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IFIG

(n.)
Grammar
IFIG, ifegn, es; n.

Ivy

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M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 326, 3. Ifies seáw juice of ivy, 1, 3 ; Lchdm. ii. 40, 26. Weal se is mid ifige bewrigen a wall that is covered with ivy, Shrn. 139, 27

-ig

(suffix)
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a suffix connoting possession of an object denoted by the stem, used in the formation of adjectives, and represented in modern English by y

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, e; f.

An island

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-11; .1, 4-6.

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehogporcupinean urchin

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A hedgehog, porcupine, an urchin Se mára igil istrix [ = ὕστριξ], Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 29; Wrt.Voc.24, 30. Íl yricius vel equinacius, Wrt. Voc. 78, 21. Se læssa íl iricius; se mára íl istrix, ii. 49, 52, 53.

Linked entry: iil

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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The same sylf oððe se ylca ipse; heó sylf oððe seó ylce ipsa; sylfe oððe ða ylcan ipsi, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Som. 18, 53-4. Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr wǽre tu idem ipse es, Ps. Th. 101, 24.

ilce

(adv.)
Grammar
ilce, adv.
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In the same way ne eom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú am I not a man the same as you are? Past. 17, 6 ; Swt. 115, 12. Eft swá ilce again in the same way, Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 10

ilde

(n.)
Grammar
ilde, pl. m.

Men

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Men [a poetical term] Hátaþ ylde eorþbúende fison men, earth-dwellers, call it Pison, Cd. 12 ; Th. 14, 19; Gen. 221. Yldo ofer eorþan, 163 ; Th. 205, 15 ; Exod. 436. Nædran ða aspide ylde nemnaþ, Ps. Th. 57, 4.

Linked entries: ælde elde

ildian

(v.)
Grammar
ildian, p. ode

To delaydeferput off

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Th. i. 350, 54

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Ne wæs ylding ðæt monige gelýfdon quid mora? crediderunt nonnulli, 1, 26; S. 487, 39: 3. 9; S. 533, 38. Ðá hit mycel ylding wæs cum mora multa fieret, Mk. Skt. 6, 35.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elderoldergrandgreatersuperior

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Ic eom micle yldra I am much older, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 20; . 41, 42. Ældra fæder avus, Wrt.Voc. ii, 101, 22. Yldra fæder avita, 78, 3.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parentancestorfatherforefatherpredecessorelder

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A parent, ancestor, father, forefather, predecessor, elder Ðá yldra mín ágeaf andsware fæder reordode then my father answered me and spake [cf. 872; El. 436 : 891; El. 447 : 906; El. 454], Elen. Kmbl. 921; El. 462.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an ageævumageætasagesenectus

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On ðære ǽrestan yldo his lífes in prima ætate, 5, 13; S. 633. 32. Mid ðí ðe heó bicom giftelícre yldo when she arrived at a marriageable age, Th. Ap. 1, 10.

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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A swan Aelbitu olor, cicnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 47 : tantalus, 98, 30. Ilfatu alvor, 6, 55. Ilfetu olor, 63, 40. Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25.

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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'In is not found in Alfred's Metres, in the Runic poem, or in Byrhtnoþ; it occurs twice in the metrical Psalms, three times in Cædmon's Genesis; elsewhere in the poetry in and on freely interchange; but in prevails in the North, on in the South.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

in-

(prefix)
Grammar
in-, inn-. In the case of some of the verbs where in is given as a prefix perhaps it should be separated ; the passages may then be taken as illustrating the adverb inn.

in-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
in-ádl, e; f.
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An internal disease Sára inádle, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm, ii. 174, 28. Wið eallum inádlum, 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 6

in-ásendan

(v.)
Grammar
in-ásendan, p. de

To send in

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To send in inásendan ðæt bed summiserunt grabatum, Mk. Skt. 2, 4

in-bærniss

(n.)
Grammar
in-bærniss, e; f.

Incensefrankincense

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Incense, frankincense Inbærnis tus. Wrt.Voc. 289, 54. Inbernisse incensum, Ps. Surt. 140, 2

in-beran

(v.)
Grammar
in-beran, p. -bær

To bring in

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To bring in, Beo. Th. 4310 ; B. 2152

in-bestingan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bestingan, p. -stang

To piercepenetrate

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To pierce, penetrate, make a thrust which enters but does not go quite through Gif þurhstinþ .vi. scill. gebéte. Gif man inbestinþ .vi. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 64; Th. i. 18, 12