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sál

(n.)
Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)

a rope, cord, line, bonda reinthe loop which forms the handle of a vesselthe fastening of a doora necklace, collar

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Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906. (cf.O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens ) Sálum nexibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 74. a rein Sálas [h] abenas, 4, 58 : 6, 22.

Linked entries: sweor-sál salpanra

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

FELG

(n.)
Grammar
FELG, e; f: felge, an; f. A

FELLYpart of the circumference of a wheelcanthusάνθόsabsis rŏtæ

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FELLY, part of the circumference of a wheel; canthus = 954; άνθόs, absis rŏtæ Ǽlces spácan biþ óðer ende fæst on ðare nafe, óðer on ðære felge one end of every spoke is fixed in the nave, the other in the felly, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 3, 7, 10.

Linked entry: fælg

for-habban

(v.)
Grammar
for-habban, part, -hæbbende; p. -hæfde, pl. -hæfdon; impert. -hafa, pl. -habbaþ; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd; v. trans.

To hold inrestrainretainabstainrefraintĕnērecontĭnērecŏhĭbēreprŏhĭbēreabstĭnēre

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He ðǽar sum fæc on forhæbbendum lífe lifede ălĭquandiu contĭnentissĭmam gessit vītam, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 16.

geard

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Add: a fence, hedge His fót wearð fæst on ánum ságle þæs geardes (on ánum hegesáhle, v. l., in sude sepis ), Gr. D. 24, 27. Hé ofer þone geard (hege, v. l. sepem ) stáh, 23, 26. Hé stáh upp on þone geard (hege, v. l. ), 24, 20.

sparian

(v.)
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Th. 228, 12. add: to refrain from using or consuming Se mann þe fæst búton ælmyssan, hé déð swilce hé sparige his mete, and eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhæfednysse foreóde, Hml.

be-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hátan, ic -háte, ðú -hátest, -hǽtst, he -háteþ, pl. -hátaþ; p. -hét, pl. -héton; pp. -háten [be, hátan to call, promise, vide II]

To promisevowthreatensponderepollicerevoverecomminari

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Drihten God behét us wedd Dominus Deus pepigit nobiscum fædus 5, 2. Ǽlc yfel man him behét they threatened him every evil Chr. 1036; Ing. 209, 12; Ælf Tod. 11

Linked entry: be-hǽtst

tó-þindan

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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.

wæl-rest

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-rest, -ræst, e; f.

The rest or bed of the slain

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Sceal fǽge flǽschoma foldærne biþeaht wunian wælræste (inhabit the grave), Exon. Th. 164, 3; Gú. 1006. Sió ród foldan getýned wunode wælreste (lay buried), Elen. Kmbl. 1444; El. 724

Linked entry: wǽl-bed

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.

a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolfa fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf

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Th. 134, 38; By. 96. as an epithet of a cannibal, a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf Wælwulfas bánhringas ábrecan Jóhton, tólýsan líc and sáwle, and ðonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 297; An. 149

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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Fære ne móston wætres brógan hǽste hrínan the terrors of the water might not with violence touch the vessel, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 11; Gen. 1396. [Hǽste may also be taken either as adj. agreeing with brógan (v. next word), or as adverb.]

ofer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adornelaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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He lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét he commanded to make an earthen vessel, 74 a; Th. 277, 3; Jul. 575. Babylónia is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum beworht Babylon is built with stone towers, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 30: Jos. 2, 1.

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.
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Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75.

man

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Add: with correlative he Ðonne mon má fæst ðonne hé ðyrfe, Past. 313, 1. On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett his selfes, 35, 6. Hit is áwrieten ðæt mon ne scyle cweðan tó his fríend . . . 325, 1. Seó hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa gerǽcean mihte, Bl.

hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽwen, adj.

Blue, azure, purple, discoloured

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Ádó in ǽren fæt lǽt ðǽr in óð ðæt hit hǽwen sý put into a brazen vessel, leave it therein until it be turned colour, Lchdm. iii. 20, 18. Gyf dæt húsl byþ fynig oððe hǽwen if the housel be mouldy or discoloured, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 9.

cnyttan

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Oft þrǽl þæne þegen þe ǽr wæs his hláford cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcó him tó þrǽle, Wlfst. 163, 2. Cnytt, 224, 2. Þá cnitton hí rápas hire tó handum and fótum, Hml. S. 9, 100. Ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongnfe feoh on ðǽm swátlíne, Past. 59, 13.

á-lǽtan

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Add: of intentional movement Hé unwærlíce nyðer álét ( submittens ) on ꝥ wæter ꝥ fæt, Gr. D. 114, 28. Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall, Hml. Th. i. 388, 9. Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml.

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas? Gewurdene wyrda, ða beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas, Salm. Kmbl. 661-668; Sal. 331-333. Rápa nodorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 68. Rápum rudentibus, funibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 27. Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum, Ps.

Linked entry: nip

teofonian

(v.)
Grammar
teofonian, p. ode
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To associate, join Ealswá teefanade se ðe teala cúþe ǽghwylc wiþ óþrum; sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd, swá him se steóra bibeád, missenlíce gemetu (cf. þeáh ánra hwilc ( each of the elements ) wið óþer sié miclum gemenged ... fæste gebunden ...