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ǽfen-tíd

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Áfeóll (ásáh, v.l.) seó ǽfentíð ilæs dæges diei tardior hora incubuerat Gr. D. 83, 15. Hér wæs Eádweard cyng ofslagen on ǽfentíde, Chr. 979; P. 123, 6. On ǽfentíd. Shrn. 116, 8. On ðá ǽfentíd. Nar. 29, 21. In éferntíd vespere Mt. L. 8, 16.

metian

(v.)

to supply with food

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C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3

Linked entry: mettian

þyddan

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Þá scóc án oxa his heáfod and mid þám horne hine þydde (þudde, v.l. later date), 31, 786. Add

fífel-streám

(n.)
Grammar
fífel-streám, es; m.

The frightful or horrid stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ ōceănus

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The frightful or horrid stream, the ocean; ōceănus Nǽnigne merehengesta má ðonne ǽnne ferede on fífelstreám he led not more than one of the sea-horses on the ocean, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 51; Met. 26, 26

dragan

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Wildu hors hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas, Shrn. 117, 13. Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8.

eóred-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
eóred-mæcg, es; m. [mæcg a man]

A horseman ⬩ ĕques

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A horseman; ĕques Hæfdonxi eóredmæcgas fríd-hengestas the horsemen had eleven war-horses, Exon. 106 a ; Th. 404, 6 ; Rä. 23, 3

rǽpan

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Þá þá hé his oxan rǽpte, þá scóc án his heáfod and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 785. Add

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurst ⬩ copse ⬩ wood

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Wermód hér on hyrstum heasewe standeþ wormwood stands dusky here in the woods [Grein takeshyrstum under the previous word], Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 24; Rä. 41, 61. v. horst, hurst, Grff. iv. 1042

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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a close, paddock) Hujus telluris termini ... et aquilone meara-teág ( = horses' close; cf. horsa croft, iii. 464, 3), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 248, 12. Mansionem et clausnlam, quam Angli dicunt teáge, que pertinet ad predictam mansionem, Chart.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

ge-rǽsan

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Swá hwylce swá ꝥ hors on gerǽsan mihte, hit bát and hira lima tótær quoscumque potuisset-invadere, eorum membra morsibus dilaniaret, Gr.

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, es; m.

a race, swift or iviolent running, rush ⬩ an onset, attack

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Ðæt hors sum slóg on ðam wege mid swíðran rǽse ( valentiore impetu ) oferhleóp, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17. Ongeán ðam rǽse ðæs forþgotenan streámes contra impetum fluvii decurrentis, 5, 10; S. 625, 7.

Linked entry: rǽs-bora

hyrned-nebba

(adj.)
Grammar
hyrned-nebba, adj.

Horny- ⬩ hard-beaked

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Horny- or hard-beaked [epithet of raven and eagle], Judth. ii; Thw. 24, 28; Jud. 212: Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 11; Æðelst. 62

Linked entry: -nebba

broel

(n.)
Grammar
broel, brogel, es; n. [corrupted from the Mid. Lat. brolium or briolium]

A park, warren stored with deer ⬩ vivarium, hortus cervorum,

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A park, warren stored with deer; hence the BROYL, a wood in Sussex, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; vivarium, hortus cervorum, Som

bere

barley

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Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216. Gebúr sceal syllan .xxiii. systra beres, Ll. Th. i. 434, 11. Genim beánmela oððe ǽtena oððe beres, Lch. ii. 84, 5 : 82, 24. Of fíf hláfum beres (bere, L. ) ex quinque panibus hordiaciis, Jn. R. 6, 13.

hran

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Add: a small kind of whale Hran, hron, horn ballena, Txts. 44, 146. Hran oððe hwæl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10. Manducat unumquodque animal in mari alterum.

slide

(n.)
Grammar
slide, es; m.

A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error

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Gr. 11;Zup. 79, 9. of an actual slip Ðá wearþ mé slide and ic him (the horse)of áfeóll lapsus decidi Bd. 5, 6;S. 619, 18. fig. a slip into misfortune or error Forðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan wið unnyt word, hit sceal ðonne niédinga áfeallan for ðæm

tó-sígan

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Hit gedafenlic is ꝥ his reáf ne beo horig ne húru tósigen, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 21. Add

stód-fald

(n.)
Grammar
stód-fald, es; m.

An enclosure for a stud of horses

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An enclosure for a stud of horses Tó ðam aldan stódfalde; and ðonne fram ðam stódfalde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 21. Of ðam wylle on ðone stódfald; of ðam stódfalde, vi. 213, 21. Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8

BLANC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLANC, adj.

BLANK, white, grey ⬩ pallidus, albus, candidus ⬩ white ⬩ white, shining ⬩ albus ⬩ candidus ⬩ bright ⬩ albus ⬩ white

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BLANK, white, grey; pallidus, albus, candidus Gewiton mearum rídan beornas on blancum the warriors departed to ride on white horses, Beo. Th. 1716; B. 856

middæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-sang, es; m.

The midday service

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De officio sextae horae. Middægsang. On midne dæg wé sculon God herian, Btwk. 216, 13: R. Ben. 39, 19: 40, 7