a-sígan
To decline ⬩ go down ⬩ fall down ⬩ delabi ⬩ occidere
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To decline, go down, fall down; delabi, occidere Ðæt, mid ðam dynte, he nyðer asáh that, with the blow, he fell down, Chr. 1012 ; Th. 268, 30, col. 1 ; 269, 28, col. 1 ; 269, 26, col. 2.
FLAXE
A FLASK ⬩ bottle ⬩ flasca ⬩ fiasco ⬩ lăgēna
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him flaxan ĕgo ĕmo cŭtes et pelles, et făcio ex iis flascōnes, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 37
ge-cringan
To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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Gárulf gecrang Garulf fell, Fins. Th. 63; Fin. 31 : Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 9; Wand 79. Stíðmód gecrang firm of mind he died, Apstls. Kmbl. 144; Ap. 72
un-wærlíc
Unwary ⬩ incautious ⬩ heedless
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Ðeáh ðú fela unwærlícra worda gesprǽce, Exon. Th. 254, 6; Jul. 193
snáw-gebland
A snow-storm
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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret
þiffe
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Voc. ii. 138, 59 de lento fruto of þiccum felde), Hpt. Gl. 408, 50
catte
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A she-cat Catte fellus (= felis), Txts. 63, 863. Andlang eá on cattan ége, Cht. E. 294, 27
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ealla
Gall, bile ⬩ fel
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Gall, bile; fel Hym man drincan mengde myd eallan and myd ecede one mingled him a drink with gall and with vinegar, Nicod. 26; Thw: 14, 18. Wid ðæs eallan [geallan MS.
mearþ
A marten ⬩ a kind of weasel
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Se byrdesta sceall gyldan xv mearþes fell (cf. Icel. marð-skinn.), Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 20. Ofer mearþes hrycg ( in an enumeration of boundaries ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 391, 20
fót-þweál
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Féde man Godes þearfena swá fela swá man mǽst mæge, and ... baðige man ealle ... and sylf se dǽdbéta beó ymbe heora fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 8
lustlíce
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Ic lióða fela lustlíce (v. lustbǽrlíce) sanc, Met. 2, l. Sé ðe Godes beboda lustlíce gehýrð, and lustlícor mid weorcuni gefylð, Hml. Th. i. 552, 2. Hé sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh þæt þe lustlícor cræft mínne ic ( the hunter) begancge, Coll. M. 22, 38. Add
sceón
To fall to a person's lot
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Heom (heo, MS.) on riht sceóde (sceo, MS.) gold and godweb Iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasure rightly fell to the share of the Israelites (after the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 215, 21; Exod. 586
CLÚD
A stone, rock, hill ⬩ saxum, rupes, collis
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A stone, rock, hill; saxum, rupes, collis Clúdas feóllan of muntum stones fell from the mountains, Ors. 6, 2; Bos. 117, 12. Clúd rupes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. II. 24. Mid clúdum ymbweaxen surrounded with rocks, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 22.
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cot-líf
A village ⬩ villa
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Hý forbærndon óðra cotlífa fela they burned many other villages 1001; Erl. 136, 32
sadol
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Hé breác weþera fella for sadole (-ele, v. l.) vervecum pellibus pro sella utebatur, Gr. D. 34, 13. Add
fór-wel
Very well ⬩ very ⬩ valde
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Wurdon geworhte wundra fórwel fela very many wonders were wrought, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 28: 292, 34. Fórwel oft very often; multŏtiens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 35
hrán
A reindeer
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A reindeer Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 20.
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flǽsc-hama
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Þú synna tó fela gefremedes in flǽschoman, GG. 558
tó-cwísan
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Feól se stǽnene wáh uppan þæs stuntan rǽdboran ꝥ hé (hí) æll tócwýsde the stone wall fell upon the stupid fellow's counsellors, so that it crushed them all to bits, Hml S. 8, 173
DREÓSAN
To rush, fall, perish ⬩ cadĕre, ruĕre
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Druron dómleáse they fell ingloriously, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997. Swylgþ seó gitsung ða dreósendan wélan ðisses middangeardes avarice swallows the perishable riches of this earth, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 13: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 32; Met. 7, 16