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ofer-swógan

(v.)

to cover thickly

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to cover thickly Mid þýstro genipum ðæs muntes cnoll eall oferswógen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 203, 9

sprott

(n.)
Grammar
sprott, es; m.

A sprathec epimera

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A sprat Ða myclan hwælas and ða lytlan sprottas and eall fisckynn, Anglia viii. 310, 18

ge-leáfful

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Ealle geleáffulle men all Christians, 35, 9. <b>II a.</b> used substantively in pl., believers, Christians, the faithful :-- On þǽre gesihðe wesað ealle geleáffulle, Bl. H. 13, 28: 81, 16.

be-norþan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-norþan, adv.

In the northpartibus borealibus

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In the north; partibus borealibus Ofer eall benorþan everywhere in the north Chr. 1088 ; Th. 357, 10

helle-mægen

(n.)
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the force or host of hell Þæt eall hellemægen for þæs fýres hǽto forweorðeð, Verc. Forst. 166

þeóstrig

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Add:, þýstrig Gif þín eáge byð mánfull, þonne byð þín líchama eall þýstrig, Gr. D. 76, 9

tó-hopung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopung, e; f.

Hopeexpectation

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Hope, expectation Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge ðæs écean Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 155

Linked entry: -hopung

wundor-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-weorc, es; n.

A wondrous worka miracle

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Manige wítgan ǽr Sancte Ióhanne on swíþe manegum godcundum mægenum ealra wundorweorcum swíþe wuldorlíce áscinon, Blickl. Homl. 161, 19. Ðæt cwyce secgeaþ his wundorweorc ofer ealle werþeóde annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus, Ps. Th. 104, 1

Linked entry: wundor-geweorc

un-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
un-lyft, e; f.

Bad airmalaria

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Bad air, malaria Rómáne and eall súðfolc worhton him eorþhús wið ðære unlyfte, Lchdm. ii. 16, 2

hús-carl

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Add: — Hér lét Harðacnut hergian eall Wihracestrescíre for his twégra húscarla þingon

holen-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
holen-leáf, es; n.
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Genim eald holenleáf, 50, 10

on-wæcnian

(v.)
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Of þám þrím sunum wearð onwæcnad eall manna cynn, Angl. xi. 2, 38. Onwæcnod, 3, 59. Add

on-grisla

(n.)
Grammar
on-grisla, an; m.

Dread, horror

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Dread, horror Wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan and mid ongryslan eall oferlǽded, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7

Linked entry: grisla

á-werian

(v.)

to wear out

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to wear out On sumera seó cúle sceal beón þynne oððe eald áwered, R. Ben. 88, 12

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, æf-ǽst, æfst, es; n. [æf, of = ab, ést gratia]

Envyspiteenmityzealrivalryemulationlivorinvidiaodiumzelusæmulatio

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Eald-feóndes æfést the old fiend's envy, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 5; Ph. 401. Æféstes livoris, Mone B. 2699, p. 386. Heora æfstu ealle sceamien they all shall be ashamed of their enmities, Ps. Th. 69, 4.

fleardian

(v.)
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Hí ne swincaþ á swíþe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, ac maciað eall be luste . . . wóriað and wandriaið and ealne dæg fleardiað, spelliað and spiliað and nǽnige note dreógað, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 24. Mid dislicum glengum fleardiende stolidis pompis indruticans, An.

Linked entry: fleardere

ge-leáfsum

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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add

weallan

Grammar
weallan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Binnan Róme weóll án wille ele ealne dæg fons olei per totum diem fluxit, Ors. 5, 14 ; S. 248, 10. 2. Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212. add: — Hwá sceotað ðæt deófol mid weallendum strǽlum?, Sal. K. 148, l.

weoruld-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
weoruld-lufu, e, an; f.
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Se man ðe ánrǽdlíce wile his synna geswícan, dǽle on Godes ést eal ðæt hé áge, and forlǽte eard and éðel and ealle ðás worldlufu, L. Pen. 17; Th. ii. 284, 19

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To armfurnish with weaponsarmāre

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Hí ðæt scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod they took the ship all armed and equipped, Chr. 992; Erl. 131, 34

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod