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irfe-numa

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Swá hit míne ærfenuman ǽr onstellen, C. D. i. 316, 22. Eihwelc mon mínra ærbenumena, 299, 22, Add: —

fyrs-leáh

(n.)

a lea on which furze grows

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a lea on which furze grows Be norðan fyrsleáge, swá of norðenwardre fyrsleáge, C. D. v. 232, 30

DILEGIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DILEGIAN, dilgian, dielgian; p. ode; pp. od
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Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps. Spl. 17, 44. To dielgianne hira synna to blot out their sins, Past. 55, 2; Hat. MS

Linked entry: dilgian

FREÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREÓSAN, hit freóseþ, frýsþ, frýst; p. freás, pl. fruron; pp. froren

To FREEZEgĕlāre

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Men steorran mágon [MS. magan] geseón swá sutole swá on niht ðonne hit swíðe freóseþ men may see the stars as plainly as at night when it freezes hard. Homl. Blick. 93, 20. Hit frýst [frýsþ MS. D.] gĕlat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8

Linked entry: ge-froren

huntung

(n.)
Grammar
huntung, e; f.

Hunting

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Ic sylle cync swá hwæt swá ic gefó quid facis de tua vexatione? Ego do regi quicquid capio, 25-7. Of huntungum de venationibus, Rtl. 118, 39

leoþu-bíge

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-bíge, -bíg; adj.

humblemeek

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Ic gesette eów sóðe gebysnunge, ðæt eówer ǽlc sceole óðres fét áþweán, swá swá ic láreów eów liþebíg [humble] áþwóh, 242, 28

Linked entry: liþe-bíge

liðere

(n.)
Grammar
liðere, an; f: liðera, an; m.

A sling

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Swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11. Mid his liðeran ofwearp ðone geleáfleásan ent, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 18. Of blacere liðran, Salm. Kmbl. 54; Sal. 27

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.

In a northerly direction or position

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Symle swá norþor swá smælre ever the further north, the narrower, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 29. Hé ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2

óþ-sceótan

(v.)
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to shoot away, escape, turn aside, hurry off Swá hwá swá óþscýt fram ánnysse ðæs geleáfan whoever turns aside from the unity of the faith, Homl. Th. i. 370, 17.

ge-tiohhian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tiohhian, p. ode; pp. od

To appointdetermineordainstătuĕredecernĕre

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Swá him æt frymþe Fæder getiohhode as the Father appointed to them at the beginning, 29, 78; Met. 29, 38. Swá he getiohhod habbe as he has ordained, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 20

ge-efnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To doperformcarry outsustain

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To do, perform, carry out, sustain Eft, geblóweþ and geefneþ swá óþ ðæt ǽfen cymeþ it blows again, and does so until even comes, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015.

Linked entry: ge-æfnan

regol-líf

(n.)
Grammar
regol-líf, es; m.

A life according to ecclesiastical rules

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Gif man folciscne mæssepreóst mid tihtlan belecge ðe regollíf næbbe, ládige hine swá swá diácon ðe regollífe libbe, L. Eth. ix. 21;Th. i. 344, 20 : L. C. E. 5;Th. i. 362, 17

scip-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
scip-bryce, es; m.
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Ship-wreck, what comes ashore from wrecks Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége . . . scipbryce and ða sǽupwarp on eallen þingen swá wel swá ic hit mé seolf betst habbe bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande, Chart. Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L.

wítedóm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítedóm-líc, adj.

Of superhuman knowledgeprophetical

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Gúðlác wítedómlíce gáste (in prophetic spirit) weóx, and hé ða tóweardan mannum cýdde swá cúðlíce swá ða andweardan, 13; Gdwin. 60, 19. Wítedómlíce múðe hé sang, 4; Gdwin. 28, 19

an-wlóh

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In Dan. 585 the ríce is compared with the stump of the tree which for seven years shewed no signs of life, and the statement swá þín ríce bið anwlóh expresses the same as swá þín blœ́d líð in 563.

Linked entry: ge-wló

butere

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Hi ðicgað on ðám earde (Italy) ele on heora bigleofum, swá swá we dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 18. Add

dráf

Grammar
dráf, drǽf.
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Hét se hálga wer þæt seó cú gewende tó þǽre heorde, and heó swá bilewite swá scép beáh tó þǽre drǽfe, Hml. S. 31, 1055. Se geneát sceal láde lǽdan, dráfe drífan, C. D. iii. 450, 33. Sum fearhrýþer þæs óþræs' ceápes geférscipe oferhogode . . .

rúmness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmness, e; f.

breadthbreadth, amplitude, abundance

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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of

sand-corn

(n.)

a grain of sand

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Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum quantas pontus versat arenas, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 27. Hí beóþ ofer sandcorn manige super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. Th. 138, 16

fýr-þolle

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-þolle, an; f.

apparatus for cooking, fryingpanapparatus for torturecatasta

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Similar entries þolle), oven Þú setst hig swá swá ofen (fýrþolle, MS. T.) fýres pones eos ut clibanum ignis, Ps.