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frum-bearn

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. ¶ figurative :-- Banan mancynnes fácnes frumbearn (the devil ), An. 1296. one of the first two or three children, an elder child Adames and Euan aforan wǽron freólicu twá frumbearn cenned, Cain and Abel, Gen. 968.

hæfen

Grammar
hæfen, having.
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Add: hafon. abstract, the having or possessing of something Mid gódra weorca biggenge and mid háligra mægena hæfene, K. Ben. 3, 7.

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne mid heora sceáwunge, Hml. S. 31, 819.

India

(n.)
Grammar
India, Indea; f.
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On óþer þeódlond India (or under Indéas ?) in alias Indie regiones, 22, 2. Þá wilnode ic Indéum innanwearde tó geseónne interiorem Indiam perspicere cupiens, 5, 17. On Indea, Chr. 883; P. 79, 7

neádian

(v.)
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Neádude cogerentur, i. compellerentur (redire ), 2484. to force to or from something Hé ofslóh þone óþerne pe hine ðǽrtó neádode, Hml. S. 25, 227.

sac-full

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</b> that excites dissension or strife: — Leáse láreówas bringað sacfulle láre pseudodoctores introducent sectas, Chrd. 93, 2. in last line for Leo. l. Lev

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét hé spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.

un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, Hé hí mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hé hét hí eft ealle unbindan, Hml.

grút

(n.)
Grammar
grút, indecl. but also dat. grýt

GROUTthe wet residuary materials of malt liquorcondimentum cerevisiæ grounds, dregsporridge

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Lchdm. iii.28, 9; f.GROUT, the wet residuary materials of malt liquor; condimentum cerevisiæ Wyrc clam of súrre rigenre grút oððe dáge work a paste of sour rye grout or of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 17.

clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSINGinclosureconclusion of a sentenceperiodclaustrumperiodusπερίοδος

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Periodos is clýsing oððe ge-endung ðæs ferses a period is the conclusion or ending of a sentence [lit. verse], Ælfc. Gr. 50, 14; Som. 51, 18

Linked entry: clýsung

créda

(n.)
Grammar
créda, an; m. [Lat. crēdo I believe]

The creedbelief symbolum fidei

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The creed, belief; symbolum fidei Se læssa créda the less or Apostles' creed Homl. Th. ii. 596, 11.

á-wyrtwalian

(v.)

to pluck up or out by the rootto extirpateeradicateexterminateto pluckdraw away

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Add: to pluck up or out by the root, lit. Onweg ácorfenum þám tungum swylce hí áwyrtwalode wǽron abscissis radicitus linguis, Gr. D. 241, 12. fig. to extirpate, eradicate, exterminate Ic áwyrtwalie extirpo (gaudia carnis ), An. Ox. 186, 26.

be-fleán

to strip the skinbark offto strip off

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Add: to strip the skin or bark off Berinde, beflóg decorticavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 47. Befleán deglobere, 138, 29. Behyldan, befleán deglobere .i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280. Hét hé hine cwicne befleán, Shrn. 84, 29: 121, 1.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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H. 43, 13: Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 27-21, 4. For feós lufon, Bl. H. 63, 7, 8. Godes feós ðeófð sacrilegium, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 31. Sel mé dǽl fǽes (feás, R.) and dǽlde ðǽm ꝥ feh da mihi portionem substantiae et diuisit substantiam, Lk. L. 15, 12, 13.

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de
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Swemyn molestor, mereo; sweem, swemynge or mornynge tristicia, molestia, meror Prompt. Parv. 482, col. 1. In A. S. only the compound á-swǽman (q. v.) is found, apparently with the meaning to become troubled or grieved.

Linked entry: á-swǽman

ge-springan

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(lit. or fig.), to fly Þæt blód gesprang, B. 1667. Of þám wróhtdropan wíde gesprungon, Gn.

-ælfen

(suffix)
Grammar
-ælfen, -elfen, e; f.

A fairynymphnympha

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It is found only in compound words, as Múnt-ælfen a mountain nymph; oreas = ??????, ???? Wudu-elfen a wood nymph; dryas, etc, Wrt. Voc. 60, 14-19

Linked entries: -elfen sæ-elfen

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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the law of the land, the rights and privileges belonging to the inhabitant of a country or to the owner of land[?]

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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Orm. ii. 626, 627. Dyppan is also used in the Rushworth Gloss

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Bos. 21, 33, 41: Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 56, 35. Ealne norþ-dǽl ðysses eálondes genóman and gesetton omnem aquilonalem insulæ partem capessunt, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 18: Blickl. Homl. 79, 26.