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Eást-Engle

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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20. Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht . . . and Eást-Engle slógon Beornwulf

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embrace ⬩ clasp ⬩ CLIP ⬩ cherish ⬩ complecti ⬩ amplexari

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To embrace clasp, CLIP, cherish; complecti, amplexari Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse that he embrace and kiss his lord Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 2; Wand. 42. Náwuht ðes woruldgielp is ðe hie clyppaþ and lufiaþ this worldly glory is worthless which

Linked entry: be-clyppan

yrfe

(n.)
Grammar
yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.

Cattle

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Cattle For án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér oves tantum vestrae et armenta remaneant, Ex. 10, 24. Gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe in jumentis 8, 17. Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum, Blickl. Homl. 199, 6.

Linked entry: erfe

æf-éstig

(adj.)
Grammar
æf-éstig, æfstig; adj.

Envious ⬩ emulous ⬩ jealous ⬩ invidus ⬩ æmulus

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Envious, emulous, jealous; invidus, æmulus Sum eald and sum æféstig ealdorman an old and an envious nobleman, Th. Apol. 14, 19

Linked entry: æfstig

Assyrige

(n.)
Grammar
Assyrige, gen. a ; dat. um ; pl. m.

The Assyrians ⬩ Assyrii

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The Assyrians ; Assyrii Ðæt synd Assyrige and Rómáne these are the Assyrians and the Romans, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bar. 77, 31

Asirige

(n.)

The Assyrians ⬩ Assyrii

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The Assyrians; Assyrii Ðæt synd Asirige and Rómáne these are the Assyrians and the Romans, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 49, 14

be-sceadan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceadan, p. ede; pp. ed

To shadow ⬩ obumbrare

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To shadow; obumbrare For hwám besceadeþ heó múntas and móras why shadoweth it mountains and moors? Salm. Kmbl. 680; Sal. 339

emn-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
emn-réðe, adj. [réðe cruel]

Equally cruel ⬩ æque sævus

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Equally cruel; æque sævus Romulus and Brutus wurdon emnréðe Romulus and Brutus were equally cruel, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 41, 42

FÆRBU

(n.)
Grammar
FÆRBU, e; f.

Colour ⬩ cŏlor

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Colour; cŏlor Habbaþ færbu ungelíce and mǽgwlitas they have colour and species unlike, t. Met. Fox 31, 7; Met. 31, 4

festen

(n.)
Grammar
festen, es; n.

A fastness ⬩ fortress ⬩ mūnīmentum

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A fastness, fortress; mūnīmentum Hí manige festena and castelas abrǽcon they demolished many fastnesses and castles, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 35

neoðane

(adv.)
Grammar
neoðane, adv.

Beneath ⬩ below

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Beneath, below Hér is fýr micel ufan and neoþone, Cd. Th. 24, 8; Gen. 375. Ufane and neoþan, Met. 20, 141

pening-wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
pening-wǽg, e; f.
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A penny-weight Wið lúsum; cwic seolfor and eald butere; án pening seolfres, and tú peningwǽge buteran, Lchdm. ii. 124, 24

Linked entry: wǽg

ge-dreóhlíce

(adv.)
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Ne sprecon ymbe nán þing búton ymbe heora wore, and ꝥ gedreóhlice and wærlíce ( et hoc caute ), Chrd. 29, 21. Add

bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, e; f. [bogen bent; pp. of búgan to bow, bend]

Crookedness, perversity ⬩ pravitas, perversitas

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Crookedness, perversity; pravitas, perversitas Þurh heora upahefednysse and ágenre bogunge through their arrogance and own perversity, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 13

Linked entry: bóung

geond-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded [geond over, brǽdan to spread]

To overspread ⬩ supersternĕre

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To overspread; supersternĕre Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum it was overspread with beds and bolsters, Beo. Th. 2483; B. 1239

ge-rǽþle

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽþle, an; n.

A harness, trappings ⬩ phaleræ

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A harness, trappings; phaleræ Hors and his gerǽþlan a horse and his trappings, L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 12

un-áþroten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áþroten, adj.

Unwearied ⬩ persevering

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Unwearied, persevering Sindon tó séceanne stronge and unáðrotene láreówas and ðurhwuniende fortes perseverantesque doctores quaerendi sunt, Past. 22; Swt. 171, 9

Linked entry: á-þreótan

ciric-steall

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-steall, es; m.
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The site of a church Wé wrítað him ðá circan and ðone circstall and ðone worðig, C. D. iii. 52, 37

dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
dwæscan, l. dwǽscan, dele 'p. dwæscede,'
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and add Ongunnon hió weorpan wæter and hlýdan, swá þá dóð þe fýr dwǽscað (-eað, v. l. ), Gr. D. 124, 1

sædsworn

(adj.)
Grammar
sædsworn, = (?) sǽdes worn
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Abraham and sædsworne (sǽdes worne? Cf. sǽd ; V. 2, and worn, (1 b)) Abraham et semini eius, Ps. Rdr. 296, 55