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(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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;indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ; flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua Eá of dúne water from the hill, Menol. Fox 520; Gn. C. 30. Seó feorþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes, Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 34, 46. On twá

Linked entries: ǽ é

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick tobetake oneself togo or come under, below or beneath anythingto go intoenter a placeto undergoinhærēresŭbīreināreintrāre

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Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende wǽron óþ hý ðǽrinne fulgon they were fighting about the gates until they entered therein, Chr. 755; Th. 87, 3, col. 1. Siððan inne fealh Grendles módor when Grendel's mother came in, Beo. Th. 2567; B. 1281.

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gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, pl. f.

ClothingattireGEARadornmentarmsarmourvestītushăbĭtusarma

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Clothing, attire, GEAR, adornment, arms, armour; vestītus, hăbĭtus, arma Enoch cwic gewát mid Cyning engla of ðyssum lǽnan lífe, on ðám gearwum ðe his gást onféng, ǽr hine to monnum módor brohte Enoch alive departed with the King of angels from this

un-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hold, adj.

unfriendlyhostileunfaithfuldisloyal

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Wearð ríces ðeóden unhold þeóden ðám ðe ǽhte geaf, Cd. Th. 218, 4; Dan. 34. Hé him ða sǽtnunge gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges regis sibi infesti insidias vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 12. Ealle his ǽhta unholde fýnd, ríce réðe mann gedǽle, Ps.

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reócan

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Eóde forð feórðe healf geár bútan rénscúrum and reocendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Add

fisc-noþ

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Add: the privilege or right of catching fish in certain waters Ic geann þam munecum tó fódan ealne þone fixnoð þe Ulfkytel áhte æt Wyllan ( piscationem quam Ulfkytel habuit in Wylla ), Cht. Th. 307, 35

bǽl

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On bǽl gearu, B. 1109. On bǽl dón, hladan, áhebban, 1116: 2126: Gen. 2903. Add

a-sceortian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceortian, -scortian; p. ode; pp. od

To be shortto grow shortshortenelapsediminishfailbreviareeffluere

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Ten þúsend geára ascortaþ ten thousand years will elapse, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12

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weorf

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geann . . . þám æþelinge .XL. mancsa goldes and þǽra wildra worfa æt Æscburnan lande, Cht. Crw. 23, ii

talente

(n.)
Grammar
talente, an; f.

A talent

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A talent Hé ǽlce geáre gesealde twá hand talentana siolfres: on ǽlcre ánre talentan wæs .lxxx. punda, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 170, 27. III M talentana, Swt. 180, 14. Swá fela talentena, 4, 10; Swt. 202, 22

disc-þegn

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disc-þegn, -þegen, -þén.
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Ic geann Ælmǽre mínon discþéne þára ehta hída æt Cateringa*-*túne, Cht. Th. 560, 36. Add

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, hýn

to elevate

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Ðú úp hést mec of geatum deáðes exaltas me de portis mortis, Ps. Srt. 9, 15. Þá staðolas þǽre cyrican . . . hé ongann hýn (heán, v. l.) and miclian, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 10. Add:

gilp-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-cwide, es; m.

A boastful speech

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A boastful speech Ðam wífe ða word wel lícodon gilpcwide Geátes well did those words please the woman, the boastful speech of the Gaut. Beo. Th. 1284; B. 640; Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 12; Gú, 1209

þanan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
þanan-weard, adj.
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Moving thence Bebeád hé him, ðæt hé geara wiste, ðæt hé hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan hé þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9

or-met

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or-met, or-mett.
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Gearu tó ánwíge mid ormettre wápnunge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, 11, 102. Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
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v. be-know
)
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

leóht-gesceot

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-gesceot, -gescot, es; n.
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Gelǽste man leóhtgescot þríwa on geáre, L. Eth. V. 11; Th. i. 308, 2: vi. 19; Th. i. 320, 3. Leóhtgescot gelǽste man tó Candelmæssan; dó oftor se ðe wile, ix. 12; Th. i. 342, 31.

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fíftigoþa

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Add: alone Fram þám fíftigoðan (-tiog-, v. l.) geáre, Gr. D. 102, 23. On ðǽm fíftegoðan psalme, Past. 425, 25. Þysne fíftigoðan sealm, Ps. Th. 50, arg. with units On ðǽm feówer and fíftiogoðan psalme, Past. 429, 3

sáwel-sceatt

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Þis is Alfwoldes bisceopes cwyde, ꝥ is ðæt hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda intó þám mynstre intó Crydiantúne him tó sáulsceatte mid mete and mid mannum swá hit stent bútan wíteþeówum mannum, Cht. Crw. 23, 3. Add

ed-níwe

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ed-níwe, adv.
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God gescypð ǽlce geáre óðre edníwe (cf. Angl. vii. 10, 99 under edníwan) ðæs ylcan gecyndes, for ðan ðe ðá ǽrran áteoriað, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 29. ( This and Ph. 253 might be taken under ed-níwe; adj.) Add