fit
a poem
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Hér mæg findan sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 71, 2. Add
ge-brastl
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Crackling sound Ne bið þǽr líges gebrasl, ne se láðlica cyle, Dóm. L. 259: Wlfst. 139, 29. Þǽra lígetta blǽst (gebrastl, v. l. ), 186, 5. Gebrastles salis .Germ. 398, 226
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ge-wittiglíce
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And ðǽrrihte wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðám fúlan gáste, and gewittiglíce sprǽc, Hml. Th. i. 458, 6
hoppetan
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Add: hoppettan Se hrefn mid openum múðe and mid áþenedum fiðerum ongann yrnan hoppetende ymbútan þone hláf corvus aperto ore, expansis alis circa panem coepit discurrere Gr. D. 118, 25
tealtian
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Hé ongann tó þám swýðe cwacian and mid fótum tealtian ꝥ hé uneáðe hine sylfne áberan mihte coepit se ipsum nutanti gressu vix posse portare, Gr. D. 36, 20. Add
æftemest
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Dele superlative of æfter, and add Se æftemysta cwyde, Hml. Th. i. 554, 14. From heora ǽrestan cyninge oþ heora æftemæstan (-mest-, v. 1.) Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 14
brega
A governor, ruler, prince ⬩ imperator, princeps
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A governor, ruler, prince; imperator, princeps Dá se brega mǽra geladade leóf weorud when the great prince assembled the dear company, Exon. 14a; Th. 29, note 1; Cri. 456, note
sticol
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Se weig is swíðe nearu and sticol, se ðe lǽt tó heofonan ríce . . . Ðonne máge wé ðurh Godes fultum ástígan ðone sticolan weg, ðe ús gelǽt tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 23-35.
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findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Seó mǽgþ þám hláfordleásan men hláford finden, i. 200, 8. ꝥ hé þone áð funde þe sé gelýfan mihte, 158, 17. to find resolution, courage, heart to do something, to bring oneself to do something: [pæt hé] in hige funde tó gesecganne hwæt se beám bude, Dan
eáster
the passover, paschal lamb ⬩ pascha
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Freóls-dæg, se is gecweden Eástre a feast day which is called Easter, Lk. Bos. 22, 1. the passover, paschal lamb; pascha To eástron for the Easter lamb, Mt. Bos. 26, 17.
manung
monition ⬩ admonition ⬩ advice ⬩ a claiming or exaction of debt, tribute ⬩ the place where toll is demanded ⬩ the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised ⬩ the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons
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monition, admonition, advice Seó monung ðære godcundan árfæstnesse admonitio divinæ pietatis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 24. Ðá sealdon hí strange manunge dant fortia monita, 1, 12; S. 481, 13.
ge-wislíce
Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro
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Seó lenctenlíce emniht is gewislíce on duodecima kl. April the spring equinox is certainly on the twelfth day before the kalends of April, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 1; Lchdm. iii. 256, 8.
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cípe-mann
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Seó landbúnes is swíðost cýpe*-*monnum geseted haec colonia est maxime negotiatorum, Nar. 33, 15. ¶ The word occurs in local names, Cýpmanna del, Chýpmanna ford, C. D. vi. 269. v. cép-, cépe-, cýp-, cýp-, cýpe-mann in Dict
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langsum
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Ox. 3997. dilatory, tardy Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne nú is se tíma, Hml. S. 22, 212. of space relations, lengthy, extended Langsum[um] wrǽda bíum prolixis fasciarum ambagibus An.
ofer-drífan
to cover by drifting ⬩ to overcome, refute, repel, defeat
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Se Hǽlend ne geswutulode ná him his mihte ac oferdráf hine geþyldelíce mid hálgum gewritum the Saviour did not display his power to him (the devil) but overcame him patiently by the holy scriptures, Homl. Th. i. 176, 11.
un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Se hláford bið unscyldig ( the owner of the ox shall be quit, A. V. Ex. 21, 28), gif se oxa hnitol wǽre ... and se hláford hit nyste, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 29. His hláford bið unscildig dominus bovis innocens erit, Ex. 21, 28.
mótan
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Me mæig, gif hit mót gewiderian (granted good weather), mederan settan, Angl. ix. 262, 9. ꝥ se stemn and se helm móte þý fæstor and þý leng standon, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 33. <b>I b 2.
DUBBAN
To strike, DUB, create ⬩ percŭtĕre, creāre
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To strike, DUB, create; percŭtĕre, creāre Se cyng dubbade his sunu Henric to rídere the king dubbed [or created] his son Henry a knight, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 1
flǽsc-lícnes
Fleshliness ⬩ incarnation ⬩ incarnātio
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Fleshliness, incarnation; incarnātio Se ðe wile smeágan ymbe ða gerýnu Cristes flǽsclícnysse he who will inquire about the mystery of Christ's incarnation, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 35: 280, 22
full-cáflíce
Full quickly ⬩ very eagerly ⬩ velocissĭme
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Full quickly, very eagerly; velocissĭme Se fullcáflíce bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he very eagerly plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht. Th. 136, 19; By. 153
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