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on-ǽlan

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<b&gt;III a</b&gt;. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40. Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, . 928.

án-ne

(adj.)

alonesolum

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alone; solum Ðæt ge forlǽton me ánne that ȝe leeue me aloone, Wyc; ut me solum relinquatis, Jn. Bos. 16, 32

earn-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
earn-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

Eagle-kind gĕnus aquĭlæ

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Eagle-kind; gĕnus aquĭlæ Ne ete ge nán þing earncynnes do not eat anything of the eagle-kind, Lev. ll, 13

cúþ-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
cúþ-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte
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To make friends with Hé sende tó Róme gecorene ǽrendracan, wolde cúðlǽcan wið hí, Hml, S. 25, 644. v. ge*-*cúþlǽcan

medum-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
medum-micel, adj.
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Little, short (of time) Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ me ne geseóð modicum et non uidebitis me, Hml. A. 73, 16

neorxna wang

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Brúcað Godes neorxnewonges, Hml. S. 30, 101. Ðá ðá hí ǽrest gesceapene wǽron on neorxna wonge, Past. 40S. 27. Add

wiþ-ceósan

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Þæne wiþcuron quam reprobauerunt, An. Ox. 61, 27. Add

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quickfestīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat hasten that ye go through the narrow gate, Lk. Bos. 13, 24. Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3.

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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A body [living or dead] generally the latter; the word remains in lich-gate, lyke-wake Líc oððe líchama corpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 16. Líc ǽgðer ge cuces ge deáðes corpus; líc oððe hreáw funus; líc oððe hold cadaver, Wrt.

tirwa

(n.)
Grammar
tirwa, tirwe, an; m. f.

Tar,resin,gum

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Tar, resin, gum Tyrwa bitumen, tyrwan bituminis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 78, 77. On swæce swylce tyrwe smelling of resin, Lchdm. i. 278, 2. Tirwan resinae, Hpt. Gl. 501, 4. Sumne dǽl tyrwan modicum resinae, Gen. 43, 11.

Linked entry: tyrwa

hálig

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<b&gt;II a</b&gt;. of a heathen deity God, héhst and hálgost ( Jupiter ), Met. 26, 38. of persons considered to be specially devoted to, or directed by, God, e.g. angels, prophets, apostles, saints; the epithet tends to become a mere title, cf.

gearo

(adv.)
Grammar
gearo, gearu; adv.

Promptlyreadilyentirelyaltogetherprompteomnīnoprorsus

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ða fægran gesceaft gearo forségon ye utterly despised the fair creation, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 33; . 602 : 9 b; Th. 7, 31; Cri. 109.

brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55

Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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Ðú scealt mid earfoþnyssum ðé metes tilian thou shalt with hardships get thyself food, Homl. i. 18, 15. Ðæt hig beón eów tó mete ut sint vobis in escam, Gen. 1, 29: Cd. 38; Th. 50, 25; Gen. 814.

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Sécan sefan ge*-*hygdum, Cd. Th. 219, 4 ; Dan. 49. Sefan sídne geþanc, 249, 26 ; Dan. 536. Sefan (seofan, MS. A.) snytro, Salm. Kmbl. 133 ; Sal. 66. On sefan (ondgete, Ps. Surt. 77, 72) in sensu, Blickl. Gl.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

burh-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
burh-scipe, es; m.
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Gr. 10; Som. 14, 50: Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 104

Linked entry: ge-burh-scípe

freðo

(n.)
Grammar
freðo, indecl. f.

Peacepax

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Peace; pax Gewít on freðo gangan, út of earce go forth in peace, out of the ark, Cd. 73; Th. 89, 28; Gen. 1487

in-féran

(v.)
Grammar
in-féran, p. de

To enter

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in giwinne hiora infoerdun vos in laborem eorum introistis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 38

Linked entry: féran

þegnian

(v.)
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Add Swylc mæssereáf and swylce béc and swylce húselfata swylce mid risnum eów þá befæstan þénunga þénian magon, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 27

hafoc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc-cynn, es; n.

The hawk species

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The hawk species Ne ete nán þing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes eat nothing of the hawk-kind or the eagle-kind, Lev. 11, 13