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á-hirstan

(v.)
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to roast, fry Gáte blǽdre, áhyrste, sele etan, Lch. ii. 88, 25

Linked entry: á-hyrstan

á-firran

(v.)
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From ús ðióstro áfirra. ( depellere ), Rtl. 37, 9. Eft wé sié áfirred from . . . retrahamur a . . . , 17, 15. Se brýdguma byð áfyrred (-firred, R.) fram him auferetur ab eis sponsus . Mt. 9, 15: Bl. H. 67, 36. intrans.

middandæg-líc

(adj.)
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middandæg-líc, adj.

Middaymeridian

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Midday, meridian Fram middendægiícum deófle ab daemonio meridiano, Ps. Lamb. 90, 6

un-wæstmfæstness

(n.)
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un-wæstmfæstness, e; f.

Barrennesssterility

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Barrenness, sterility Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17

Linked entry: wæstm-fæstness

borettan

(v.)
Grammar
borettan, p. te

brandish

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To move to and fro, brandish Borettið, borętit vibrat, Txts. 107, 2147

orsorglíce

(adv.)
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Add Þæt fram þysum lífe orsorhlícur (securius) sí gefaran, Scint. 48, 3

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.

Lightinconsiderablequickreadynimblefickleeasy

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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

ǽr-morgen

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Se ǽr-merigen wæs fram Adam oð Nóe, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 18. Gewordenum ðám ǽrmergene mane facto, Gr. D. 72, 11. Ǽrmergenne, 201, 25. From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. From ǽrmergenne (-morgene, MS. E.), Chr. 538; P. 16, 12.

sárness

(n.)
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sárness, e; f.

bodily painmental pain, affliction, grief

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Freoh fram deáþes sárnysse, Homl. Th. i. 76, 14. mental pain, affliction, grief Geopenige úre sárnys ( the trouble arising from a pestilence ) ús infær sóðre gecyrrednysse, ii. 124,7 . Gehrepod mid heortan sárnisse tactus dolore cordis, Gen. 6, 6.

an-rine

(n.)
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an-rine, es; m. [an in, ryne a course]

An inroadincursionassaultincursio

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An inroad, incursion, assault; incursio Fram anrine ab incursu, Ps. Spl. 90, 6

drí

(n.)
Grammar
drí, es; m.

A sorcerer, magician magus

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Frag. 10, 30

ellen-gráfa

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-gráfa, an; m.

An elder-grove

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An elder-grove On ellengráfan; fram ellengráfan, C. D. B. ii. 469, 27

Linked entry: gráfa

ge-wilness

(n.)
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ge-wilness, e; f.
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Will, desire Fram willan ł gewilnessa ( voluntate ) welera his, Ps. L. 20, 3

líc-þrowere

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Add: — Týn lícþroweras wurdon gehǽlede fram heora langsumum broce, Hml. S. 27, 129

norþ-sciphere

(n.)
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a northern fleet Wæs Legeceasterscír gehergod fram Norðsciphere, Chr. 980; P. 124, 10

Linked entry: scip-here

un-lífedlic

(adj.)
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un-lífedlic, un-lífendlic; adj.
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Unallowed, unallowable, illicit Fram unlýuendlicum (-léfedlicum, v.l.) ab inlicitis, Hpt. 31, 8, 131

a-lynnan

(v.)
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a-lynnan, -linnan; p. -lann, pl. -lunnon; pp. -lunnen

To deliverfree fromreleaseliberareevellere

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To deliver, free from, release; liberare, evellere He wolde hine alynnan of láþscipe he would release him from calamity, Cd. 95; Th. 123, 19; Gen. 2048

Linked entries: a-linnan a-lynian

a-heordan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heordan, p. de; pp. ed [heorde = hyrde a guardian, keeper]

To set free from a guardiane custodia liberare

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To set free from a guardian; e custodia liberare Abreót brimwísan, brýd aheorde slew the sea-leader, set free his bride, Beo. Th. 5853; B. 2930

be-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fleón, to be-fleónne; p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen

To fleeflee awayescapefugereeffugereevitare

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Nó ðæt ýðe byþ to befleónne it is not easy to flee from that, Beo. Th. 2010; B. 1003

Linked entry: bi-fleón

feówerteóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
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feówerteóða, m; seó, ðæt, feówerteóðe, f. n; adj.

The fourteenthquartus dĕcĭmus

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The fourteenth; quartus dĕcĭmus Se wæs feówerteóða fram Agusto ðam Cásere who was the fourteenth from Augustus Cæsar, Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 27. Ðæs feówerteóðan dæges of the fourteenth day, Ex. 12, 18.