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súþ-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-dǽl, es; m.
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Fram súþdǽle a meridie, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 12. Ðære Asian súþdǽl meridianam partem Asiae, Ors.1, 1; Swt. 14, 5. Ða súþdǽlas middangeardes, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 33. Ða súþdǽlas ðysses eálondes australes partes Britanniae, S. 474, 8

un-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stæððig, adj.

not steadyremissirregularunstableinconstantfickleunsteadyunstaidnot soberlightwanton

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Th. ii. 160, 19. unstable, inconstant, fickle Wé sceolon fyligan úrum Heáfde fram ðissere unstæððigan worulde tó his staðelfæstan ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 21. Ðises lífes gewilnung gelǽt ða unstæððian tó manegum leahtrum, Homl.

yfel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽd, e; f.
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Gesete sáwle míne fram yfeldǽdum heora restitue animam meam a malignitate eorum, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. [O. H. Ger. ubil-tát.] Cf. yfel-weorc

ǽ-swícung

Grammar
ǽ-swícung, l. -swicung,
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and add: seduction, deceit Álýs ús from deóflicum costnungum and fram eallum ǽswicungum unrihtwísra wyrhtena, Hml. S. 11, 42. sedition Folcslite vel ǽswicung seditio. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 30. offence Ǽswicung scandalum, Ps. L. 48, 14.

fetian

(v.)
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Hí mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan (fetton, v. l.), 1006; P. 137, 12. Feta, gif ðú dyrre, æt ðus heaðuwérigan háre byrnan, Vald. 2, 16. Fetige hé him má, Solil. H. 1, 10.

fífta

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Fífte dohter adneptis, i. 51, 76. in combination with another numeral Sé wæs fífta eác feówertigum fram Agusto, Bd. 1, 13; Sch. 36, 9. fractional On þám fíftan dǽle healfum (cf. ofer þone teóþan dǽle, 25), Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 22.

for-hæfednes

Grammar
for-hæfednes, and -hæfnes
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On ðǽre forhæfednysse fram unálýfedlicum styrungum, Hml. Th. ii. 564, 16. Ðá ðe dóð forhæfdnesse qui parcins cibo utuntur, abstinentes, Past. 308, 14, 16.

gecynd-lim

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Fram gecyndlime a uulua, ab utero, Ps. L. 57, 4. as a symbol of indecency Gecyndlim dedecus, turpitudinem, Germ. 390, 120

grund-weall

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Swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þam grundweallum ( a fundamentis ), Gr. D. 236, 14. the lowest part of a mountain Grundwellas munta, Ps. L. 17, 8. figurative. of persons God sceal beón grundweall þínes lífes, Wlfst. 247, 6.

horig

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Hé bið áðwogen fram his synnum ðurh ðá untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Hml. Th. i. 472, 6. Tó horgan wege; ðonne of horgan wege, C. D. B. ii. 245, 25. On horegan ford; of horegan forda, C. D. vi. 153, 5.

sceacan

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Angl. xii. 511, 26 which has sceóc) fram ðé tó hym isti me quando a te fugiebam acceperunt alienum, Solil. H. 12, 9. add: to brandish Sceóc uibrabat (macheram), An.

ofer-drincan

(v.)

to overdrink (one's self)

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Swá swá mihti oferdruncon crapulatus fram wíne, Ps. Spl. 77, 71. Swá swá oferdruncen man wát ðæt hé sceolde tó his húse, and ne mæg ðeáh ðider áredian, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 30

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptismbaptismus

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Ðæt fulluht us aþwehþ fram eallum synnum baptism washes us from all sins, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 29: 46, 24, 33: 48, 18, 20: i. 94, 2. Fram gyfe ðæs hálgan fulluhtes a sacri baptismătis gratia, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 10.

a-sealcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sealcan, pp. asolcen

To languishto be or become weakidleslothfulremisslanguescereremitteredesidiosum fieri

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Asolcen fram gódre drohtnunge slothful for good living, Homl. Th. i. 306, 11 : 340, 35. Asolcen accidiosus ? vel tediosus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 18; Wrt. Voc. 60, 52. Asolcen dissolutus, desidiosus, R. Ben. 48. Asolcen deses, Ælfc.

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clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastityemundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas

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A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastity; emundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas Ðú towurpe hine fram clǽnsunge destruxisti eum ab emundatione, Ps. Lamb. 88, 45: Mk. Bos. 1, 44.

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, -diligian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blot outdestroydēlēreobnūbĭlāreoblītĕrāre

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To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 13: 5, 21; S. 643, 26.

geára

(adv.)
Grammar
geára, adv. [gen. pl. of geár a year]

YOREformerlyof oldlong sinceonceōlimantīquĭtusquondam

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YORE, formerly, of old, long since, once; ōlim, antīquĭtus, quondam Se geára hider fram ðam eádigan Gregorie sended wæs qui olim huc a beato Gregorio directus fuit, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 44.

ge-rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rihtan, -ryhtan; p. -rihte; pp. -rihted, -riht

To set right or straight, to direct, correctdirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre

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Fram sumum ungetýddum gerihted a quodam impĕrīto emendātum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 24. Mín mundbyrd is geriht to ðære róde my protection is directed to the cross, Rood Kmbl. 259; Kr. 131

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sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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Ic bæd mínne Drihten ðæt hé áfyr*-*rode ðæs sceoccan sticels fram mé ( there was given to me a thorn in the flesh. . . . I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12, 7-8), Homl. Th. i. 474, 12-15. Sticelse stimulo, monitione, Hpt.

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