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á-rǽfan

(v.)
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to set free, unwrap Árǽfdon expedierunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 37. Árǽfdan (printed árǽrdan) expedierant, 29, 64

Linked entries: á-ráfian rǽfan

earfoð-fynde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoð-fynde, adj.
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Hard to find Earfoðfynde wæs ðár se man þe swilc ne mihte hreówan, Hml. S. 23, 82

Linked entry: fynde

earfoþ-lǽre

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Substitute: Hard to teach, indocile Benedictus forlét þá earfoðlǽran bróðro Benedictus indociles deseruit, Gr. D. 110, 19

ge-blíþian

(v.)
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to make glad þú geblíðgodest [mé] on geweorce þínum delectasti me infactura tua, Ps. Rdr. 91, 5

Linked entry: blíþian

ge-dífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dífan, pp. ed
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To plunge, immerse Rammes wul on wætere gedýfed and æfter þám on ele, Lch. i. 356, 12

Linked entry: ge-dýfan

ge-þrýþfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrýþfullian, p. ode
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To exalt, elevate Ná geþrýdfullud synd eágan míne non elati suat oculi mei, Ps. Rdr. 130, 1

Linked entry: -þrýþfullian

hand-cræft

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add

hlífan

(v.)
Grammar
hlífan, p. hláf, pl. hlifon; pp. hlifen

tower up

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To stand out prominently, tower up Hlíbendri minaci Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 12. Hlífendre miniaci 55, 71

Linked entry: hlífendre

heort-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
heort-gryre, es; m.
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Terror of heart, mortal terror Fela cynna egesan geweorþað on eorðan folce tó heortgryre, Wlfst. 86, 15

Linked entry: gryre

hnǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
hnǽcan, hnǽcan; p. te

To destroy ⬩ crush

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To destroy, crush Ic hnǽce (nǽce, v. l.) oððe ácwelle neco Ælfc. Gr. Z. 138, 15. Substitute:

in-lígian

(v.)
Grammar
in-lígian, p. ode
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To inflame Gesprec Dryhtnes inlégagede ( =a in-légade) hine eloquium Domini inflammavit eum, Ps. Srt. 104, 19

Linked entry: -lígian

lenden-síd

(adj.)
Grammar
lenden-síd, adj. Of a garment,
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reaching to the loins Lendensíd reáf lumbare vel renale, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32. Cf. fót-síd

mǽr-hlinc

(n.)
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a boundary hlinc Andlang weges tó mǽrhlinc ; andlang mǽrhlinces, C. D. iii. 414, 10 : 18 : 19 : 21

Linked entry: hlinc

mód-lufu

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Hé hine mid bám handum beclypte and mid eallre módlufan sette tó his breóstum, Nap. 45. Add

mylen-weard

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Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfd, ðám hé sceal tó tólan fylstan: mylewerde, sútere . . . Angl. ix. 263, 18. Add

sýl-beám

(n.)
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36

un-scógian

(v.)
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Hé cleopode tó his þeówtlinge, 'Cum, deótul, hider and unscó (discalcea) mé, Gr. D. 221, 22. Add

folm

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Add: m. pl. folmas Hé áþenede his folmas (folme, v.l. ) upp tó heofonum, Gr. D. 166, 7

for-lǽtan

Grammar
for-lǽtan, <b>; II.</b>
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For bóte úrra synna þises lífés dagas ús tó fyrste forlǽtene synt, R. Ben. 4, 18. Add

sceadwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceadwian, sceadewian; ode

To cover with shadow

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To cover with shadow Hé scadewode (scaduaþ, Ps. Lamb.: sceadewede, Blickl. Gl.) obumbrabit, Ps. Spl. 90, 4

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