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efenlíce

(adv.)
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S. 13, 291. v. emn-, em-líce in Dict

ele

(n.)
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ele, es; m.
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Hí ðicgeð on dám earde ele on heora bigleofum swá swá wé dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Ne genómun oele, Mt. L. R. 25, 3. v. fulluht-, smirwung-ele

fald

(n.)
Grammar
fald, es; m. (not f.)
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Mid swylcum monnum byð hell gefylled swá swá fald mid sceápum, Ps. Th. 48, 13. On ðone ealdan fald; of ðám ealdan falde . . . On Bunningfald; of Bunningfalde on æscfald; of æscfalde . . . on Wufincgfald, C. D. vi. 56, 9-15: Cht. E. 290, 31.

feng

a takingembracegamecaptureseizure

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In feng ðǽra fiscana in captura piscium, Jn. p. 8, 9. capture, seizure of a person: þe ne sealde ús on gehæfte ł tó fæncge (in captionem) tóðum heora, Ps.

filmen

(n.)
Grammar
filmen, The gender varies, with meaning foreskin it is masc. or neut., otherwise fem.

skinmembranescaleskinshellhuska crack

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Se milte hæfð þynne filmene . . . and sió filmen biþ þeccende þá wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 14-17. Be þæs miltes filmene, 166, 13. Filmena membra[na]rum (laterna membranarumtenui velamine facta, Aid. 142, 6), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 51: 57, 4.

Linked entries: film fylmen

ge-lecgan

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Voc. ii. 48, 44. to settle the regulations concerning an object, determine by law the character of Se wudu is gemǽne swá hé on ældum tímum gelægd wæs sylva, sicut antiquis temporibus lege cautum erat, est communis, C.

ge-wirpan

(v.)
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Se mæssepreóst sealde þám ádligan of tó súpenne and hé sóna gewyrpte, and syððan leofode lange, Hml. S. 26, 265.

Linked entry: ge-wyrpan

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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</b> add :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, Ap. Th. 13, 1. Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26. Sumu treówu hé watrode, Past. 40;Swt. 293, 4. to water land, to irrigate Hé land wæteraþ arua rigat, Scint. 118, 14.

Linked entry: wætrian

ǽmetgian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽmetgian, ǽmettigian, ǽmtig(i)an.

to emptyto be at leisure.to devote one's self to, take time for

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Srt. 45, 11. Hí ǽmtian vacent, R. Ben. I. 81, 15. with dat. (in Latin glosses) to devote one's self to, take time for :-- Ǽmta rǽdincge vaca lectioni, Scint. 222, 5. ðe émtige vacet ídelnesse, R. Ben. I. 83, 8. Rǽdinge hí ǽmtian, 82, 9, 14.

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringþ on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 8.

healh

(n.)
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healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

halla stone buildingcalx.

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Streónes halh, Bd. 4, 23; S. 592, 37. On Streónes heale, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 13

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Th. 280, 7; Sat. 252: 283, 15; Sat. 305

ge-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styrian, -stirian; p. ede; pp. ed [ge, styrian to move, stir]

To moveremoveexciteagitateamovereagitare

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Skt. Lind. 8, 49. Biþ gestyred hiora orsorgnes [MS. orsorgnesse] their prosperity will be removed, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 23. Ðú wǽre stronge gestyred thou wast strongly excited, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 22; Seel. 45.

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, cavity, hole

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Forðam ðonne mon his mód geeáðmódgeþ ðæt he wiðerweardnesse and scande forbere ðonne geeácnaþ hé sum holh on his móde swá swá ðæt weobud hæfþ on him uppan.

Linked entry: hol

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.

thereonthereinthereintothereof

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Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene and hét hón ðone bisceop þǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 253 : Blickl. Homl. 71, 7. therein Hér is án lytele burg, ðǽr ic mæg mín feorh on generian. Hió is án lytel, and ðeáh ic mæg ðǽron libban, Past. 51; Swt. 399, 24.

Linked entry: on

freónd-rǽden

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Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biwedded: wyrd ne ful cúðe freóndrsédenne, hú heó from hogde, Jul. 34. Similar entries cf. freónd, 5. Se geréfa hine ácwællan ne dorste on þæs folces gewytnysse for heora freóndrǽdene, Hml. S. 2, 301.

dolh-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-swæþ, gen. -swæðes ; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu , -swaðo; n: dolh-swaðu, e ; -swaðof: ; indecl. f. [swæþ, swaðu a trace, vestige]

A trace of a wound, a scar cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix

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Ðæt seó þynneste dolhswaðo and seó læste ætýwde that the thinnest and the least scar was to be seen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19

Linked entry: swaþu

bismer-lic

disgracefulignominiouscontemptibleridiculousfrivolous

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Dele: unpleasant, and last passage, and add: disgraceful, ignominious Gewearð seó mǽste sibb and seó bismerleceste, Ors. 3, 1; S. 94, 21.

neowol-ness

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Under þám ylcan eáhþyrle geonode mycclu neolnes (niwelnes, v.l. ), 159, 25. of the lower regions Seó grániende neowelnys and seó forglendrede hell, Wlfst. 187, l. Þá átuge míne sáwle of neolnessum ( ab inferis), Ps. Th. 29, 2