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on-cirran

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
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D. i. 235, 1. add: to turn with the mind Ðá oncierde him seó gehygd tó deófolgylde, Shrn. 92, 14. to change Sume men secgað ꝥ þǽr oncyrre mannes líchama ꝥ ne mæge mid his wífe gerestan, Lch. i. 364, 2

up-flór

(n.)
Grammar
up-flór, a, e: -flóre, an; f.: es; m.

An upper floor or storyupper chamber

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Heó hæfde big behíd on hire upflóra (solario domus suae), Jos. 2, 6. Gesamnodon on sumre upflóra (de tecto et solario spectantes) ealle ða heáfodmen, Jud. 16, 25.

Linked entry: flór

wæstmbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽrness, e; f.

Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity

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him geheóld wæstmbǽrnysse tuddres ( fecunditatem sobolis ), Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 8

æf-wirdla

Grammar
æf-wirdla, -werdla.

Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum

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Ðæt him ðæs befæstan eówdes nánne æfwirdlan (ǽwyrdlan, v. l.) hæbbe ut detrimenta gregis sibi commissi non patiatur, R. Ben. 14, 9. Ðæt hwylcne æfwyrdlan (ǽwyrdlan, v. l.) geþrowedon heora ágenra sáwla animarum damna patirentur, Gr. D. 50, 24.

Linked entry: ǽwirdla

tó-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sǽlan, p. de; impers. vb.

To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to somethingto be lack of something for a person

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.), to be lack of something for a person Ne tósǽleþ him gúþgemótes siþþan ic þurh hylles hróf gerǽce he (the dog) will not want for fighting, when I (the badger) reach through the hill's roof, Exon. Th. 397, 26; Rä. 16, 25.

beán

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Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml. S. 23 b, 128. Beána sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 7. Add

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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áwende hit him tó wyrsan þinge, 17, 13; Gen. 259. tǽhte Absalone óðerne rǽd wyrsan tó his willan, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 206. Wéne ic tó ðé wyrsan þinga, gif ðú Grendles dearst bídan, Beo. Th. 1055; B. 525.

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽrendian, -érendian, -ǽrndian; p. ode; pp. od [ǽrendian to go on an errand]

To go on an errandto asktellintercedemandātum deferrenuntiāreinterpellāre

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Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that he might ask the mercy of Caius for them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 36. He geǽrendaþ [geǽrndaþ MSS. A.

Linked entries: ge-érendian ǽrendian

þider-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-weard, adv.
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Hié wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard they were flocking to the place, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 19: 5, 13; Swt. 246, 21. Ðá ðyderweard wæs when he was on the way to it, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 179: Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 3.

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan ; p. ode ; pp. od

To envybe envious of or atinvidere

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To envy, be envious of or at; invidere Ðes iunga man ne æféstigaþ on nánum þingum, ðe he hér gesihþ this young man is envious at nothing, which he here seeth, Th. Apol. 14, 25: Cot. 119

Linked entry: ge-æféstian

a-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hérian, p. ede; pp. ed

To praise fullycelebrate enoughplene laudaresatis celebrare

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To praise fully, celebrate enough; plene laudare, satis celebrare Ne mæg ðé ahérian hæleða ǽnig not any men can fully praise thee, Hy. 3, 10; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 10; prec. 3 ad calcem Cœdm. l. 5

Linked entry: herian

and-weald

(n.)
Grammar
and-weald, es; m.

Powerright or title to anything

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Power, right or title to anything Ðæ he wolde habban andweald ongeán God that he would have power against God, Homl. Th. i. 10, 25: Ps. Spl. 19, 7: 113, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 121

axian

(v.)
Grammar
axian, axigan, axigean; p. ode; pp. od

To askinterrogare

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To ask; interrogare He axode he asked, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 43. Ic axige me rǽdes consulo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3 ; Som. 31, 2. Ic axige percunctor [ = percontor ], 25 ; Som. 27, 6: Mt. Foxe 22, 46

Linked entries: axigean axode

ful-bealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-bealdlíce, -baldlíce; adv.

Full boldlyvery boldlyaudācissĭme

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He fulbaldlíce beornas lǽrde he exhorted the warriors full boldly, Byrht. Th. 140, 60; By. 311

eald-cýþ

(n.)
Grammar
eald-cýþ, eald-cýððu, e; f.

The old countryprisca patria

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The old country; prisca patria Ðæt he his ealdcýððu sécan móte that he may seek its old country, Exon. 62a; Th. 228, 9; Ph. 435: 61a: Th. 222. 19; Ph. 351: 18b; Th. 46, 16; Cri. 738

mis-spówan

(v.)

to succeed badly

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to succeed badly sǽde ðæt hit ðæm cyninge læsse edwit wǽre, gif ðæm folce búton him misspeówe if it went ill with the people when he was not with them, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 34

be-wépendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-wépendlic, adj.

Lamentabledeplorable

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Lamentable, deplorable Bewépendlic atratus, lugubris, Hpt. 31, 14, 370: 17, 463. Bewépendlic gewéd deflenda dementia, An. Ox. 40, 1. earn, and bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66

dæg-þerne

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-þerne, adj.
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Day, for use in the day time Gán and mid dægþernum ( diurnalibus ) tyslian gescýum, Angl. xiii. 383, 259. Tó unscrýdende dægþerne scós ad exuendos diurnales calceos, 392, 390. [Diurnales dicuntur calcei quibus interdiuu] Cf. nihterne

fercung

(n.)
Grammar
fercung, e; f.

Provisionsfood

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Provisions, food Heó nolde his sanda brúcan . . .: ac heó hæfde gebróht on hire þínene fǽtelse hire fercunge non potero manducare ex his quae mihi praecipis tribui . . .; ex his autem quae mihi detuli manducabo, Hml. A. 110, 272

Linked entry: fercian

hors-bǽr

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His horsbǽr þe hine mon untrumne on bær wæs gehealden, Bd. Sch. 382, 13. Sum þegn læg on paralisyn . . . þá cwæð wolde tó Wynceastre sýðian húru on his horsbǽre, Hml. S. 21, 181. Add