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orleg-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-ceáp, es; m.

Battle-bargain, fighting

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Ðǽr wæs eáðfynde eorle orlegceáp se ðe ǽr ne wæs níðes genihtsum there might fighting be easily found for the man that before had not had enough of war, Cd. Th. 120, 13 ; Gen. 1994

á-sparian

(v.)
Grammar
á-sparian, p. ode

To sparekeep

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To spare,keep Se Godes wer nolde ꝥ þǽr wǽre áht tó láfe in þám mynstre, ꝥ ǽnig man cweþan mihte ꝥ hit wǽre þurh unhýrsumnysse ásparod ne in cella aliquid per inobedientiam remaneret, Gr. D. 159, 24

be-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fylgan, be-fyligan; p. de

To follow uppersevere with

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Gif mon þisum lǽcedóme befyligð, þonne biþ se man hál, ii. 88, 12

Linked entry: be-filgan

syndrian

(v.)
Grammar
syndrian, ode

To sunder, separate

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Se ðe syndraþ fram leahtre, R. Ben. Interl. 117, 3. Ðæt God gegeadrade, monn ne suindria (separet), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 6

æ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
æ-rist, æ-ryst, æ-rest, es; m; e; f.

A rising upthe resurrectionresurrectio

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Ðú mín setl swylce oncneówe and mínne ærist æfter gecýþdest tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam, Ps. Th. 138, 1: Hy. 10, 55. Ærist gefremede accomplished his resurrection, Exon. 48b; Th. 168, 6; Gú. 1073.

Linked entries: æ-rest æ-ryst

a-þýstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þýstrian, -þístrian, -þeóstrian, -þiéstrian, -þéstrian ; p. ode, ade ; pp. od

To overcloudto be obscured or eclipsedobnubilareobscurari

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Seó sunne aþýstrode the sun was eclipsed, Ors. 6, 2; Bos. 117, 14. Aþýstrade obnubilavit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 34. Ðonne aþeóstriaþ ealle steorran then all the stars are darkened, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15. Byþ sunne aþeóstrod, Mk. Bos. 13, 24.

dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
dúfan, ic dúfe, ðú dýfst, he dýfþ, pl. dúfaþ; p. ic, he deáf, ðú dufe, pl. dufon; pp. dofen

DIVE, sink mergi

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Dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óþ ða wriste let the hand dive after the stone up to the wrist, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif ðú dýfst if thou sinkest, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 35. Mid ðam ðe he deáf when he was sinking, ii. 392, 2: 390, 21

Linked entry: dýfan

ést-mete

(n.)
Grammar
ést-mete, es; m.

Delicate meat, dainties, luxuriesdelĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ

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Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó ná éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead.

fágnys

(n.)
Grammar
fágnys, -nyss, e; f.

A scab, ulcer, eruptionscăbies, ulcus, eruptio

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Seó fágnys aweg gewát the eruption went away, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 15. Unlybba awende his hiw to wunderlícere fágnysse poison turned his appearance to a wonderful eruption, 178, 12

Linked entry: fáhness

hremman

(v.)
Grammar
hremman, p. de

To hinderobstructcumber

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Ðí læs ðe seó smeáung ðæra ǽhta hí æt ðære láre hremde lest the contemplation of the possessions should be a hindrance to them in learning, 60, 30: 394, 14. Ne hremmaþ mínne martyrdóm hinder not my martyrdom, 592, 7

Linked entries: hramma ge-hremmed

módig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
módig-líc, adj.

Noble-mindhigh-souledcourageousbraveSuperbmagnificent

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Ne seah ic elþeódige men módiglícran no braver men from foreign lands have I seen, Beo. Th. 680; B. 337. of things (v. mod, III.), Superb, magnificent Nǽnig man nafaþ to ðon módelíco gestreón hér on worlde, Blickl. Homl. 111. 24: 113, 6

Linked entry: móde-líc

preówt-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
preówt-hwíl, e; f.
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See also Anglia viii. 318, 43 :-- 564 atomi wyrcaþ án momentum, 4 momenta gefyllaþ minutum, 21/2 minuta, gewyrcaþ ánne prican, 4 prica gewyrceaþ áne tíd), Hpt. Gl. 462, 9.

Linked entry: be-prenan

wídgilness

(n.)
Grammar
wídgilness, e; f.
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Seó eorðe stód mid manegum wudum on hire wídgilnysse. Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 5. Ða díglan wídgilnysse abstrusam vastitatem, Hpt. Gl. 471, 70.

Linked entry: wídgalness

berstan

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Add: literal Seó eorþe wæs cwaciende and ber*-*stende, Ors. 88, 11. Berstende líc a body breaking out into eruptions, Lch. i. 272, 1. figurative Þ him náðor ne burste ne áð ne ordál, Ll.

cyne-helm

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Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R.

fǽge

feydamned

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Add: doomed to death, fey Þonne ꝥ wíf seó mid bearne . . . cweþe heó: ' Ic gonge . . . mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan (with one that will be born alive, not with one that is to be still-born), Lch. iii. 66, 30

ge-stihtung

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Seó leó heóld þæt cild ungederod æfter Godes gestihtunge, Hml. S. 30, 183. Cunnan hwylce wséren Godes gestihtunge (þáþing þe syndon Godes gestihtungo, v. l. ) nosse quae Dei sunt Gr. D. 137, 8. Add:? —

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a piece of enclosed land, a ham (v.
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See Midd. Flur, s. v

menigu

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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 11. For ðǽre menige (menge, v. l. ) ðæs folces, Past. 113, 19. Ðæt mon ðá godcundan sprǽce ðǽre menigo (mengio, v. l. ) tódǽle, 373, 19.

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48. Æt þises sage (narratione) ic geleornode ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 218, 27: 318, 27. Spellunga ł saga fabulas, An. Ox. 188. <b>I a.