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bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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D. bed = ant-hill

ge-dwola

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ge-dwola, one who errs.
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S. 1, 8. one who wanders in his mind, a frantic person Ged(w)olan lymphaticus, An. Ox. ii. 176

-méde

(suffix)
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Dele 'subst, and', and (-mádu) at end, and add:

un-lytel

(adj.)
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un-lytel, adj.

not littlegreatnot littlenot few in numbermuchnot littlegreat

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Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó, Homl.

fremming

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Ðurh geswicenysse yfeles and ðurh fremminge gódes, 332, 4. Fremmincgum effectibus (operum ), An. Ox. 1332. Tó gódum fremmingum fulfremedra dǽda. Hml. A. 48, 581

rǽd

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Ealle ðá ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde, Angl. ix. 259, 19. Rǽdas conpendia, Scint. 100, 14. Add Rǽde senatu, An. Ox. 4041. <b>V a.

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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a fall from a higher to a lower point, or from an erect position Engel hét þæt treów ceorfan and þá wildeór onweg fleón . . . þonne his fyll cóme, Dan. 513. Fæll húses ruina domus, Mt. L. 7, 27. Faell, Lk. L. 6, 49.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

hæleþ

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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.

háwian

(v.)
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Hé wæs eft cyrrende tó þǽre spyrtan, and wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode, and geseah ꝥ seó nǽdre þǽr in wæs qui reversus ad sportam caute ac sollicite attendit, sed eam serpens tenebat, Gr.

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, error.
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Add: error, wrong conduct Gedwolum erratis, An. Ox. 43, 8. Hé geseah ꝥ eal manna cynn on missenlicum gedwolum from heora Scyppende gewitene wǽron, Bl. H. 103, 5. a practice that deceives, leads into error.

neoþera

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Add: of degree, rank, &amp;amp;c., inferior Þæs niðeran (nyþeran, An. Ox. 593) lífes inferioris uitae, Hpt. Gl. 420, 34. Ne onscunige ic nó þæs neoþeran and þæs unclǽnan stówe, Bt. 5, I; F. 10, 15.

ge-wǽtan

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Strengas gurron, wǽdo gewǽtte, An. 375

in-færeld

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Add: an entry, a place or way by which one enters, a vestibule Hé hý lǽdde intó þám infærlde þǽre cytan, and hé sylf into þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 30.

ǽr-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-sceaft, e; f.

An old creationan ancient workpristina creatiopriscum opus

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An old creation, an ancient work; pristina creatio, priscum opus, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 1; Ruin. 16

Linked entry: sceaft

ídelgild-offrung

(n.)
Grammar
ídelgild-offrung, e ; f.
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An offering to an idol Ídelgildoffrung idolothytum, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 109; Wrt. Voc. 22, 25

flíming

(n.)
Grammar
flíming, es; m.

A fugitivean exileoutlaw

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A fugitive, a banished person, an exile, outlaw Flými[u]g profugus i. expulsus. An. Ox. 2965

in-lendisc

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Add: The definite form used substantively, a native, an inhabitant Inlendisca accola, i. habitator, An. Ox. 2415

sceacel

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add: an instrument for causing vibrations (v. sceacan; ), an implement for striking the strings of a harp

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Elpendes hýd wyle drincan wætan gelíce án spinge deþ an elephant's hide will imbibe water as a sponge doth, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 11.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Ða nam Pilatus ðone Hǽlend and swang (flagellavit) hyne. Jn. Skt. 19, 1. Hié hine swungon. Blickl. Homl. 23, 31. Mé weras slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1927; An. 966. Ða deófol hine ( St.