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cwic-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-fýr, es; n.

Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ignis vivus, sulphur

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Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ; ignis vivus, sulphur Gifeóll ðæt fýr and cwicfýr of heofne pluit ignem et sulphur de cælo, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 29

dust-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
dust-sceáwung, e; f. [sceáwung a beholding, contemplation]

A dust-viewing, contemplation of dust pulvĕris spectātio vel contemplātio

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A dust-viewing, contemplation of dust; pulvĕris spectātio vel contemplātio He gewát from ðære dustsceáwunga he departed from the contemplation of the dust, Homl. Blick. 113, 29

feá-lóg

(adj.)
Grammar
feá-lóg, adj.

Destitute destĭtūtus

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Destitute ; destĭtūtus Ne eam ic swá feálóg monna weorudes I am not so destitute of a host of men, Exon. 36 a; Th. 116, 34; Gú. 217

Linked entry: -lóg

for-wyrnednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrnednes, -ness, e; f.

A restrainingcontinenceforbiddingcontĭnentia

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A restraining, continence, forbidding; contĭnentia He wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes he was of great abstinence and continence of life, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 21

heófung-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
heófung-tíd, e; f.

A time of mourning

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A time of mourning Fram ðisum dæge óþ eastron is úre heófungtíd from this day until Easter is our time of mourning, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 25

penn

(n.)
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a disease of the eye, pin, a kind of cataract Ðis is seó séleste eáhsalf wið éhwærce and wið miste and wið penne, Lchdm. i. 374, 2

gedwol-mist

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-mist, es; m.

Mist of errorerrōris năbŭla

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Mist of error; errōris năbŭla Mid ðam gedwolmiste with the mist of error, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 22, 65; Met. 22, 33

fird-láf

(n.)
Grammar
fird-láf, e; f.
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The remnant of an army, the survivors of a battle Þǽr feóllon ðá hǽþenan fíf ðúsend ofslagene, and Lisias fleáh mid þǽre fyrdláfe. Hml. S. 25, 377

Linked entry: here-láf

gígant-mæcg

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Substitute: One of the race of the giants, a giant Gígantmæcgas Gode unleófe, micle mánsceaðan Metode láðe (cf. Gigantes erant super terram Gen. 6, 4), Gen. 1268

mixen

(n.)
Grammar
mixen, [n]e; f.

A mixendung-heapdung

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A mixen, dung-heap; also dung On ðære nyðemestan fléringe ( of the ark ) wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7. Meoxine sterculii, Germ. 397, 449. Job sæt on his mixene, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 28.

Linked entries: meoxen myxen

pól

(n.)
Grammar
pól, es; m.
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Út on hreódpól, ii. 29, 10

Linked entry: pyll

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Hié simle feohtende wǽron óð hié alle lǽgon they kept on fighting until they all lay dead, 50, 7. On carcernum lǽgon they lay in prison, Ors. 5, 1; Swt. 214, 18.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

aldor

(n.)
Grammar
aldor, es; n. [aldor = ealdor life] .

lifethe vital parts of the bodyvitaage

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Wit on gársecg út aldrum néþdon we two ventured out on the sea with [peril to] our lives. Beo. Th. 1080; B. 538: 1024; B. 510. Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450.

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.

strong, robuststrong, firm, solid, able to resist forcerequiring strength, laborious, hardhard to bear, severe

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of persons, strong, robust Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41.

beón

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Swá bið þǽre sáwle and þǽre synne, Wlfst. 240, 4. to consist of (on) Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 17. with predicate, noun or adjective Ic dó ꝥ gyt beóð (beóþan, R.) manna fisceras faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum, Mt. 4, 19:

ge-sendan

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In cummenum foreonfoeng, in gesendena embichta in venientibus praesumtio, in missis obsequium, p. 8, 2. with a sense of compulsion or violence, to send to prison, into exile, &c. Mæht gesenda ł tó gesendanne in tintergo, Lk. L. 12, 5.

K

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On p. 212, l. 15 is found Crist, while the Hatton writes Krist; on p. 152, line 5 the Cotton MS. has kræft, the Hatton MS. cræft. On p. 459, ll. 29, 31, 32 (Hatton MS.) occur the forms kokka, kokkum, kok. So in the Chronicle.

a-bæd

(v.)
Grammar
a-bæd, abǽdon

asked

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asked; p. of abiddan

án-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
án-fáh, adj.

Of one colourunicolor

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Of one colour; unicolor

cwanc

(v.)
Grammar
cwanc, pl.cwuncon

disappeared

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disappeared ; p. of cwincan