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on-heáw

(n.)
Grammar
on-heáw, es; m.

A block to hew on

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A block to hew on Onheáwas codices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 38: 135, 60: 14, 62

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Me þoȝte Kaym tok Abelles blod and sop it op, Anglia i. 314, 473. Sowpone or sowpe sorbeo, absorbeo; sowpynge sorbicio, Prompt. Parv. 466, col. 2

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Hát gefeormian mín blód bid [them] wipe away my blood, Blickl. Homl. 183, 26

sliccan

(v.)
Grammar
sliccan, (?)

to strike, slap

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Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap)

Linked entry: slic

óþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-standan, I.
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Sóna ðæt blód óþstænt, 180, 3. Ðæt unstille hweól óþstód, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 32. Ia. metaphorically, to cease to act :-- Gif se hlyst óþstande, ðæt hé ne mǽge gehiéran, L.

æx

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Srt. 73, 5. v. blód-, brád-, brádlást-, hand-, stán-, tapor-æx. Add

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Flód blóde weól, Beo. Th. 2848; B. 1422. Weóll, 4282; B. 2138. Wið ðon ðe mon blóde wealle þurh his múð, Lchdm. iii. 44, 22. Wæs on blóde brim weallende, Beo. Th. 1699; B. 847. absolute Benna weallaþ wounds bleed, Andr. Kmbl. 2810; An. 1407.

Linked entry: for-weallen

bil-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
bil-swæþ, gen. -swæðes, pl. nom. -swaðu; n.

A bill or sword track

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A bill or sword track Bilswaðu blódige bloody sword tracks, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 27; Exod. 329

hálig-dóm

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Add: a sacrament Tó ðám háligdóme ( sacramentum ) Drihtnes líchaman and blódes, Chrd. 116, 29. Háligdómas sacramenta, 115, 17

blǽweþ

(v.)
Grammar
blǽweþ, blǽwþ

blowsthou blowest

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blows, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 15; Met. 6, 8:thou blowest; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of bláwan

swát-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swát-swaþu, e; f.
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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

ge-módod

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Gezabel wæs hetelíce gemódod (bloody-minded) ; seó tihte hyre wer tó ǽlcere wælhreównysse, Hml. S. 18, 50. Add

ge-líffæstan

Grammar
ge-líffæstan, <b>; I 2.</b>
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Add Genim sumne dǽl þæs gelýffæstan blódes, Hml. S. 23 b, 623

heolfrig

(adj.)
Grammar
heolfrig, adj.

Gorybloody

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Gory, bloody Heolfrig herereáf gory armour, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 8; Jud. 317: 11; Thw. 23, 20; Jud. 130

sígan

(v.)
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Add Ꝥ him síge ꝥ blód út þurh þone múð, Verc. Först. 110, 10

blóstm-beǽrende

(adj.)
Grammar
blóstm-beǽrende, l. -berende

flowery

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Voc. ii. 34, 7. in passage substitute blóstm*-*berende (blósm-, -bærende, v. ll.), and add

wind-filled

(adj.)
Grammar
wind-filled, adj.

Wind-felledblown down by the wind

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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10

Linked entry: fillan

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Gif se man ꝥ mægen hæbbe lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 180, 31. Hé ( Aidan ) munuclíce leofode . . . mid sóþum mægnum, Hml. S. 26, 82. add: a virtuous action Þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, Verc. Först. 169, 3.

mere

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Ex. 107. add: a natural pool Æt Finchámstede án mere blód weóll, Chr. 1098; P. 234, 22. Hí þá hálgan geléddon tó ánum brádum mere. . . se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, Hml. S. 11, 141.

of-gangan

(v.)

to requireto extort, exact what is not dueto acquire, obtain

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Eówer blód ic ofgange (requiram) æt eallum wilddeorum and eác æt ðam men; of ðæs weres handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes líf. Gen. 9, 5. to extort, exact what is not due:- Ofgang ða mádmas extort (from St.