feorrian
depart
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Feorriað hí and fleóð longe fugiunt, Nar. 35, 32: 36, 22. Ic feorude fleógende elongavi fugiens, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 7. Ic feorrode symle fleónde I fled always farther and farther away, Hml. S. 23 b, 510.
Linked entries: of-fearrian fearrian feorran
leóf
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Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D. ii. 133,3.
líf-lád
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Þá gebróðra ongǽn hine sylfne wǽron spelliende and his ágenre lífláde (drohtnunge, v. l. ) swíðe ungelíce ( suae conversationi longe dissimile s), 106, 2. Hé gebeáh into þám mynstre . . . and hine beeóde [on] gódre lífláde, Hml. S. 33, 328.
ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from
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Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond. Laym. 8035.] to desist from, abstain from Ic ofersitte supersideo Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 45.
GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Geó ǽr long before, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Geó dagum in days of old, formerly, 4, 27; S. 605, note 2. Geó geára formerly, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 15. Geó hwílum in times of old, formerly, 2; Fox 4, 9
hwílwend-lic
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Take here the passages under hwílend-lic, and add: of duration, temporary, not of long duration, not eternal Ðreó þing synd on middanearde, án is hwílwendlic, þe hæfð ǽgðer ge ordfruman ge ende. . .
úp
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Þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽlþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on ofer-méttum weorðen, Bt. 39, Ii; F. 228, 23: Past. 79, 17 : 461, 28. Add
æften
evening
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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk.
delan
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Dele, and for the passage substitute Ǽr þon engla wearð (weard, MS.) for oferhygde dǽl on gedwilde; noldan dreógan leng heora selfra rǽd ere of the angels part from pride fell into error; they would not longer do what was best for themselves, Gen. 23
weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
elcian
To put off, delay ⬩ mŏrari, differre, cunctāri, tempus trăhĕre
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Ðæt he leng ne elcode to his geleáfan that he no longer delayed his belief, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 1
Linked entry: ildcian
Æ
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The long or accented ǽ has the sound of ea in meat, sea.
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Z. 276 7 Huu longes tídes ł huu long firstes quantum temporis, Mk. L. 9, 21. Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . Gif hé út oðfleó ǽr þám fierste, Ll. Th. i. 60, 15. Gewurdon fela martyra on x wintra firste, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 19.
Linked entry: fyrst
late
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Hé ágeaf andsware æfter longre hwíle, swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, Gú. 1198. after the proper or usual time, after delay, after a long time, at an advanced period or stage Hé wile áfeallan, ðeáh hit late sié non quidem repente, sed cadit Past.
wer-genga
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Nú ic ðis lond gestág . . . mé friðe healdeþ . . . se ðe mægna gehwæs wealdeþ, 120, 28-121, 3; Gú. 278-283) in ðone láðan lég lǽdan móste, Exon. Th. 137, 29; Gú. 536 : 144, 28; Gú. 685
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funta
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; the word occurs only in place-names Lond æt Cendeles (Ceadeles, C. D. B. iii. 40) funtan, C. D. ii. 293, 20. In loco qui Fobbefunte nominatur, 138, 35. Ðis syndon ðá landgemǽre tó Fobbefunten, iii. 279, 13.
Linked entry: fynt
un-cúþ
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III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov. K. I. Uncúð þæáh mé scamige perhaps I may be ashamed, Solil. H. 49, 7 ; 2 12.
Sciððeas
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Eall Sciððia lond, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 22. Hé wæs mid firde farende on Sciððie on ða norþdǽlas, 1, 10; Swt. 44, 7 : 2, 4; Swt. 76, 4. On Sciððie (Sciððige, Bos. 43, 42), Swt. 72, 24
wræc-lást
An exile-track
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Hé longe sceolde hréran mid hondum hrimcalde sǽ, wadan wræclástas (to wander an exile). Exon. Th. 286, 23; Wand. 5. Hwæt ða sume dreógaþ ðe ða wræclástas wídost lecgaþ what some of those suffer whose exiled steps go furthest, 309, 14; Scef. 57.
first-mearc
an interval ⬩ a respite
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Him wǽron gehátene þurh þá swefn lange fyrstmearce þises lífes ei per somnium longa spatia hujus vitae promissa sunt, Gr. D. 339, 26. a respite, v. first, 2 Ðá ongan hé willian fyrstmearce coepit inductae petere, Gr. D. 325, 31.