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átor-loppe

(n.)
Grammar
átor-loppe, an ; f. [átor, loppe a silkworm, spinner of a web]

A spider ⬩ spider's web ⬩ aranca

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A spider, spider's web; aranca

Linked entry: ǽtter-loppe

fram-atíhan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-atíhan, he -atíhþ; p. -atáh, pl. -atigon; pp. -atigen

To draw away from ⬩ abstrăhĕre

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To draw away from; abstrăhĕre Ðonne he framatíhþ hine dum adtrăhit [abstrăhet, Ps. Surt. 9, 30] eum. Ps. Spl. second 9, 11. v. tíhan I

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Prím prima, undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 10-12. Onginnaþ heáfudcwido tó prím ( ad primam ), Rtl. 166, 17. Gibedd tó prím, 171, 27. On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on

ǽtter-loppe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽtter-loppe, an; f. [átor poison, loppe a silk worm, spinner of a web]

A spider ⬩ atanea

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A spider; atanea And a-ýdlian oððe aswarcan oððe acwínan oððe aswindan ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan oððe ryngan sáwle his et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 38, 12; and thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyneWyc

Linked entry: átor-loppe

seár

(adj.)
Grammar
seár, The MS. reading at Lch. i. 384, 14 may be retained. v. Siever's Grammar, § 35, Anm, 2.

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þrinna

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrinna, This seems a Scandinavian form
[cf.
Icel. þrennar tylftir three twelves; e.g. þrennar tylftir eigu at dæma málit, Njála c. 144
]
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Ládige hé hine mid þrinna .xii., L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 296, 29

ǽtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽtrian, ǽttrian; p. ede; pp. ed; v. trans, [ǽtor = átor poison]

To poison ⬩ envenom ⬩ venenare

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To poison, envenom; venenare For ǽtredum gescotum from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38; MS. C

Linked entries: ætran ǽttrian átrian

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m. An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός
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Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22. Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121

fá-lǽcan

(v.)

to be at deadly enmity, to be at feud

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to be at deadly enmity, to be at feud, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10, MS. L

a-bát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-bát, p. of a-bítan.

bit ⬩ ate

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bit, ate He abát he ate, MS. Cott. Jul. E. vii. 237; Salm. Kmbl. 121, 15;

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Light, not heavy, inconsiderable; not slow, quick, ready, nimble, fickle, easy Mín byrðyn ys leóht (Lind. léht; Rush. líht) onus meum leve est, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Hé is snel and swift

fǽ-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽ-lǽcan, fá-lǽcan; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To be at deadly enmity, to be at feud ⬩ inĭmīcĭtiam capĭtālem mŏvēre

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To be at deadly enmity, to be at feud; inĭmīcĭtiam capĭtālem mŏvēre Gif hwá heora ǽnigne fǽlǽce [fálǽce MS. L.] if any one be at feud with any of them, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10

Linked entry: fá-lǽcan

ǽton

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽton, p. of etan.

ate

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ate,Mt. Bos. 13, 4;

folc-mót

(n.)
Grammar
folc-mót, es; n.

A popular assembly ⬩ pŏpŭli consessus

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A popular assembly; pŏpŭli consessus On folcmóte at the folk-moot, L. Ath. i. 12; Th. i. 206, 11, note 25

Linked entry: folc-gemót

GEST

(n.)
Grammar
GEST, es; m.

GUEST ⬩ stranger ⬩ hospes

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Gest hine clǽnsie sylfes áþe on wiofode let a stranger clear himself with his own oath at the altar, L. Wih. 20; Th. i. 40, 19

for-scrufon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrufon, p. pl. of for-sceorfan.

ate off

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ate off, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, = for-scurfon;

mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽne, adj.

mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil

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Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 18. Be mǽnan áþe. Gif hwá mǽne áþ swerige, L. C. S. 36; Th. i. 398, 3-4. Gebéte ðone mǽnan áþ, L. In 35; Th. i. 124, 13. Swerian mǽnne áþ þurh swá miclan mægenþrymme. Wulfst. 214, 15.

Linked entry: mán

for-scurfon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scurfon, p. pl. of for-sceorfan.

gnawed ⬩ ate off

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gnawed or ate off, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L;

Læwes

(n.)
Grammar
Læwes, Læwe
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Læwes] at Lewes, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 208, 1. Æt Hamme wið Læwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 388, 18. Hamme juxta Læwes, vi. 46, 11

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