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wirde

(n.)
Grammar
wirde, (?), es; m.

An observer

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An observer

æþelian

(v.)
Grammar
æþelian, un-.
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l. an-

cwis

Grammar
cwis, l. un-cwisse (
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at end)

eár

(n.)
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an ear

ysel

(n.)
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an ass

wíg

(n.)

an idol

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an idol

gifan

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Add Doto, -as, dono vel gifu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, l. Geben (gibaen, Ep. Gl.) wæs inpendebatur Txts. 71, 1086. to give a thing as a present Se wela þe se cyning gifþ his deórlingum. Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3. Þú. sealdest mé wilna geniht.

múþ

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in a person's mouth, seek to be told by a person Sió ǽ sceal beón sóht on ðæs sácerdes múðe, Past. 91, 17. the exterior opening of the mouth considered as part of the face Gif múð wóh weorðeð.

ferigan

(v.)
Grammar
ferigan, ferigean

to carryconveybear

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Kmbl. 585; An. 293: 1647; An. 825: Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 33: Beo. Th. 671; B. 333

for-bígels

(n.)
Grammar
for-bígels, es; m.

An archa vaultan arched roofarcusfornixcămĕraκαμάρα

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An arch, a vault, an arched roof; arcus, fornix, cămĕra = καμάρα Forbígels arcus, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 32; Wrt. Voc. 26, 31

forp-lútan

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For Scint. 6: Prov. 29 substitute Forþloten tó sárgungum pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 29, 9, 10. Forðloten proclivior (ad peccandum ), Kent. Gl. 1068

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Hé ofslóg Amintas and his bróðor and Parmenion and Filiotes . . . and monege óþre . . . and Clitus nec minor ejus in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

hopian

(v.)
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Add: to look (mentally) with expectation to (tô), hope for Án is þæt ðú hefst and brícst and lufast þæt ðæt þú ǽr tó hopedest. Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume tó ðám ðe ic tó hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15.

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm. iii. 218, 4 (and often on this

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Add Éhtende insectatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 8. to pursue an enemy, a criminal Ic éhtige fýnd míne persequor inimicos meos, Ps. L. 17, 38.

girnan

(v.)
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Girne hé tó Godes þeówum þæt hý him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 11. used absolutely, to ask from a person Gyrn fram mé and ic selle [þé] þeóda postula a me et dabo tibi gentes, Ps. Rdr. 2, 8. <b>IV a.

tíd-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sceáwere, es; m.
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An observer of times and seasons, an astrologem Tídsceáwere horoscopus (horoscopus astrologus, qui horas, maxime natales, inquirit vel considerat, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 18

byrgen-song

(n.)
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An epitaph, a dirge Byriensang epitaphion, i. carmen mortuorum, An. Ox. 902: 2, 20

efen-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-byrde, adj.
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Of equal birth Hé genam him gemeccan efenbyrde his cynne he took a wife of as good family as his own, Hml. S. 33, 3

hunig-bǽre

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Substitute: of -flowers, containing honey Huni bǽrum ciǽfran helmum melligeris caltarum frondibus, An. Ox. 93. fig. honied, mellifluous Hunibǽre mellifluam (dogmatum dulcedinem), An. Ox. 2153