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ofer-drync

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drync, es; m.

excessive drinking, drunkennessan entertainment where excessive drinking takes placeebrietas

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excessive drinking, drunkenness Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefgien eówre heortan mid oferdrynce ebrietate Past. 18, 2; Swt. 129, 19.

FÚL

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚL, adj.

FOULdirtyimpurecorruptrottenstinkingguiltyconvicted of a crimefœdusimmundussordĭdusobscœnusspurcuspūtĭdusfœtĭdusculpæ consciuscrīmĭne convictus

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Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla I am viler than this rotten wood, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 33; Rä. 41, 48. Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41: 5, 12; S. 630, 12.

Linked entries: a-fúl FÚL fúl

ál-geweorc

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Aalgewerc, álgiuu[eo]rc, -giuerc ign(i)arium, Txts. 69, 1040. Álgeweorc, Wt. i. 284, 22: ii. 45, 35. Add

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racu

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Ic eom seó gesceádwísnes ðínes módes þe ðé wið sprecð, and ic eom seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne promittit ratio quae tecum loquitur, Solil. H. 26, 7. v. fór-, mǽg-racu

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de

allowpermit

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Gif eów Crist lýfan wylle, dæt ... Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 27; Gú. 565

stefn-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
stefn-mǽlum, adv.
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By turns Swá stemmǽlum on þám þá wucan ádreósan sic alternati in eo epdomadam percurra [n]t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280

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or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperoussecure from danger, safe

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Wé beóþ for eów and eów orsorge gedóþ (cf. wé gedóþ eów sorhleáse securos vos faciemus; we will secure you, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 14), Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 23

gold-hord

(n.)
Grammar
gold-hord, es; m. n.
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A treasure, treasury; thesaurus Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo

ge-bod

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Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 32. ' þis bebod se Hǽlend ús sealde . . . ' 'Gif þis gebod eów wǽre geseald fram eówrum Drihtne . . .' Bl. H. 233, 21. Drihten, eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode, 241, 33

flicerian

(v.)
Grammar
flicerian, flicorian; p. ode; pp. od [fleógan to fly]

To move the wingsflutterFLICKERmōtāre ālasvŏlĭtāre

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Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans, Deut. 32, 11. Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb a black thrush flickered about his face, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22

Linked entries: fyrclian flacor

óþ-beran

(v.)
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to bear forth, bear away (cf. æt-beran) Nó ic eów sweord ongeán óþberan þence, Exon. Th. 120, 20; Gu. 274. Mec sǽ óþbær on Finna land the sea bore me forth to the land of the Fins, Beo. Th. 1163; B. 579 : Exon. Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10.

ofer-hergian

(v.)

to ravage

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Ða Gotan eów hwón oferhergedon, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 20. Heora land tó bismere oferhergodan, Blickl. Homl. 201, 23

sóþlíce

(adv.)

Truly, reallycertainlyverilyNowthenforautemecceenimergonamvero

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Sóðlíce ic secge eów amen dico vobis, 6, 16 (and often). Ðám ðe sóðlíce sécaþ Dryhten, Ps. Th. 104, 3. Ðis wæs sóðlíce eádig wer vere beatus vir, Blickl. Homl. 223, 31.

Linked entry: sóþ-líc

tó-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brítan, p. te.

to break in pieces,crush,bruise (lit. and fig.)to crush with feelings of sorrow,to make contrite

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Ic tóbrýte hí confringam eos, Ps. Lamb. 17, 39. Ðú tóbrýtst hig confringes eos, 2, 9. Tóbrýt (confringet) Drihten cederbeám, Ps. Lamb. 28. 5: 57, 7. Heó tóbrýt (conteret) ðín heáfod, Gen. 3, 15. Boga[n] tóbrýteþ, Ps. Spl. 45, 9.

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of-niman

(v.)

to failto decrease, wane

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to fail Be ðam ðe him his sprǽc ofnimþ de eo cui sermo deficit L. Ecg. P. i. tit. 3; Th. ii. 170, 6

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

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fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, gen. -swæðes; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu; n: fot-swaðu, e; f.

A foot-tracefoot-printpĕdis vestīgium

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Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ, ic eów forgife omnem lŏcum, quem calcāvĕrit vestīgium pĕdis vestri, vōbis trādam, Jos. 1, 3. Ðíne fótswaða nǽron oncnáwene vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Lamb. 76, 20

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, -æmettigian, -æmtogian; p. ode; pp. od [æmtian to be at leisure]

To be unoccupiedbe at leisurebe voidvăcuum essevăcāre

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Geæmtiaþ eów, and geseóþ ðæt ic eam God văcāte, et vĭdēte quŏniam ĕgo sum Deus, Ps. Lamb. 45, 11. He wæs geæmtogod he was void, Homl. Th. i. 290, 21

eallunga

(adv.)
Grammar
eallunga, allunga, eallenga, eællenge, eallinga, eallnunge; adv.

Altogether, entirely, quite, indeed, at all, assuredly, utterlyprorsus, omnīno, profecto

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Eallunga Godes ríce on eów becymþ profecto pervēnit in vos regnum Dei, Lk. Bos. 11, 20

hundred-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-mann, es; m.

a centurion

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Sette hig tó ealdrum and tó hundredmannum and tó fíftigesmannum and tó teóðingmannum constitui eos principes, tribunes et centuriones et quinquagenarios et decanos, Deut. 1, 15.