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tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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Hié nellaþ hié gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód, ac lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdele giémeliéste, 39; Swt. 283, 14.

Linked entry: te-flówan

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Hit nán wundor nys ðæt sé hálga cynincg untrumnysse gehǽle, nú on heofonum leofaþ . . . hæfð ðone wurðmynt ( the privilege of healing sickness ) for his gódnesse, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 277. Syndrige wyrðmenta privilegia Hpt. Gl. 517, 2.

Linked entry: wirþu

á-biddan

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Guth. 4, 20. to get by asking, with acc. of thing Hié sendon Hannan, and hit ábæd Annonis oratione meruerunt Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 13. Ðá ábæd heó án hridder she borrowed a sieve Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15.

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Ne gefeáh he ðære fǽhþe he rejoiced not in the enmity, 218; B. 109: Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 17; Cri. 1441. He nó mearn fore fǽhþe and fyrene he mourned not for his enmity and crime, Beo. Th. 274; B. 137: 3079; B. 1537.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

ge-reord

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Him wæs hláf án tó gereordum and wæter tó drynce of solid foods he ate only bread and had only water to drink, 100, 28. in pl. a meal, feast him tó rǽde genóm þæt hié ealle tó gereordum ( filiae nuptiis ) tó him gehéte, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 166, 27.

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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Hié woldon selfe fleón ða byrðenne suá micelre scylde, ðaðe his unwierðe wǽron indigni quique tanti reatus pondera fugerent, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 15. Hié woldon habban gódne hlísan, þeáh his unwyrþe sién, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 26.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

a-firhtan

(v.)

to affrightexterrere

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to affright; exterrere flugon afirhte to muntum they fled affrighted to the mountains, Gen. 14, 10

fang

(n.; part.)
Grammar
fang, es; m. [fangen; pp. of fón to take, q. v.] what is taken,

A bootycaptūra, præda

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A booty; captūra, præda fang woldon fón they would take booty, Chr. 1016; Th. 281, 30

Linked entry: feng

ge-andswarian

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

To answerrespondēre

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To answer; respondēre Ðá ne geandswarode he hyre qui non respondit ei verbum, Mt. Bos. 15, 23

hysping

(n.)
Grammar
hysping, e ; f.

Reproachrevilingcontumely

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Reproach, reviling, contumely Siððan his hyspinge gehéred hæfde acceptaque contumelia, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 35

íð-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-dǽde, adj.

Easy to do

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Easy to do Hit wæs Gode ýðdǽde, ðá hit swá gedón habban wolde, Wulfst. 15, 18

iugian

(v.)

to joinyoke

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to join, yoke Ic iugie tó syl jungo eos ad aratrum, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 15

mis-crocettan

(v.)

to make a horrible noise

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to make a horrible noise ( evil spirits ) miscrocetton on hásrúnigendum stefnum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1

Linked entry: -crocettan

óþ-sceacan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif óþsceóce (-seoce, MS. ), L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 234, 11

Linked entry: óþ-seóce

dysig-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
dysig-cræftig, (?); adj.
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Skilled in foolish arts bið disicreafti (yfele cræftas leornað, v.l., erit sortilegus ), Archiv cxxviii. 300, 2.] [

Linked entry: cræftig

ge-grundweallian

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

To foundfundāre

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To found; fundāre He ofer sǽs gegrundweallode hine ipse sŭper măria fundāvit eum, Ps. Spl. 23, 2

Linked entry: -grundweallian

ge-hlǽg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlǽg, es; n.

Scornridicule

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Scorn, ridicule gehlǽges tilgaþ they strive after scorn, Exon. 116 a; Th.446, 1; Dóm. 15

Linked entry: -hlæg

tǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tǽslíce, adv.

Conveniently

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Conveniently Sóhte huu hine teáslícor gesealla mæhte querebat quomodo illum opportune traderet, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11

Linked entry: teáslíce

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19