á-hwæþer
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MSS.) cýð, Past. 157, 21. Gif hé áuðer ðissa forlǽt, 87, 14. Gif hé ðǽra þénunga áþere déð, Wlfst. 34, 7. Sé ðe áðor forlǽt, Hml. S. 25, 68. <b>I a.
for-specan
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a
égh-þyrl
An eye hole, a window ⬩ fenestra
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An eye hole, a window; fenestra Ðæs leóhtes scíma þurh ða cýnan ðære dúra and þurh ða éghþyrla ineóde the glare of the light entered through the chinks of the door and through the windows, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20
fastitocalon
A large whale
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A large whale; bālæna = φα~λαινα Ic wille cýðan bí ðam miclan hwale, ðam is noma cenned fastitocalon I will make known concerning the great whale, to which the name Fastitocalon is given, Exon. 96 b; Th. 360, 18; Wal. 7
word-latu
Delay in speaking
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Delay in speaking 'Ðú scealt hræðe cýðan, gif ðú his ondgitan ǽnige hæbbe.' Næs ðá wordlatu (there was no delay in the answer), Andr. Kmbl. 3042; An. 1524. (Cf. búton late sine mora, R. Ben. 55, 12, omitted under latu.)
Linked entry: latu
flot-smere
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Floating fat, fat or grease floating in a vessel in which meat is cooked Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare . . . ne flǽsc ne flotsmeru, ne cyse ne cyslyb, Angl. ix. 260, 13. Substitute:
manna
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Hét hé hider rignan mannum tó móse manna cynne, Ps. Th. 77, 25
feoht
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Cynig farende tó gesettanne feht rex iturus committere bellum, Lk. L. 14, 31. Add
for-seóþan
To boil away
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Hí (the Innocents) sind gehátene martyra blóstman, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swá swá úpáspringende blóstman on middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse swilce mid sumere éhtnysse forste forsodene, Hml. Th. i. 84, 15
eówer
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Sceal eall éðel-wyn eówram cynne leófum alicgean all joy of country shall fail to your beloved kindred, Beo. Th. 5763; B. 2885
Finn
Fin
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Fin] Fresna cynne Fin of the race of the Frisians, Scóp. Th. 55; Wíd. 27. Be Finnes eaferum in Fres-wæle of Fin's offspring in Friesland, Beo. Th. 2140; B. 1068
Linked entry: Finns buruh
oden
A threshing-floor
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On odene cylne macian, Som
uferian
to elevate ⬩ make higher ⬩ to make later ⬩ to delay
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Similar entries v. ufera, II Mín hláfurd uferaþ hys cyme moram facit dominos meus venire, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 48: Lk. Skt. 12, 45
ceir
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Ceir mín tó dé cyme. Of grundum ic geceigde clamor meus ad te veniat. De profundis clamavi, 183, 10-15: 170, 27: 171, 21: 174, 23. Cf. cígan (ceigan)
gnirran
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29.
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ge-fér-scipe
Society ⬩ fellowship ⬩ brotherhood ⬩ sŏciĕtas ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ clērus
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Society, fellowship, brotherhood; sŏciĕtas, cŏmĭtātus, clērus To healfum fó se cyng, to healfum se geférscipe let the king take half, half the fellowship, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 18.
Linked entries: ge-fǽrscipe ge-fér-rǽden
swimman
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Teón ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn, Gen. 1, 20. of a vessel moving on water Secga geseldan swimmaþ on weg, Exon. Th. 289, 25; Wand. 53. Hine ( a vehicle) oxa ne teáh, ne [hé] on flóde swom, 404, 28 ; Rä. 23, 14. Se swymmenda arc (Noah's ark ).
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ge-swǽs
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God cymð ungesewenlice tó geswǽsre heortan þe gehýrsum bið his hǽsum (cf. Lufa ðínne Drihten . . .
-hád
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</b> with abstract nouns of condition, fulwiht-, geoguþ-, mǽgb-hád. of action, camp-, níd-had. with adjs. cyne-hád, untrum-hád, wǽpned-hád