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un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far offat no great distance offno great distance

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Lind. 13, 29. with verbs of motion, (to) no great distance Hig wendan, unfeorr út on Wealas they marched a short distance into Wales, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 12

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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The greatness and firmness of the wall, when stated, is hardly to be believed. It is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high, and its circumference is seventy miles, and the seventh part of a mile ...

FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISHpiscis

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Bletsien ðec fiscas and fuglas may fishes and birds bless thee, Exon. 55a; Th. 194, 16; Az. 140: 97b; Th. 364, 33; Wal. 80. Ða fixas, ðe wǽron on ðam flóde, wurdon deáde pisces quĭ ĕrant in flūmĭne, mortui sunt, Ex. 7, 21: Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 15.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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, 361, 6; Wal. 15. Ic on sunde áwóx ufan ýþum þeaht, 392, 6; Rä. 11, 3. Sǽmearas sunde getenge, Elen. Kmbl. 456; El. 228. Of nihtes sunde, Salm. Kmbl. 675; Sal. 337. Hié on sund ( the Red Sea ) stigon, Cd. Th. 198, 8; Exod. 319: Beo.

eall

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Wálá þǽre yrmðe and wálá þǽre woruldscame þe nú habbað Engle eal þurh (eall for, v. l. ) Godes yrre, Wlfst. 163, 4. Hit biþ eall óþer, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 33.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Th. ii. 486, 15. mode of walking, walk, gait Eustachius hí behealdende be heora gewunelican gange hí gecneów, Hml. S. 30, 234. Mid swýðe sorhleásum and bealdum gange secure gressu ac libero . Gr.

lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
lǽs, we, e; f.

A pastureleasow

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Waldon ða swángeréfan ða lǽswe forður gedrífan, Chart. Th. 70, 20. Lǽswe pascua, Wrt. Voc. 80, 49. Lǽsa pascua, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 24. Mid heora fæder heordum on lǽsum in pascendis gregibus patris, Gen. 37, 12

Linked entries: beó-lǽs læssa

on-hildan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hildan, -hieldan, -heldan, -hyldan.

to lean, incline, recline, bend down with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to inclineto bow, bendto turn from the right courseto cause to sinkTo decline, deviate, incline, sink

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Walle onhældum parieti inclinato, Ps. Surt. 61, 4. Onhylded reclinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 80. metaphorically with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to incline Tó mé ðín eáre onhyld, Ps. Th. 101, 2.

be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go overto surroundoccupydwellcultivatetillperambularecircumdareincolerehabitarecolere to go tovisitattendto cherishhonourworshipobirecolereexcolereto commitexercisepractiseobservecommittereperficereobservare

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to go over, to surround, occupy, dwell, cultivate, till; perambulare, circumdare, incolere, habitare, colere Ic férde geónd ðas eorþan and hí be-eóde I walked through [over] the earth, and perambulated it, Job 1, 7; Thw. 164, 16.

for-cuman

to seizeget hold ofto overcomeconquerto consumedestroyto reject

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Goth. fra-kwiman Ne mæg hit (fire) náne þára gesceafta eallunga [f]orcuman (cf. hit waldan ne mót ꝥ hit ǽnige eallunga fordó, Met. 20, 130), Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 18.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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Hé þá grimman góman bihlemmeð fæste tógædre, Wal. 77. Wearð sé hálga wong þurh feóndes searo fæste bitýned Ph. 419. so as to make secure.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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Ðonne hine ǽtes lysteþ, Exon. 97 a; Th. 363, 12; Wal. 52: Bt. Met, Fox 10, 27; Met. 10, 14. Se leahtor déþ ðæt ðam men ne lyst nán þing tó góde gedón that sin causes a man to have no desire to do anything to good purpose, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 22.

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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Wálá wá! ðæt is sárlíc, ðæt swá leóhtes andwlitan men sceolan ágan and besittan þýstra ealdor alas!

Linked entry: be-seten

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To goproceedreach by goingarriveireproficiscimeareto departdieto proceedget onfareTo get by goingexperienceoccupyreachobtaingo against

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To go, proceed, reach by going, arrive; ire, proficisci, meare [He] walde gefara voluit exire, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 43. Swá feor swá man on ánum dæge gefaran mæg as far as one can journey in a day, Thw. Num. 11, 31.

Linked entry: ge-fór

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Add Ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican the water formed as it were a wall, and closed the entrance to the church, Gr. D. 220, 16. add Þara six hída þæ ꝥ mynstær on stent, C. D. iii. 274, 9.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest mǽl ofer mearce, Wald. 1, 33; Vald. 1, 19.

míðan

(v.)
Grammar
míðan, p. máð, pl. miðon; pp. miðen.

to concealdissembleTo be concealedlie hidto avoidrefrain fromforbear

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Wulf on walde wǽlrúne ne máð, Elen. Kmbl. 56; El. 28. Ne míð ðú for menigo forbear not on account of the multitude, Andr. Krpbl. 2419; An. 1211. Ne mæg ic ðý míðan, Exon. 125 a; Th. 481, 1; Rä. 64, 10

BEORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.

BRIGHTlightclearlucidsplendidexcellentsplendidusluciduscoruscusclarusformosusbrightbrilliantmagnificentnobleglorioussublimedivineholyclaruspræclaruseximiusaugustusdivussanctus

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Beorhte burhweallas beorhte scínaþ the lucid city-walls shine brightly Cd. 220; Th. 282, 31; Sat. 295. Ðá cwom sunnan beorhtra líg then came a fire, brighter than the sun Elen. Kmbl. 2218; El. 1110.

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat variance

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stupid, rude, unskilled, foolish, ignorant Walah sive ungerád barbarus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 75. Gif se sacerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 24.

Linked entry: ge-rád

á-brecan

(v.)
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Gl. 522, 3. (1 a) to break down a wall :-- Hié ðone weall ábrǽcon perfractis muris, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 22. Hé hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe hé brád wǽre, Hml.