feld
plain ⬩ field
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Ic (the ploughman) gá út þýwende oxan tó felda, and jugie hí tó syl, Coll. M. 19, 15. Þæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Hml. Th. i. 508, 24: Bl. H. 207, 28.
Elene
Helena ⬩ Helĕna = Ἑλένη
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Se Cásere [Constantinus] héht Elenan the emperor Constantine told Helena, Elen. Kmbl. 2003; El. 1003: 2124; El. 1063. Elene, 438; El. 219: 1204; El. 604: 1236; El. 620
bennian
To wound ⬩ vulnerare
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I saw a block [wood] wound [lit. to wound = wounding] a striving creature 114 a; Th. 438, 4; Rä. 57, 2
beorhtian
to shine ⬩ brighten ⬩ clarere ⬩ to sound clearly or loudly ⬩ clare sonare
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to shine, brighten; clarere Ðǽr his geearnunge oft miclum mægenum scínaþ and beorhtigaþ there his earnings often shine and brighten, with great virtues Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 17. to sound clearly or loudly; clare sonare Beorhtode bencswég the bench-noise
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CALAN
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To be or become cool or cold; algere, frigescere Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22. Hwæðer ða wélgan ne ne cale do the rich never become cold? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 34
driht-ealdor
The lord of a feast ⬩ architriclīnus
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The lord of a feast; architriclīnus Se drihtealdor cwæþ to ðam brýdguman the lord of the feast said to the bridegroom, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 25, 28. Se drihte ealdor ðæs wínes onbýrgde gustāvit architriclīnus vinum, Jn. Bos. 2, 9.
eorl-dóm
EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7 ⬩ cŏmĭtis mūnus
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Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7; cŏmĭtis mūnus Ælfgár eorl féng to ðam eorldóme ðe Harold ǽr hæfde earl Ælfgar succeeded to the earldom which Harold had before, Chr. 1053; Erl. 189, 14
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framlíce
Strongly ⬩ firmly ⬩ stoutly ⬩ fortĭter ⬩ strēnue
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Benedictus ðone síþfæt framlíce to Róme geferde Benedict stoutly went his journey to Rome, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 45
ildend
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tó ðam ðæt syððan hí on ðæt hús cómon hí ðá sóna ðone hálgan wer gebundon there was no one, after they had got into the house, who delayed at once to bind the holy man, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 5
óþ-berstan
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to break away, escape Hé óþbærst tó wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 291, 17. [Rannulf út of ðam týre on Lunden nihtes óðbærst, ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs, Chr. l 101; Erl. 237, 40.] Gif se bana óþbyrste, L. H. E. 2 ; Th. i. 28, l. Cf. æt-berstan
ge-weorþan
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29
ge-fleógan
To fly ⬩ fly over ⬩ volare ⬩ transvolare
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To fly, fly over; volare, transvolare He héht his heáhbodan hider gefleógan he commanded his archangel to fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 4; Cri. 295. Ne mæg ǽnig ðone mearcstede fugol gefleógan nor may any bird fly over the boundary place, Salm.
tígan
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To tie, literal Valerianus hét beheáfdian on Ypolitus gesihðe ealle his híwan, and hine sylfne hét tígan be dám fótum tó ungetemedra horsa swuran, Homl.
wiþ-gangan
to go against ⬩ to go off ⬩ withdraw ⬩ fail
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to go against Ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte gúðe wiðgongan (I could not go and meet the foe in fight ), ac ic sceal sécan cempan sǽmran, Exon. Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393. to go off, withdraw, fail Byð mé eágon wiðgangen defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 68, 3
wrencan
to tarn ⬩ twist ⬩ to practise wiles ⬩ use tricks
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to tarn, twist (intrans. ) Is ðæs horderes tácen, ðæt mon wrænce mid his hande, swilce hé wille loc unlúcan, Techm. ii. 118, 12. to practise wiles, use tricks, Similar entries v. wrenc Biþ óþer swice, . . . wrenceþ hé and blenceþ, worn geþenceþ hinderhóca
feó-laga
A fellow ⬩ colleague ⬩ partner
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Þá cyningas (Edmund and Cnut) wurdon feólagan and wedbróðra (heora freóndscipe gefæstnodan, v. l.) . . . and féng þá Eádmund cyng tó Westsexan and Cnut tó þám norðdǽle, Chr. 1016; P. 152, 26
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ge-helan
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To conceal Hé geheóld and gehæl þá deógolnysse mid him secretum tenuit desiderium, Gr. D. 98, 20. Hyra willa bið ꝥ hí beón geholene latere in voluntate habent 61, 4. intrans. To hide, conceal oneself Hé ne maehte gehæla non potuit latere Mk. L.
ge-hwearfness
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Conversion S Paules gehwerf-nes tó Críste, Shrn. 58, 26.
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ge-swæccan
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Cam. 113, 6. to taste, v. swecc; I lc geswæcce sapio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 221, 9
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ge-delfan
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To dig Hé gedalf in eorðo fodit in terra, Mt. L. 25, 18. Þá hé hæfde gedolfen twéntig fóta on ðǽre eorðan, H. R. 13, 14. trans. To dig a hole In ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne his stóue in defossum sepulturae suae locum, Jn. p. 2, I