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þæcele

(n.)
Grammar
þæcele, an; f.
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Dryhtnes ðecelan, Salm. Kmbl. 838; Sal. 418. Ðæccillas lampades, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 20. Mid brondum ł ðæccillum cum facibus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 3

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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Hé geslóg xxv dracena and hine ðá [of] deáþ offeóll he slew 25 dragons and then death fell upon him, Salm. Kmbl. 430; Sal. 216. Seó módinys wyle offeallan ða eádmódnysse superbia inruere vult super humilitatem, Prud. 32 b.

dóm-líce

(adv.)
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Dómlícor bið ðonne se Pater Noster gehwyrfed on Dryhtnes onlícnisse, Sal. K. 146, 25. Add

weoruld-gestreón

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Þeáh þe him sié eal middangeard on geweald géseald mid eallum ðám welum and ðám weoruldgestreónum ðe heofen behwealfeð ábútan, Sal. K. 86, 2. Add

á-spyrian

(v.)

to trackreach by following the trackto investigateexamine so as to get knowledge of a subjectto find out

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Ne magon ðǽre tungan mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Sal. K. 150, 4. Ðæt nǽre nǽnig manna ðæt mihte ðǽra twégra tweón áspyrian that there was no man could settle by his investigations the doubt about the two(subst. this for trans. in Dict.), Sal. 434.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Yldo rǽceþ wíde, Salm. Kmbl. 588; Sal. 294. Heó rǽhte mid handum tó heofoncyninge, Cd. Th. 292, 7; Sat. 437 : Beo. Th. 1499; B. 747. Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan, Cd. Th. 61, 1; Gen. 990.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

ful-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-geómor, adj.

Full sadvery sadvalde tristis

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Full sad, very sad; valde tristis Ic ðis giedd wrece bí me fulgeómorre I recite this lay of myself very sad, Exon. 115 a; Th. 441, 19; Kl. 1

midlunga

(adv.)
Grammar
midlunga, adv.

To a moderate or middling degreeintermediate between much and little

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To a moderate or middling degree, intermediate between much and little Sam hé hine miclum lufige, sam hé hine lytlum lufige, sam hé hine mydlinga lufige, Shrn. 194, 14

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A birdFOWLăvisāles

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Bos. 13, 34: Cd. 72; Th. 88, 5; Gen. 1460: Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 27; Cri. 645: Salm. Kmbl. 507; Sal. 254: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Fugel āles, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 59.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Gilleþ geómorlíce and his gyrn séfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 536 ; Sal. 267. Hé seófode his ungelimp tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 7, arg.: 3, arg. Hleahtor álegdon sorge seófedon laughter they laid aside, woes they bewailed. Exon. Th. 116, 2 ; Gú. 201.

gebregd-stafas

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Substitute: Cunning skill Ic íglanda eallra hæbbe bóca onbyrged, þurh gebregdstafas lárcræftas onlocen Libia and Gréca I of the islands all have the books browsed on, and by cunning skill the learning unlocked of Lybians and Greeks, Sal. 2

al

(n.; adj.)

all

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all, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 16; Sat. 8: 214; Th. 268, 24; Sat. 60

feþer-hama

(v.)
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His geðóht is swiftra ðonne xii ðúsenda háligra gásta, ðeáh ðe ánra gehwylc gást hæbbe synderlíce xii feðerhoman, and ánra gehwylc feðerhoma hæbbe xii windas, Sal. K. p. 152, 1-2. Feðrhoman talaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 4. Add

waroþ

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Be sǽs wároðe (waroðum, v.l.) sicut arenam quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Lócian égðer ge ofer þone warað ge ofer þá , Solil. H. 45, 20. Add

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Kmbl. 1971; An. 988 : Salm. Kmbl. 867; Sal. 433. Nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd, ne his heáhfædera . . . ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ nemþe . . . Blickl. Homl. 161, 9. Nis ðæt mín miht ne nǽnges úres ( = úre nǽniges), 151, 29.

Linked entry: nán

gnornan

(v.)
Grammar
gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To grievemournbe sadbewaillamentmœrere

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Geómor and gnorngende sad and sorrowing, Blickl. Homl. 113, 29: Cd. 39; Th. 52, 9; Gen. 841. Gnorniende cynn a mourning race, 216; Th. 273, 9; Sat. 134: Ps. Th. 101, 4.

freólsian

(v.)
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H. 83, 24. to enfranchise land. v. ge-edfreólsian. to celebrate a festival Ðone fíftan dæg hí freólsodon lóue tó wurðmynte, ðám mǽrostan gode, Sal. K. p. 124, 134

miltestre

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Sum wíf hátte Uenus, swá fracod on gálnysse ðæt hire fæder hí hæfde, and eác hire bróðor, on myltestrena wísan, Sal. K. 123, 91. Add

sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽlþ, e; f.

Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity

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Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tðslítaþ they destroy the fortunes of the ambitious, Salm. Kmbl. 697; Sal. 348. Heofenas blissiaþ sealte sǽstreámas sǽlþe habbaþ. Ps. Th. 95, 11

þúsend-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þúsend-mǽlum, adv.

In thousands

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Th. 190, 8; Exod. 196: 304, 18; Sat. 632. Him ymb flugon engla þreátas þúseudmǽlum, 300, 23; Sat. 569: 279, 11; Sat. 236: 296, 28; Sat. 509: Andr. Kmbl. 1744; An. 874