scearpe
A scarification
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Stande on heáfde, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðám scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt átter þurh ða scearpan, 154, 2-4.
ǽ-bryce
Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy
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Nis nánum weófodþéne álýfed ðæt hé wífian móte . . . nú is þeáh ðǽra ealles tó fela ðe ðone ǽwbryce wyrcað, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 17, 22. Scyldað eów wið ǽwbrycas (-brecas, v. 1) Wlfst. 40, 12. Ǽwbricas, 130, 4
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ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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-ed] he mæg ðǽr fela freónda findan if then Hrethric determine to come to the Goths' courts he can find there many friends, Beo. Th. 3678; B. 1857.
næsc
fawn-skin
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fawn-skin Fel pellis, hýd cutis vel corium; næsc nebris, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 37-39. Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on, Lchdm. ii. 104, 13 : 140, 10. Dó on næsc, 36, 8.
in-coþu
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Incoþan melancolias, i. nigrum fel, An. Ox. 3049. ¶ In the gloss fibras þearmas incoþe, An. Ox. 1978, perhaps innoþas or innoþa should be read: the passage is: Viscerum fibras, Ald. 26, 33. Add
here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
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Swá fela sýðe swa menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 23. Scotfré fram heregeld free from payment of the war-tax, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 224, 20
tunne
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Nim fela tunnan, and dó hí ðǽr on innan . . . Hí wurdon ðá gebrohte ealle tó ðám tunnum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 259-307
dys-lic
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Fela dyslice dǽda deriað mancynne, Hml. S. 13, 91. Hé ádreáh his líf on dyslicum weorcum, 26, 245. Mid dislicum glencgum stolidis (i. stultis) pompis, An. Ox. 1216. Add
ge-wefe
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Sé þe wylle ymbe þæs gerímes deópnyssa spyrian, þonne mæg hé gemétan þisra þreóra cynna rake on þám gewefe ꝥ wé willað ꝥ se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde þe þis gewrit áspyrað ꝥ on þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, Angl. viii. 330, 35-331, 2
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gold-fyll
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gold-leaf, gold-foil Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge goldfylle (-felle [ in a later MS. ], 476, 58) gelíc glitonaþ Fénix, E. S. viii. 478, 61. (?)
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fæðmian
FATHOM, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devour ⬩ amplecti, complecti, contĭnēre, comĕdĕre
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Feorhcynna fela fæðmeþ églond an island contains many of mortal kinds Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 11; Gn. Ex. 14. Wæter fæðmedon the waters enveloped them, Andr. Kmbl. 3143; An. 1574. Ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie that fire should clasp my body, Beo.
BIFIAN
To tremble, shake, be moved ⬩ tremere, contremere, commoveri
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He, bifiende, feóll to Iohannes fótum he, trembling, fell at John's feet, Ælfc. T. 37, 10: Cd. 92; Th. 118, 25; Gen. 1970. Ic bifige tremo, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8. Eorþe [eorþan MS.] bifode terra tremuit, Ps. Spl. 75, 8: Rood Kmbl. 83; Kr. 42.
ge-sǽlan
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Dan. 4, 12), Dan. 521. pǽr wæs helm monig . . . earmbeága fela searwum gesǽled (ingeniously strung together?), B. 2764
ge-sceran
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off sheep Sceáp gesihð gescorene hýnðe getácnað, Lch. iii. 208, 26. to cut through. of a person's action Hé him on heáfde helm gescer, þæt hé blóde fáh búgan sceolde, B. 2973. of the operation of a weapon Seó ecg geswác þeódne æt þearfe; þolode ǽr fela
mǽnan
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his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hú hé hié ádyde of
spannan
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Ox. 17, 62. to bind by considerations of interest, fear of consequences Hí speónnon heom eall ꝥ landfolc tó (cf. hí námon gíslas swá fela swá hí woldon, 179, 3), Chr. 1052; P. 178, 36
brastlian
To BRUSTLE, rustle, crackle, make a noise, murmur; ⬩ crepare, crepitare, strepere, murmurare
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Ðæt treów brastliende sáh to ðam hálgan were the tree fell crackling towards the holy man, ii. 508, 33. Brastligende mid brandum crackling with fire-brands, ii. 140, 16.
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of-torfian
to stone, to kill by casting stones or similar missiles
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Fela mid stánum oftorfod saxis contriti, Ors. 4, ii; Swt. 206, 15. Hér wæs s s Stephanus oftorfod, Chr. 34; Erl. 6, 15: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 31
BERA
A BEAR ⬩ ursus
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Sceall gyldan án beran fel shall pay one bear's skin, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 37. Bera ursus, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 69 : L. Ecg. P. iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 22
a-streccan
To stretch out ⬩ to extend ⬩ prostrate ⬩ lay low ⬩ to prostrate oneself ⬩ bow down ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ prosternere ⬩ se prosternere ⬩ adorare
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He neowol astreaht feól on ða flóre he fell stretched prostrate on the floor, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 159; Met. 1, 80. Ðá feóll Abram astreht to eorþan cecidit Abram pronus in faciem, Gen. 17, 3. Astrehte hine to eorþan adoravit in terram, Gen. 18, 2 : Mt.
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