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searu

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Healdað eów ðæt gé ne onǽlan mín ierre mid eówrum searwum ne forte indignatio mea succendatur propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, Past. 435, 10. Add Man áhéhþ mid searwum mycle sweras pendere magnas in machinis columnas, Gr. D. 270, 4.

a-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen

To blowbreatheflareefflare

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Út ablawan to breathe forth. Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 20. Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.

Linked entry: a-bleów

dóm-ern

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-ern, es; n.

A judgment-place, a court-houseforum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium

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A judgment-place, a court-house; forum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium Dómern trĭbūnal, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 70.

fǽringa

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽringa, fǽrincga, fǽrunga, fǽrunge; adv. [fǽr sudden, -inga, -unga adverbial terminations]

Suddenly, quickly, by chancesŭbĭto, repente, forte

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Suddenly, quickly, by chance; sŭbĭto, repente, forte Fǽringa hí geteorodon sŭbĭto defēcērunt, Ps. Spl. C. 72, 19. Ðú fǽringa gehogodest sæcce sécean thou suddenly resolvedst to seek conflict, Beo.

Linked entries: fǽrunga féringa

hwelian

(v.)
Grammar
hwelian, p. ode, ede
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Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom as the hard part may turn to matter thereby, and may draw out the mischief, L.

Linked entries: ge-hweled hwelca hwele

in-here

(n.)
Grammar
in-here, es ; m.

A native armyhome-force

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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to

neádung

(n.)
Grammar
neádung, e; f.

Force or violence used against any onecompulsionnecessity

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Force or violence used against any one, compulsion, necessity Ðeós neádung haec vis, Ælfc. Gl. 9, 29; Som. 11, 62. Of ðisum leahtre (gítsung) beóþ ácennede reáflác, stala, unmǽþlic neádung, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 12.

Linked entry: níding

on-wadan

(v.)
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Kmbl. 280; An. 140. to enter with irresistible force, to make one's self master of, take possession of Wífa wlite onwód folcdriht wera the beauty of the women made its way to the hearts of the men, Cd.

Linked entry: an-wadan

græfa

(n.)
Grammar
græfa, græfe[?], an
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Celtic forms are Bret. grouan gravel: Corn. grow gravel, sand: W. gro pebbles

stræc

(n.)
Grammar
stræc, es ; n. (?) I.
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Ben. 61, 15. violence, force Hú mæg beón bútan strece and neádunge ðæt gehwá mid clǽn*-*nysse ðæt gále gecynd þurh Godes gife gewylde ? Homl. Th. i. 360, 1, 10.

un-gefullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefullod, -gefulwad; adj.

Unbaptized

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Hine swá fǽrlíce deáð fornam, ðæt hé ungefullad forðférde. Ðá Sanctus Martinus ðæt geseah ... him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 217, 18-23

Linked entries: ge-fullian ge-fullian

ábécédé

(n.)
Grammar
ábécédé, f.
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An ABC, alphabet Seó forme ábécédé on ðám geríme ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on ðá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on ðá wynstran healfe. . . . Héræter wé wyllaþ tódǽlan ðá abecedaria on twá tódǽlednyssa, Angl. viii. 332, 42.

be-bod

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Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne. Þá ætsǽton ða Centiscan beæftan ofer his bebod, Chr. 905; P. 94, 6. Týn bebodu the decalogue, An. Ox. 841. Ǽlicera beboda praeceptorum legalium, 1017. Godes biboda weg, Past. 67, 9. Add

cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, infant.
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Samuhel and Danihel cildgeonge ( pueri ) foreal*-*dedum mæssepreóstum démdon, R. Ben. 114, 8. Be ealdum munecum and cildgeongum ( infantibus ), 61, 10, 12. Cildgeongum mannum infantibus, 130, 1. Add

Gleáw-ceaster

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. ¶ Latin forms :-- In uicecomitatu Gloecestre, C. D. iv. 172, 20. In Gloecestria, 254, 9. Tota ciuitas Gloucestriae, vi. 180, 17. Add

ge-metgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-metgung, e; f.
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Ealla gesceafta onfóþ æt Gode endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 15, 20, 33.

heáh-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-setl, es; n.
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Fore ðæm héhsedle pro tribunali, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 13. Be ðám unrihtwísum cyningum ða wé gesióþ sittan on ðám héhstan heáhsetlum concerning unjust kings whom we see sitting on the highest thrones, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 2

Linked entry: heáh-seld

grafan

(v.)
Grammar
grafan, ic grafe, græfe, ðú græfest, græfst, he græfeþ, græfþ, pl. grafaþ; p. gróf, pl. grófon; pp. grafen.
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Se forma feohgítsere gróf æfter golde the first miser delved after gold, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 113; Met. 8, 57: Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 4; Rä. 34, 6: 130 a; Th. 498, 24; Rä. 88, 6.

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.
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[In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15. Sicilia ðæt ígland is þrýscýte, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 28, 2. On Sicilia ðæm londe, 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 31.

tengan

(v.)
Grammar
tengan, p. de
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Hé ontende ða burh and tencgde him forð syððan, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 416. Se cásere tengde tó ðam botle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Se fugol tó wuda tengde, ii. 162, 27.

Linked entry: sam-tinges