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wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode
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To foam, bubble up, pour forth (intrans. and trans. ?), abound, swarm Wapolaþ ebullit (os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam, Prov. 15, 2), Kent. Gl. 505. Wapolode vaporat, Germ. 398, 220.

á-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
á-berstan, p. -bærst
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To burst forth Se wilm ðæs innoðes út ábirst (-biersð, Hat. MS.) and wierð tó sceabbe fervor intimus usque ad cutis scabiem prorumpit Past. 70, 9. Ðonne ábirst (-biersð, Hat.

cwild

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Ic ofsleá hig mid cwylde and fordó mid cwealme feriam eos pestilentia atque consumam, Num. 14, 12. Cwylda pestilentiae (n. pl.), An. Ox. 61, 42. Sé þe mid gesyntum swylce cwyldas mæg wel forbúgon qui illas effugiet prospere clades, Dóm. L. 248. Add

mis-lic

Grammar
mis-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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add: with a singular noun, where different instances of that which is denoted by the noun occur, not uniform, different forms of Hû mislic bið mægen þára cynna, Rä. 81, 8. Þá ic þurh mislic cwealm slóg, Jul. 493.

ofer-þeccan

(v.)

to cover

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Mid forste oferþeaht covered with ice, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 143. Þicce vel oferþeaht condensa, i. spissa, secreta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 65. He onwreáh ða eorþan ðe ǽr wæs oferþeaht mid feóndum revelabit condensa, Ps. 28, 7. Mid þeóstrum oferþeht. Homl.

scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
scyldig, adj.
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Homl. 47, 21. responsible for, liable for, chargeable with an ill result, with gen. Gif hwylc mæssepreóst untruman men sprǽce forwyrne, and hé on ðære tyddernesse swelte, sý hé on dómes dæg ðære sáwle scyldig ( ejus animae reus ), L. Ecg.

a-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceótan, he -scýt, -scýtt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten [a, sceótan to shoot]

To shoot forthshootshoot outfalljacularicum impetu erumpere

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To shoot forth, shoot, shoot out, fall; jaculari, cum impetu erumpere Hie ne mehton from him nǽnne flán asceótan they could not shoot an arrow from them, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 132, 8.

Linked entry: a-scuton

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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He nǽnige forlét under burglocan bendum fæstne he left not one under the city-barriers fast in bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 2075; An. 1040: 1879; An. 942

Linked entry: burg-loca

freó-drihten

(n.)
Grammar
freó-drihten, -dryhten, es; m.

A noble lord or masteringĕnuus vel nōbĭlis dŏmĭnus

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Freódrihten hine forþlǽdde to ðam hálgan hám, heofna Ealdor the noble Lord, the Prince of heaven, led him forth to the holy home, Cd. 226; Th. 300, 17; Sat. 566: 225; Th. 299, 10; Sat. 547.

flyht

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Ðe má ðe ǽnig fugel his flyhtes gewylt, gif his óðer fiðere forod bið, Hml. Th. ii. 318, 28. On flyhte wesan, Shrn. 112, 7. Mid hiora feðra flihte, 71, 21. Hé sealde ðám fixum sund, and ðám fugelum fliht, Hml. Th. i. 16, 7.

cwide

(n.)
Grammar
cwide, cwyde , cwyðe,es; m.

the expression of a thought, a sentence, period sententia a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum a legal enactment, decree edictum, deretum

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Every letter has three properties, nomen, figura, potestas, that is a name, and a form, and a sound [power ], Ælfc.

hwá

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L. 5, 41. where eal qualifies the indefinite form.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Ðá forlét hé ðæt setl ab obsidione discessit, 3, 11; Swt. 146, 20

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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For wiþer at end l. wiþ, and add Flítat disceptant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 41. Disceptant, lacerant, i. contendunt flítaþ, 140, 59. Ic flát certavi, coteiendi, 130, 28.

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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Hine mon scyle on bismer hátan se ánscóda, Past. 45, 8. v. á-hátan, be-hátan, for-hátan, ge-hátan, on-hátan

FREMU

(n.)
Grammar
FREMU, e; f.

Advantageprofitgainbenefitcommŏdumemŏlŭmentumquæstusfructusbenĕfĭciumsălus

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Ðe ðissum folce to freme stondaþ which for this folk's prosperity stand, Exon. 67 b; Th. 350, 7; Jul. 123; 54 a; Th. 191; Az. 81: Nar. 39, 18.

Linked entry: freme

micel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
micel-ness, e; f.

greatnessbignesssizegreatnessmultitudeabundancegreatnessmagnificence

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Ne meahton ásecgan for ðæs leóhtes mycelnesse, Blickl. Homl. 145, 14. Æfter micelnisse ðínre mildheortnisse, Num. 14, 19. greatness, magnificence Micylnys magnificentia, Ps. Spl. C. 8, 2. In micelnisse in magnificentia; in mikelnes, Ps.

mynegung

(n.)
Grammar
mynegung, e; f.

admonitionexhortationa demand for payment of what is duea claim

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Gl. 485, 52. a demand for payment of what is due, a claim (v. mynegian, II c) Þurh ða gedurstegnysse ðe folces men wiðhæfton ðære gelómlícan mynegunge (myngunge, MS. F. ) . . . ðe úre láreówas dydon ymbe ðæt neádgafol úres Drihtnes, L. Edg.

Linked entry: mynung

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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For the use by Bede, see Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,' where the translation has 'West Seaxna þeód ... Ðá com he ǽrest upp on West Seaxum.' See also 4, 15, 16.

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne, es; [seems to occur only in pl.] n.

What is fitting, decent

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Ðæt heora gerisna nǽre ðæt hý swá heáne hý geþohtan ðæt hý heora gelícan wurdan that it was not fitting for them [the Romans] to think themselves so low as to be their [the Carthaginians'] equals, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 27: Cd. 93; Th. 242, 17; Dan. 420.