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ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Each ⬩ any ⬩ every ⬩ all ⬩ quisque ⬩ quivis ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis

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Met. Fox 26, 236; Met. 26, 118. Ǽlcum cuique, Andr. Kmbl. 3067; An. 1536. On ǽlcere tíde omni tempore, Lk. Bos. 21, 36. In ǽlce tíd in æternum, Exon. 13b; Th. 25, 26; Cri. 406. Ǽlce dæg each day, Bt. Met. Fox 27,15; Met. 27, 8

Linked entries: ealc élc

a-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip away ⬩ elabi

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Met. Fox 13, 18 ; Met. 13, 9

Linked entries: a-slépen slúpan

be-hindan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hindan, adv.

Behind ⬩ back ⬩ a tergo ⬩ pone ⬩ post

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Met. Fox 24, 58; Met. 24, 29

frió

(adj.)
Grammar
frió, adj.

Free ⬩ líber

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Met. Fox 21, 3; Met. 21, 2. He gesceóp twá gesceádwísan gesceafta frió he created two rational creatures free. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 30

bísgu

(n.)
Grammar
bísgu, e; f.

Occupation, toil, affliction, care

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Met. Fox 22, 127; Met. 22, 64

má-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
má-cræftig, adj.

Very (?) skilled ⬩ powerful

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Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472

wó

(adv.)
Grammar
wó, adv.

Wrongly ⬩ perversely ⬩ unequally

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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40

ear-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
ear-gebland, ear-geblond, earh-geblond, es; n.

Wave-mingling ⬩ oceăni turbātio, undārum commixtio

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Met. Fox 8, 59; Met. 8, 30

Linked entries: æra gebland ear earh-geblond

ge-lǽr

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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1.

lapian

(v.)
Grammar
lapian, p. ode

To lap ⬩ lick

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Gedó ðonne on glæsfæt and ðonne mid hláfe oððe mid swá hwilcum mete swá ðú wille lapa on then put it into a glass vessel, and then, with bread or with whatever food you will, lap it up, L. M. 2, 6; Lchdm. ii. 184, 24.

ge-fýlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fýlan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To foul ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ inquinare ⬩ foedare ⬩ contaminare

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Ðæt man mid flǽsc-mete hine sylfne gefýle that any one should defile himself with flesh-meat, L. C. S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24, note 57

Linked entry: a-fýlan

sealt

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Add: physical Sealt hylt ǽlcne mete wið forrotodnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 19. Dó háliges sealtes fela on, Lch. ii. 344, 14. Dó on hwít sealt, 94, 8: 124, 10. metaphorical 'Ge sind þǽre eorðan sealt.'

mǽl-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-tíd, e; f.
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Nap. 84) metes ne ábítan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 7

fisc-net

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-net, -nett, es; n.

A net of fishes ⬩ fishing net ⬩ piscium rēte ⬩ piscātorium rēte

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Met. Fox 19, 21; Met. 19, 11

be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian; p. ode; pp. od

To guard, beware ⬩ custodire, cavere

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Met. Fox 16, 45; Met. 16, 23. Ða ðe hie wið ða læssan scylda bewareniaþ those who guard themselves against the lesser sins, Past. 57, 1; Hat. MS

Linked entry: be-warnian

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhríne, oððe him hund oððe catt oððe mús oðhríne se quis immundis manibus cibum aliquem tetigerit, vel canis, vel felis, vel mus tetigerit, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 9.

Linked entry: hrínan

ymb-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sprǽce, adj.
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Talked about Geond ðás eorþan ǽghwǽr sindon hiora gelícan hwón ymbsprǽce, Met. 10, 59

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris

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Met. Fox 20, 331; Met. 20, 166.

eorþ-waru

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-waru, e; f: -ware; gen. -wara; pl. m; -waran; gen. -warena; pl. m.

Inhabitants or population of the earth ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ

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Met. Fox 13, 120; Met. 13, 60: Menol. Fox 124; Men. 62. Hér wynnaþ earme eorþwaran miserable inhabitants of earth strive here, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 113; Met. 4, 57: 17, 1; Met. 17, 1.

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