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á-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
á-fleán, p. -flóh, pl. -flógon; pp. -flægen
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To flay, strip off the skin Hé him hét of deádum áfleán þone þwang fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh ejus cutem jam mortui a vertice usque ad calcaneum incidit , Gr. D. 198, 9.

Linked entry: fleán

ge-félness

Grammar
ge-félness, sensitiveness, sensation.
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Gif ꝥ líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ꝥ þǽr gefélnes on ne sý, Lch. ii. 8, 14: 82, 26. Welmes hǽto mid gefélnesse ... áheardung þæs magan mid gefélnesse and mid sáre ... heardung þǽre lifre bútan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, 198, 11-14.

fyrhto

Grammar
fyrhto, (-u).
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Gif ðú hafast mid þé wulfes hrycghǽr on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu þú ðone síð gefremest, Lch. i. 360, 22. Blindre fyrhto ceca formidine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 81. Be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes de terrore futuri judicii, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15.

eá-land

(n.)
Grammar
eá-land, -lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island insŭla

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Th. 4657; B. 2334: Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 27; Gú. 1299: 96 b; Th. 360, 27; Wal. 12: 361, 17; Wal. 21: 60a; Th. 217, 28; Ph. 287

Linked entries: eálond íg-land

dýgan

(v.)
Grammar
dýgan, p. dýgde; pp. dýged [dugan vălēre]

To do good, benefit prodesse, vălēre

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To do good, benefit; prodesse, vălēre Ic secge ðæt sió fórespræc nedýge náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him fore þingaþ I say that the defence does no good either to the guilty or to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38; 7; Fox 210, 6.

Linked entry: ge-dígan

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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Th. i. 420, 7.

wælt

(n.)

apparently some part of the thigha sinew

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apparently some part of the thigh, a sinew (?) Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, .iii. scillingas gebéte, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. (The preceding section deals with wounds to the thigh.

mónaþ

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Th. ii. 224, 32. v. Midsumor-, Midwinter-mónaþ. ¶ for the name of the months see Chr. P. Appendix A. and the Martyrology given in the Shrine. Add

BINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BINDAN, to bindenne; ic binde, ðú bindest, bintst, binst, he bindeþ, bint, pl. bindaþ; p. ic, he band, bond, ðú bunde, pl. bundon; pp. bunden; v. a.

To BIND, tieligare, alligare

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Th. 149, 8. Fæste binde swearte wealas I bind the swart strangers fast, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 21; Rä. 13, 3. Hrusan [MS. hruse] bindeþ wintres wóma the winter's violence binds the earth, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 21; Wand. 102.

Linked entries: a-búnden band

driht-né

(n.)
Grammar
driht-né, pl. nom. acc. -néas; m.

A dead body of a host cadāver agmĭnis

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A dead body of a host; cadāver agmĭnis Ofer drihtnéum over the bodies of the slain, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 5; Exod. 163

Linked entry: dryht-né

hyge-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-bend, es; m: e; f.
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878

niht-glóm

(n.)
Grammar
niht-glóm, es; m. (?)

The darkness of night

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The darkness of night Wæs ðam báncofan æfter nihtglóme ( when the shades of night prevailed ) neáh geþrungen, Exon. Th. 158, 27; Gú. 916

ge-hilt

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hilt, es; n.

A hilthandlecăpŭlus

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A hilt, handle; căpŭlus He gegráp sweord be gehiltum he seized the sword by the hilt, Cd. 140; Th. 176, 1; Gen. 2905

ge-sceap-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap-hwíl, e; f.

The time appointed by fate for dying

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The time appointed by fate for dying To gescæphwíle at the appointed time, Beo. Th. 52; B. 26. v. Grm. D. M. 817

un-gecnirdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gecnirdness, e; f.

Negligencewant of diligence

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Negligence, want of diligence Menige sind ðe ðurh ungecnyrdnysse ðisum ðeówan ( the slothful servant in the parable ) geefenlǽcaþ, Homl. Th. ii 552, 35

Linked entry: ge-cneordnes

weorold-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
weorold-ende, es; m.
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The end of the world Ðæt hé léte hyne licgean ðǽr hé longe wæs, wícum wunian óð woruldende, Beo. Th. 6159; B. 3083

drync-leán

Grammar
drync-leán, drynce-leán.
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Th. i. 422, note 1. The word occurs under the heading: De officiis domino debitis

wǽg-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-þreát, es; m.

A wave-hostthe waters of the deluge

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A wave-host, the waters of the deluge Ic wille mid wǽgþreáte ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan, Cd. Th. 81, 29; Gen. 1352

FEL

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

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Fell hongedon on seles wæge the skins hung on the wall of the room, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 15; Rä. 14, 3. Ðæt gafol biþ on deóra fellum the tribute is in skins of animals, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 33: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29: Gen. 27, 16.

Linked entry: fell

efen-hlytta

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Neód is þæt hí beón efenhlyttan þæs edleánes, þonne hí wǽron geféran ðǽre ðrowunge, Hml. Th. i. 84, 19. Geférscipes efenhlyttum sodalitatis consortibus, Hpt. Gl. 506, 41. with prep. Efenhlytta on martyrdóme hé wæs consors martirio fuit, Hy.