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fricca

(n.)
Grammar
fricca, fryccea, an; m.

A crierheraldpræco

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Sylle se friccea his stefne let the crier give out his voice, 163, 31

Linked entry: fryccea

Lǽden-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-sprǽc, e; f.
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Se cræft geopenaþ lédensprǽce [MS. H. lǽden-] Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65

land-gemirce

(n.)
Grammar
land-gemirce, es; n.

A boundary

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A boundary Se westsúþende Europe landgemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðæm gársecge Europæ in Hispania occidentalis oceanus terminus est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 23. Ðǽr Asia and Europe hiera landgemircu tógædre licgaþ, 10.

ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wuldorbeágian, p. ode; pp. od

To crown

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To crown Se gewuldorbeágaþ ðé qui coronat te, Ps. Spl. 102, 4. Ðú gewuldorbeágodest hine tu coronasti eum, 8, 6.

Linked entry: wuldorbeágian

ge-edstaðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edstaðelian, p. ode; pp. od

To restoreinstauraresuscitare

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Se cyng férde and ða burh geædstaðelede the king went and restored the town, Chr. 1092; Erl. 228, 15 : Th. Apol. 27, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 456

Linked entry: ge-edstaðolian

teofrian

(v.)
Grammar
teofrian, p. ode
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, appoint Ðone sylfan stán ðe hine wyrhtan áwurpan nú se geworden is hwommona heágost hálig Drihten tó wealles wraðe wís teofrade (he has appointed it to be the wall's support) lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli:

þrýþ-swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þrýþ-swíþ, adj.

Exceedingly powerful

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Þrýðswýð beheóld, mǽg Higeláces, hú se mánscaða gefaran wolde, 1477; B. 736. [Cf. the proper names Æþel-swíþ, Beorht-swíþ.]

Linked entry: swíþ

under-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
under-diácon, es; m.

An under-deacona sub-deacon

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Subdiaconus is sóðlíce underdiácon, se ðe ða fatu byrð forð tó ðam diácone, and mid eádmódnysse þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weofode mid ðám húselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 9

Linked entries: sub-diácon subdiácon

ambeht

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht, m.
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Ðe ambeht ł se ðegn discipulus ille, Jn. L. 21, 23. Ðone ilca arnbeh[t], 20. Ðára ambihta discipulorum, 20, 30. Ambehtum discipulis, 21, 14. Abraham spræc tó his ombihtum: 'Rincas míne,' Gen. 2879. Onbehtum, Cri. 370. Add

flugol

Grammar
flugol, (-ul, -el).
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Se freóndscipe of næfte scort ys and flugol (fugitiua), Scint. 198, 8, Mid flugelum færeldum fugitiuis discursibus, An. Ox. 262. Flugulum, 7, 28: 11, 17. Add

ge-frett

(v.)
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-freten To devour, consume ðe gefrett feh his qui deuorauit substantiam suam, Lk. L. 15, 30. Flégendo gefréten ꝥ uolucres comederunt illud, 8, 5. Gefreaten bið ł gespilled bið demolitur, Mt. L. 6, 19

ge-fylcea

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylcea, (?), an; m.
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Of þǽm teóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ Porrus se kyning seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige, and mín geféra and gefylcea (my comrade and ally; or ?

Linked entry: fylcea

ge-gilda

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Gif hwilc gegilda forþfǽre, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó wilnie, 610, 35. Add

hǽþa

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþa, an ; m.
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Parching by heal Hé gebæd ꝥ God forgeáfe þǽe eorðan rénas, for þan ðe se hǽða þá hýnde ðá eorðan . . . þá ásende Drihten rénscúras aad þá eorðan gewæterode þe ǽr wæs forburnen, Hml.

níwlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlinga, adv.
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Anew Þá nýtenu æfter deáþe ne lifiað, and se man onginneþ þonne eft neówlinga (neówunga, v. l. ) lifigean æfter þæs líchaman deáþe, þonne hé geendeþ þis gesewenlice líf jumenta post mortem non vivunt, homo vero tunc vivere inchoat, cum per mortem carnis

Linked entries: níwunga neówlinga

pípian

(v.)
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to pipe Án stán is in Sicilia (achates) háten, se wæs on Pires hýrnesse, þæs ansýne is swilce án man pípige mid nigon pípan and án man hearpige (cf. Namque habuisse traditur (i. e.

sweord-bora

Grammar
sweord-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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Férde se áwyrgda gást in þæs cyninges sweordboran, 187, 21

wéden-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wéden-seóc, wédend-seóc; adj.
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Possessed by a devil, mad Sum preóst wæs mid deófle geswenced . . . þá wæs gelǽded se wódseóca (wédendseóca, v.l.) tó Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l.

wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiltan, p. wilte

To roll (trans.)

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Se ðe welt qui volvit (lapidem), Kent. Gl. 1006. Hé wylte (tówælte, Lind.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán tó ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46. Hé (a cup) in healle wæs wylted and wended wloncra folmum, Exon.

ofer-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hoga, an; m.

One who despises, a contemptuous, proud person

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One who despises, a contemptuous, proud person Se biþ Godes oferhoga ðe Godes bodan oferhogiaþ, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 31. Hér sýn on earde oferhogan godcundra rihtlaga, Wulfst. 164, 12. Oferhogan superbi, Ps. Surt. 118, 122: 139, 6.

Linked entry: hoga