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ge-fyrn

Grammar
ge-fyrn, long ago.
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Hé wæs gefyrn worulde, and swíþe fela geara synd nú ágáne syððan hé gewát of þysan lífe, Hml. S. 23, 727. Swá Sedulus iú gefyrn giddode, Angl. viii. 332, 16

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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Þunor ofslóg fela þúsend monna gemong þǽm gefeohte, 6, 13; S. 268, 17: 2, 2; S. 66, Gemang þǽm gefeán hié hié selfe oferdrencton, 5, 3 ; S. 222, 5.

sprǽc

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Z. 18, 15), efen-, ende-, fela-, gaf-, ge-, hearm-, hosp-, samod-, steór-, sundor-, tungol-sprǽc

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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Nim fela tunnan and dó hí ðǽr on innan, onǽl hí siðdan ealle, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 260. to make hot with fire Hé hét onǽlan ðone ofen swíðe þearle, Homl.

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit

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Fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16. Da man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25. Ealle eówre wæstmas and eorþlíce tilþa, Wulfst. 132, 14.

Linked entries: tilþe tylþ

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away

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Gúðhelm tóglád, gomela Scylfing hreás the war-helm slipped off, the aged Scylfing fell. Beo. Th. 4967; B. 2487. Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide, Misc. 94, 43. O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought

for-þencan

Grammar
for-þencan, pp. for-þóht

To despise ⬩ to despise one's self ⬩ to despair ⬩ desperate ⬩ in despair

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Hé fela word spraec, forþóht ðearle ( Similar entries cf. ormód, Bt. 1; S. 8, 4 ), ne wénde ǽfre cuman of ðǽm clammum, Met. 1, 82. Hwæt mæg ic, earm, forðóht, máre geðencan?, Hml. S. 23 b, 477.

hweogul

(n.)
Grammar
hweogul, hweowol, hweohl, hweól, es; n.

A wheel

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Cott.] felga, 39, 7; Fox 222, 19. On hweóhle in rota, Ps. Spl. 76, 17. Hwél in hwélum rota in rota, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 20

Linked entries: hwǽl hweowol

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton, Met. 6, 10. with gen. of pronoun and clause Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long that they have tricked others, Prov. K. 34.

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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of human beings, a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal Wearg furcifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 66. Wearh, 152, 2. Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode

To thole ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure. ⬩ to suffer what is evil ⬩ punishment ⬩ reproach ⬩ illness ⬩ grief ⬩ to suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ submit to discipline ⬩ treatment ⬩ to suffer a person ⬩ bear with ⬩ tolerate a condition of things ⬩ let come to pass ⬩ to suffer lack or loss of something (gen.), ⬩ to lose what one has ⬩ to fail to get what one desires; ⬩ to forfeit, ⬩ be (wrongfully) deprived of ⬩ To hold out ⬩ exercise endurance ⬩ endure ⬩ not to give in ⬩ to last ⬩ continue to be serviceable

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Ðæt wíf ðe on blódryne wæs fram manegum lǽcum fela þinga þolode, Mk. 5, 26. Tó ðolienne ðínne willan, Ps. C. 90. of things which are used to do hard work:---- Seó ecg geswác þeódne æt þearfe; þolode ær fela hondgemóta, Beo.

ge-læccan

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On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá fela gelæhte þæt þæt net tóbærst . . . On ðám æftran fixnoðe wurdon gelæhte micele and manega fixas, and þæt net áþolode, Hml.

ge-lǽdan

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Wæs máðma fela of feorwegum gelǽded, B. 37.

be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn ⬩ amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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He geseah Sennera feld sídne bewindan he saw Shinar's field wide winding, Cd. 205; Th. 253, 28; Dan. 602. Abraham bewand ða hleóðorcwydas on hige sínum Abraham turned the revelations in his mind, 107; Th. 140, 34; Gen. 2337

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre

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Gomela Scylding, fela fricgende, feorran rehte the aged Scylding, learning much, related [things] from [times] remote, Beo. Th. 4218; B. 2106: Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 17; Sch. 14.

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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Ðisses fugles gecynd fela gelíces bí ðám gecornum Cristes þegnum the nature of this bird is much like to the chosen servants of Christ, 61 b; Th. 225, 12; Ph. 388. sometimes bí is separated from its case Bí wædes ófre by the shore of the sea, Exon. 96

á-gán

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D. iv. 56, 27. to come out, become known Hé létt ágán út hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre he made it come out how many hundred hides there were in the shire , Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18

Linked entry: á-gangan

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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Fela sceal tó holdan hámes geréfan, Angl. ix. 265, 10. Lilla ðæs cyninges þegn him se holdesta (heoldesta, v. l. amicissimus ), Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 147, 6.

hlot

on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune

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Similar entries v. mans-lot On Fearnes felda gebyrað twéga manna hlot landes . . . and þreóra manna hlot on Normantone . . . and feówer manna hlot, C. D. B. iii. 230, 31-231, 2.

on-sendan

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</b> of a destructive agency, to send out of this life :-- Bealocwealm hafað fela feorhcynna forð onsended, B. 2266