ealu
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Healde hé hine wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle ácrinde, ii. 292, 21. Dó healfae bollan ealoð tó . . . and gehǽte ꝥ ealu, 268, 24. Aefne alðes materiam cervise, Rtl. 116, 42.
fleógan
to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid
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Add: to fly with wings (lit. or metaph.) Né ic fleóge non trano, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 49. Hwelc seleð mé fíðru swé swé culfran and ic flígu (volabo), Ps. Srt. 54, 7. Hé ástág on þone torr, and áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan on þá lyfte, Bl. H. 187, 28.
ge-lytlian
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L. 8, 6. to mate less than before, to diminish, lessen, with regard to number, size, & c. Nýtenu heora hé ne gelitlode iumenta eorum non minorauit, Ps. L. 106, 38.
ge-metlic
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Gemetlic funalis (cf. metráp for connexion of a rope with measuring), Wrt. Voc. II. 151, 57. measurable Gemetelice (mensurabiles) þú ásettest dagas míne, Ps.
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gím-ness
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L. 10, 35. care for an object that affects with pleasure, fear, &c. v. gíman; 2 Nis ðé gémnis (gémeniso, L.) be ǽngum non est tibi cura de aliquo Mt. R. 22, 16. Ne is ðé gémnise, ꝥte . . . . Lk. L.
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hopa
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Add: expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation On hopan ( spe ) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom. 8, 24), Scint. 130, 3. Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8.
hwirfan
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Hié heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wiþ Bryttas, Bd. I. 15 ; Sch. 40, 8
of-áxian
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S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22. Ðeós Iúdith ofáxode hú Ozias gespræc haec cum audisset quoniam Osias promisisset, Hml. A. 108, 209.
of-settan
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Add: to press one object with another Ðonne þú candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, Tech. ii. 120, 23. to oppress. the agent a person, of physical ill-treatment Hí his ǽrran wunda mid wundum
þeáh
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. ¶ with negative clause :-- Nis þé genóh ꝥ þú sylf losast, þeáh þú uppan ꝥ óþre ne forspylle? Ne genihtsumað þé ꝥ þú sylf an ꝥ druncen beyrnst, þeáh þú þonne gýt óðre mid þé ne teó?
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Nánne ne sparedon cwicera manna ðe hié ofercuman mihton spared none that they could come up with Judth. Thw. 24, 41; Jud. 235. His geféran ðý ofercumendan wóle pestilentia superveniente fordilgode wǽron, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 26
CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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Nán wilde deór, ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum, nis to wiðmetenne yfelum wífe no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman Homl. Th. i. 486, 29.
on-hyrian
To imitate, emulate
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To imitate, emulate (with dat. acc.) Hwílum ic onhyrge gúþfugles hleóþor, Exon. Th. 406, 20; Rä. 25, 4: 391, 2; Rä. 9, 10. Mon onhyreþ dysegum neátum homo comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, Ps. Th. 48, 11.
scip-fylleþ
the private jurisdiction exercised over a group of three hundreds
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The word occurs in a charter of Edgar granting to Bishop Oswald certain privileges connected with three hundreds, where in reciting the request that had been made to the king it is said: 'quatinus posset ipse (Oswald) cum monachis suis unam naucupletionem
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GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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Mánfullan men wǽron ða mǽrostan godas the heathens would not be contented with few gods.... Guilty men were the mightiest gods, Salm. Kmbl. p. 121, 40
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ymb
About, by ⬩ local, about, round ⬩ in attendance upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ preceding ⬩ following ⬩ about
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Hí ymb ða eaxe hwearfaþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23: Met. 28, 22. in combination with útan Hé ymb ðás útan hweorfeþ, Exon.
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Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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D. 995, Hér Siric arcebisceop forþférde, and Ælfríc, Wiltunscíre bisceop wearþ gecoren on Easterdæi on Ambresbyri, fram Æðelréde cinge, and fram eallan his witan in this year, A.
ge-wríþan
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[Twælf swine mid wiðen ywriðen al togadere, Laym. 25974.] with idea of compulsion. the subject a person, to bind with bonds Ic eom gebunden mid fýrenum racenteágum fram Crístes englum . . .; hé úrne ealdor myd fýrenum bendum gewráð, Hml.
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hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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L. 22, 51. with other adverbs. þider(es) hither and thither, in various directions Hider and þider ultro citro, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 68.
Linked entry: hider-cyme
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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On eallum ðínum weorcum ic wæs smeágende 76, 10. to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search with acc. Ðenden ic Godes bebodu smeáge scrutabor mandata Dei, Ps. Th. 118, 115.
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