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tó-lísan

Grammar
tó-lísan, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Ic wilnige ꝥ ic sý tólýsed, Gr. D. 109, 23. <b&gt;III a.</b&gt; add :-- Syndon fram þodene þá weallas tólýsede (maenia dissoluta ). 134, 7. Add Hý beóð tólýsede ungeleáffullíce they shall be destroyed in their unbelief, Hex. 48, 19

un-cúþ

Grammar
un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Ic ondréde untrumnesse ǽgðer ge cúðe ge uncúðe commoveor metu doloris, Solil. H 33, 14. Add

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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</b&gt; add Swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 10. Add Hé cwæð ꝥ sió burg wǽre genóh fæst on his hǽlo civitas ad salutem tuta, Past. 399, 25. <b&gt;IV a.

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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<b&gt;II a.</b&gt; to submit to punishment :-- Underfón hí beheafdunge, Hml. Th. i. 420, 7.

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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<b&gt;II a.</b&gt; of continuity in space-measurement :-- Wæs ðæt land genemnad Nazanleóg á oþ Certices ford. Chr. 508; Erl. 15, 19. <b&gt;II b.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, <b>.
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</b&gt; add: Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 20. <b&gt;III 2 a.</b&gt; add Hí swídost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon. Hml. S. 23, 364.

sceótan

Grammar
sceótan, <b>I a.</b>
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<b&gt;IV c.

GEÓTAN

(v.)
Grammar
GEÓTAN, ic geóte, ðú gýtst, he gýt, pl. geótaþ; p. geát, gét, pl. guton; pp. goten; v. a.

to pour, pour out, shed ⬩ fundere, effundere, profundere ⬩ to flow, stream ⬩ profluere ⬩ to found, cast ⬩ to cast

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Geát teáras shed tears; fundebat lachrymas, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 9. He gét ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fudit sanguinem super altare, Lev. 8, 24: Ex. 24, 6. Swá man gute wæter as one would pour water, Ps. Th. 78, 3.

tó-flówan

Grammar
tó-flówan, <b>I a.</b>
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Þá hraþe áblan se ele ꝥ hé ná tófleów geond þone flór swá hé ǽr dyde in pavimentum oleum defluere cessavit, Gr. D. 160, 16. <b&gt;II d.</b&gt; add :-- Leáf his ne tófléuwð folium eius non defluet, Ps. L. 1, 3.

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Gif þú (cf. se mæssepreóst, 18) wille mé hwylce þearfe gegearwian, geoffra þysne hláf þám ælmihtigan Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan. tó þon ꝥ þú geþingie mínum synnum. Gr. D. 348, 28. <b&gt;I a.

menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number

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Mænego, Cd. 91; Th. 116, 7; Gen. 1932. Manegu, Hy. 10, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 8. Mengu multitudinem, Ps. Surt. 9, 25. Mengo, Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 12; Rä. 81, 29. Mengeo, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 30; Gen. 1726. Meniu exercitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 46.

sprengan

Grammar
sprengan, <b>II a.</b>
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Diaconus aquam benedictam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 18-22. Add

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b&gt;I d.

ord

Grammar
ord, <b>I a.</b>
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Add On þám ordum þára þorna in illis spinarum aculeis, Gr. D. 101, 16. [perhaps here rather than under <b&gt;I d</b&gt; belongs Burgwarena ord (applied to Adam), Hö. 56.

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium

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Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gé sprǽcon the sorrowful ye sought not, nor a kindly word spoke ye to them, Exon. 30a; Th. 92, 21; Cri. 1512.

Linked entries: fréfer fréfrian frófer frófur fróuer

leód-geard

(n.)
Grammar
leód-geard, es; m.

country

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The dwelling of a people, country Sunu æfter heóld leódgeard, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 20; Gen. 1225. Ethiopia land and leódgeard, 12; Th. 15, 6; Gen. 229: 85; Th. 106, 18; Gen. 1773

-ecgede

(suffix)
Grammar
-ecgede, v. feówer-, fíf-, fiþer-, ge-, scearp-, twi-ecgede(-ode).

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brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
brýsan, he brýsþ; p. brýsde; pp. brýsed, ge-brýsed

To BRUISE ⬩ conterere

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To BRUISE; conterere

Linked entry: ge-brýsed

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, <b>. II.</b>
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<b&gt;II 2</b&gt; add: Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 22. <b&gt;II 2 a.</b&gt; add: Hml. S. 14, 97: Hml. Th. ii. 234, 26. <b&gt;II 3.</b&gt; add :-- Hé him áþas swór, þæt hé him gearo wǽre, Chr. 874; P. 72, 30.

teám

Grammar
teám, <b>. I.</b>
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<b&gt;I b.</b&gt; used figuratively of consequences :-- Ælc ðyssera heáfodleahtra hæfd micelne teám, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 27. <b&gt;III 2.

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