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-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

brǽde

(n.)
Grammar
brǽde, es; m. l. brǽde, an; f.
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Voc. i. 82, 67: frixa, Wülck. Gl. 243, 21. and add

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, p. þeówde, þeódde
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Hí swá frige Drihtne gefeónde ðeóddon (þeówodon, Bd. M. 240, 13) sic liberi Christo servire gaudebant, 3, 24; S. 558, 1

á-bycgan

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H. 91, 12. to pay for, atone for wrong-doing Gif frí man wið fríes mannes wíf geligeð, his wergelde ábicge, Ll. Th. i. 10, 7. Þu me smite . . . ah sare þu it salt abuggen. Lay. 8158, Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte, A.

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splintera thin piece of wood used as a torcha torch(splinters)splinter of a lancea tableta flakea tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas

mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg, f.
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Seó fríðe mǽg ( the bird that hatches the cuckoo?s egg ), Rä. 10, 9. Add

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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Not driven Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe, ðe binnan múðan cuman[mæg?], þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on iunfriðland, and se here þǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta. Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe . . .ꝥ hé þǽr frið hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 286, 8.

ge-stefnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stefnan, gestefnian to provide with a border or
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fringe Mid gode-w. ebbum gestefnede sericis clauatf, An. Ox. 5323. Gestefnode, 7, 374: 8, 376

be-byrd

to fringeborder

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Substitute: be-byrdan to fringe, border Bebyrde clavatae (v. Ald. 77, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 46

a-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lecgan, -lecgean; he -legeþ, -legþ, -lehþ, pl. -lecgaþ; p. -legde, -léde , pl. -legdon, -lédon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. trans. [a from, lecgan to lay] .

to placelay downthrow downsuppresslay asidecease fromponerecollocareprosterneredeponereabjicererelinquereomittereto imposeinflict uponimponereimmittereto diminishtake awayrefuseimminueredeprimerereprimere

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to place, lay down, throw down, suppress, lay aside, cease from; ponere, collocare, prosternere, deponere, abjicere, relinquere, omittere Alecgan hine to lay him down, Lk. Bos. 5, 19: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 25. He mec on þeóstre alegde he laid me in darkness

here-láf

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Se cynincg féng tó friðe wið hí . . . Hé cyrde ðá hámwerd mid his hereláfe, Hml. S. 25, 592. Add

þrǽl-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl-riht, es; n.
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Frige men ne mótan wealdan heora sýlfra, ne faran ðár hí willaþ, ne áteón heora ágen, swá swá hí willaþ; ne þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, ne ðæt ðæt heom on Godes ést góde men geúðon and tó ælmesgife for Godes

ge-byrdan

(v.)
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to border, fringe Gebyrdid (-ed, v.l.) clabatum, Txts. 50, 228. Clavatum, sutum vel gebyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 57

Linked entries: ge-byrded be-byrd

cíle

(n.)
Grammar
cíle, es; m.

A coldfrigus

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A cold; frigus Cíle wið hǽto cold with heat, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 101; Met. 29, 50: Gen. 8, 22

Linked entry: cíele

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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from mót-te). to be allowed, may, mote, Grammar mótan, with an infinitive Mót ic drincan licet mihi bibere, ic móste mihi licuit, gif wé móstan si nobis liceret, beón álýfed licere, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 15. Wé móton nobis licet, ðú móstest tibi licuit

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far offat no great distance offno great distance

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Not far off. marking position, at no great distance off, Grammar un-feor, where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb Ðǽr wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30.

unfriþ-scip

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-scip, es; n.

a ship which is carrying on hostilitiesa ship belonging to a hostile country

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a ship which is carrying on hostilities Ðam cynge com word ðæt unnfriðscipa lǽgen be westan and hergodon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 5. a ship belonging to a hostile country Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe ðe binnan múðan cuman(-e?)

fǽr-cýle

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-cýle, es; m.

A terrible cold terrĭbĭle frīgus

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A terrible cold; terrĭbĭle frīgus Geondfolen fýre and fǽrcýle filled with fire and intense cold, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 30; Gen. 43

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic , ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp., pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To gocomewalkhappenīregrădievĕnīre

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To go, come, walk, happen; īre, grădi, evĕnīre Uton gán and feligean fremdum godum cāmus et sequāmur deos aliēnos, Deut. 13, 1. Gearo to gánne ready to go, Homl. Th. ii. 32, 7. Ðú gǽst on ðínum breóste sŭper pectus tuum grădiēris, Gen. 3, 14. He on flet