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a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, -ferran, -firran, -fyrran; p. de, ode; pp. ed, od

To removetake awayexpelremovereelongareamovereauferre

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To remove, take away, expel; removere, elongare, amovere, auferre Ðæs lícho-man fæger and his streón mágon beón afeorred the fairness of the body and its strength may be taken away. Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 31.

wól-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
wól-bryne, es; m.

Deadly violence

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tanto morborum igne flagravit, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 24

cristalla

(n.)
Grammar
cristalla, an; m. cristallus, i; m.

crystal crystallusthe herb crystalliumflea-baneflea-wort crystallionpsyllion

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Th. 147, 6. the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort; crystallion = κρυστάλλιον, psyllion = ψύλλιον Nim cristallan and disman take crystallium and tansy Lchdm. iii. 10, 29

íð

(adv.)
Grammar
íð, iéð, ýð; adv. compve.

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Hwá meahte iéð monnum rǽdan bútan scylde ðonne se ðe hí gescóp quis principari hominibus tam sine culpa, quam is, qui hos nimirum regeret, quos ipse creaverat? Past. 3. 1; Swt. 33, 16. Ðý ýþ, Exon. 120 b ; Th. 463, 6 ; Hö. 66

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lǽce-dóm

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Se getýda lǽce ðæs heofonlican lǽcedómes ǽgðer ge ðá hálan lǽrde ge ðám unhálum lǽcedóm eówde peritus medicinae coelestis apostolus non tam sanos instituit, quam infirmis medicamenta monstravit, Past. 397, 15-17.

be-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceótan, he -sceóteþ, -scýt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, goinjicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire

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To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðám men nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40.

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peorð

(n.)
Grammar
peorð, the name of the Runic p. Its meaning is doubtful. Grimm notices the name for f in the old Sclavonic alphabet, fert, and the Persian name for one of the figures on the chess-board, ferz. Kemble seems to take the latter, translating the word by
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9. The verse which accompanies the Rune in the Runic poem is the following Peorð byþ symble

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Wídmǽre cynn, 158, 16 ; Gen. 2618. of things Án wundorlíc tácn gelamp, swá wídmǽre ðæt feáwa wǽron on ðære neáwiste ðe ðæt ne gesáwe, oððe ne gehýrde, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 35.

or-leahter

(n.)
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Danger, peril Hwæt is ús sélre tó dónne þe on swá pleólicum orleahtre ( in tam graui discrimine) synd becumene?, Chrd. 2, 8.

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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Ðý læs ǽnig ðære tale brúce ðæt hé ðý dæge misfénge ( mistook the day), Lchdm. iii. 442, 3. [Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge (mis-apply, take wrongly ), O. and N. 1374:

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

teóðung-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-sceatt, es; m.
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A tax of a tenth, a tithe Teóþingsceat decimatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 36: 73, 44. Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ, and hé him nele syllan his teóþungsceatta dǽl, ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig, Blickl.

un-gild

(n.)
Grammar
un-gild, -gilde, es; n.

An improper or excessive tax

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An improper or excessive tax Hé ǽfre ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs, for ðan ðe on his dagan ǽlc riht áfeóll, and ǽlc unriht up árás, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 2.

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in-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
in-híréd, es ; m.

Householdfamilyhouse

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Ealle werhádes men his inhírédes ǽgðer ge inbyrdlingas ge gebohte þeówan omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi quam emptitii, Gen. 17, 27.

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Tácn ábláwenre lifre, 160, 24

frécen-lic

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Gif þás tácn lange wuniað, þonne biþ seó ádl tó frécenlico, Lch. ii. 258, 21. ꝥ bið swíþe frécenlic, iii. 182, 18. On ðám endenýhstan dagum þissere worulde beóð frécenlice (frǽcen-, v.l.) tída ( tempora periculosa, 2 Tim. 3, 1), Wlfst. 88, 11. Add

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size Man swá mearcað mid éþelicum (medmicelum, v. l. ) treówe þeorfe hláfas ꝥ

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sand-beorh

(n.)

a sand-kill, sand-tank

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a sand-kill, sand-tank Ondlong weges tó sondbeorge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 402, 11. Sondbeorgum ymbseald, Exon. Th. 360, 23; Wal. 10.

scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
scrincan, p. scranc, pl. scruncon; pp. scruncen.
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S. 158, 7.] to contract, shrink Ðá tán scrincaþ (-eð, MS. ) up. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28. Gif sino scrince . . . oððe gif monnes fót tó hommum scrimme and scrince, ii. 6, 13-15

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heolfor

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Helabr tabo, An. Ox. 53, 19. Heolfre tabo (Jezebel discerpunt dente molossi, membraque purpureo tabo perfusa ruebant, Aid. 207. 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 76. Add

twengan

(v.)
Grammar
twengan, p. de
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Cyrsena tác[n] is ðæt ðú sette ðínne winstran þúman on ðínes lytlan fingres lið and twenge hine siððan mid ðara swíþran hande, 124, 23. Twenge ðú mid ðínre swíðran neoþe*-*wearde þíne wynstran, 125, 1

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