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(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Add: gen. ié, é; dat. ié, ee; dat. pl. eáuum, éum Eá amnis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 56. Eá mid treówum ymbset amnis, 54, 16. Seó eá (éa, MS.) Danai, Ors. 1, 1; S. 8, 16: Nar. 35, 5. Se múþa þǽre ié (íe, MS.), Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 13. Ælfe múþa þǽre ié, 16, 6.

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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Add Ic getíðige praesto, Ælfc. Gr. 139, 11. to grant a request. absolute, to consent to a request (with dat. of person asking) Ꝥ hé unc getíðade (-tigðade, v. l. ), and on þæs gesíðes huus ineóde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 568, 14. Hié bǽdon ꝥ ... Sume him getygðedon

æfter-fyligend

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-fyligend, -fylgend, es; m.

One who follows or succeedsa followersuccessor

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One who follows or succeeds, a follower ; successor Ac Oswald his æfterfyligend hí ge-endade swá we ǽr beforan sǽdon sed successor ejus Oswaldus perfecit ut supra docuimus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 36: Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 2

æt-ýwnys

(n.)
Grammar
æt-ýwnys, -nyss, æt-ýwedness, æt-eówedniss, æt-íwedness, e; f.

A shewingmanifestationlaying opena declarationostensio

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A shewing, manifestation, laying open, a declaration; ostensio Seó ætýwnys heofonlíces wundres miraculi cœlestis ostensio. Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 23. Mid monigra heofonlícra wundra ætýwnysse miraculorum multorum ostensione, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 10. Óþ ætýwednessum

Linked entry: æt-íwedness

fisc-wylle

(adj.)
Grammar
fisc-wylle, -welle; adj. [cf. weallan to swarm]

Full of fishabounding in fishpiscíbus abundanspiscōsus

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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8

hýrsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýrsum-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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Obedience, subjection Myrcna cyninge on hýrsumnesse underþeódded syndon Merciorum regi subjectæ sunt, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 27. Þurh ða hýrsumnysse ðe wé heom hýrsomiaþ through the obedience with which we obey them, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 21

godcundlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
godcundlíce, adv.

Divinelyfrom heavenby inspirationdivinitus

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Divinely, from heaven, by inspiration; divinitus Godcundlíce divinitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 5. Ðeáh he sé godcundlíce gesceádwís though he be divinely rational, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 18: Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 10: 4, 24; S. 596, 41

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, e; f.

A blood-lettingsanguinis emissio

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A blood-letting; sanguinis emissio Frægn se bisceop hwonne hire blódlæswu ǽrest wǽre the bishop asked when was first her blood-letting, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 12, 15. On ðære blódlæswe in the blood-letting, 5, 3; S. 616, 5

Linked entry: lǽs

ge-mynd-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd-dæg, es; m.

A commemoration day, day of birth or of death

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A commemoration day, day of birth or of death Ðære abbudissan gemynd-dæg cujus natalis, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 39. Ðý dæge ðe his gemynd-dæg wǽre die depositions ejus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 35: Th. Chart. 496, 4

un-gewisness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewisness, e; f.

Uncertaintyignorance

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Uncertainty, ignorance Ða ðe ðurh ungewisnysse ( per ignorantiam) synne fremmaþ ... ða ðe him ne ondrǽdaþ witende (sciendo ) syngian, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 36. Swá hwæt swá on hyre unclǽnnysse ðurh ungewisnesse ( per ignorantiam ) gelumpe, 4, 9; S. 576,

á-hwettan

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Is mé swíþe earfeðe hiera mód tó áhwettanne necessarium acumen elicere non possum, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 30. His mód wæs mid þǽm bismre áhwet hac contumelia quasi cote ad virtutem usus est, 6, 30; S. 280, 14. Add

Linked entry: hwettan

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251

of-stingan

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Hiene mon geceás þý ilcan dæge þe mon Iulianus ofstong (cf. Cóm sum cempa . . . and hyne (Julian) [mid francan] þurhþýddé, Hml. S. 3, 237), Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 286, 26. Hét hé hý mid sweorde ofstingan, Shrn. 143, 12. Add

slaga

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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add

ǽr-dæg

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Add Se cyning ne gemunde ðára monigra teónena ðe hiora ǽgðer óþrum on ǽrdagum dudum gedyde, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 23. Ðá burg, seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem, auctorem originis suae, 4, 5; S. 168, 10

a-biran

(v.)

to bearcarryportare

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to bear, carry; portare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31

ágen-nys

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-nys, -nyss, e; f.

An owninga possessionpropertypossessio

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An owning, a possession, property; possessio,S. de Fide Cathol

a-reccende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-reccende, part.

Explainingexponens

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Explaining; exponens, Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 494, 35

a-sǽd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sǽd, pp. of a-secgan, q. v.

said outrelatedtold

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said out, related, told,Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 32;

a-tuge

(v.)
Grammar
a-tuge, p. subj. of a-teón.

might draw awayabstraheret

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might draw away; abstraheret,Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 19;