ge-flíman
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Grendel wérigmód on weg þanon . . . fǽge and geflýmed feórlastas bær, B. 846. (l a) of spiritual foes :-- Þú scealt wið feónda gehwæne healdan sáuwle þíne ; á hí winnað . . . Þú miht hý geflýman, Dóm. L. 32, 67.
BRAND
a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; ⬩ titio, torris ⬩ a burning, flame, fire; ⬩ incendium, flamma, ignis ⬩ A sword; ⬩ ensis
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Bǽron brandas on bryne blácan fýres they bare fire-brands into the burning of the bright flame, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 12; Dan. 246.
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bæþ-sealf
A salve to be used when taking a bath
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A salve to be used when taking a bath Lǽcedómas wiþ áslápenum líce and bæþsealf, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 302, 23
FEALO
FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus
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Fealwe mearas bay horses, Beo. Th. 1735; B. 865. Se beorg tohlád and in forlét fealewe wǽgas the hill opened and let in the dusky waves, Andr. Kmbl. 3177; An. 1591.
nacod
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</b> of a surface, bare, without a covering :-- Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on his hǽran (earan, MS., but cf. on flóre licgende, on stíðre hǽran, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31 : both passages refer to St. Martin) oþþe elles on nacodre eorðan, Bl.
setl-gang
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Setting of the heavenly bodies, generally of the sun, marking time Ðá bád se sacerd sunnan setlgonges, forðon sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge & eft æt setlgonge, Nar. 27, 15-18. Sunne, setlgonges fús, Exon.
balsam
Balsam ⬩ balm ⬩ balsamum
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Héddern ða balsamum on wǽre a store-house in which was balm, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19, note
ganet
A gannet ⬩ sea-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ swan ⬩ fŭlĭca ⬩ cygnus
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Ofer ganetes bæþ [MS. baþ] over the sea-fowl's bath, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 21. Ganetes hleóðor the gannet's cry, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 8; Seef. 20. Cómon of gársecge ganetas fleógan sea fowls came flying from the ocean, Ps. Th. 104, 35
belone
Henbane
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Henbane Henne-belone, óðrum naman belone henbane, by another name bane Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 5, note 9
fót-stán
A foot-stone ⬩ base ⬩ pedestal ⬩ băsis ⬩ βάσιs, ⬩ fultūra
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A foot-stone, base, pedestal; băsis = βάσιs, fultūra: Fótstán fultūra, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 72; Wrt. Voc. 61, 49
cimb-stán
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, a base, pedestal Sweras gyldene ofer cimstánas ( bases ) sylfrene, Scint. 226, 2
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dalmatice
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A dalmatic Man álegde ofer þá bǽre his dalmatican ( dalmaticam ), . . . and sum man gehrán þǽre dalmatican, Gr. D. 329, 24
wæl-bend
A deadly, mortal band
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A deadly, mortal band Wǽlbende handgewriþene deathband hand-twisted (i.e. death at a person's hands), Beo. Th. 3876; B. 1936
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baldsamum
Balsam ⬩ balm ⬩ balsamum
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Balsam, balm; balsamum Swá swá mon héddern ontýnde ða baldsami quasi opobalsami cellaria esse viderentur aperta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19
fýr-bend
A fire-band ⬩ vincŭlum igne dūrātum
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A fire-band; vincŭlum igne dūrātum Dúru onarn fýrbendum fæst the door fast with fire-bands yielded, Beo. Th. 1448; B. 722
sǽ-cir
the retreat of the sea
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the retreat of the sea (when the waves drew back and left a passage for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196,13 ; Exod. 291
cliwen
A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus
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A clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball; glomus, globus Cliwen glomus, Wrt. Voc. 66, 18: 82, 8: 282, 1. Clywen glomus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 5; Wrt. Voc. 26, 4. Cleowen glomer, globellum, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt.
Andefera
ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Anton ⬩ oppidum in agro Hamtunensi
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IV. to Andefron, of Knighton Andever, about 1395, and from the present name Andover = Ande + ófer, another derivation maybe supposed, — Ande the river Ande, and ófer; g. ófres; d. ófre; m. a margin, bank, that is a town on the bank of the river Ande
on-gunnenness
An undertaking
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An undertaking Hé bæd ðæt hé ða árfæstan ongunnennysse gefylde pstiit eum pia coepta complere, Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 554, 40
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GAF
Base ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ turpis ⬩ vīlis ⬩ lŏquax
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Base, vile, lewd; turpis, vīlis, lŏquax Hwǽr biþ his gaf spræc where will be his wanton discourse? Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 28
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