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fore-spreca

(n.)
Grammar
fore-spreca, -spræca, an; m. [ = for-speca]

One who speaks for anotheran advocateprolŏcūtoradvŏcātus

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One who speaks for another, an advocate; prolŏcūtor, advŏcātus Ðæt he beó mín freónd and forespreca, and ðære [MS. ðara] hálgan stówe freónd and forespræca that he be my friend and advocate, and the friend and advocate of the holy place. Th. Diplm.

Linked entries: for-spræca for-speca

stánig

(adj.)
Grammar
stánig, stǽnig; adj.
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Stony, rocky Of ðan hǽðenan byrgelse on ðone stánigan beorh; of ðan stánigan beorge óð ða heáfda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 454, 2-4. On ðone stánigan weg, vi. 186, 19. On stǽnig lond in petrosa ... on ða stánige lond supra petrosa, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: stǽnig

of-weorpan

(v.)

to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile

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to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile David nam fíf stánas and ðeáhhweðere mid ánum hé ðone gigant ofwearp. Blickl. Homl. 31, 18. David mid his liðeran ofwearp ðone geleáfleásan ent, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 18 : Homl.

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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Neorxna wang stód gifena gefylled paradise stood filled with gifts, Cd. 11; Th. 13, 28; Gen. 209: Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 18; Gú. 578. Ðín mód trymeþ godcundum gifum strengtheneth thy mind with divine gifts, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 8; Gen. 2810.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Wulches cunnes þinges under þissen stane staðel habbeoð inumen (under þis ston uonieþ, 2nd MSS.), Laym. 15911), sto[n]dan fæste, Exon. Th. 496, 19; Rä. 85, 17. Hé ús sealde mid englum éce staþelas, 41, 26; Cri. 661.

Linked entry: scaþel

án-lípig

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípig, -lýpig; adj. [án one; hlíp, hlýp]

Going alonesolitaryprivatesingularalonesolitariusprivatussingularissolustantus

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Going alone, solitary, private, singular, alone; solitarius, privatus, singularis, solus, tantus Se ðá ánlýpig [MS. ánlýpi] awunode on syndrige stówe fram ðære cyricean qui tum in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 1.

þrym-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-full, adj.

Gloriousmagnificentillustriousmighty

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Ic ( a storm ) ástíge strong, stundum réþe, þrymful þunie, 380, 42; Rä. 2, 4: 386, 25; Rä. 4, 67. Ic bidde ðínne þrymfullan cynescype, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 793. Þeódnas þrymfulle, þegnas wlitige, Andr. Kmbl. 725; An. 363.

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note.

Linked entry: hædern

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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D. 336, 23. hardly Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

neowol-ness

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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.

rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan him reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne, Wlfst. 263, 2. Ræste sécan, bed æfter búrum, B. 139. Ðá formo hræsto primos accubitos, Lk.

tó-cwísan

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Feól se stǽnene wáh uppan þæs stuntan rǽdboran ꝥ hé (hí) æll tócwýsde the stone wall fell upon the stupid fellow's counsellors, so that it crushed them all to bits, Hml S. 8, 173

slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
slúpan, p. sleáp; pl. slupon; pp. slopen

To slip, glide to slip, creep

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Hwílum ic wǽgfatu wíde tóþringe . . . hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive apart the clouds, sometimes make them again glide together, Exon. Th. 385, 3; Rä. 4, 39

hlynnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlynnan, p. ede

To sound, make a noise, shout

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Stefn in becom hlynnan under hárne stán the voice got in and sounded under the grey stone, Beo. Th. 5099; B. 2553. Hlynnende hlúde streamas, torrentes, Ps. Th. 73, 15

óþer

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Add Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 21. Þeáh se leása wéna tiohhie ꝥ se anweald sié ꝥ héhste gód, hit biþ eal óþer, Bt. 27, 3, F. 98, 33.

fléwsa

(n.)
Grammar
fléwsa, an; m. [flówan to flow]

A flowingfluxfluxus

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Heó ða fléwsan gewríþ it stops the flux, 128; Lchdm. i. 240, 5

fugel-cynn

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On þǽre ylcan stówe byð óðer fugelcynn fénix hátte mons ubi est griphus auis . . . In eo etiam monte est auis faenix, Nar. 39, 1-3. On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite, Hml. Th. i. 320, 4.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Anastasius wæs geþeóded tó Nonnoso, sé wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and hé him þeódde tó fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26.

inne

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Leóht inne stód, B. 1570. Gæst inne swæf, 1800: 1866. Cyning inne gebond feónda foresprecan ..., þǽr hé ligeð in carcerne, Cri. 732. Þæt hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30.

Eást-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eást-Seaxe, gen. -Seaxa; dal. -Seaxum; pl. m: -Seaxan; gen. -Seaxena, -Seaxna; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m.

The East-Saxons, people of Essex orientāles Saxŏnes

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To-ætécte ðisse gedréfnisse storm Sæberhtes deáþ Eást-Seaxna cyninges the death of Saberht, king of the East-Saxons, increased the storm of this disturbance, 2, 5; S. 507, 6.