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þung

(n.)
Grammar
þung, es; m.

A poisonous plant(vegetable) poisonaconitumeleborusmandraginatoxa

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Eft wiþ ðon, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðam scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt áttor þurh ða scearpan, Lchdm. ii. 154, 1-4. Sealf wiþ ðam miclan líce ... þung..., 78, 25. Ámber fulne holenrinda and æscrinda and þunges, 332, 16.

ece

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Ne sceal mon þisne drincan sellan on foreweardne ( in the early stage of ) þone ece and þá ádle, ac ymb fela nihta, 256, 19. Hé mid sáre geswenced bið, mid mislicum ecum, Bl. H. 59, 8. v. bán-, eág-, fót-, síd-, tóþ-, þeóh-ece. Add

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Manega hús hetelíce feóllon many houses fell with great violence, 15, 94. Þá fýnd hine úp geond þá lyft sume hwíle feredon, þæt hé on his fylle þý hetelícor hreósan sceolde, Hml.

sæl

(n.)
Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.

A hall

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Þyse renkeȝ schal neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Allit. Pms. 41, 107. Such a freke watȝ neuer in þat sale er þat tyme, Gaw. 197

Linked entries: sel sales salor

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.

a true sayinga truth a righteous saying

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a true saying, a truth Ic fela sette sóðcwida, Met. 2, 7: 7, 3. Ðæt ðeós onlícnes word sprece, secge sóðcwidum; ðý sceolon gelýfan eorlas, hwæt mín æðelo sién, Andr. Kmbl. 1465; An. 733: Cd. Th. 294, 14; Sat. 471: 244, 10; Dan. 446: Elen.

ge-synto

(n.)
Grammar
ge-synto, indecl. in sing; gen. pl. -synta, -synto; dat. pl. -syntum; f.

Healthwelfaresafetyprosperitysuccessadvantageprofitbenefitsānĭtassospĭtassălusprospĕrĭtas

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Fela óðera gescreopa and gesynto many other advantages and benefits, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 21. He hét hine leóde swǽse sécean on gesyntum he bade him seek his own people in safety, Beo. Th. 3742; B. 1869: Ps. Th. 114, 5.

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ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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Felix mín eldra (yldra, v. l.) fæder Felix atavus meus (cf. Felix wæs his (Gregory's ) fífta fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9), Gr. D. 286, 12.

for-helan

(v.)
Grammar
for-helan, he -hilþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; subj. p. -hǽle, pl. -hǽlen; pp. -holen

To cover overhideconcealcelāreoccultāreabscondĕre

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Forhele ic incrum Hérran hearmes swá fela I will conceal from your Lord so much calumny, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 29; Gen. 579. Gif he hit forhilþ if he hide it, Lev. 5, 1.

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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To make miserable or wretched, to afflict, vex Ðá ongunnan twá þeóda Pyhtas norþan and Scottas westan hí onwinnan and heora ǽhta niman and hergian and hí fela geára yrmdon and hýndon then began two peoples, the Picts from the north, the Scots from the

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weorold-wela

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wela, an; m.
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Swylcra fela weoruldwelena (cf. ealne ðisne andweardan welan, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 20), Met. 19, 26. Waa ieów welegum, ðe iówer lufu eall and tóhopa is on eówrum woruldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 24. Ðiossum woruldwelum, 45 ; Swt. 339, 6.

drync

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Hé sǽde þám bróðrum drincea ( potionum ) getel (cf. þus fela scencea, 11), Gr. D. 127, 16. v. blód-, spiw(e)-, wæter-drync

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé geseó fela fugla ætsamne, ꝥ byð æfest and gecid (geflit and cíd, v.l. ), Lch. iii. 168, 17. ꝥ Gecygde (-ciid, v.l.) ond geflite litigio, contentioni, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 24.

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Æfter þisum forlét Apollonius þá hearpan and plegode, and fela fægera þinga forðteáh, Ap. Th. 17, 12. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, Ap. Th. 13, 1.

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Fell hongedon sweotol and gesýne, Exon. Th. 394, 16; Rä. 14, 4. by hearing Ðǽr wæs hearpan swég, swutol sang, Beo.

hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hunta, an; m.

A hunter

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Ðá són ðǽræfter ða sǽgon and hérdon fela men feole huntes hunten. Ða huntes wǽron swarte and micele and ládlíce, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 28

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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Hé heora fela ofslóh and 16 sceame tucode percussit Philisthiim ingenti plaga, Jud. 15, 8: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 11. Hí man swang and tó ealre yrmðe tucode they were scourged and treated to (afflicted with] every misery, i. 23, 106.

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ge-sáwan

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. :-- Þ deófol his falses tó fela ongemang ne gesáwe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27. to sow land Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55

mæst

(n.)
Grammar
mæst, es; m.

Mastfruit of forest trees

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Mid wude and mid felde mid mæste cum sylva et cum agro, cum porcorum esca, iv. 202, 2. Micle beámas ða ðe mæst and wæstm mannum bringaþ ligna fructifera, Ps. Th. 148, 9

grep

(n.)
Grammar
grep, a furrow.
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(v. feltún-grép); es; n. (? grép, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 20 seems pl.) A ditch, drain [On] gengan grép in latrinae cuniculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 66. Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24. Grép cuniculi (cloacarum ), 82, 20.

nafela

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Ylp is eall mid bánum befangen binnan þám felle bútan æt ðám nafelan, Hml. S. 25, 568. Ðonne þG gyrder habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22.