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ge-férscipe

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Se yfela willa næfþ nǽnne geférscipe wiþ þá gesǽlþa ad beatitudinem probra non veniunt, Bt. 36, 7 ; F. 184, 31. concrete. a collection of persons, in a general sense, a company Wearð eall se geférscipe (Ulysses' companions) forhwerfed tó deórcynnum,

ge-wundian

(v.)
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Him is micel ðearf ðæt hé hine selfne gewundige . . . ðætte ðǽr ðǽr hé óðerra monna wunda lácnað, hé self ne weorðe áðunden, Past. 461, 31. of other than bodily injury or pain, to wound with non-material instruments. the subject a person Ðonne of ðǽre

ge-wǽcan

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Gl. 254, 16. of the effects on living creatures, physical, to weary, exhaust with labour, travel, &c. Ðá seó lætre tíd hí gangende gewǽhte cum eos tardior hora fatigaret, Gr. D. 129, 2.

god-webb

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Ox. 5322. something made with such material, a (splendid) garment Godweb clamidis, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 9: calamidis, ii. 17, 30: calmidus, 127, 56. Reád godweb ostrum, 64, 10.

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hræd

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Hræde, 176, 1. (1 a) where the kind of action is given, prompt to do (tó), prompt in (on), ready with (mid) a matter :-- Suiðe hræd (velox ) tó gehieránne and suíðe læt tó sprecenne, Past. 281, 5.

on-ǽlan

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<b>III a</b>. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40. Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, Gú. 928.

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hit stent on þinum bréþer, gif þú hit gebicgan móst it rests with your brother whether you may buy it, Hml. S. 36, 178.

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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to withdraw He hine ofteáh ðære fôre subtraxit se illi profectioni, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 23. to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything (with dat. or acc. of person, gen. of thing, or dat. of person and acc. of thing) Ic ofteó derogo.

on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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Homl. 161, 14. to give light (with dat.) Ðæt hit onlíhte eallum ðe on ðam húse synt, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 15. Onlíhtan ðám ðe on þýstrum sittaþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 79. intrans. To shine Ic onlíhte oððe scýne luceo, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8.

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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[The word with its derivatives is almost confined to poetry; see, however, torn-wyrdan.]

I

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In such cases, however, instead of i the diphthong ie is very often found; and not only in such, but also in those where the root-vowel is i or í, e. g. ongietan, wietan [ = wítan] ; even in the place of ý, e. g. ieðegende.

lǽl

(n.)
Grammar
lǽl, lél, e; f.

withewhipswitcha wealstripemarkbruiseswelling

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a pliant twig, withe, whip, switch Lǽl vimen, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 13; Wrt. Voc. 33, 12: vibex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 4: 96, 35. Lǽla mastigias [mastigia flagrum, flagellum, virga, Ducange], 55, 25.

Linked entry: lél

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs. Cht. Th. 486, 15-17. Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Ðonne wit song áhófan. . hlúde bi hearpan hleóðor swinsade, Víd. 105. Engla hleóðres (cf. Engla þreátas sigeleóð sungon, 1289), Gú. 1293. voice, note of a bird Ic þurh múð sprece . . . hleóðres ne míðe, Rá. 9, 4.

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of waterflowflowing waterwavetideFLOODsearunning streamriverflūmenfluctusfluentumæstusaccessusflŭviusthe Flooddelugedilŭvium

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Ic wille mid flóde [m. or n.] folc acwellan I mill destroy the people with a flood, 64; Th. 78, 20; Gen. 1296: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 21, 22. Flódas [m.] Noe oferláþ Noah sailed over the floods, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 25; Exod. 362

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ge-tácnian

(v.)
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II. to indicate, shew, make known. the subject a person (or not expressed). with acc. : — thorn;æt Octavianus sweotole getácnode . . . hé self sǽde þæt seó dǽd his nǽre, Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 106, 30.

ongeagn

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Hí lédon hine ongeán þá sunnan they laid him down with his face to the sun, Hml. S. 35, 160. (1 a) :-- Se assa geseah ðone engel ongeán hine standan, and him ðæs færeltes forwiernan, Past. 255, 24.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Þæt blód gesprang, hátost heaðoswáta, B. 1668. of a person, having the sensation of heat Ic sceal þysne wítes clom beoran beornende . . . hát on helle, hyhtwillan leás, Sat. 159. <b>II a.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Wite hé ðæt óðer ðara, oððe hé sceal ðæs hádes þolian, oððe hit gebétan, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 412, l : 9; Th. ii. 408, II. Ðæt hió óðer ðara dydon, oððe . . . oððe . . . Chart. Th. 167, 22 : Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 23.

trymness

(n.)
Grammar
trymness, trymeness, e ; f.
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firmness, v. trumness, I Heora wítes ne biþ trymnes (trymenis, Ps. Surt. ) non est firmamentum in plaga eorum. Ps. Th. 72, 3.

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