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forþ-stefn

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Far ofer sǽ, and site on þes scipes forðstefna, ðonne ... þú freónd findest begeondan þǽm sǽ, Lch. iii. 180, 4. Add

swǽslíce

(adv.)
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add: — Þes wæs tó mé geþeóded swíðe swǽslíce and híwcúðlíce hic mihi valde familiariter jungebatur, Gr. D. 257, 14: 237, 22

heáfod-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gewǽde, es; n.

A head-dress, veil

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A head-dress, veil Ðæt beó ðé tó heáfod-gewǽdon let it be to thee for a veil, Gen. 20, 16

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay wastedestroyravagedevastateplundervastāredevastāredepŏpŭlāre

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Hí forhergode wǽron they were plundered, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 19

Linked entry: hergian

á-ídlan

Grammar
á-ídlan, á-íd(e)l(i)an.
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Þe lǽs þe hé innan áídlode ( inanesceret ), Gr. D. 59, 27. Áýdlian tabescere, Ps. L. 38, 12. Þá geseah se árleása áídlian his smeágunge, Hml.

on-búgan

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þe him ( the devil ) onbýhð bið beswicen, Angl. vii. 30, 282. Se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ, Lch. i. 318, 24. Ealle gesceafta onbúgað gebígedum cneówe ðám Hǽlendum Críste, Hml. Th. ii. 362, 1: 18, 3. Þá leóda þé onbúgað, Hml.

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, p. ode.

to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like;to throw.to throw at an object,strike with a missile,to stone a personto throw,cast,

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In the first instance to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; so Icel. has tyrfa með grjóti ok með torfi, and Swed. tyrva med stenom.

Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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Nim ðone cyrnel ðe byþ innan ðan persogge take the kernel which is within the peach, Lchdm. iii. 102, 6. Genim of pínhnyte xx geclǽnsodra cyrnela take twenty [of] cleansed kernels of the nuts of the stone pine, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 180, 19.

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

æfterra

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æfterra, æft(e)ra; cpve.: æft(e)resta; spve.

latter hinder, lower latterlastnext, following second

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Ben. 39, 17. where there are more than two objects the superlative æftresta = last :-- Ðreó frigedagas, se ǽresta . . . se nýhsta . . . se æftresta, Angl. xi. 3, 69. where there is juxtaposition, immediate sequence, next, following On ðǽm æfterran geáre

adreminte

(n.)
Grammar
adreminte, an; f.

The herb feverfewpartheniumπαρθένιον

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The herb feverfew: parthenium = παρθένιον, Prior 78

æl-walda

(n.)

the all-powerful

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the all-powerful. Cd. Jun. 6, 10

æt-hýde

Put out of the hideskinnedexcoriatus

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Put out of the hide, skinned; excoriatus

cipresse

(n.)
Grammar
cipresse, an; f.

The cypress-tree cupressus

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The cypress-tree; cupressus, Som. Ben. Lye

eásten-wind

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eásten-wind, es; m.

The east wind subsōlānus

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The east wind; subsōlānus. v. eástan; adj

ebur-þring

(n.)
Grammar
ebur-þring, es; m.

The celestial sign Orion

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The celestial sign Orion, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: eofor-þring

hrepsung

(n.)
Grammar
hrepsung, e; f.

The evening

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The evening Ǽfen oððe hrepsung vesper, Som

Linked entry: ǽfen-hrepsung

yfel-wyrde

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In the bracket for -oðr l. -orðr

(n.)

a beeapis

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a bee; apis : found in the compound

Linked entry: be

blód-setenn

(n.; part.)
Grammar
blód-setenn, e; f. [blód blood, setenn from seten, pp. of sittan to sit, stop]

The stoppage of bloodsanguinis profluentis restrictio

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The stoppage of blood; sanguinis profluentis restrictio

sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.). The form does not occur as an independent word ; as a prefix it has usually the force ever, everlasting ; but in some cases it seems to denote magnitude, e. g. sin-here ; cf.
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Ger. sin-vluot the deluge

Linked entries: seonu-wealt syn-