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fóran

(adv.)
Grammar
fóran, adv.

In frontbeforeanteantequamprius

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Is se fugel fæger fóran the bird is fair before, Exon. 60a; Th. 418, 10; Ph. 292

Linked entry: tó-foran

eln

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Cubitum fæðm betwux elboga[n] and handwyrste, palmus span vel handbred, ulna eln vel spanning betwux þúman and scitefingre, 43, 51-53. Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add

ge-grindan

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Faba fresa gegrunden beán s. dicta quia molata est, 146, 62: 39, 68. xxvii piporcorn[a] gegrundenra, Lch. iii. 48, 10. Add

mete-leást

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Þǽr onsæt mycel hungor, and seó mycele wǽdl þǽre meteleáste genyrwde ealle þá landleóde fames incubuerat, magnaque onmes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6.

swæþ

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S. 23 b, 710. add Hé gemétte ꝥ fæt swá gehál ꝥ on him ne mihton beón fundene náne swaðu ( vestigia ) þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23. v. (?) swæþ ?

spircan

(v.)

to sparkleto fall in drops.

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Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele with oil that bespattered her Homl. Skt. i. 9, 118

Linked entries: spearcian spyrcan

neán

(adv.)
Grammar
neán, adv.

from nearnearclose at handnearlyabout

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from near Neán and feorran from near and far, Cd. Th. 14, 28; Gen. 225. Feorran oððe neán, 64, 8; Gen. 1047. Somnaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan, faraþ feorran and neán, Exon. Th. 220, 26; Ph. 326: Beo. Th. 1683; B. 839.

Linked entry: neón

lyt-hwón

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unðeáwa verecundis ad conversionem sufficit, quod eis doctor mala sua saltem leniter ad memoriam reducit, Past. 207, 4. (3 a) where the word is equivalent to an emphatic negative :-- Þone síðfæt him snotere ceorlas lythwón lógon . . . hwetton higerófne (far

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes; n.

Fat, grease, suet, tallow adeps, arvina, unctura grease, fat, butter

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Fat, grease, suet, tallow in the following glosses: Smeoru unguentum Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 9. Unsilt smeoro saevo 119, 45. Smero sevo (in a list 'de igne') i. 284, 27. Unámaelte smeoruwe pice, saevo ii. 117, 28. Smerwe sevo 80, 45. Smeruwe Hpt.

Linked entries: smera smeru

deóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deóflíc, deófel-líc; adj.

Devilish, diabolicaldiabŏlĭcus

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Undergeat se apostol ðás deóflícan fácn the apostle perceived these diabolical wiles, Homl. Th. i. 62, 31. Mid deóflícum wiglungum with diabolical incantations, i. 102, 15

forþ-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-heald, -heold; adj.

Bent forwardinclined downwardsstoopingincurvusprōnusproclīvus

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He lang fæc forþheald licgende wæs aliquandiu prōnus jăcens, 4, 31; S. 610, 14. Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39. Forðhald ł gebeged inclinata. Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 11

Linked entries: forþ-heold heald

heofon-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-steorra, an; m.

A star of heaven

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Hreósaþ heofonsteorran the stars of heaven shall fall, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 27; Cri. 1044

blácian

(v.)
Grammar
blácian, blácigan, to blácienne, blácigenne; p. ode; pp. od

To grow palepallere, pallescere

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Onsýn blácaþ his face grows pale, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 13; Seef. 91

wiþ-gangan

(v.)

to go againstto go offwithdrawfail

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Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393. to go off, withdraw, fail Byð mé eágon wiðgangen defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 68, 3

glæsen

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Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9. Glæsene leóhtfatu, 49, 21. Add

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, omen.
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Nǽfre hé on aldordagnm ǽr ne siððan heardran hǽle healþegnas fand never in all the days of his life, before or since, less auspiciously (cf. Icel. íllu heilli malo augurio ; m evil hour) did he come upon hall-thanes, B. 719. Add

lác-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
lác-fæsten, a
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fast considered as an offering Ne gelýfe þæs nǽnig mon ꝥ him ne genihtsumige ꝥ fasten tó écere hǽlo, búton hé mid óþrum gódum hit geéce, and sé þe wille Drihtne bringan gecwéme lácfæsten, þonne sceal hé ꝥ mid ælmessan and mid mildheortum weorcum fullian

Linked entry: fæsten

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, a fleet.
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Þá lǽt Eádward cyng scypian xl. snacca, þá lágon æt Sandwíc . . . þá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, and hé heom ætbærst, and ꝥ lið wende ongeán tó Sandwíc, and swá hámweard tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 13-22

nægel-seax

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Add: a razor Swá swá næglseax ( nouacula ) scearp þú dydest fácn, Ps. L. 51, 4.

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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Th. 71, 8. applied to a comparatively small sur*-*face Ic bere sídne scyld, Beo. Th. 879; B. 437. Setton síde scyldas wið weal, 656; B. 325. Síde weallas, Exon.

Linked entry: síd-folc