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fleá-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
fleá-wyrt, e; f.

FLEA-WORTflea-banepūlĭcāriapsylliumψύλλιονκόνυζα

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FLEA-WORT, flea-bane; pūlĭcāria, psyllium = ψύλλιον, cōnyza = κόνυζα Fleáwyrt parirus? Wrt. Voc. 287, 23

on-hinderling

(adv.)
Grammar
on-hinderling, adv.

Back

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Back Onhinderling hweorfaþ míne feóndas convertentur inimici mei retrorsum, Ps. Th. 55, 8: 69, 3

Linked entry: -hinderling

féðu

(n.)

a band on foota hostlĕgio

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a band on foot, a host; lĕgio, Ælfc. GL 7; Som. 56, 73; Wrt. Voc. 18, 25

seonu

(n.)
Grammar
seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine;
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Árǽran of duste flǽsc and bán, sina and fex, i. 236, 21. On ða sáran sinua, Lchdm. ii. 282, 6. For flǽsc and for bán and for sinuwan, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 264, 4. Sinuwa, Anglia xi. 101, 47

Linked entry: sinu

for-weorþan

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S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.

scínan

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Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon, Hml. Th. ii. 302, 10. to be splendid Seó hwítness þǽre lilian scíneþ on þé, Bl.

a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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examine, trace out, elicit, meditate upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, judge, deem, be of opinion, think; perscrutari, investigare, indagare, elicere, contemplári, pensare, censere Nú ne máge we asmeágan hú God of ðam láme flǽsc worhte and blód, bán

Fróm-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm-múþa, Frómuþa, an; m.

The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole BayFromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat

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The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay; Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat Hér wende se here eft eástweard into Frómmúþan, and up

Linked entry: Fróm

þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

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Mín bán bið mid sárnysse þurhðýd os meum perforatur doloribus (Job 30, 17), Homl. Th. ii. 456, 12. Óþre wǽron mid stengum þurhðýde, i. 542, 28

Linked entry: þurh-þýn

un-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
un-tíma, an; m.

a wrong timean improper timea bad timean unhappy condition of thingsa mishap

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Skt. i. 12, 76: Anglia xi. 113, 26. a bad time, an unhappy condition of things, a mishap (cf.

Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness

á-licgan

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Álicgan heonan forð þá unlaga henceforth let there be an end of all bad laws, Ll. Th. i. 312, 13. Þæt on his dagum sceolde rihtwísnes and wísdóm beón swá swíðe álegen ( be brought so low ). Ps. Th. 11. arg.

Linked entry: á-lecgan

hýr

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(cf. hé bæd ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him móde earnian, 216), Hml.

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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The word seems to have a different meaning in Icelandic : 'á fornum skjöldum var títt at skrifa rönd þá er baugr var kallaðr, ok er við þann baug skildir kenndir.' v. Cl. and Vig. s.v. baugr.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

of-healdan

(v.)

to withhold, keep back, retainto retain

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to withhold, keep back, retain Hé lét niman of hyre ealle ða betstan gærsuma ðe heó ofhealdan ne mihte he had all the best valuables, that she could not keep back, taken from her. Chr. 1035; Erl. 164, 23.

mægen-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þreát, es; m.

A mighty band

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A mighty band, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 26; Dan. 45: 169; Th. 210, 8; Exod. 512

trinda

(n.)
Grammar
trinda, an ; m.
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A round lump, a ball Geóte tó trindan . . . wyrce tó trindan, Lchdm. iii. 14, 10, 13

bisceop-weorod

(n.)
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a bishop's band Mid ealle his biscopweorode (campwerede, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 11

rima

(n.)
Grammar
rima, an ; m.

A rim border bank coast

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A rim border, bank coast Rima crepido, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 45. Rimo, Txts. 55, 601

Linked entries: ǽfen-rima reoma

wǽg-stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-stæþ, es; n.

A shorebank

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A shore, bank Cwom .LX. monna tó wǽgstæþe rídan, Exon. Th. 404, 3; Rä. 23, 2

borgian

(v.)

to borrowto lend

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Voc. ii. 16, 8. to be surety, bail for. Similar entries Cf. byrg(e)a, and Icel. borga fyrir to be bail for : Borgiendre sequestra, An. Ox. 3812