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mearc-land

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-land, es; n.

a border-landwaste land lying outside the cultivateda districtcountryterritory

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Him ðe feára sum mearclond gesæt (of Guthlac when he retired to his hermitage.

mirige

(adj.)
Grammar
mirige, adj.

Pleasantdelightfulsweet

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Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt one gets no pleasure from life, while one fears death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Mid merigum lofsange dulci ymno, Hymn. Surt. 141, 38.

Linked entry: murge

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An oratorspokesman

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An orator, spokesman Gelǽred þyle fela spǽca mid feáwum wordum geopenaþ doctus orator plures sermones paucis verbis aperit, Scint. 119, 3. Þylas oratores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 1. Þyle is found in Exon.

Linked entries: þele þyl-cræft

un-twifeald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-twifeald, adj.

not doublesimplesincerehonestpurenot doubleunitedwithout division

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Similar entries twi-feald, IV), simple, sincere, honest, pure Nis nán scild trumra wið ðæt tuiefalde gesuinc ðonne mon sié untwiefeald (-twy-, Cott. MSS.) nil est ad defendendum puritate tutius, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 10.

Linked entry: twi-feald

hú-meta

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Gif heó turniende is, húmeta ne fealð heó? si volubile est, cur non cadat?, Angl. vii. 12, 109. Húmeta wénde Adam ꝥ hé mihte hine behýdan fram Godes gesihðe? unde a Domini praesentia abscondi posse putabat?

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, scinn, es; n.
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Bócstafa brego bregdeþ sóna feónd be ðam feaxe, lǽteþ flint brecan scínes sconcan, Salm. Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. Egsa ástígeþ monna cynne ðonne bláce (blace?) scotiaþ scríþende scín (the spirits of the storm) scearpum wǽpnum, Exon.

ge-gremian

(v.)
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Th. i. 80, 14: 512, 14. to irritate an animal Hí gebundon þone bysceop on sumne fearr, and þone gegremedon ꝥ hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan, Shrn. 152, 1

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Heora feala ádruncon, 794; P. 57, 14: Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 34. Ðeáh ðe hié ǽr eorþe bewrigen hæfde, oððe on wætere ádruncan, Bl. H. 95, 15. Ðǽr wearþ monig mon ofslægen and ádruncen, Chr. 853; P. 66, 2: Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 27.

heáh-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-setl, es; n.

A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justicethronethronus, solium, tricliniuma high seat (at table)

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Se ríca man ðe sitt on his heáhsetle hraðe geswícþ hé his gebeórscipes gif ða þeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga the great man that sits on his high seat will soon discontinue his feast if the servants discontinue the attendance, Homl. Th. i. 272, 35.

Linked entry: heáh-seld

miltsian

(v.)
Grammar
miltsian, mildsian; p. ode

To have or take pity upon a personshew mercybe mercifulpity

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B.) man for Godes ege for fear of God let mercy be shewn, L. C. S. 68; Th. i. 410, 22: L. Eth. vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 28. Cum and mildsa, Hy. 7, 27; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 27.

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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On ðæs feóndes feax flána stregdan, Salm. Kmbl. 262 ; Sal. 130. Stregdende weter aspargens aquas, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 9. Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes. Blickl. Homl. 133, 33. Wæs him morþorbed stréd, Beo.

Linked entries: strédan strégan

cunnan

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Swíðe feáwa wǽron ðe hiora ðéninga cúðen understondan on Englisc, Past. 3, 14

ge-hreósan

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</b> of strong emotion, e. g. fear, to fall upon :-- Gehreás ł onsæt egsa ofer hig incubuit timor super eos Ps. L. 104, 38. to rush upon, move with violence On gehreósan ingruere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 73. <b>IV a.

hǽtu

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Feáwe men mehten beón eardfæste . . . for þǽre hǽte and for þǽm stence . . . ge ealle þá fiscas ácwę́lan for þǽre hǽte, 5, 4; S. 226, 2-7. Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora lǽse, and stande ofer hig on hǽte ( aestu ) and on cyle, Coll.

ge-sceádwís

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Feáwa sient tó þám gesceádwíse, gif hé wyrð on ungeþylde, ꝥ hé ne e endowed with reason or intelligence, rational, intelligent Man . . . godcundlíce gesceádwís divinum merito rationis animal, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 18.

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

foodprovisiongoodssubstancevictussubstantiabŏnaan entertainingentertainmentfeasthospĭtālĭtasconvīviumcœnaa place where provisions are keptprovision-quarters of an armyvictus stătiousebenefitprofitenjoymentūsusfructus

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To ðære écan feorme to the eternal feast, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 5. He gegearwode mycele feorme magnam cœnam fēcit, Mk. Bos. 6, 21: Lk.

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

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Sax. an innan] geond, be Ðá hét ic feá strǽla sendan in ða burh innan paucas in civitatem dejici sagittas imperavi, Nar. 10, 22. In ðone ofn innan, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 24; Dan. 238: Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 19; Ph. 200.

for-faran

(v.)
Grammar
for-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [for-, faran to go] .

to go or pass awayperishperīreto cause to pass awaycause to perishto destroyperdĕre

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Wæs swíðe feala manna forfaren very many men were destroyed, Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 10. Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren much cattle was destroyed this year, 1041; Erl. 169, 8.

Linked entry: for-ferian

reordian

(v.)
Grammar
reordian, ;p.; ode.

to speak, say, talkto read

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; to speak, say, talk ; Sleáþ synnigne ofer múþ, tó feala reordaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2604; An. 1303. Ðus reordiaþ ryhtfremmende, Exon. Th. 240, 1; Ph. 632. Ðá reordade Waldend and worde cwæþ, Cd. Th. 76, 6; Gen. 1253. Reordode, 161, 30; Gen. 2673.

sǽ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flód, es; m. n.

an incoming tide, floodthe sea,

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On ðissum geáre com ðæt mycele sǽflód, and ærn swá feor up swá nǽfre ǽr ne dyde, and ádrencte feala túna, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 14.