nép-flód
A neap-tide ⬩ a very low tide
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On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeþ ðæt flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twentigum síða, and swá oft wanaþ; fylleþflód biþ némned on lǽden malina, and se népflódledo, Shrn. 63, 31. [Cf. Eng. Gilds (E. E. T.
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bryne
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Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. <b>II a.</b> of disease, inflammation :-- Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið, Past. 71, 5. a fire, flame Brenum incendiis, An. Ox. 1432.
ellor-gást
A spirit living or going elsewhere, a departing spirit ⬩ spīrĭtus ălĭbi dēgens
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A spirit living or going elsewhere, a departing spirit; spīrĭtus ălĭbi dēgens Scolde se ellorgást on feónda geweald, síðian the departing spirit must go into the power of fiends Beo. Th. 1619; B. 807. Ellorgǽst a departing spirit, 3238; B. 1617.
for-dwínan
to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay
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Fǽrlíce fordwán se ælðeódiga of his gesihðum, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Hé ðǽrrihte of hyra gesihðum fordwán, i. 452, 15: Hml. S. 6, 315. Se deófol þǽrrihte fordwán on his gesihðe the devil straightway vanished while he was looking at him, 31, 178.
hlinc
a link, ⬩ linch, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ 'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,' ⬩ a hill, ⬩ rising ground
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Of ðere díc on þornhlinch; ðanone on dynes hlinch; of ðam hlince, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 223, 29. Ðanon on ðone miclan hlinc, Chart. Th. 160, 24.
HÝD
HIDE ⬩ skin
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Þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda through the wounds of his skin extinguished the wounds of his mind, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 31. Twegen sciprápas óðer of hwæles hýde geworht óðer of sioles, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 22.
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be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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D. 305, 27. of flight, banishment, :-- Hí ealle þá áwergdan on helle grund bedrífaþ, Bl. H. 95, 8. Alfwold Æðelréd bedráf on (of?) lande, Chr. 778; P. 53, 15.
ge-mána
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Of ciricean gemánan áscáden, 36, 19. God hine áwende of ealra crístenra gemánan, C.
hetol
malignant ⬩ ferocious ⬩ severe
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Ox. 3640. of punishment, severe. Similar entries Cf. hetollíce; II. Sý hé gewítnod mid hetolre steóre, R. Ben 67, 16
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up-spring
an upspringing ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ coming of day or night ⬩ a rising of water ⬩ breaking forth ⬩ birth ⬩ what springs up
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an upspringing, rising of a heavenly body, coming of day or night Upspryng ortus (solis), Ps. Spl. 103, 23. Fram ðære sunnan upspringes anginne a solis ortus cardine, Hymn. Surt. 50, 2. Fram ðære sunnan upspringe, Anglia viii. 317, 10.
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sceáþ
A sheath
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Sweord of sceáþe átugon ða synfullan gladium evaginaverunt peccatores, Ps. Spl. 36, 14: Judth. Thw. 22, 26; Jud. 79. Of scéþe, Byrht. Th. 136, 37; By. 162. Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii reconduntur in vaginas, Prud. 72 a.
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god-cund
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Tó godcundan neódan for the needs of the church, 328, 9. Bisceope gebyreð ǽlc rihting ge on godcundan þingan ge on woruldcundan, ii. 312, 9. <b>III a.
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Æsces dún
ASHDOWN
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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on
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sceadwung
An overshadowing
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An overshadowing On sumum earde dagas beóþ lengran, on sumon scyrtran for ðære eorþan sceadewunge (sceadwunge, MS. R.) in one land days are longer, in another shorter, because of the way in which the shadow falls on the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 4.
blind-nes
obscurity
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Add: physical, of persons, where faculty of vision is absent Hire eágan ðýstredon, ꝥ heó nǽnigne dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón mihte, Mid þý heó sum fæc on blindnesse wæs, Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 12. Ofslegene (slegene, 29) mid blindnesse, Bl.
glæd-mód
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having glad thoughts, cheerful, joyous. of permanent disposition. v. glæd; 1 Sé þe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. of an occasional frame of mind.
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Gewurdon fela martyra on x wintra firste, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 19. Of fæce, fyrste intercapedine, i. spatio, An. Ox. 2967. Fyrst intercapedinem, 5428. Ne étes firste hæfde nec manducandi spatium habebant, Mk.
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freóls-tíd
a festival ⬩ an anniversary
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Add: a festival of the Church, an anniversary Ðára seofen háligra slǽpera freólstíd bið on geáre fíf nihton ǽr hláfmæssan, Hml. S. 23, 7. On þurhháligere freólstíde iu sacrosancta (palmarum) solemnitate i. festiuitate, An. Ox. 2601.
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Ox. 1990
wíþig
A withy ⬩ willow
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On ðone háran wíðig . . .; of ðam wíþige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 8, 10: 313, 27: 399, 21: 400, 2. On ðone ealdan wíðig; ðonne of ðam wíðige, vi. 35, 33. On ðone wíðig, iii. 10, 25. In ǽnne wíðing, 391, 27
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