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tó-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -blawen.

to blow in different directions,scatter by blowing,blow awayto inflate,puff up,distend with wind,swell,to cause the breast to swell

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to blow in different directions, scatter by blowing, blow away Hí beóþ duste gelícran ðonne hit wind tóblǽwþ tamquam pulvis, quem projecit ventus a facie terrae, Ps. Th. I. 5. Tódrifen mid winde, swá weorþaþ axe giond eorþan eall tóbláwen, Met. 20, 106

Linked entry: tó-blǽdan

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast,scatter seedto spread abroad,scatter,disperse,to disseminate opinionsdistribute favourssow dissension

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To sow broadcast, scatter seed; fig. to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, of concrete objects Sume hí cwǽdon, ðæt se líchoma ðe ǽne biþ tó duste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ðæt hé nǽfre eft tógædere ne cóme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 376. Of Noes sunum ys tósáwen

fyrdung

(n.)
Grammar
fyrdung, e; f.

an army prepared for wararmamentexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastra

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an army prepared for war, armament; exercĭtus Beó man georne ymbe fyrdunga let the armaments be diligently attended to, L. Eth. v. 26; Th. i. 310, 24: vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 32. an expedition; expĕdītio On fyrdunge in the expedition, L. C. S. 79; Th. i

Linked entries: forðung fyrding

á-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157. Mid ælmesðǽdum áclǽnsode, Hml.

blis

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Blisse jubilationis, An. Ox. 2610. Þonne þǽr wæs blisse intingan (laetitiae causa) gedémed, þæt hí ealle sceoldon be hearpan singan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 482, 16. Þú woldest mé laðian, þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan, Ælfc. T. Grn

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An. Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad.

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

ge-wrixl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, adj.
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Substitute: alternate. v. gewrixl(e); <b>I a</b> Gewrixlum síþum alternis uicibus, An. Ox. 7, 216: 8, 163. Stemnum (v. stefn a turn ) gewrixlum, 3001. v. ge-wrixlic. vicarious. v. ge-wrixl(e); <b>V a, b</b> Mid ge-wrix[l]ere

grafet

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>grafet, grafett,</b> es; n. An excavation, a trench Of ðám crundele on ðæt lange grauet; of ðám lange grafette, C. D. v. 193, 34. Tó ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195,

infangene-þeóf

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Ic an heom ꝥ hý habben ... infangeneðeóf (In the Latin version of the charter this is rendered: Concedo ut habeant ... potestatem fures in terra sua cum re furtiua deprehensos in ios uocandi et puniendi), C.D. iv. 202, 8. Mid tolle and teáme and infangenenðéf

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

nunne

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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An. Ox. 8, 368. non-Christian Minutia hátte án wífmon þe on

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisarya message, an errand

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Substitute: carrying a message, acting as an emisary Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcð ðæt hé ǽnige geþeódrǽdene nime wið ðone ámánsumedan, oðþe þurh ǽnige sprǽce oðþe þurh ǽniges óþres mannes ǽrendunge by any other man's carrying a message R. Ben. 50, 13

ge-hæg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæg, es; n.
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A hay, an enclosed piece of land, a meadow Oxena gehæg and án mylen, C. D. iv. 77, 28. Grénes gehæges vernantis prati An. Ox. 551. Of gehæge ex (sacrorum voluminum) prato, 1422. Ic ána sæt innan bearwe, mid helme beþeht, holte tómiddes; þǽr þá wæterburnan

hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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jurisdiction Hláforddómes consulatus, i. principatus. An. Ox. 271. Constantinus him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtinge and hláfordóme (ealdordóme, v.l.) Constantinus ei in monasterii regimine successit. Gr. D. 96, 8. An ðás rédenne ðe se monn, sé

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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Add:; es; n. Conditio, i. status, natura, sors, regula, lex gescæp, gewyrd, gescæft, gebyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 62. [ In view of the Latin words (regula, lex) in this gloss perhaps the passage Men. 66, given in Dict. under below.] fortune Gewyrdes fortunae

bældan

(v.)

to animateencourageanimareinstigare

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to animate, encourage; animare, instigare Ðú þeóde bældest to beadowe thou encouragest the people to strife, Andr. Kmbl. 2373; An. 1188

ende-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
ende-stæf, pl. nom. acc. -stafas; m.

An epilogue, conclusion, destructionepĭlŏgus, perorātio

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An epilogue, conclusion, destruction; epĭlŏgus, perorātio Heó endestæf gesceáwiaþ they shall behold their end, Cd. 225; Th. 398, 30; Sat. 541

fléding

(n.)
Grammar
fléding, e; f.

A flowingan inundationfluxus

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A flowing, an inundation; fluxus Se ele geswác ðære flédinge the oil ceased from the flowing, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 2

fremming

(n.)
Grammar
fremming, e; f.

A framingan effectefficacyfabrĭcātioeffectuseffĭcācia

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A framing, an effect, efficacy; fabrĭcātio, effectus, effĭcācia Fremming effectus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 15: Homl. Th. i. 8, 7

earfoþ-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-mæcg, earfeþ-mæcg, es; m.

An unhappy maninfortūnātus hŏmo

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An unhappy man; infortūnātus hŏmo Se earfoþmæcg up lócode the afflicted man looked up, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 12; Dan. 623

Linked entry: earfeþ-mæcg

mǽr-ác

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-ác, e; f.

An oak which serves as part of a boundary

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An oak which serves as part of a boundary (?) Of ðære ác in ða mǽrác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 31