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á-dwǽscan

to extinguish fire, lightto put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c.to put down, suppress, destroy a person

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Ox. 1134. to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. Seó sunne ðá þeóstre ádwǽscþ, Bt. 4; F. 6, 33. Swá swá wæter ádwǽscð fýr, swá ádwǽscð seó ælmysse synna, Hml. Th. ii. 106, 7. Hié ádwǽscað ðá sibbe, Past. 359, 22.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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H. 249, 20. referring to rapid passage of time Ǽlc fægernes tó ende efsteþ, Bl. H. 57, 28. Þes middangeard tó ende efsteþ, 59, 26. Ætwesan efestaþ tída adesse festinant tempora, Cant. M. ad. fil. 35.

pyll

(n.)
Grammar
pyll, es ; m.
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The channels through which the drainings of the marshes enter the river are termed pills,' Halliwell. Pill, a pool, a creek, E. D. S. Publ. Cornish Gloss.

Linked entry: pull

amber

(n.)
Grammar
amber, m. f. n.
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Voc. ii. 102, 41: 13, 8: lag(uo)enas, 53, 37

Linked entry: emb-rin

notu

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Add Tó singenne sóðlíce notu unrótnysse heortan gefréfrað psallendi enim utilitas tristitiam cordis consolatur, Scint. 33, 7. Note utilitati, An.

nearu-ness

Grammar
nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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For manegum nearonessum ic neálǽhte mínum ende crebris angustiis ad exitum propinquans, Gr. D. 243, 19. <b>II a.

neáh-lǽcan

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Ic neálǽhte mínum ende, Gr. D. 243, 20. Þonne seó tíd neálǽce, Bl. H. 205, 28. Swá neálǽcende is þeós andwearde woruld tó ende quantum praesens seculum propinqvat ad finem, Gr.

æt-foran

(adv.)
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Add: prep, local, confronting, of persons, before, in the presence of, in the sight of Ætforan ( ante ) þǽre en-gelican gæderunge, An. Ox. 1749. Wé synd hér ætforan (coram) þé, Coll.

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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'In Anturs of Arther, end of 13th century, we find, st. xviii. lines 4, 5 pp. Fulled whitened, baptized: R. Glouc. A.D. 1297; 3 p. Follede; pp. y-fulled, fulled; s. fullynge: Piers P. 1362, Wrt. small 8vo.

ÆX

(n.)
Grammar
ÆX, = ÆCS, æsc, acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

what is brought to an edgeAn AXEa hatchetpickaxesecurisascia

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what is brought to an edge, An AXE, a hatchet, pickaxe; securis, ascia Eallunga ys seó æx to ðæra treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10. Mid æxum with axes, Ps. Th. 73, 6. On æxe in securi, Ps.

Linked entries: acas acs æcse eax ex

burg-geat-setl

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Substitute (for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat

ge-brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brosnian, p. ode; pp. od
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H. 113, 26. in a moral sense Þ énas þá on nánre flǽscbesmitennyse beóð gebrosnude ministros qui in nullo carnis contagio corrumpantur, Scint. 69, 11. v. un-ge*-*brosnod

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick tobetake oneself togo or come under, below or beneath anythingto go intoenter a placeto undergoinhærēresŭbīreināreintrāre

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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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[In Txts. 64, 455 the entry fellitat suggit is perhaps all Latin, as the same form occurs again in a later glossary, where the termination of the verb is never -it, fellitat, i. decepit, suggit, beswícþ, Wrt.

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
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Ðæra manna naman ðe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Homl. Th. i. 22, 31

heald

inclinedinclined to

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Suae haldae (halde) reclines, 92, 865. literal Of greátan hlinces ende on healdan weg; andlang heldan weges, C. D. iii. 420, 5. Tó healdan hlince, 431, 11. Tó healdan gráfe, v. 212, 4. On ðone heáldan weg, ii. 29, 5.

rǽsan

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Lazarus wæs hyne ásceac-ende . . . and wæs fram ús rǽsende, Nic. 14, 37. of an object that is moved Fǽringa rǽsde (áhleóp, v. l.) forð of þám hylfe ferrum de manubrio prosiliens, Gr. D. 113, 25.

hǽlend

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlend, hélend, es; m.

A healer, Saviour, Jesus

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Hé sóþlíce hys folc hál gedéþ fram hyra synnum vocabis nomen ejus Iesum; ipse enim salvum faciet populum suum a peccatis eorum, 1, 16. Iesus is on Léden Saluator and on Englisc Hǽlend Jesus is in Latin Salvator and in English healer, Homl.

ge-swencednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swencednes, -swincednes, -swenctnes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f. [geswencan, pp. of geswencan to disturb, trouble, afflict]

Sorrowafflictiontribulationafflictiotribŭlātio

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Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25

Linked entry: ge-swincednes

wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Hé hafaþ óþre gecynd wrǽtlícran, 363, 8 ; Pa. 50. of wondrous excellence, beautiful, noble, excellent, elegant Ceastra . . . orðanc enta geweorc, . . . wrǽtlíc wealistána geweorc, Menol. Fox 465 ; Gn. C. 3: Exon. Th. 476, l; Ruin. l.