið twýlic hwæðer ðæt cild on life áðolige oð þæt hit þám láreówe andwyrdan mage, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 24.

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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Eternal, perpetual, everlasting; sempĭternus, æternus Ðis ys sóþlice éce líf hæc est autcm vīta æterna. Jn. Bos. 17, 3. Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261.

Linked entry: ǽce

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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A wing; āla:Wings; ālæ, pennæ Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29. Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ, Ps.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

for-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bærnan, -bearnan, to -bærnenne; part. -bærnende; p. -bærnde, pl. -bærndon; pp. -bærned, -bærnd; v. trans.

To burn upconsumeŭrĕrecombūrĕre

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Líg forbærnde ða árleásan flamma combussit peccātōres, Ps. Lamb. 105, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 40: Chr. 685; Erl. 40. 20. Hí ǽr Mul forbærndon they had formerly burnt Mul, Chr. 694; Erl. 43, 21: 894; Erl. 91, 25: 1001; Erl. 136, 31: 1055; Erl. 190. 4.

Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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The body of a man living or dead, a corpse, carcase, trunk, carrion Líc vel hreáw funus, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 74, 1; Wrt. Voc. 45, 25.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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Hæfþ se ilca god eorþan and wætere mearce gesette the same God hath appointed a limit to earth and water, 11, 127 ; Met. 11, 64. Ðis is se ilca ealwalda god ðone on fyrndagum fæderas cúðon, Andr. Kmbl. 1501; An. 752.

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Se líg ne mæg ná sceþþan ðisse fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 15: 221, 17: Ps. Surt. 104, 14: Cd. Th. 273, 33; Sat. 146. Scyþþan, Andr. Kmbl. 2096; An. 1049. Ðæt Scottas him nóht sceþþende ne áfuhton, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 25. with acc.

Linked entry: sceaþan

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Andlang ðære þorngrǽfan þwyres ofer Hysseburnan on gósdæne; ðonne andlang ðæs weges ðe líð andlang gósdæne þwyres ofer in waldes weg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 148, 4-7. Þwyres ofer þrý crundelas; ofer ða strét; þwyres ofer ða dúne, 13, 32: vi. 226, 15.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Bt. 31, i; F. 112, 19. to find, discover, meet with a person, lit. Hí forléton hine tó ánum treówe gebun-denne. Hé wearð áfunden fram ðám folce þǽr, Hml. A. 107, 158. fig. Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne foresprecan him áfunden hæfdon, 101. 317

cyne-dóm

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For þám cynedóme ( for the offence done to the royal dignity ) gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde, 190, 7. royal property. v. cyne-lic Cynedómes fisci (cf. fiscus kyninga seód, 39, 80), Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 60

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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Brond . . . fealo líg feormað flammam parturit ipse calor, Ph. 218. Fúl náwár friðian ne feormian, Ll. Th. i. 162, 26. to entertain a guest Gif man cuman feormæð .iii. niht an his ágenum háme, Ll. Th. i. 32, 16.

ge-rǽdnes

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Salomon gedyde ofer eall gemǽne-líce þás gerǽdnesse mid þysum wordum spiritus hominum atque jumentorum tanta distinctione discernis. . . quibus verbis generalem definitionem subinfert, Gr. D. 264, 13 — 22.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Gif him þince ðæt hé habbe rúh líc, Lchdm. iii. 170, 24 : Exon. Th. 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5. Rúwes nát hwæt, 479, 17; Rä. 62, 9. Rúhne wæfels yrcum tegimen, Hymn. Surt. 103, 31. Rúhne (rihne, MS.)hine gesihþ gewordenne, Lchdm. iii. 208, 29.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe