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a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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To find, detect, feel, experience; invenire, deprehendere, experiri, sentire De he Godes eorre afúnde though he felt God's anger, Ps. C. 25. Ic afínde experior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55.

Linked entry: a-fúnden

á

(prep.)
Grammar
á, = on
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Á felda in agro, Chrd. 68, 1

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To mark, stain

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To mark, stain Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled the saint stood with spotless aspect, neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 2; Jul. 591

Linked entry: mǽlan

líf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
líf-leás, adj.

Lifeless

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Fela templa árǽrdon and mid andgitleásum and lífleásum anlícnyssum áfyldon erected many temples, and filled them with images that were without sense and without life, Homl.Th. ii. 574, 28

sépan

(v.)
Grammar
sépan, (seppan ?); p. te
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Hyssas heredon Drihten for ðam hǽðenan folce, sépton (MS. stepton) hié sóðcwidum, and him sǽdon fela sóðra tácna, Cd. Th. 244, 10; Dan. 446

Linked entry: sewte

tweógend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweógend-líc, adj.
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Doubtful, uncertain, where doubt is felt Tweógendlícre ( sine) ancipiti (ambiguitatis scrupulo veraciter credendum est ), Hpt. Gl. 422, 32.

Linked entry: un-tweógendlíce

æ-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, æ-gylde, a-gilde, a-gylde; adv. [æ without, gild payment]

Without compensationsine compensatione

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Without compensation; sine compensatione Gif he gewyrce ðæt hine man afylle, lícge ægilde if he so do that any man fell him down, let him be without compensation, L. Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 24: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170,13: L. C.

hræd-hýdigness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-hýdigness, e; f.

Precipitancyhastiness

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Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se impatientiæ exquirit, 4; Swt. 325, 16. For hrædhýdignesse præcipiti festinatione, 49, 1; Swt. 375, 16

láðian

(v.)
Grammar
láðian, p. ode

hatefulloathed

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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, -comp, es; m. [camp a contest, war]

Warfarea contestbattlemīlĭtiacertāmenpugna

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Warfare, a contest, battle; mīlĭtia, certāmen, pugna Gecampes feld certāmĭnis campus, Greg. Dial. 2, 3. On gecampe in warfare, Byrht. Th. 136, 18; By. 153.

líc-tún

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Gif þonne ou hwylcere stówe swá fela þǽra byrgena sý ꝥ hit to earfoðlic sý tó dónne, þonne lǽte man þá stówe tó líctúne, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 2-15

scenc

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Cweðað gé ꝥ gé þus fela scencea (þus manige calicas fulle, v. l.) ne gedruncon? numquid tot calices non bibistis?, Gr. D. 127, 11. Se abbud scencende mid syndrigum scencum ( potibus ), Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Scencum gedruncenum, 733.

on-drǽdendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drǽdendlíc, adj.

To be feared, terrible

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Ðises godspelles geendung is swíðe ondrǽdendlíc : 'Fela sind gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene,' ii. 82, 3

un-hálwendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálwendlíc, adj.

Incurable

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Hira wín is dracena gealla and næddrena áttor unhálwendlíce fel draconum vinum eorum et venenum aspidum insanabile, Deut. 32, 33

a-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren [a, hreósan to rush]

To rushfallfall downirrueremerecorrueredecidere

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He ahreás he fell, Homl. Th. i. 192, 20

Linked entries: a-hruron a-reósan

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)

blóstm

(n.)
Grammar
blóstm, es; m.
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Feld full grówendra blóstma (blósma, v. l.), campus flosculorum plenus, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 623, 20. Add: (f. (?) Wülck. Gl. 240, 22)

neán

Grammar
neán, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of time,
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7.

-en

(suffix)
Grammar
-en, <b>. I.</b> m. forms only a few masculine terminations of nouns; as, Þeóden; gen. þeódnes; m. a king, from þeód people: dryhten; gen. dryhtnes; m. a lord, from dryht

people, subjects

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people, subjects. f. -en forms many feminine nouns = the Ger. -in, Dan. -inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen,

Linked entry: -ælfen

hwítian

(v.)
Grammar
hwítian, p. ode

to whiten

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Ðæt ðæt fel hwítige that the skin may become white, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 6

Linked entry: hwítan