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sǽ

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Add Saga mé hú fela is woruldwætra. Ic ðé secge twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Sal. K. 186, 25. Add Andlang strǽte on Scoffoces sǽ, C. D. i. 258, 4

wist-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wist-full, adj.

Abounding in food ⬩ productive

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Abounding in food, productive Ðis wæs swíðe gód geár and swíðe wistfull on wudan and on feldan, Chr. 1112; Erl. 243, 38

ge-lástfull

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Þá Olimpias þæt geáscade, þæt þæs folces wæs swá fela tó him gecirred, þá ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástful beón, ac hió fleáh tó ðǽm fæstenne audito aduentu Cassandri, Olympias, diffisa Macedonibus, in urbem concedit, Ors. 3, 11;

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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According to the Protevangelion, when a new veil for the temple had to be made, it fell to Mary's lot to spin the true purple, c. ix. 4

Linked entry: tow-hús

deór-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
deór-mód, adj. [deór I. brave, bold; mód mood, mind]

Bold of mind, brave ⬩ fortis anĭmi

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On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Diran héton in the plain which the brave men called Dura, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 14; Dan. 171. Deórmódra síþ the march of the brave, 147; Th. 183, 25; Exod. 97

ge-cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cunnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To try ⬩ enquire ⬩ experience ⬩ probare ⬩ explorare ⬩ experiri

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Ic hæbbe gecuunad cearselda fela I have experienced many places of sorrow, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 9 ; Seef. 5

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled

To fell ⬩ cut down ⬩ cast down ⬩ destroy ⬩ deprive of ⬩ cædere ⬩ destruere

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To fell, cut down, cast down, destroy, deprive of; cædere, destruere Ðá wolde he ðæt gyld gefyllan then he determined to cast down the idol, Blickl. Homl. 221, 21, 32 : Beo. Th. 5303; B. 2655.

steorfa

(n.)
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steorfa, an; m.
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mortality, pestilence Sceal áspringan wíde and síde stric and steorfa and fela ungelimpa, Wulfst. 86, 12: 159, 10. Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh here oðþon hungor, þurh stric oððe steorfan, L.

blód

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Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16. Blód wanian, iii. 184, 16. Wer blóda vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8: Ps. Spl. 25, 9. Handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113, 36. Add

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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To hunt Ic wiht (a rake ) geseah . . . seó ðæt feoh fédeþ, hafaþ fela tóþa . . . wǽþeþ geond weallas, wyrte séceþ aa. Exon. Th. 416, 27;Rä. 35, 5. Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2545;El. 1274.

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

of-hreósan

(v.)

to overwhelm, cover, bury ⬩ obrnere ⬩ to fall down

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to overwhelm, cover, bury; obrnere Oft eorþ-styrung fela burhga ofhreás, Homl. Th. i. 608, 26. Ðæt ne ða sleacgi-endan hé (sompnolentia) ofhreóse (obruat), Hymn. Surt. 18, 15. Swylce hé sý mid moldhýpan ofhroren. Homl. Th. i. 492, 33.

á-tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
á-tǽsan, p.de

To tear with a weapon

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Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.

ge-sélig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sélig, adj.

Happy ⬩ fēlix

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Happy; fēlix Gebed dón geséligran tíman getácnaþ to be repeating prayers betokens a happier time, Lchdm. iii. 208, 23. Similar entries v, ge-sǽlig

hentan

to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get

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Sebastian) lǽdan tó ánum felda and hine þǽr gefæstnian and hentan mid flánum (cf. mid strǽlum ofstician, Shrn. 55, 8), Hml. S. 5, 424. [Cf. Moyses hente ðe cherl wið hise wond.

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, adv.
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Fela wítegan bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán, 358, 7. Hé fela þing feorran wiste ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, Hml. S. 31, 1009

frécennes

(n.)
Grammar
frécennes, frǽcenes, frécednes, frécenis, frécnes, -nis, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ mischief ⬩ harm ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen ⬩ mălum

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Se hálga wer in ða ǽrestan ældu gelufade frécnessa fela the holy man in his early age loved much mischief, Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 31; Gú. 81

GRÁPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
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Þýstro swá þicce ðæt hig grápion darkness that may be felt, Ex. 10, 21. Ðæt ðú grápie on midne ðæg swá se blinda déþ on þístrum thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, Deut. 28, 29.

Linked entry: grópian

sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
sméðe, adj.

Smooth ⬩ smooth, without roughness or inequalities ⬩ smooth, without discomfort or annoyance ⬩ smooth, suave, avoiding offence ⬩ smooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc.) ⬩ smooth ⬩ not harsh, melodious, harmonious

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On sméðum felda on a plain Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 14. Wé becóman on summe sméðne feld (in viam planom) Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 40. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on sméðum landum Lchdm. i. 90, 3 : 298, 3. On sméðe (smoeðum, Lind., Rush.) wegas in vias planas Lk.

blóstmian

(v.)
Grammar
blóstmian, part. blóstmiende; p. ode; pp. od

To BLOSSOM, blow ⬩ efflorere

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To BLOSSOM, blow; efflorere Seó beorhtnes ðæs blóstmiendan feldes wæs gesewen the brightness of the blossoming field was seen, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 38

næsc

(n.)

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.