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ǽfen-tíma

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On ǽfentíman úre Dryhten offrode æt his ǽfengereorde, Btwk. 218, 9: Hml. S. 15, 58. Add

an-medla

(n.)
Grammar
an-medla, on-medla, on-mædla, an; m.

Pridepomparrogancepresumptionsuperbiafastidiumarrogantiapræsumptio

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Pride, pomp, arrogance, presumption; superbia, fastidium, arrogantia, præsumptio For ðam anmedlan ðe hie ǽr drugon for the arrogance which they before had practised, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 16; Sat. 74.

Linked entry: on-médla

wiþer-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, es; n.

strivingoppositioncontradictiondenialapostasyrecusancy

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Heó worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon, ðæt heó frignan ongan; cwǽdon ðæt heó on aldre áwiht swylces ne ǽr ne síð ǽfre hýrdon, Elen.

ge-dyrstig

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Voc. ii. 7, 44. in a favourable sens having courage, confidence Ne gidyrstig wæs ǽnig hine gefregna neque, ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. L. 22, 46. Be þǽre wísan þe ic nǽfre ǽr næs gedyrstig þé tó áxianne, Guth. 84, 20.

grindan

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</b> of the action of the teeth :-- Molides ... wé hǽteð grindigtéþ, fore hý grindeþ æl ꝥ man byg leofaþ, Lch. iii. 104, 3. to grind, crush, oppress Eliquat, ... minuit, depremit vel grint, Wrt.

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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Sigferþ cyning hine offeóll and his líc ligþ æt Wimburnan King Sigferth laid violent hands on himself, and his body lies buried at Wimborne, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 4.

fealcen

(n.)
Grammar
fealcen, es: fealca (?), an; m.

A falcon

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Ðæt land æt Fealcnahám (cf. æt Habeccahám, i. 315, 23. On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf. Wilgísl Westerfalcing (-falcning, v. l.), Westerfalca (-falcna, v. l.) Sǽfugling, Chr. 560; P. 18, 5

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

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Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8

cerr

(n.)
Grammar
cerr, es; m.

A turn, timeversio, temporis spatium

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A turn, time; versio, temporis spatium Æt óðrum cerre alio tempore, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 17

Linked entry: cer

un-behelendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-behelendlíce, adv.

Without the possibility of concealment

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Without the possibility of concealment Ðæt bið eallum open unbehelendlíce, ðæt man ǽr hæl, Wulfst. 138, 3

Linked entry: be-helendlíce

ge-edníwung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-edníwung, e; f.
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Renewal, restoration Ǽr þǽre gyfte and geedníwunge (restitutionem) þára líchamana on dómes dæge, Gr. D. 295. 11

Linked entry: ed-níwung

mynster-geat

(n.)
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monastery-gate Æt þám mynstergeate (cf. beforan þæs mynstres geate, 25), Gr. D. 145, 2 : 163, 25

spitu

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Swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 11. Add

spíwan

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spíwan, <b>I c.</b>
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Ǽr þám þe hé hyne áspíwe, and þonne hé hine spíwan onginneþ . . . Lch. i. 316, 18. Add

rysc-steort

(n.)
Grammar
rysc-steort, es; m.

A promontory where rushes grow

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A promontory where rushes grow Æt riscsteorte of ðam hriscsteorte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 217, 12-13

Linked entry: steort

á-scortian

(v.)

to run shortrun outbe exhausted

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to run short, run out, be exhausted Æt ðám giftum áscortode wín, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 10

Linked entry: á-sceortian

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Hí Ordulfes mynster æt Tæfingstóc (Tefingstóce, MS. E.) forbærndon, Chr. 997 ; Erl. 134, 14

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

ge-lǽte

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Þæt wíf æt þǽra wega gelǽte ( in bivio ) sæt, Gen. 38, 21. Twégra wega gelǽtu biuium, þreóra triuium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 288, 9. Þá belocenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 56. Competalia æt þám wega gelǽtum wǽran, Wrt.

be-clypian

(v.)
Grammar
be-clypian, be-cleopian, be-clepian; p. ede, ode, ade; pp. ed, od, ad

To accusesummonsue at lawaccusarein judicium vocarejudicio compellere

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To accuse, summon, sue at law; accusare, in judicium vocare, judicio compellere Ǽr he clǽne sý ǽlcere spæce, ðe he ǽr beclyped wæs before he be clear of every suit, in which he had been previously accused, L. C.

niht-wacu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-wacu, (o); f.

A night-watch

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A night-watch Mec oft bigeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, Exon. Th. 306, 13; Seef. 7

Linked entry: wacu