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fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Add: mud, mire, dirt Fennes coeni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 7. Fenne luto, An. Ox. 2, 435: Past. 277, 10. Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22. Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan

cnyll

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Add: clang, sound from metal S. Petrus þá duru belýcó . . . and hé þonne weorpeð þá cǽga ofer his exle intó helle. . . . Hlúd bið se cnyll ofer ealle eorðan, þonne seó cǽg fealleð innon helle, Hml. A. 169, 138. the stroke, sound of a bell Fram þám cnylle

forþ-lócian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-lócian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To look forthprospĭcĕre

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To look forth; prospĭcĕre Dryhten of heofene forþlócade ofer bearn monna Dŏmĭnus de cælo prospexit sŭper fīlios hŏmĭnum, Ps. Surt. 52, 3: Blickl. Homl. 217, 31; 219, 18

in-geþeóde

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþeóde, pl.

Peoplesnations

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Peoples, nations Dryhten is ofer ealle ingeþeóde [? MS. inca þeode.] se heáhsta excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, Ps. Th. 112, 4: Cd. 163; Th. 205, 30; Exod. 443

Linked entries: ge-þeód ge-þeóde

feáwa

Grammar
feáwa, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Ofer fæáwum (feáwum, 23) super pauca, Mt. R. 25, 21. <b>I 2.</b> add :-- Hí næfdon búton feáwa fixa, Mk. 8, 7. Add

éh-streám

(n.)
Grammar
éh-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, ocean

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A water-stream, ocean Heliseus éhstreám sóhte, leólc ofer lagu-flód Heliseus sought the ocean, bounded over the water-flood, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 1; Jul. 673

fliógan

(v.)

to flyvŏlāre

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to fly; vŏlāre Ic mæg fliógan ofer ðone heán hróf ðæs heofones I can fly over the high roof of the heaven, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 5

forþ-asettan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-asettan, p. -sette; pp. -seted

To set forthappointmakepropōnĕrepōnĕrestatuĕre

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To set forth, appoint, make; propōnĕre, pōnĕre, statuĕre Ic ðone frumbearn forþasette ofer eorþcyningas ealra heáhstne ĕgo prīmogĕnĭtum pōnam illum, excelsum præ rēgĭbus terræ Ps. Th. 88, 24

Mónan-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-ǽfen, es; m.

Monday-evethe evening of Sunday

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Monday-eve, the evening of Sunday Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen efter hire setlgange óþ Mónanǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19

Linked entry: Mónan-niht

Geóhol

(n.)
Grammar
Geóhol, Geóhhol, es; n.

Yule, Christmas

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Yule, Christmas Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol on the twelfth day after Yule, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8: L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 23, note

stǽner

(n.)
Grammar
stǽner, (? v. stǽnen, I)
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stony ground In stǽrer (stǽnen?) in petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 5. Stǽner, 20. Ofer stǽnere super petrosa, Mt. Skt. Rush. 4, 5, 16. Stǽnero, Lind. 4, 16

á-gíman

(v.)
Grammar
á-gíman, p. de
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To regard Þám tímum þe ic hys ( eternal life ) ágýme . . . ne lufige ic nánwiht þisses andweardan lýfes ofer ꝥ Shrn. 177, 12. Ágémde curavit , Lk. p. 5, 19

Linked entry: gíman

feltún-grép

(n.)
Grammar
feltún-grép, e; f.
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The drain of a privy Wyrse is þæt mon ðæs ofer riht brúce þonne hine mon on feltúngrépe wiorpe; on þǽre grépe hé wiorðeð tó meoxe, Nap. 21

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Add: intrans. To dry up, of material containing moisture (lit. and fig.) Ádrúgað aruit heorte mín, Ps. Srt. 101, 5. Wæstmas ádrúgiaþ, Bl. H. 59, 3. Ádrúgade exaruit, Mk. R. 4, 6. Ðá wǽtan hrægel ádrugedon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 25. Míne bán ádrúchedon,

án-dæge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-dæge, adj. [án one, dæg a day]

For one daylasting a daydiurnusunius diei

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For one day, lasting a day: diurnus, unius diei Næs ðæt ándæge níþ that was no one-day evil, Exon. 92a; Th. 345, 25; Gn. Ex. 195. Sǽ-weall astáh, uplang gestód án-dægne fyrst the sea-wall arose, [and] stood erect one day's space, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 9;

stán-clúd

(n.)
Grammar
stán-clúd, es; m. A rock
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Haec Caribdis án stánclúd on sǽ, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Zup. 75, 7. Ðá áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðam stánclúde, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 5. God him ( the Israelites ) forgeaf wæter of heardum stánclúde, 264, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 6, 279. Stánclúd rupem, Ps.

westane

(adv.)
Grammar
westane, adv.
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From the west, in the west Ða beorgas onginnaþ westane fram ðæm Wendelsǽ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde, and endiaþ eást in Dalmatia ðæm lande æt ðæm sǽ Alpes a Gallico mari exsurgentes, primum Narbonensium fines, deinde Galliam Rhetiamque secludunt, donec

hleápere

a landleapervagranta horse-man

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Add: one who runs about the country, a landleaper (v. N. E. D.), vagrant Fífte cyn is wídscriþelra hleápera (circum-cellionum ), R. Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere,

hæring

(n.)
Grammar
hæring, es; m.

A herring

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A herring Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Hærincgas quid capis in mari? Aleces, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9. Ðes hæring hoc allec, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 22. Hæring allec vel jairus vel taricius vel sardina, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 80; Wrt. Voc. 56, 3. Hærinc taricus

a-druwian

(v.)
Grammar
a-druwian, p. ode; pp. od

To dry upsiccari

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To dry up; siccari Ðæt ða wætera wǽron adruwode ofer eorþan quod aquæ cessassent super terram, Gen. 8, 11. Eorþan brádnis wæs adruwod exsiccata erat superficies terræ, 8, 13