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on-flígen

(n.)
Grammar
on-flígen, es; n.

Infectious disease

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Infectious disease Nú mágon ðás .viiii. wyrta wið .viiii. áttrum and wið nygon onflýgnum, Lchdm. iii. 36, 16

beorgan

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Th. i. 418, 34. ꝥ to protect an object (dat. ) against (wið) evil Wið hete bearh ic mé, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. Þæt hí beorgan heom silfum wið Godes yrre, Wlfst. 190, 10. Beorgian Ll. Th. i. 364, 12. Wið helle bryne beorhgan his sáwle, 30.

mægþ-bót

(n.)
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The mann of l. 2 seems to be the same as the wif of l. 5, mann = wíf-mann

scorf

(n.)
Grammar
scorf, sceorf, scurf, scruf, es ; m. (?)
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Wið scurfe and nebcorne, 68, 10. Wið heáfodsár, ðæt ys wið scurf, 116, 23. Wið scruf (scurf. MSS. H. B.) and wið sceb, 316, 22. Wið scurfum, 356, 23.

deáfu

(n.)
Grammar
deáfu, e; f. [deáf deaf]

Deafness surdĭtas

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Deafness; surdĭtas Wið eárwærce and wið deáfe for ear-ache and for deafness, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 8. Wið eárena deáfe for deafness of ears, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 20

fyrdian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrdian, fierdian, feordian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fyrd an army]

To go with an armymarchbe at warprofĭciscibellum gĕrĕre

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Hí fyrdedon wið Ætlan Húna cyninge they were at war with Attila, king of the Huns, 443; Th. 18, 30, col. 1

Linked entries: feordian fierdian

-hád

(suffix)
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</b> with abstract nouns of condition, fulwiht-, geoguþ-, mǽgb-hád. of action, camp-, níd-had. with adjs.. Add: with nouns. marling condition of life, weorold-hád. cf. hád. <b>III. 1.

beótian

(v.)
Grammar
beótian, beótigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed[beót I. a threatening] .

to threatenminariminitarito boastvowpromisemagna loquipollicerispondere

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Ful oft wit beótedan, ðæt unc ne gedǽlde nemne ðeáþ ána full oft we two vowed, that naught should part us save death alone Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 32; Kl. 21

líþ-ness

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Hé sceal mencgan þá réðnesse wid þá líðnesse miscens terroribus blandimenta, R. Ben. 13, 10. Liéðnesse, Past. 125, 13. Eáwlá, wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and Sórum líðnessum (lenitivis) ? Verc. Först. 166.

Cúþ-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cúþ-wulf, es; m.
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Hér DLXXI Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas æt Bedcan forda in this year, A. D. 571, Cuthwulf fought with the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, Chr. 571; Th. 32, 25, col. 1

efen-éhþ

Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32

efen-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-lang, adj.
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Licgað wilde móras wið eástan emnlange þǽm býnum lande, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 28. as long (as broad). v. efen*-*brád

Linked entry: lang

neáh-gebýren

Grammar
neáh-gebýren, [Put this before neáh-gebýrild.]
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His fóstormódor ábæd án hrídderu hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe hire neáhgebýrene (-gebúrene, v.l.) nutrix illius a vicinis mulieribus praestari sibi capisterium petiit, Gr. D. 97, I. Þá wíf his néhgebýrne (neáhgebúrena, v.l.) vicinae mulieres, 251, 25.

stunt

(adj.)
Grammar
stunt, adj.
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Ic wæs stunt, and ic eom nú wís, Homl. Th. i. 433, 6. Ðú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, ii. 452, 31. Ðú stunta fatue, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 22. For eówer stuntan lage per traditionem vestram, Mk. Skt. 7, 13. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll.

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.

wareawarehaving knowledge of something which is to be guarded againstwareprepared foron guard against something that might be hurtfulwarecareful to avoid somethingon guard against doing somethingwareobservant ofattentive to a warning warycautioussagaciousprudentcunning

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Leófan men, utan beón ðe wærran, Wulfst. 90, 10. with gen. Ús is micel þearf, ðæt wé wære beón ðæs egeslícan tíman, ðe nú tówærd is, Wulfst. 191, 25. with preposition Wes ðú giedda wís, wær wið willan, Exon. Th. 302, 26; Fä. 42.

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make warfightcontendpugnarebellum gerereto obtain by fightingto conquergainwinpugna consequiobtineresubjugare

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Homl. 173, 3. to obtain by fighting, to conquer, gain, win; pugna consequi, obtinere, subjugare Hú he mihte Normandige of him gewinnan how he might conquer [win] Normandy from him, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 25.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Ða wácran ðás woruld healdaþ, brúcaþ þurh bisgo, 311, 6; Seef. 88. marking aim, with a view to Hé Drihten mid hondum genom þurh edwít ( with a view to disgrace him ), Cd. Th. 307, 17; Sat. 681.

frí

(adj.)
Grammar
frí, adj.

Freenoblelīberingĕnuusnōbĭlis

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Free, noble; līber, ingĕnuus, nōbĭlis Fríes mannes wíf the wife of a free man, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 6. Ic ðé on folcum fríne Drihten écne andete I acknowledge thee amongst the people, a noble eternal Lord, Ps. Th. 56, 11

á-styrung

(n.)
Grammar
á-styrung, á-styrungee; f.

a stirringremoval,stirring up.

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Similar entries v. á-styrian Wið þæs innoðes ástyrunge, Lch. i. 254, 8 : 272, 17. Wiþ migþan ástyringe, 58, 5, 10

sæccan

(v.)

to fight, contend

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to fight, contend Oft ic sceal wið wǽge winnan and wið winde feohtan, somod wið ðámsæcce (? sæcce fremman or sécan,) Exon. 398, 3; Rä. 17, 2. Similar entries v. preceding word(sæc); but cf. also sacian, sacan