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fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOST ⬩ first ⬩ prīmus

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Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind the first is the east wind, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 22; Lchdm. iii. 274, 13. Ðis ys ðæt mǽste and ðæt fyrmeste bebod hoc est maxĭmum et prīmum mandātum, Mt. Bos. 22, 38.

Linked entry: formesta

sáwan

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'Sé ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwð tó seldon'. . . hé cwǽdon ðæt sé sceolde lytel sáwan, sé ðe him ðone wind ondréde, Past. 285, 17-24. Add Hé sǽwð ðone sticel ðæs andan, Past. 279, 9. Ðá ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14: 361, 6.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, Hml. Th. i. 352, 6.

ge-loccian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-loccian, ꝥ ode.
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Substitute: To allure, entice, win over by gentle means Ólehte, i. geloccadea delinuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 50. Héhí swá unróte óleccende tó him geloccode tristem blanditiis delinivit, Past. 415, 18.

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offering ⬩ a sacramental wafer ⬩ a wafer like the sacramental wafer ⬩ a sacramental wafer ⬩ wafer

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[Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win, O. E. Homl. ii. 97, 33. Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer: O. H. Ger. obláta, oblatio: Ger. oblate wafer. From Mid. Lat. oblāta.]

Linked entry: ofláte

ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)

a storm, tempest, whirlwind ⬩ rough water, surge

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a storm, tempest, whirlwind Mycel ýst windes procella magna uenti, Mk. Skt. 4, 37. Windi ýst, Lk. Skt. 8, 23. Métte hié micel ýst on sǽ, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 18. Án mycel ýst atrocissimus turbo, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 22.

un-glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-glæd, adj.

Dull ⬩ cheerless

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Dull, cheerless Swá eác se súþerna wind hwílum miclum storme gedréfeþ ða sǽ ðe ǽr wæs smylte wedere glæshlútra on tó seónne; ðonne heó swá gemenged wyrð mid ðan ýðum, ðonne wyrþ heó swíþe hraðe ungladu, þeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on tó lócienne si mare volvens

scenc

(n.)
Grammar
scenc, es; m.

A draught, cup

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B.) gódes wínes, 90, 19: 110, 10. He lette heom bringen schenches of feole cunne drenches, Laym. 13461

fiþer-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-bǽre, adj.

Feathered ⬩ winged

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Feathered, winged Fiþerbsére penniger, uelox, An. Ox. 2404. Fiþerbǽre heápas pennigeras (volucrum) turmas, 1565

hafetian

(v.)

to clap ⬩ applaud

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Ǽrðan ðe se hana hafitigende cráwe before the cock clapping its wings crow, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 4

Linked entries: a-fétigan hafe beaftan

snáwig

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Kł Ianuarius gif hé biþ on Sæternesdæg, þonne biþ snáwig winter, Archiv cxx. 298, 18. Add

geond-geótan

(v.)
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Ꝥ of þám ilcan wíne wǽron gesewene uneáðe ealle þá fatu geondgotene ut ex eodem vino omnia vascula vix infusa viderentur, Gr. D. 58, 27. <b>III a.</b> to saturate, soak with :-- Grytte geondgotene mid wíne, Lch. ii. 200, 9.

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen

To sweep ⬩ To sweep with a brush ⬩ to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping ⬩ To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop ⬩ to wrap. ⬩ to swing. ⬩ to sweep, stroke; make a sweeping stroke with a weapon; wrap, swaddle.

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To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop Húse on munte on swift wind swápeþ (cf. hús on munte full ungemetlíc wind gestent, Bt. 12;Fox 36, 16) montis cacumen protervus auster totis viribus urget, Met. 7,

ísig-feðera

(adj.)
Grammar
ísig-feðera, adj.
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Having ice on the wings Stearn ísigfeðera, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 15; Seef. 24

on-wendedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wendedlíc, adj.

Changeable

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Changeable Gyf se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendedlíc winter, Lchdm. iii. 164, 8

FLAXE

(n.)
Grammar
FLAXE, an; f.

A FLASK ⬩ bottle ⬩ flasca ⬩ fiasco ⬩ lăgēna

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Twá treówene fatu wínes fulle, ða syndon on folcisc flaxan gehátene duo lignea vāsa vīno plēna, quæ sunt vulgo flascōnes vŏcāta, Greg. Dial. 1, 9: 2, 13.

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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D. 688 to 726 Hér Ine féng tó Wesseaxna ríce and heóld xxxvii wint., Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 4. Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10.

Linked entry: Cénréd

locc

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Winde loccas circinni, 104, 6. Gewanedum locca fexe dempta cincinnorum cesarię (the reference is to Samson), An. Ox. 5048. Fexa loccum (rasis) cincinnorum criniculis, 4173. Þá Ismahéli hæfdon ge-þwinglode loccas and scearp fex on hiora hiafde. Hml.

on-drincan

(v.)

to drink of

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Bæd ðæt hé him ousende wínes ondrincan, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 11. Sioððan hié hæfdon ondruncen ðæs wætres potata aqua, Nar. 13, 28

Linked entry: in-drincan

socian

(v.)
Grammar
socian, p. ode

to soak ⬩ to steep in a liquid ⬩ to soak ⬩ to lie in a liquid

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.), to lie in a liquid Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt, gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit socige .iiii. dagas oþþe má Lchdm. ii. 252, 11.