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dælf

(n.)
Grammar
dælf, es; n? [delfan to dig]

Anything dug out, a DELF, ditch fossa, scrobis

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Anything dug out, a DELF, ditch; fossa, scrobis Eástweard to cynges dælf eastward to the king's delf, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 17: 963; Erl. 123, 6

Linked entry: delf

a-ládian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ládian, [a from, ládian to clear]

To excuseto make excuse forexcusare

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To excuse, to make excuse for; excusare Hú mágon hí hí a-ládigen [MS. Cot. aládian] how can they excuse themselves? Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 21

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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one who knows, a person of understanding or learning, a wise man Wita (-e, MS.) sophista, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 41. Fród wita, snottor ár, beorn bóca gleáw, Exon. Th. 313, 16; Mód. 1. Se ðe wita (sapiens ) is, mid feáum wordum geswytelaþ, R. Ben. 30, 15.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

ge-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽnan, to grant for a time,
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lend, lease land Wé habbað . . . gelǽned heom ðæt land of ðǽre strǽt ðe úre wæs heore hús on tó rýmende, ðá hwíle ðe hí libbeð . . . and æfter heore dæie hí gyfeð heore hús and heore land and úre Críste and Sancte Petre, C. D. vi. 209, 28-210, 7. Geléned

dífan

(v.)
Grammar
dífan, (causal to dúfan); p. de
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To plunge (trans.), immerse, [v. dýfan in Dict. for citations.]

blóstm-bǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
blóstm-bǽrende, part. [blóstm, bǽran to bear]

Blossom-bearingflorifer

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Blossom-bearing; florifer Seó blóstmbǽrende stów is seó stów on ðære beóþ onfangene sóþfæstra sáula the blossom-bearing place is the place to which are taken the souls of the righteous, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 14

niccan

(v.)
Grammar
niccan, to say no (v. nic),
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refuse a person something Ic bidde ðé þurch ðene Drictene gif ic ongén ne cóme ðat ðú it néfre ne lét welden míne unwynan æfter mé ðe mid unrichte sitteð ðéron, and niccað it mé éuere tó unðanke, C. D. vi. 201, 6. [v. N. E. D. nick to deny.]

Linked entry: nic

-a

(suffix)
Grammar
-a, affixed to words, denotes

A personan agentactor

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A person, an agent, or actor, hence, All nouns ending in a are masculine, and make the gen. in an; as from Cum come [thou], cuma a person who comes, or a guest: Swíc deceive [thou], swica a traitor: Worht wrought, wyrhta a workman, wright: Fóregeng foregoing

æd-

(prefix)
Grammar
æd-, prefixed to words, denotes

Anewagain

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Anew, again, as the Latin re- Æd-sceaft re-generation

cwic-hrérende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwic-hrérende, part. [hréran to move]

Quick-moving? —Wilt ðú biddan ðé gesecge sídra gesceafta cræftas cwichrérende wilt thou desire that he tell thee the quick-moving powers of wide-spread creatures?

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Quick-moving? —Wilt ðú biddan ðé gesecge sídra gesceafta cræftas cwichrérende wilt thou desire that he tell thee the quick-moving powers of wide-spread creatures? Exon. 92b; Th. 346, 28; Sch. 5

cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
cwéme, adj. [cwéman to please]

Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit gratus, acceptus, congruus

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Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit ; gratus, acceptus, congruus

féle-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
féle-leás, adj. [félan to feel]

Devoid of feelinginsensĭlis

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Devoid of feeling; insensĭlis Biþ his líf scæcen and he féleleás his life is departed and he devoid of feeling, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 26; Vy. 40

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTHthencehenceforwardsonwardshenceforthfurtherstillindehincprorsumporrodehincdeincepstămen

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FORTH, thence, hence, forwards, onwards, henceforth, further, still; inde, hinc, prorsum, porro, dehinc, deinceps, tămen Abraham eóde forþ Abraham went forth, Gen. 18, 16: Num. 22, 35: Jud. 16, 30. Alǽdaþ míne bán forþ mid eów efferte ossa mea hinc vōbiscum

ge-hluttrad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hluttrad, part. [hluttran to purify]

Purifiedmade cleardefæcātus

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Purified, made clear; defæcātus Gehluttrad wín defæcātum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 6; Wrt. Voc. 27, 60

Linked entries: hluttran ge-hlyttrod

ge-plantod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-plantod, part. [plantian to plant]

Plantedplantātus

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Planted; plantātus Sum man hæfde án fíctreów geplantod on his wíngearde arbŏrem fīci hăbēbat quīdam plantātam in vīnea sua, Lk. Bos. 13, 6

ge-baswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baswian, to dye purple or
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crimson Ðá stánas wǽron gebaswad mid his blóde, Shrn. 74, 32

Linked entry: baswian

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, to put in bonds.
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Hiene þá burgleóde gebundon . . . Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add

geond-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-gangan, to go through or
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about, perambulate Beón gesette an oðþe twégen ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman deputetur unus aut duo seniores qui circumeant monasterium, R. Ben. 74, 15. Geondgongendra (-gang-, Fs. L.) perambulantium, Ps. Srt. 67, 22

Linked entry: gangan

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat

Linked entry: gnyran

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to mean. I a.
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Hé cýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde, ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman qui pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet aperuit, Past. 137, 18. I b. add :-- 'Ne sele eldiódigum. ' Hé mǽnde ðá áwiergedan gǽstas ' nec sint alieni participes tui. ' Alienos malignos spiritus