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á-solcennys

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is ásolcennyss oþþe slǽwð on Accidia Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 296. Hí ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Voc. ii. 72, 35. Ic út gange ofer mínre burge weall transgrediar murum, Ps. Th. 17, 28 : Cd. Th. 90, 12; Gen. 1494. Ic cume ofer langne weg, 35, 13; Gen. 554.

on-drǽdan

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Hé ná syþþan ǽnige hyre yfelan weorc ondréd (-drǽd, v. l. ), Lch. i. 176, 2. Hit is ungecyndelicu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde, and suáðeáh hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, Past. 109, 11-13.

for-habban

(v.)
Grammar
for-habban, part, -hæbbende; p. -hæfde, pl. -hæfdon; impert. -hafa, pl. -habbaþ; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd; v. trans.

To hold inrestrainretainabstainrefraintĕnērecontĭnērecŏhĭbēreprŏhĭbēreabstĭnēre

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To hold in, restrain, retain, abstain, refrain; tĕnēre, contĭnēre, cŏhĭbēre, prŏhĭbēre, abstĭnēre Ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreðre he might not retain his wavering courage in his heart, Beo. Th. 2306; B. 1151: 5211; B. 2609.

cirm

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 150, 26: clangor, tubarum sonus vel vox tubae, 131, 52: clamor tubis, 126, 49: clangor (salpicum ), An. Ox. 1642. Ceorm, Hpt. Gl. 445, 12. Þǽra býmena cyrm, Hml. Th. ii. 202, 29. Se dæg is býman dæg and cyrmes, i. 618, 17.

eafor

(n.)
Grammar
eafor, es; m. n. (?).
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D. ii. 30, 33-36, 9. Cf.

geard

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Voc. ii. 105, 49), Hpt. 33, 250, 1. an enclosure Of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, C. D. iii. 400, 2. ¶ in the following either sense might be taken :-- On ðone mór; of ðám móre ondlong geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat, C. D. iii. 180, 27: vi. 219, 7.

holt

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B. ii. 246, 34: gehæg-holt. wood, a piece of wood, handle or shaft of a weapon (?). v. gár-holt Holt capulus (armet dextram capulus ceu parma sinistram, Ald. 214, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 33: 20, 17

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eatingrioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes placecomessationescrapula, commessatio.

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Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówer heortan mid oferǽte in crapula 18, 2; Swt. 129, 19. Ða téþ ðe nú on oferǽte blissiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 530, 32. Hine wið oferǽt beorge, L.E. I. 24; Thh ii. 422, 3. Þurh oferǽt per commessationem, Confess.

Coludes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Coludes burh, burhg; gen. burge; dat. byrig; f.

Colud's cityColdinghamBerwickshireScotlandColudi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici

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Colud's city, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland; Coludi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici Eóde Æðeldryþ on Æbban mynstre ðære Abbudissan, seó wæs Ecfriþes faðu ðæs cyninges, ðæt is geseted on ðære stówe ðe mon nemneþ Coludes burh Ædilthryda

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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, dear to men, firm in its place, Hick.

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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Wildeór bestiae agri, 23, II. Ealra wuda wildeór omnes ferae sylvarum Ps. Th. 49, Ii : 103, 19. Wilddeóra ferarum Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 32. Wilddeóra holl and denn lustra i. 59, 10: Soul Kmbl. 164; Seel. 82. Wildeóra þeáw, Cd.

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ge-weorc

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<b>IV a.</b> a particular case of labour, labour for a particular object Þis is þǽre bricce geweorc on Hrouecǽstre this is the work that has to be done on the bridge at Rochester, C. D. B. iii. 659, l. v. tigel-geweorc . <b>IV b.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Th. i. 68, 29. <b>VI c.</b> to turn into another language, translate :-- In Grécisc spréc gecerred in Graecam linguam uersa, Mt. p. 2, 4. <b>B.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

hirde

(n.)
Grammar
hirde, hierde, heorde, hiorde, hyrde, es; m.

A herd, shepherd, pastor, guardian, guard, keeper

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Th. i. 170, 10

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Goodgood thinggood deedbenefitgoodnesswelfare

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The true man must give his wealth at the time that it best pleases him to enjoy it himself, Blickl. Homl. 101, 17. Hwæðer him yfel ðe gód under wunige whether evil or good dwell in it [the heart], Exon. 27 a; Th. 82, 3; Cri. 1333.

bóc-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
bóc-cræftig, adj.

Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Biblein libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus

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Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Bible; in libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus Hí bleóton [MS. breotun] bóccræftige they destroyed those learned in the Bible, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [býtla a builder]
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Th. i. 368, 25. Býtlode ædificavit, R. Ben. in proœm. Hí worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmeseforda, and hit búdon, and býtledon they wrought the work at Tempsford, and inhabited it, and built, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 18

Linked entry: byggan

fealwian

(v.)
Grammar
fealwian, fealewian, fealuwian; p. ode; pp. od

To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves flāvescĕre

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To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves; flāvescĕre On hærfest hit fealwaþ in harvest it ripens, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. His leáf ne fealwiaþ its leaves shall not wither, Ps. Th. 1, 4.

for-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
for-screncan, -scræncan; p. -screncte, -scræncte; pp. —scrænct, -screnct [screncan to trip up]

To supplantovercomeoppresscast downsupplantāreopprĭmĕreelīdĕre

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Th. ii. 414. 23

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