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á-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fillan, to cause to fall down or
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of (v. á-feallan). lit. Þá áfylde sum cnapa ꝥ fæt a boy knocked the vessel down , Hml. S. 31, 1127. Gegrípan ꝥ palmtwig and tó eorþan áfyllan ( to cast it to the earth ), Bl.

Linked entry: a-fælan

þearllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þearllíce, adv.
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.), Lchdm. i. 70, 10. violently Swá biþ be ðám heáclifum and torrum, ðonne hí hlifiaþ feor up ofer ða óðre eorðan, hý ðonne feallan onginnaþ and full þeaclíce hreósan tó eorðan ( come with a great crash to the ground ).

Linked entry: þeaclíce

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Ðæt manega menn geseóþ feallan of ðære heofene, swylce hit sýn steorran, hit beóþ spearcan of ðam rodere, Anglia viii. 320, 33. His eágan wǽron fýrene spearcan sprengende, Homl.

Linked entry: spærca

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A tablewhat is on a table

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Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumon ðe feallaþ of heora hláfordes mýsan ... Seó mýse is bódlíce lár ... Be ðære mýsan cwæþ se wítega: Drihten ðú gegearcodest mýsan on mínre gesihþe, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 24-28: i. 330, 31, 34: Ps. Spl. 127, 4: Mk.

Linked entries: meóse mýse

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Nis hire éþre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, 33, 4; Fox 130, 38. Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, 25; Fox 88, 22.

Linked entry: á-dún

olfend

(n.)
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Wǽron wit twégen on ánum olfende, and wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, and miccle má wit hangodan be þám olfende þonne wit þǽron sǽton . . . uncer wǽta wæs olfenda miolc, Shrn. 38, 14-18.

CÓL

(n.)
Grammar
CÓL, gen. cóles; pl. nom. acc. cólacólu ; gen. cóla; dat. cólum; n.

COAL carbo

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Feallaþ ofer hí cólu cadent super eos carbones Ps. Spl. C. 139, 11. Þurh ða cólu ðæs alteres by the coals of the altar Past. 7, 1; Hat. MS. 12a, 10.

be-wreón

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Feallaþ ofor ús, and ús bewreóþ, Bl. H. 93, 33, Hé hét þá fatu bewreón, Gr. D. 51, 16. Stán mid þynre tyrf bewrigen (obtectus), Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 577, 12 : Bl. H. 95, 15. Mid godwebbe bewrigen, 207, 16. Bewrogen, Lch. iii. 30, 1. Bewrigene, Ps.

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 1874. quickly, in a short time Swá swá wyrta felda hwætlíce ( cito ) hí feallaþ, Ps. L. 36, 2. Þæt tó þám hwætlícor hé mæge becuman quatinus ad eam quantocius valeat peruenire, Scint 29, 3

beód

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Th. ii. 276, 32: Lk. 16, 21. ꝥ Of þám crumum þe of hyra hláforda beódum (beád mensa L.) feallað Mt. 15, 27. Under beádum, Mk. R. 7, 28. Hé beheóld þá beódas and þá þénunga, Ap. Th. 14, 18. <b>Ia.

HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, wood, grove, copsewood;lignum

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Sum sceal on holte of heáhbeáme feallan, Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 21; Vy. 21: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 103, 73; Met. 13, 52, 37. Gewiton áweg tó holte they went away to the wood, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12. Holt ofgeáfon they left the wood, Beo.

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

nett

(n.)
Grammar
nett, es; n.

a neta mosquito-netnet- workweb

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Feallaþ on nette his cadent in retiaculo ejus, Ps. Spl. 140, 11. Ic mín nett út lǽte laxabo rete, Lk. Skt. 5, 5: Mt. Kmbl. 4, 18. Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe, Jn. Skt. 21, 6. Ic bréde nett plecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 8.

íþe

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Nis hire éþre tó feallanne of dúne ðonne úp, 33, 4; F. 130, 38. Éðre facilis, Kent. Gl. 479. Náwðer ne on éðnum (éðrum?, éðum?)

Linked entries: eáþe éþe

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Hí (clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe, 385, 21;Rä. 4, 48.

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Feallan underbæc to fall backwards, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 8: Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. Sceófan underbæc, 14, 88: 18, 345: Hontl.

Linked entry: BÆC

willan

Grammar
willan, <b>, I.</b>
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Efne swá þá wínu woldon feallan on þone flór ita ut pavimentum vina invaderent, Gr. D. 59, 17

niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Downbeneathbelow

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Niþer feallaþ procident, Ps. Lamb. 71, 9 : 94, 6. Niþer fylþ decidat, 89,6. Gá nyþer descende Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40. Hé nyþer ne eode, Ex. 32, 1. Gang niþer, Deut. 9, 12. Niþer gewitan descendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 21.

Linked entry: nieþer

gléd

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feallað on fýres gléde cadent super eos carbones, 139, 10. Stréie of glédon ( carbonibus ) áhyrde, 119, 4. Licge ꝥ ísen uppan þám glédan, Ll. Th. i. 226, 27.

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flowerflos

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Ne feallaþ on foldan fealwe blóstman the fallow blossoms fall not on earth, Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 24; Ph. 74. Ic geseah ðone fægrestan feld full grówendra blóstma I saw the most beautiful field full of growing flowers, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 20.

Linked entry: blóstm

glídan

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C. 145. of revolution Is efneáðe úp and ofdúne tó feallanne foldan þisse, þám anlícost þe on ǽge bið gioleca on middan, glídeð hwæðre ǽg ymbútan, Met. 20, 170