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be-sceáden

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceáden, be-sceádan; p. -scéd.

to separateto sprinkle

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Substitute: to separate, part from (gen.) Sé þe gesyhð hine sylfne ryhtwísnesse and óðera weorca besceádenne, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 9. to sprinkle Genim ǽgerfelman, besceád mid pipore. Lch. ii. 54, 21

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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Gen. 15, 15. Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41

Ríc-

(prefix)
Grammar
Ríc-, -ríc = ríce, q. v.
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Ger. Graff ii. 389

sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, scýan (?), scýn (?); de

To go quickly, fly

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Th. 67, 20 ; Gen. 1103. Ðæt fýr scýde (scynde ?) tó ðám ðe ða scylde worhton, 232, 26 ; Dan. 266

for-lor

(n.)
Grammar
for-lor, es; m.

Destructionperditionlossperdĭtio

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Mid hæleða forlore with men's perdition, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 8; Gen. 757. Ðéh ðe he hý mid micle forlore ðæs folces begeáte though he took it with great loss of the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 28

heofon-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-cyning, es; m.

The king of heavenheavenly king

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The king of heaven, heavenly king God heáh heofoncyning God high king of heaven, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 7; Gen. 463. Ic eom heáhengel heofoncyninges I am an archangel of the king of heaven, Blickl. Homl. 201, 5: Cd. 23; Th. 30, 28; Gen. 474: Andr.

Linked entry: swegel-cyning

mæðlan

(v.)
Grammar
mæðlan, meðlan,

to speak

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Ic God mæðlan gehýrde; Cd. 26; Th. 33,23; Gen. 524. Ongan wordum mæðlan, 101; Th. 134, 2; Gen. 2218: Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 30; Cri. 1364: 50 a; Th. 174, 10; Gú. 1175. Meðlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2879; An. 1442

Linked entries: mæðel maðelian

BOTM

(n.)
Grammar
BOTM, es; m.

A BOTTOMfundus

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Satan on botme [ðære helle] stód Satan stood at the bottom [of hell], Cd. 229; Th. 310, 5; Sat. 721: 18; Th. 21, 27; Gen. 330: 19; Th. 23, 18; Gen. 361. Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506

Linked entry: bodan

slá

(n.)
Grammar
slá, (from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f.
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Ger. sléha, sléa prunella, agacia: Ger. schlehe: Dan. slaaen

Linked entries: slág sláh

gefole

Grammar
gefole, l.
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ge-fol

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Th. 138, 2; Gú. 570. in various other senses Ne þurfon wénan ðæt ðæt orceápe sellon, ðæt under Drihtises borh syllaþ, Blickl. Homl. 41, 13.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Th. 31, 27; Gen. 492. Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 17.

Linked entry: emb-útan

rǽd-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-gifa, an; m.
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Sax. rád-geƀo : O. Frs. réd jeva : O. H. Ger. rát-gebo : Icel. ráð-gjafi.] Cf. rǽd-bora and next word

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.

A branchtwig

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Th. 60, 28; Gen. 988. Heó brohte án twig (ramum) of ánum elebeáme. Gen. 8, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473. synt twigu (palmites), Jn. Skt. 15, 5. Him ða twigu þincaþ merge. Met. 13, 44. Twigu arbusta (twigges.Ps.), Ps. Spl. 79, 11: Blickl. Gl.

Linked entries: twí twigu

hearde

firmlytightly

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Mid weres egsan hearde genearwod, Gen. 921. Hearde genyrwad, gebunden bealorápum, Cri. 364. Þé tó heortan hearde grípeð ádl unlíðe, Gen. 936. of binding, fastening, firmly, tightly Helm on heáfod ásette, and þone full hearde geband, Gen. 444.

a-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sǽlan, p. -sǽlde; pp. -sǽled [a, sǽlan to bind]

To bind fastbindastringereligare

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Kmbl. 2485; El. 1244: Cd. 100; Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195: 166; Th. 207, 21; Exod. 470

Linked entry: sǽlan

cyst-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
cyst-leás, adj.

Fruitless, reprobate reprŏbus

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Fruitless, reprobate; reprŏbus Him [God] ðá se cystleása [Cain] cwealmes wyrhta andswarode then the reprobate [man] Cain, the worker of murder, answered God, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 28; Gen. 1004

emta

(n.)
Grammar
emta, an; m.

leisure ōtium

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Ic get emtan næbbe I have not leisure yet, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 24

be-twux

(prep.)

between, amonginter

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Bos. 7, 28: Gen. 3, 14

Linked entry: -twux

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan