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æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Winnan æfter ríce, Chr. 685; P. 39, 23: Ors. 6, 28; S. 278, 9. His geréfan niéddon hí æfter gafole pressed them for tribute 6, 34; S. 290, 24: Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Skt. i. 21, 236

Linked entries: an un-reordian

ge-sellan

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Ðis mihte beón geseald tó myclum wurðe, Mt. 26, 9. to sell Hý hine gesealdan cípemonnum eum mercatoribus vendiderunt, Ors. I. 5 ; S. 34, 2. Ic ne mæg swá fela gefón swá fela swá ic mæg gesyllan ( vendere ), Coll.

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Sió micíe nosu and sió woo (tortus ), Past. II ; Swt. 67, 5. Mid wógum bígelse obliqua curvatura, Hpt. Gl. 458, 72. Mid ánum wðgan íserne. Lchdm. i. 318, 18.

tweó

(n.)
Grammar
tweó, twý; gen.tweón, twýn ; m.

uncertaintyhesitationdelaya doubtful state of thingsstate of indecision

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Th. 310, 4; Seef. 69. Bútan tweón without doubt, undoubtedly, doubtless, certainly; sine dubio, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 7: 1, 25; S. 486, 26. Hwæðer wǽre twégra bútan tweón strengra, Salm. Kmbl. 854; Sal. 426.

Linked entries: tuá tweón twý

fundian

(v.)

to go with the object of reaching a person or placedirect one's course togiving purposeto move so as to reach a pointto strive to attain an end or object

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Férde sum ridda . . . and hit lǽdde forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 224.

seldor

(adv.)
Grammar
seldor, cpve. : seldost ; spve. (the positive seems expressed by seldan, which however has a comparative seldnor) ; adv.
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Bæþ ðám untrumum, swá oft swá hit framige, geboden ; hálum seldor getíðod, R. Ben. 61, 1. Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 216, 2

blóstma

(n.)
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Swé swé blóstme (flos) londes, Ps. Srt. 102, 15. Swylce blóstme quasi flos, Scint. 70, 3. Wín*-*treówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12. Blóstman ligustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5.

dægréd-sang

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Add: (dæge-): Matins Þæt lytel fæc gehealden betwyh þǽm úhtsange and þǽm dægredsange . . . and úpásprungenum dægriman dægredsang begunnen ( matutini subsequantur ), R. Ben. 33, 1. Dægeredsang (dæg-, v. l. ), 35, 23.

heordan

(n.)
Grammar
heordan, heorde, an; f.

towoakum

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(For both see Ald. 51, 23.) Heordan stuppa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 14. Heordena (altered from heorþena) tendre naptarum fomite (heordan naptarum fomitum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 7: heordena naptarum, 59, 58. For all three see Ald. 23, 5, An. Ox. 1649.

a-hwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hwǽnan, p. ede: pp. ed

To vextroublecontristarevexaremolestare

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To vex, trouble; contristare, vexare, molestare Gyf hwylc cyld ahwǽned if any child be vexed, Herb. 20, 7; Lchdm, i. 116, 8

a-fliéman

(v.)
Grammar
a-fliéman, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to fleeto banish

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To cause to flee, to banish Síe he afliémed let him be [as one] banished, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 17

a-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
a-reáfian, p. ode; pp. od [a from, reáfian to tear]

To tear fromtear asunderseparatediripere

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To tear from, tear asunder, separate; diripere Brim [MS. bring] is areáfod the sea is separated, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 12; Exod. 290

cís

(adj.)
Grammar
cís, adj.

Choicefastidiosus in edendo

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Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo Gyf hwá cís if any one be choice, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 15

deáþ-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-wíc, es; n. [deáþ death, wíc a mansion]

A mansion of deathmortis mansio

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A mansion of death; mortis mansio He gewát deáþwíc seón he departed to see the mansion of death, Beo. Th. 2555; B. 1275

declínung

(n.)
Grammar
declínung, e; f.

A declension declinātio

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A declension; declinātio Seó forme declínung the first declension, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 3. On fíf declínungum in five declensions, 6, 2

fællan

(v.)
Grammar
fællan, p. de; pp. ed

To offend scandălīzāre

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To offend; scandălīzāre Gif ðín ége aswícaþ ðé oððefælle ðec si ŏcŭlus tuus scandălīzat te, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 29, 30: 18, 8

in-standendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
in-standendlíc, adj.

Present

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Present, of to-day Hláf úre instondenlíce sel ús tó dæge give us to-day our daily bread, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 11

lata

(n.)
Grammar
lata, an; m.
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One who is late or slow Ðeáh heó ðæs bearnes lata wǽre though she were late in bearing the child, Blickl. Hom1.163, 8

mónaþádlig

(adj.)
Grammar
mónaþádlig, adj.

Suffering from mónaþádl

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Suffering from mónaþádl Gif hwylc man gangeþ tó mónaþádligum wífe si quis vir ad menstruatam mulierem accedat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 42