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heorot

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Geseah hé micelne floc heorta . . . æteówde him sylfum án ormǽte heort. Hml. S. 30, 29. Heorutes (heorotes, Ps. Vos., heortes, Ps. Rdr. Spl.) cervi, Ps. Srt. 17, 34. Heoretes (heorotes, Ps. Vos.), 103, 18.

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDREDcentum

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Ðæt flód stód ðá swá án hund daga and fíftig daga obtinuerunt aquæ terram centum quinquaginta diebus, Gen. 7, 24. Æfter óðer healf hund daga post centum quinquaginta dies, 8, 3. Mið penningum twǽm hundum denariis ducentis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 37.

Linked entry: hundes beó

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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To happen, occur, befall, come to pass, take place; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre, contingĕre Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan it shall happen that water shall flow over the earth, Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1; Dóm. 1 : 117 b; Th. 452, 5; Dóm. 116.

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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--Ða fixas ðe synd on ðam flóde ácwelaþ, and ða wæteru forrotiaþ, Ex. 7, 18. Ðǽr wǽron manega wætro (uætro, Lind.: wæter, Rush.) there was much water there, Jn. Skt. 3, 23.

BLÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÁWAN, part. bláwende; ic bláwe, ðú bláwest, bláwst, blǽwest, blǽwst, he bláweþ, bláwþ, blǽweþ, bláwþ, pl. bláwaþ; p. bleów, bléw, pl. bleówon; pp. bláwen

To BLOW, breatheflare, sufflare

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Ic bláwe flo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 41. Wind wráðe bláweþ the wind fiercely blows, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 104; Met. 7, 52: Ps. Th. 147, 7. Blǽwþ gást his and flówaþ wæteru flabit spiritus ejus et fluent aquæ, Ps. Lamb. 147, 18: Bt. Met.

Linked entry: bláwung

á-cennan

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Th. 24, 19. of things Ácennede exorti (flores ), An. Ox. 549. where the product is different, of men Ácende edidit (opera ), An. Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7.

Linked entry: on-cennan

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make liketo act towards

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Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod and gelíce gehíwad, Shrn. 80, 35. to act towards a person as if he were another ꝥ hí sceoldon þone ylcan Ricgan geonlícian (ꝥ hí. . . geanlícodon, v. l.) þám cynge ipsum regem esse simulantes

earfoþnes

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Áfyrseþ hé þás earfoðnesse ( a flood) fram ús, Bl. H. 247, 4: (St. Andrew's imprisonment ), 243, 18. For þissum earfoðnessum þe wé þissum mannan dydon for the hardships we have inflicted on the man, 247, 18.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Fisca welm, wildeóra holt the fishes' flood, the wild beasts' wood, Salm. Kmbl. 165; Sal. 82. Ne foldan stán, ne wæteres wylm, ne wudutelga, 843; Sal. 421. Geofon ýþum weól, wintres wylm (the boiling flood of winter), Beo. Th. 1036; B. 516.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

irnan

(v.)
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Þ hálige blód orn æfter eorðan swá swá flód, Shrn. 132, 21. Hwider arn ꝥ wæter on þám wídgillan flóde ? quo reversae sunt aquae (the waters of the Deluge)?, Angl. vii. 36, 339. Tófleówan, út urnon defluxerunt (ilia Arii), An. Ox. 2857.

stricel

(n.)
Grammar
stricel, es; m.
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Best, 1641. that from which liquid flows (? v. strícan, ), a breast that gives milk, a fount Of stricele ubere Germ. 390, 67. Of feówer stricelum bis binis de fontibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 39

Linked entries: strycel tit-stricel

wrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽd, wrǽð, es; m.

a bandagebandfilletwhat is bound togethera bundlea bandcompanyflock

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Gl. 529, 4. a band, company, flock. Similar entries Cf. wrǽd-mǽlum Wrǽð grex, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32. Wrǽda manipulorum (innumeris manipulorum milibus equitatu et peditatu, Ald. 76), 525, 24

gyte

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Add: a flood of water, downpour of rain Gyte inun-datio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 63: 45, 63. Swá mycel yðgiung and regnes gyte (inundatio) forþ cóm, Gr. D. 167, 25. a shedding of tears Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne?

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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Flosi fór suór um sjá ok hóf þá upp göngu sína ok gekk suðr ok ljetti ekki fyrr enn hann kom til Rómaborgar, Njala. c. 158.]

crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them tumulus

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Dipl. iii. pref. p. xxi, says, — 'It seems to denote a sort of water-course, a meadow through which a stream flows.'

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

ge-síne

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., and add: of material objects, visible, to be seen Þ mon þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 13. Geséne wére hine cuæð uidendum se dicit, Jn. p. 7, 14. Ceastra beóð feorran gesýne, Gn. C.

milisc

(adj.)
Grammar
milisc, adj.

Honeyedsweetmellowmulled

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Milscra (milscre, Wrt.) treówa blósman qui[n]tinas, g. caducas (Du Cange quotes Isidore: 'Flores malorum (punicorum ) a Græcis appellati sunt quintinæ. Latini caducum vocant'), Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 16. Melsc appla nicolaos (cf. nicolaus = dactulus. Wrt.

mylen

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Of lace andlang watæres on Cortices mylne; of Cortices mylne . . . tó ðǽre fúlan flóde, C. D. vi. 31, 20. Sume menn syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafnað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml.

DǼL

(n.)
Grammar
DǼL, es; m.

a part, portion, DEAL pars, portio a part of speech in grammar pars orationis a part of a sentence, a wordverbum

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Ðú offrast teóðan dǽl smedeman thou shalt offer a tenth deal of flour; offeres decimam partem similæ, Ex. 29, 36, 40. Hí heora gód on swá manige dǽlas todǽlaþ they divide their goods into so many parts, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 26.