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sellan

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Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen, ne eten gé ꝥ, ac sellað hit hundum, Ll. Th. i. 54, 2. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Þǽr man hláf sealde tó ceápe, Hml. S. 23, 563. <b>IV d.</b> add :-- Hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, Mt. 27, 10.

ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicateinebriare

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Hié hié selfe mid ealoþ oferdrencton, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 6. Se ðe ne wirnþ ðæs wínes his láre ða mód mid tó oferdrencanne ... hé biþ oferdrenced mid ðæm drence mislícra giefa, Past. 49; Swt. 381, 5-6: Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84; 33.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Se þegn fore fæder dǽdum blódfág swefeð, B. 2059. where an obligation is discharged He náh self nánwiht tó gesellanne ... þonne gǽð óðer man, seleð his ceáp fore ... sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde, Ll. Th. i. 142, 2-6: 7.

cwalu

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Mæst*-*að hié hié selfe on hiera niéhstena cwale in proximorum nece grassantur, 335, 15: Bl. H. 193, 1. Tó his cwale ad interfectionem ejus, Kent. Gl. 703. Cwale exitio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 4. Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32.

hran

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Et dicunt quod vii minoribus saturantur maiores, ut vii fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu (seven seals are plenty for a smaller whale, and seven smaller whales are plenty for one of the larger kind ), An.

midd

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Heora ǽgþer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum, and hié selfe wǽron on þǽm midmestan, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 3, . add: (cf. the last passage with midde-niht) Hí tó ðám middan wintran eódon heom tó heora garwan feorme, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24

sáwel-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sáwel-leás, adj.

without lifewithout soul

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Similar entries (v. sáwel, II.) without soul On ðæs mannes sáwle is Godes anlícnyss, for ðam is se mann sélra ðonne ða sáwulleásan nýtenu, ðe nán andgit nabbaþ embe heora ágenne Scyppend, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 22. Similar entries (v. sáwel,II.)

æf-wirdla

Grammar
æf-wirdla, -werdla.

Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum

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Ðá æfwerdlan (ǽwyrdlan, v. l.) selfe hire leoma ipsa detrimenta membrorum, 284, 5. Æfwyrdlan, An. Ox. 965: 1864. Add:

Linked entry: ǽwirdla

snáw

(n.)
Grammar
snáw, es; m.

Snow

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Ðǽr (in Ireland) seldon snáu leng ligeþ ðonne þrý dagas Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 31. Micle rénas and snáwas Bt. 23; Fox 78, 28. Hæglas and snáwas 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. Forstas and snáwas Cd. Th. 239, 31; Dan. 378. Snáwum nivibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 45

módigian

(v.)
Grammar
módigian, módigan; p. ode.

to be or become proudto gloryexultto take offence through prideto bear one's self proudlyimpetuously

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Th. ii. 170, 25. to bear one's self proudly, impetuously Flota módgade ( moved proudly ), Cd. 160; Th. 198, 32; Exod. 331. Ðǽr ǽr wegas lágon mere módgode (v. módig, IV.) where before ran the roads, now raged the sea, 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458.

Linked entry: módegian

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to havenot to be allowedought not

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Náge hé hié út on elþeódig folc tó bebycgganne it shall not be allowable for him to sell her abroad into a foreign people, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 13. On ða gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne, Chart. Th. 151, 13.

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one&#39;s self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11.

be-hátan

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Th. i. 180, 22. reflex, to profess one's self ready for the doing of something (gen.) Sé ðe hine selfne máran gódes behǽt qui fortiori studio intenderat, Past. 403, 5. (Cf. O. H. Ger

leán

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Gif hé self drohtað on ðám eordlicum tielongum ðe hé óðrum monnum leán sceolde, Past. 133, 5. Tó gehiéranne suá hwæt suá wé him áuðer oððe leán oððe lǽra[n] wiellen to hear whatever we may dissuade them from or persuade them to 303, 7

á-metan

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Gif gé ágiémeleásiað ðæt gé ámeten eów selfe hwelce gé sién dum vosmetipsos metiri negligitis, Past. 53, 13. Ámetenum emenso, An. Ox. 947. Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle, Bl. H. 197, 23.

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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Selle him flǽsc etan smælra fugla gesodenra and gebrǽdra, 182, 13

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Ðes windiga sele eall inneweard all the interior of this windy hall, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 15; Sat. 137. Hú héh and deóp hell inneweard seó, 228; Th. 309, 10; Sat. 707 : Beo. Th. 2000; B. 998. Tó inneweardum ðam wéstene ad interiora deserti, Ex. 3, 1.

Linked entry: innan-weard

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the daynine in the morning

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Sele drincan on þreó tída, on undern, on middæg, on nón, Lchdm. ii. 140, 1. Fram hancréde óð undern, Homl. Th. i. 74, 21: Chr. 538; Erl. 16, 2. Ofor undern, Blickl. Homl. 93, 15. Healfe tíd ofer undern, 540; Erl. 16, 4.

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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self lifde on gneáðum worold-life he (bishop Lupus) lived a very frugal life on earth. Shrn. 110, 5. Ðæt hió ne wunian on worldlífe ita ut non sint, Ps. Th. 103, 33 : 61, 12: Exon.