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á-blǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
á-blǽst, adj.
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Gl. 466, 8, infuriated, furious Hé hét geótan týn orcas fulle eles, ðæt hé wolde ðæt ðæs fýres hǽto ðe réðre wǽre and ðe áblǽstre that the heat of the fire might be the more fierce and furious Angl. xvii. 113, 16

Linked entry: blǽstan

Wealh-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-cyn, Wealh-cynn, es; n.

The Celtic race

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Hig gegaderadan mycle fyrde mid Walkynne( the Celts of Wales ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 188, 33. Griffin wæs kyning ofer eall Wealcyn, 1063; Erl. 195, 12

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)
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Eofor lic scionon [o]fer hleor beran gehroden golde fat [and] fyr heard feth wearde heold. Beo. Th. 612-6; B. 303-5. Grein and Heyne take hleor beran as a compound, the former explaining 'was auf dem Gesicht getragen wird, Helmvisier?

Linked entry: hliét

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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To heat, make hot Ðæt fýr ðe man ðæt ordál mid hǽtan sceal the fire with which the ordeal is to be heated, L. Ath. 4, 7; Th. i. 226, 11 : 14. Tó hǽtanne magan to heat the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Oft, often Oft (saepe) hé fylþ on fýr, and gelómlíce (crebro) on wæter. Mt. Kmbl. 17, 15. Oft (oftust. Lind. Rush. ) sepe, Mk. Skt. 5, 4: interdum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 38. Hú oft quotiens, Lk. Skt. 13, 34.

smǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
smǽte, adj.

Refined, pure

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Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen. Kmbl. 2616;El. 1309. Beág on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta Exon. Th. 324, 8; Víd. 91: Salm. Kmbl. 29; Sal. 15. On smǽtum in obrizum Hpt. Gl. 449, 10.

land-ágende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-ágende, adj.
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Owning land Gif gesíþcund mon landágende forsitte fyrde, geselle cxx scill. and þolie his landes, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 8. Landágende man, L. N. P. L. 49: 52; Th. ii. 298, 4: 10.

Linked entries: ágan land-hæbbende

cwilmian

(v.)
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To suffer torment Hí cwylmiað on écum fýre, Hml. Th. i. 132, 16, 22. Hé sceal beón cwylmiende mid deófle, Angl. viii. 337, 9. Ðá sceaðan ðágyt cwylmigende cuce hangodon, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 8: i. 334, 6. Hí wurdon tócwýsede and cwylmiende lágon, Hml.

hleówan

(v.)
Grammar
hleówan, hleón, hlýwan; p. de.

to make warm, cherish, protect, shelterto become warm

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Se king ðǽr sæt hleówwinde hine beo ðan fýre the king sat there warming himself by the fire, Shrn. 16, 16.

Linked entry: hleón

hátian

(v.)
Grammar
hátian, p. ode; pp. od

To become or get hot, to be hotfervere

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Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge hit hátaþ ðǽrrihte of ðam fýre ðe him on lútaþ take a stick and rub it against something, it gets hot directly from the fire which lurks in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4: Herb. 90, 13; Lchdm. ii. 198, 4.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fallto rain, to fall (of rain)

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Hyt rínde fýr and swefl of heofone plait ignem et sulphur de coelo, Lk. Skt. 17, 29. Swá gelíc swá ... sý fýr onǽled and ðín heall gewyrmed and hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17.

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

be-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-licgan, he -ligeþ, -líþ, pl. -licgaþ; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon, ; pp. -legen; v. a. [be by, licgan to lie]

To lie or extend by or aboutto surroundencompasscircumdarecingere

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To lie or extend by or about, to surround, encompass; circumdare, cingere Hí belicgaþ us mid fyrde circumdabunt nos exercitu Jos. 7, 9. Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229.

Linked entries: be-ligeþ be-líþ

FÓDA

(n.)
Grammar
FÓDA, an; m.

FOODnourishmentălĭmentum

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Fóda fýres, holt food of fire, wood, Scint. 12. Búton ðam gódspellícan fódan without the evangelical food, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 31

Linked entry: FÓSTER

fóre-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, es; m.

A forewarderscoutantecursorexplōrător

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A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness

ge-sméþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sméþian, p. ode
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To make smooth, remove inequalities from a surface (lit. or fig. ), level an inequality Þonne ic fram fyrde gecyrre ic tówurpe ðás burh and hí gesméðige. Hml. Th. i. 450, 10. Clincig gesméþiende síþfæt asperum planes iter, Hy. S. 104, 35.

Linked entry: sméðian

sám-wyrcan

(v.)

to do a thing incompletely

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to do a thing incompletely Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce . . . Gif hé sámwyrce . . . L. C. S. 62; Th. i. 408, 23. Fæsten wæs sámworht the fort was not finished, Chr. 892; Erl. 88, 34. Stántorr ( the tower of Babel ) sámworht stód, Cd.

Linked entries: sám-bryce sám-worht

FEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
FEÓL, e;

FILElīma

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f A FILE; līma Ic com láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of fire and file, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 7; Rä. 70, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren, sworfen feóle my head is beaten with a hammer, rubbed with a file, 129 b; Th. 497. 18; Rä. 87, 2

sweor

(n.)
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a pillar Wearð þám abbode æteówed án fýren swer; sé stóð úp áþenod oð þá steápan heofonan, Hml. S. 3, 449. Mid ðǽm sweore ðæs wolcnes, Past. 305, 1.

hǽte

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byð máre ðonne ꝥ fýr þonne fremað hit, Lch. iii. 280, 2-9.

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, p. de; pp. ed [a, fyllan to fill] To fill up or

fullreplenishsatisfyreplereimplere

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Fýres afylled with fire filled, Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 26; Cri. 1563: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 4; Sat. 100: Beo. Th. 2040; B. 1018: Ps. Th. 128, 5

Linked entry: a-fellan