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ǽrend-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrend-fæst, adj.

Bound on an errand

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Bound on an errand Férde sum ǽrendfæst ridda . . . and lǽdde hit forð mid him ðǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 221

Linked entry: -fæst

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Hie woldon ða men him tó mete dón they wanted to make the men food for themselves, St. And. 4, 18. Sý ðæt ylfa ðe him síe be the elf what it may, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 29.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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It is very probable that the ... system of separate houses for the clergy and laity prevailed ..., and that merely ecclesiastical affairs were decided by the king and clergy alone.

Linked entry: ge-mét

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Lightbrightcheerfulshiningclear

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Fox 22, 43; Met. 22, 22: Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 11. Léga leóhtost brightest of flames, 9, 33; Met. 9, 17

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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Hé cwæð ꝥ þǽm weorce nánum men ǽr ne gerise bet tó fandianne þonne þǽm wyrhtan þe hit worhte he said that for no one was it more fitting that he should be the first to try the machine (the bull of Phalaris) than for the man who made it, Ors. 1, 12; S.

folc-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gefeoht, es; n.

Folk-battlea great battlepitched battlepublĭca pugnaplēnum prælium

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Icel. fôlk-orrusta

stániht

(adj.)
Grammar
stániht, stǽniht, adj.
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On stánehtan ford, iii. 389, 1. On ðone stánihtan ford, 168, 31. On ðone stánihtan weg, 409, 11. On stǽnihtum stówum, Lchdm, i. 212, 9. Sume feóllonon stǽnihte alia ceciderunt in petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5

Linked entries: stǽniht ǽniht

bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, bógung, bðung, e; f.

Ostentationarroganceboasting

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D. 77, 4. þæt Iudéisce folc wæs up áhafen and hi sylfe herodon . . . þæt ludéisce folc gewát fram Gode forsewen þurh heora upáhefednysse and ágenre bógunge (praise of themselves). Hml. Th. ii. 428, 17. Substitute:

wyrt-wala

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-wala, an; m.: -walu, e; f.
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Forð be gráfes wurtwale, iii. 405, 29. On ða eorðburg; ðæt forð be wurtwalan tó mearcwege, vi. 43, 18. Uuirtwalan, wyrtwalan, 93, 33, 34: v. 86, 18. Of ðære leáge be wyrtwalan, iii. 464, 21: v. 148, 14: 298, 16.

calla

(n.)
Grammar
calla, an; m. [ceailian to call]
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A herald, found in the phrase, — hilde ealla [q. v.] war's herald or a herald of war, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 26; Exod. 252

féðe-here

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-here, es; m.

A foot armyinfantrypĕdestris exercĭtuspĕditātus

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A foot army, infantry; pĕdestris exercĭtus, pĕditātus On his féðehere wǽron XXXII M in his infantry were 32,000, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 17

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, ( = neád)

necessity

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The distinction in form between the word = Goth. nauþs, and the preceding word seems not to have been observed in A. S. MSS

worþ-apulder

(n.)
Grammar
worþ-apulder, e ; f.

An apple-tree growing by a homestead

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Be hagan on weorðe hege; foið be ðan hege on weorðapeldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 381, 31

Linked entries: apulder weorþ-apulder

cweorn-burna

(n.)
Grammar
cweorn-burna, an; m.
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A mill-stream Andlang mearcellan ꝥ hit cymð þǽr cwyrnburna and mearcella sceótað tógædere; þonne forð andlang cwyrnburnan, C. D. iii. 458, 12-14

hamacgað

(v.)
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The word glosses convalescet, so probably the true form is part of a verb corresponding to O. H. Ger. ge-magén convalescere, cf. magian

hlín-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-bedd, es; n.

A couch

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A couch Fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlin- [MS. hlim-] bed healdan they found him without life occupying his couch, Beo. Th. 6060; B. 3034

a-stemnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-stemnian, p. nede; pp. ned [a from, stemnian to build]

To proceed from a foundationto foundbuilderectcondere

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To proceed from a foundation, to found, build, erect; condere Ðe hí sylf astemnedon which they themselves built, Bd. Pref; S. 472, 17

freá-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
freá-gleáw, adj.

Very prudentprudentissĭmus

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Very prudent; prudentissĭmus Hie ðǽr fundon freágleáwe æðele cnihtas they found there very prudent noble youths, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 15; Dan. 88

geánunga

(adv.)
Grammar
geánunga, adv.

Directly

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Directly Geánunga foron ða sunnan directly before the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 5, 29; Lchdm. iii. 242, 12, note

mete-útsiht

(n.)
Grammar
mete-útsiht, e; f.

A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion

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A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion Meteútsiht lienteria (λειεντερία ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 54. Meteútsihþ, ii. 53, 75

Linked entry: út-siht