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árian

(v.)

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Sé ðe áreð qui parcit, 468. Þá ofslihð se deófol ðe him wiðstandað . . . þá ðe his leásungum gelýfað, þám hé árað, Hml. Th. i. 6, 5. Ðú ðínum bearne ne árodest, ii. 62, 8.

S. 7, 231. Sume wǽron on líge forswǽlede, Hml. Th. i. 542, 27. to scorch, pain or damage with fire, singe hair 'Fýr byrnð on his gesihðe, and bið swíðlic storm.' Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð, Hml. Th. i. 618, 12.

gelimplic

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S. ii. 275. of non-material things Agustinus líchaman hé þǽr gesette mid gelimplicre áre, Shrn. 122, 28. Mid gelimplicre endebyrdnesse weorþian, Bl. H. 307, 33. Wé willað nú sume eów geopenian, and sume eft on gelimplicere tíde, Hml.

on-hildan

(v.)

Grammar

on-hildan, -hieldan, -heldan, -hyldan.

to lean, incline, recline, bend down ⬩ with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to incline ⬩ to bow, bend ⬩ to turn from the right course ⬩ to cause to sink ⬩ To decline, deviate, incline, sink

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His breósð síen onhielde tó forgiefnesse, Past. 10, l ; Swt. 61, 12.

Linked entries: on-hæld on-heldan on-hyldan

or-lege

(n.)

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or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn

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Se ðæs orleges or onstealde, Beo. Th. 4805; B. 2407. Ðonne wé on orlege hafelan weredon, ðonne hniton féþan, 2657; B. 1326. Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend tó ðam orlege, Andr. Kmbl. 94; An. 47: 2411; An. 1207.

Linked entry: or-læg

HRÓF

(n.)

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HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit

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Gl. 71; Som. 70, 106; Wrt. Voc. 43, 35. Hróf camara, 290, 2. Se hróf hæfde mislíce heáhnysse the roof was not all of one height, Homl. Th. i. 508, 18.

feallan

to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away

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Add: of a body that can move freely Sum sceal on holte of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan, . . . hé fealleð on foldan, Vy. 21-26. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle, Gen. 306. Teáras feóllon, El. 1134.

ge-bǽru

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Se engel him geheht ꝥ hé wolde geseón heora gebǽro ( see how they behaved ), Bl.

ganet

(n.)

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ganet, es; m.

A gannet ⬩ sea-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ swan ⬩ fŭlĭca ⬩ cygnus

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A gannet, sea-fowl, water-fowl, swan; fŭlĭca, cygnus Ganet cygnus, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 144, 32. Ofer ganetes bæþ [MS. baþ] over the sea-fowl's bath, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 21. Ganetes hleóðor the gannet's cry, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 8; Seef. 20.