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æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, -fiolan; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon, -félon; pp. -folen, -feolen

To adherecleave or hang oninsist uponstick tocontinueinsistereadhærere

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To adhere, cleave or hang on, insist upon, stick to, continue; insistere, adhærere Ætfeole mín tunge fæste gómum adthæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, Ps. Th. 136, 5. Is ætfeolen eác mín bán flǽsce mínum adhæserunt ossa mea carni mea, Ps. Th. 101, 4.

Linked entries: æt-fele æt-fiolan

dógor

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Wið þan ðé mín wiif þǽr benuge innganges swǽ mid mínum líce swǽ sioððan yferran dógre ( either with my body or afterwards at a later date ), Cht. Th. 470, 37. Æfter tuǽm dógrum ł dagum post biduum, Mt. L. 26, 2: p. 20, 1; Mk. L. 14, 1.

bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e; ;f.;

A meal, refection, food

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Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, Hé wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27

frum-byrd

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Add:[ Swá swá Imme mín móder on mínre firmbirde dage tó forme gife it mé gæf, C. D. iv. 216, 2.] Cf. frum-ácennes

ge-friþiend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-friþiend, es; m.
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A protector Beó mín gefriðiend esto mihi in protectorem, Ps. Th. 30, 3. Hé is gefriþiend ǽlces þára þe him tó hopað, 17, 29

sǽ-land

(n.)

a maritime district

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a maritime district Mín gafolfisc ðe mé áríst be sǽlande maritimos pisces qui mihi contingere debent annualiter per thelonei lucrum, Chart. Th. 308, 1

þrútung

(n.)
Grammar
þrútung, e; f.

A swelling of the mind from anger, etc.angry emotion

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A swelling of the mind from anger, etc., angry emotion Hé befrán mid mycelre ðrútunge, hwæt se brýdguma wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 76

ge-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leccan, part. -leccende; ic -lecce, ðú -lecest, -lecst, he -leceþ, -lecþ, pl. -leccaþ; p. -lehte; pp. -leht

To moistenwethŭmectārerĭgāre

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Mid mínum teárum strecednysse míne oððe míne beddinge ic beþweá oððe ic gelecce lacrĭmis meis strātum meum rĭgābo, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7.

Linked entry: ge-leht

efen-þeówa

Grammar
efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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Mínne hláford and míne efenþeówas, Hml. A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16. Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml.

croc-sceard

(n.)
Grammar
croc-sceard, es; n. [sceard a shred, fragment]

A shred or fragment of a crock or pota potSHERD testa, testu

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A shred or fragment of a crock or pot, a potSHERD; testa, testu Adruwode oððe forseárode swá swá blýwnys oððe crocsceard mægen mín aruit tamquam testa virtus mea Ps. Lamb. 21, 16. Mid ánum crocscearde with a potsherd Job Thw. 166, 34; Homl.

Linked entry: sceard

ge-rúme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rúme, adj.

Ample, roomy, expanded, made openamplus, spătiōsus, dīlātus, pătĕfactusspaciousopportunus

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Ample, roomy, expanded, made open; amplus, spătiōsus, dīlātus, pătĕfactus Is mín mód gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerúme my mind is healed, the thoughts around my heart expanded, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 11; Gen. 759.

Linked entries: rúme rúm

wilh

(n.)
Grammar
wilh, (wiel); gen. wiles; m.

A slave, servant

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Se ðe his wiel ( servum ) slicð mid girde, oððe his wylne, Ex. 21, 20, 32

Linked entry: wiel

be-fýlan

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Synd míne handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113,37

draca

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Mín heáfod hé hæfð mid his ceaflum befangen, Hml. Th. i. 534, 15. Ic eom forðrycced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan ( draconis ) . . . Ðes draca nú fleáh, Gr. D. 325, 5-9. Dracan gypsam (-um, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 69: 41, 41.

fǽcne

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽcne, fácne; adv.

Maliciously, disgracefullymăligne, turpĭter

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Maliciously, disgracefully; măligne, turpĭter Gif me mín feónd fǽcne wyrgeþ si inĭmīcus meus mălĕdixisset mĭhi, Ps. Th. 54, 11: 55, 2: 65, 2: 111, 7, 9

eáþ-módnis

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-módnis, -nys, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Humility humĭlĭtas

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Humility; humĭlĭtas Mid micelre eáþmódnisse with great humility, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 459, 15. On eáþmódnysse míne in humĭlĭtāte mea, Ps. Spl. 118, 50

Linked entry: eád-módnes

un-sceamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceamlíc, adj.

Immodestshameless

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Immodest, shameless Ic hí ástyrede mid fúllícum gesprǽcum. Hí míne unsceamlícan gebǽra geseónde mé on heora scip námon tó him, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 377

hohful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hohful-ness, e; f.

Anxiety, care, trouble

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Anxiety, care, trouble Sǽde ic mínum witun mines módes hohfulnysse I told the anxiety of my mind to my 'witan,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 11

ge-betron

(adj.)
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Preóstas . . . mid heora modes gebetron (with the superior condition of their mind? Cf. betera as substantive ?) witon wel hwæt byð lamentum, Angl. viii. 313, 12

Linked entry: betera