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up-wearp

(n.)

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up-yrne

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up-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
up-ryne, es; m.

A coming up ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ coming of day

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A coming up, rising of a heavenly body, coming of day Wiþ hire (the sun's) uprynæs, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. Fram sunnan upryne a solis ortu, Ps. Spl. 106, 3. Uprine, 112, 3. Æfter sunnan setlgange ǽr mónan upryne, Lchdm. i. 330, 18. Ymb ðæs dæges uppyrne

Linked entry: up-yrne

gange

Grammar
gange, v. úp-gange, wæfer-gange.

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ǽ-welm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-welm, -wellm, -wylm, -wylme, -wielme, es; m. [eá water, wælm a welling or boiling up]

A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons

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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10. Seó eá cymþ eft to ðam ǽwelme the river comes again to the source, Fox 134, 17.

Linked entries: ǽ-wylm eá-wylm

for-fylden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-fylden, [fylden = fealden, pp. of fealdan to fold up]

Filled up ⬩ stopped ⬩ opposed ⬩ obstructus

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Filled up, stopped, opposed; obstructus, Cot. 148

for-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
for-screncan, -scræncan; p. -screncte, -scræncte; pp. —scrænct, -screnct [screncan to trip up]

To supplant ⬩ overcome ⬩ oppress ⬩ cast down ⬩ supplantāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ elīdĕre

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To supplant, overcome, oppress, cast down; supplantāre, opprĭmĕre, elīdĕre Ða ðe leahtras forscrencaþ belimpaþ to Godes ríce those who overcome sins belong to God's kingdom, Homl. Th. i. 198, 23. Forscrænc hine supplanta eum, Ps. Lamb. 16, 13. Ðú forscrænctest

Linked entry: for-screncend

-lendisc

(suffix)
Grammar
-lendisc, v. dún-, eówer-, in-, up-, úre-, út-lendisc.

Linked entry: -lændisc

ráfian

(v.)
Grammar
ráfian, to involve, wrap up (?) cf.
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Icel. reifa to swaddle; or to unloose, disclose, cf. Icel. reifa to rip up, disclose

Linked entry: rǽfan

ge-trimmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trimmed, part. [ge-trymman to draw up]

Drawn up ⬩ instructus

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Drawn up; instructus Getrimmed féða cuneus, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 79; Wrt. Voc. 18, 31

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

twín-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
twín-wyrm, (twin- ?), es; m. The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35.

úp

Grammar
úp, <b>. V.</b>
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Ðér hit ǽr úp eóde where it started, C. D. v. 40, 17. Þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽlþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on ofer-méttum weorðen, Bt. 39, Ii; F. 228, 23: Past. 79, 17 : 461, 28. Add

úp

(adj.)
Grammar
úp, adj.
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This form seems very doubtful. For upne in Sat. 199 perhaps uppe should be read; cf. Hí wiston Drihten écne uppe, Dan. 195 ; and in Ps. Th. 81, 6 uppe-godu may be taken

úp-áhafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
úp-áhafenlíce, adv.
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Arrogantly, proudly Úpáhafenlíce arroganter, superbe, An. Ox. 667

úp-áhafu

(n.)
Grammar
úp-áhafu, e; f.
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An uplifting, elevation Sý mínra handa úpáhafu (elevatio) þé gecwéme ǽfenofrung, Chrd. 30, 21

Linked entry: á-hafu

úp-hefness

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Add: uplifting, v. úp-áhafennes; supra

Linked entry: -hefness

úp-rihte

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Add: of position, turned upwards. Cf. úp-riht; And sýn þá fét gebundene tó ðám héhstan telgan, and ꝥ heáfod hangige ofdúnrihte and þá fét úprihte, Verc. Först. 100, 10. of direction, straight up Úþ on wádhám . . . ðonne úprihte (cf. úp on gerihte,

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride

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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 140. metaphorical, exaltation Þurh ðás clypunge is gesweotolad, ðæt ǽlc upáhefednes ásprincð

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

up-áspringness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áspringness, e; f.

Uprising

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Uprising Upáspringness ł eástdǽl ortus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 12

Linked entry: á-springnes

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