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a-rásian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rásian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans. [a, rásian to raise, uncover]

To lay opendiscoverexploredetectreprovecorrectseizedetegereinvenireexplorarecorriperereprehendereintercipere

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Hæleþ wurdon acle arásad for ðý rǽse the men were seized with fear on account of its force, 74 a; Th. 277, 27; Jul. 587. Se ðe wilnaþ hiera unþeáwas arásian qui eorum culpas corripere studet, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 6: 35, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 20.

un-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerím, es; n.

A countless numberan immense number or quantity

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A countless number, an immense number or quantity Feala óðra gódra þegna and folces ungerím, Chr. l010; Erl. 143, 23. Ðara wæs ungerím, Shrn. 48, 31. Ðara ys forneán ungerím, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 18, 3.

hand-preóst

(n.)
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V. has 'chief about the king') Þrengde hé his handpreóstas and eác sume of his túnpreóstan ꝥ hí scoldan helpan þan feáwan munecan precepit capellanis clericis suis, ut essent cum monachis, Chr. 870; P. 284, 1. Cf. hand-þegn, hand-gesella

an-filt

(n.)
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. ; an-fealt, e; f.; an-filt; f. n. (?) An anvil Onfilti incuda, Txts. 69, 1072. Osifelti (on-?) incus, 112, 53. Anfilte, An. Ox. 53, 33 : Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 56: cudo, 286, 77 : ii. 16, 72. Anfilt, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 8: 178, ll.

ge-ríman

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Ealswá feala mǽrþa ic geríme (numerabo), An. Ox. 4762. Ic geríme hí dinumerabo eos, Ps. L. 138, 18. Hi gerímdon (dinumerauerunt) ealle bán míne, 21, 18. Wé sceolon geríman úre misdǽda, Hml. Th. ii. 430, 7.

ono

(con.)

if

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gif ( si autem ) hé gehæfted wæs, hwæt hé ðonne ne feaht, S. 497, 37: 3, 24; S. 557, 29

ge-miltan

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þá þe ne sién tó raðe gemelte, 196, 16. to weaken, abate Se gesíð hét sendan on fýr Agapan and Chonie, and þá ꝥ fýr waes gemelted (had burnt itself out), þá wǽron ðá fǽmnan tó Críste geleóred, and þá líchoman wǽron swá gesunde ꝥ him næs forbærnéd ne feax

beard

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Se beard and ꝥ feax wǽron oþ þá fét síde, Shrn. 120, 25. Mid sídum bearde, Hml. Th. i. 466, 24. Ælfsige mid þám berde, Cht. E. 257, 1.

manigfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 556, 13. cf. manig-feald; Hé ne cwæþ ná menifealdlíce (in the plural), 'Tó órum anlícnissum,' ac ánfealdlíce (in the singular), 'Tó úre anlícnisse, ' Ælfc. Thw. Gen. 3, 16. Mænifealdlíce affatim, i. abunde, ubertim, An.

for-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lácan, p. -léc, -leólc; pp. -lácen

To seducebetraydeceivesedūcĕredecĭpĕre

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To seduce, betray, deceive; sedūcĕre, decĭpĕre Ðú leóda feala forleólce and forlǽrdest thou hast deceived and seduced many people, Andr. Kmbl. 2727; An. 1366. Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647.

stópel

(n.)
Grammar
stópel, es ; m.
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A foot-step, mark left by the foot Man dæghwamlíce ða moldan nimeþ on ðǽm lástum . . . and nǽfre man ðære moldan tó ðæs feale ne nimeþ, ðæt mon ǽfre þurh ðæt mǽge á ðý máran dǽl on ðǽm stóplum gewercean ( make the footprints larger ) . . .

teóðung-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-sceatt, es; m.
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Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ, and hé him nele syllan his teóþungsceatta dǽl, ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig, Blickl. Homl. 53, 6.

wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
wistfullian, p. ode

To feast

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To feast Ic wistfullige epulor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 146, 1. Tíma is ðæt ðú mid ðínum gebróðrum wistfullige on mínum gebeórscipe, Homl. Th. i. 74, 15. Utan wistfullian epulemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 62.

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hwópan

(v.)
Grammar
hwópan, p. hweóp

To threaten

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To threaten Ne ondrǽd ðú ðe ðeáh ðe elþeódige egesan hwópan heardre hilde fear not though strangers threaten terror and cruel war, Elen. Kmbl. 164; El. 82.

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Wídmǽre cynn, 158, 16 ; Gen. 2618. of things Án wundorlíc tácn gelamp, swá wídmǽre ðæt feáwa wǽron on ðære neáwiste ðe ðæt ne gesáwe, oððe ne gehýrde, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 35.

á-blycgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.
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to get affected by fear, get dismayed Diriguit, i. obstipuit, horruit, induruit áblycde. Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 46. Ðá áblicgde Aman unblíþum andwlitan, and ne mihte ná ácuman ðæs cyninges graman, Hml. A. 100, 265.

anda

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. ¶ in the Northern specimens the word means fear :-- Ondo and fyrhto tremor et pauor, Mk. L. R. 16, 8. Ondo timor, Lk. L. 1, 12, 65. Ondes timoris, Rtl. 120, 5. On onde fiónda in timore inimicorum, 78, 30. Búta ondo sine timore, Lk. L. R. 1, 74. Add

on-þracian

(v.)
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Þá begann se wer wépan anðracigende ðæs ungelimpes ( the untoward event (ungelimp) was the madness of the man's pious wife: the occasion of his fear on account of it is explained in Vit.

EARFEÐE

(n.)
Grammar
EARFEÐE, earfoþ, es; pl. nom. acc. u, o, a; n.

Hardship, labour, difficulty, trouble, suffering, woelăbor, mŏlestia, tribŭlātio

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Earfoðes feala tribulātiōnis multum, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Earfoðu, 21, 9: 24, 15 : 68, 27. Ðe ða earfeða dreógeþ who suffers those afflictions, Exon. 52 b; Th. 183, 18; Gú. 1329. Earfeðum, Ps. Th. 106, 5, 27.

or-leahter

(n.)
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Ðéh þe hé beó mid weredum orsorh, þéhweðere hé ǽfre on wíte wunað and on nearunisse, and ǽfre on gnornunge and on orleahtre . . . welan tó forwyrde gedragað; wel feala for welan on orleahter becómon, E. S. viii. 473, 16-26.