clif-hlép
right down, under foot ⬩ pessum
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right down, under foot; pessum, Cot. 155, Som. Ben. Lye
-witol
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Similar entries v. fore-witol,Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 28
án-híwe
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Of one form or colour Ánhíwes uniformi, An. Ox. 1046
fant-hálig
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Consecrated in a font Fanthálig [wæter], Lch. iii. 14, 21
Linked entry: fant-hálgung
feówer-ecgede
Four-edged
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Four-edged Heó hafaþ feówerecgedne stelan, Lch. i. 290, 19
Linked entry: fiþer-ecgede
feþriht
Feathered ⬩ winged
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Feathered, winged Feðrihtæ foet pennati pedes, Mt. p. 9, 19
ge-fildan
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To fold up -Gefyldende inplicans, ligans, Hpt. Gl. 406, 33
or-dál
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A masculine form ordelas occurs, C. D. ii. 252, 13
on-birging
Tasting, taking (food)
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Tasting, taking (food) Wið áttres onbyrgingce, Lchdm. i. 136, 12
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weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Þeáh hwá wexe mid micelre æþelcundnesse his gebyrda, and þeó on eallum welum, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 30.
hús
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S. 36, 99. a building for human occupation, for some purpose other than that of an ordinary dwelling þæt hús þsér man ðweáð heora handa consistoritim, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 50. Seóccra manna hús abaso, infirmatorium, 58, 36 : nosocomium, 52.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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Bunda might be banda as well as bonda, for a is often used for o, as mon for man a man. The early use of hús-bunda, -bonda would at once indicate that it was not likely to be of Norse or Icelandic origin.
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Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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He wæs ǽr Benedictus, ðe us bóc awrát on Lédenre spræce leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac he tymde swáðeáh to Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse.
rǽcan
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For hwon ne rǽcst ( porrigis ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ? Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14. Rǽcþ ( porrigit ) hé him scorpionem? Lk. Skt. 11, 12. Ðǽr ( in hell) hý leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621.
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
fill
death ⬩ destruction
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Similar entries v. fǽr-fill; ge-fill; and see fell, fyl, fyll in Dict. for other passages
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Fyrdunga áginne man georne þonne þearf sý for gemǽnelicre neóde, Ll.
ge-dwimor
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For the sense in which nebulonis seems to be taken here cf. nebulonis heówunga, leásunge, 2238), An. Ox. 4695. <b>II a.
hefig-ness
oppressiveness ⬩ burdensomeness ⬩ a trouble ⬩ dullness ⬩ disease ⬩ oppression
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I. 114, 5. oppressed condition of body or senses, want of animation, dullness Þu cwǽde ꝥ ic hæfde forgiten ꝥ gód ꝥ ic oninnan mé hæfde for ðæs lichoman hefignesse quod memoriam corporea contagione pressus amisi, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 16.
cuma
A comer, guest, stranger ⬩ advena, hospes
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Ðæt he wolde ǽlcne cuman swíde árlíce underfón that he would very honourably receive every stranger, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 31. Cuman árfæste righteous strangers, Cd. 114 ; Th. 150, 3 ; Gen. 2486 .
denu
A plain, vale, dale, valley ⬩ vallis, convallis
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Fox 7, 73; Met. 7, 37 : Salm. Kmbl. 458; Sal. 229. From Ebron dene de valle Hebron, Gen. 37, 14. He gebirgde hine on ðære dene Moab landes ongeán Phogor sepelīvit eum in valle terræ Moab contra Phogor, Deut. 34, 6.