freóls-dæg
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Hú on freólsdagum (in sanctorum natalitiis) seó nihtlice wæcce tó healdenne sý ... sealmas sýn gesungene þe tó þám freólsdæge belimpað, R. Ben. 39, 4-9. Add
spreca
A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor
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A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor Forht folces weard héht him fetigean sprecan síne, Cd. Th. 161, 18;Gen. 2667
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æftera
Hinder ⬩ next ⬩ second ⬩ posterior ⬩ sequens ⬩ alter ⬩ secundus
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Siððan ic ongon on ðone æfteran ánseld búgan after Ihad begun to live in this second hermitage, Exon, 50b; Th. 176, 22 ; Gú. 1214
a-manian
To demand ⬩ exact ⬩ exigere
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Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 2. Amanige ðære scíre bisceop ða bóte to ðæs cynges handa let the bishop of the shire exact the compensation into the hands of the king, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 19
a-yrnan
To run over ⬩ to pass or go over ⬩ pass ⬩ go ⬩ præterire ⬩ decurrere
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A-urnenre tíde in or at a declining time, the time being far spent or gone. A-urnen biþ is run out, passed, Som
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a-wecgan
To move ⬩ remove ⬩ shake ⬩ movere ⬩ amovere ⬩ commovere ⬩ agitare
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Hí ne mihton hine awecgan they could not move it, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 31. Mód biþ aweged of his stede the mind is removed from its place, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 18 : Bt. Met. Fox 7, 48; Met. 7, 24.
BÝRGAN
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Nim ðé ðis ofæt on hand, bít hit and býrge take to thee this fruit in hand, bite it and taste, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 12; Gen. 519
CEALC
Plaster, cement, chalk; ⬩ calx arenata, calx
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Ðá ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod Jovian was one night in a newly-plastered house: then he ordered a great fire to be lighted therein, because it was cold weather.
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dust-drenc
A drink made of the seeds of herbs rubbed to dust ⬩ pōtio ex herbārum quārumdam semĭnĭbus, in pulvĕrem redactis, compŏsĭta
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M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 17-23
fergan
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ ferre ⬩ to go ⬩ īre
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Bearn fergaþ and féðaþ fæder and módor father and mother carry and lead the child, 87 a; Th. 327, 21; Vy. 7. to go; īre Ic seah rǽplingas in ræced fergan I saw captives going into a house, Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, a; Rä. 53. 1
gristbitian
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To gnash or grind the teeth; frendere, stridere Ic cearcige oððe gristbitige strideo vel strido, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 7. Tóþum gristbitaþ [gristbitteþ, Lind.] stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18.
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Scride-finnas
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Ic wæs mid Scridefinnum, Exon. Th. 323, 16; Víd. 79. The distinguishing prefix seems to refer to the use of snowshoes or skates, cf. Icel. skriðr a sliding motion, skríða to glide, slide in snow-shoes
swǽm
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Ic wylle ðæt Latona móder Apollinis and Diane fram mé gewíten, ðe Delo ákende, ðæs ðe ealde swǽmas gecýddon ( as the foolish triflers of old declared ), Anglia viii. 325, 29.
wiþer-rǽdness
Contrariety ⬩ opposition ⬩ hostility ⬩ ill-will ⬩ unfavourableness ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ oppositeness of nature
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in contrarium uertit, Scint. 55,3
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ge-þweorod
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[In both the metre and the prose ge-þwǽrian might have been expected to render convenire; butt 2 b α.]
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sac-full
contentious, quarrelsome
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Homl. i. 109, 1.] given to accusation Ne beó ðú sacfull non eris criminator, Lev. 19,16 . Similar entries (v. sacan, IV)
wǽdelness
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury
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Surt.) in mendicitate, 106, 10. Ðonne ðæs sellendan mód ne cann ða wǽdelnesse (inopiam) geðolian, Past. 44; Swt. 325, 14. Wédelnisse, Ps. Surt. 43, 24
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ofer-hlifian
to tower above, rise high above ⬩ to exceed, surpass, excel ⬩ to tower over in a threatening manner
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Iohannes ealle heáhfæderas and Godes wítgan oferhlifaþ, Shrn. 95, 10. to tower over in a threatening manner Oferhlifode ege heora ofer hig incubuit timor eorum super eos, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 36. Ofer[h]lifiende minaci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 47
ge-hínan
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Th. i. 52, 23. Hé sette him weorca mægestras þæt hig gehýndon mid hefigum byrðenum ut affligereat eos oneribus Ex. I. II.
FÓR
Before ⬩ fore ⬩ ante ⬩ cŏram ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ præ ⬩ priusquam
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Ic hefde dreám micelne fír Meotode I had great joy before the Creator, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 34; Sat. 83. We for Dryhtene iu dreámas hefdon we formerly had joys before the Lord, 214; Th. 267, 26: Sat. 44.