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FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOTpésthe footpēs

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Swá his fót gestóp where his foot stepped, Andr. Kmbl. 3163; An. 1584. Námen ðá ðet fótspure ðe wæs undernæðen his fóte then [they] took the footstool, that was underneath his foot, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 8.

ge-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wénan, p. de; pp. ed

To hopeexpectsupposethinkesteem

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Ðás beóþ men gewénede hi putantur homines fuisse, Nar. 35, 33

ymb-þanc

(n.)
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ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
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Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt mon tǽlan wille and beóð eallneg mid ðæm ymbeðoncan (-ðonce, Cott. MSS.) ábisgode and ofdrǽdde dum deprehendi metuunt, semper pavidis suspicionibus agitantur Past. 35; Swt. 239, 7.

á-gildan

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Th. i. 274, 3. to pay for, make retribution for sculon deóre ágildan eal þæt forgímdon. Wlfst. 190, 22. Þá ǽrran þing ágoldene wǽron. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 31

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

deófol

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Díwle and englum his, 25, 41. a devil, an evil spirit Ðá deófol hine swungan, Shrn. 52, 27. Ðæt deófol genam mid him óþre seofon deóflo . . . Þá deófla blǽstan ofer hine, Bl. H. 243, 4-11: Sat. 319. Deófla (diówla, L.

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, p. de; pp, ed

To burnburn upconsumescorchūrĕreexūrĕrecombūrĕreconcrĕmāreexæstuāre

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Ða hit [sǽd] upeóde, seó sunne hit forswælde when it [the seed] grew up, the sun scorched [burnt up] it, Mk. Bos. 4, 6, quando exortus est sol, exæstuāvit [ἐκαυματίσθη], Vulg.

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra, Lev. 8, 17. Hie blód and fel þégon they ate the blood and skin, Andr. Kmbl. 46; An. 23: Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 37.

Linked entry: fell

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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Nis him onwendednes on woruldlífe non est illis commutatio, 54, 20: 114, 7: 118, 92 : Cd. Th. 222, 12 ; Dan. 103 : Exon. Th. 172, 11; Gú. 1142 : 294, 15 ; Crä. 15 : Wulfst. 258, 15.

ge-cennan

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Gecened, 1. 13. to give forth a statement, declare, make known. absolute, to state the conditions of a case Ic gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better

hund-twelftig

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(hundtwelftigum, v. l. ) hída, no, 17: 198, 23. Gylde hé þám cynge hundtwelftig scillinga (sciłł. v. l. ), 264, 12: 62, 5: 66, 16: 86, 17. Cómon tó ðám hálgan hundtwelftig manna, mislíce geuntrumode, Hml.

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.

a herd, particularly a swineherd;a man, warrior boy, lad, journeyman

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Hit gelamp ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen . . . and cwæþ tó ðan kinge: 'Wænd ðú ða hláfes ðæt heó ne forbeornen, for ðam ic geseó dæighwamlíce ðæt ðú micelǽte eart. Shrn. 16, 13-20. Swána steorra (cf. swán-steorra) hesperius. Wrt.

Linked entry: swon-

CWELLAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWELLAN, ic cwelle, ðú cwelest, cwelst, he cweleþ, cwelþ, pl. cwellaþ; p. cwealde , pl. cwealdon; pp. cwelled, cweled, cweald ; v. a.

To kill, slay = QUELL? necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare

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necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare Ða cwelleras ne woldan hine cwellan the executioners would not till him, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 30: Cd. 140; Th. 176, 2; Gen. 2905: Hy. 7, 105; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 289, 105.

Linked entries: cwoellan cuellan

tó-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -blawen.

to blow in different directions,scatter by blowing,blow awayto inflate,puff up,distend with wind,swell,to cause the breast to swell

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to blow in different directions, scatter by blowing, blow away beóþ duste gelícran ðonne hit wind tóblǽwþ tamquam pulvis, quem projecit ventus a facie terrae, Ps. Th. I. 5.

Linked entry: tó-blǽdan

ge-trymman

(v.)
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ge-trymman, -trymian, -trymigan, -tremman; he -trymmeþ, -trymþ; p. -trymde, -trymede; pp. -trymed, -trymmed, -trymd.

to confirmstrengthenencourageestablishfoundset in order arrangedraw upfirmāreconfirmāremūnīreconfortārehortārifundāreinstruĕreTo grow stronggain strengthrecoverconvălescĕre

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He beforan ðam geate his folc getrymede he drew up his army before the gate, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 92, 41. Getrym me confirma me, Ps. Spl. 50. 13. Ðín weorc on us getryme confirma hoc quod opĕrātus es in nobis, Ps. Th. 67, 26.

Linked entries: ge-tremman trymman

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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H. 67, 12: 77, 12. without a subject, alone Godes laga bealdan swá swá his háde gedafenað, Ll. Th. i. 346, 24. Dó hire swá dohtrum gedafenað faciet illi juxta morem filiorum, Ll.

in-geþanc

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Add: the seat of thought, intellect, mind, heart, spirit, breast Ðæt hé selle Gode his ágne breósð, ðæt is his inngeðonc (ingeðanc, v.l. ), Past. 83, 1.

cyne-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-hláford, es; m. [hláford a lord]

A royal lord, sovereign lord, king regius vel supremus dominus, rex

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A royal lord, sovereign lord, king; regius vel supremus dominus, rex Be his cynehláfordes geþafunge with the permission of his royal lord, Cod. Dipl. 593; A. D. 965-975; Kmbl. iii. 127, 8.

níhsta

(n.)
Grammar
níhsta, an; m.

A neighbourproximus

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Tó nýhstan his, Ps. Spl. 11, 2 : Ps. Th. 11, 2

Linked entry: neáhsta

deór-ling

(n.)
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His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448. Se wela þe hé ( the king ) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3.

mægen-þrymm

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Lbmn. 415, 19. mighty power Ðonne hé cymð mid his mægenðrymme tó démanne and his wuldor tó ætiéwanne cum virtutis suae gloriam venit ostendere, Past. 307, 17