ýtera
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From feówerum foldan sceátum ðám ýtemestum, Exon. Th. 55, 7; Cri. 880. Æt ðám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum usque ad ultimum terrae, Blickl. Homl. 119, 25: 133, 35.
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under-fón
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Past. 261, 6. þæt hé þæt hálige treów underfénge feallende tó foldan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 27. Add Hé syþþan þá bletsungan underféng, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 18.
ge-girwan
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Bið foldan dǽl fægre gegierwed . . . corfen, sworfen, Rä. 29, 1. Alle gegerwad omnia parata, Mt. L. 22, 4. <b>I a.</b> to prepare food, dress, cook :-- Haran sina gegyre and him syle þicgan, Lch. i. 344, 15.
Linked entries: girwan ge-gerwan ge-girwung ge-gyrian
rest
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Ðé is éðelstól gerýmed, rest fæger on foldan, Cd. Th. 89, 26; Gen. 1486. Wíc, randwígena ræst, 186, 5; Exod. 134. a bed, couch Ðǽr biþ rest of elpenda báne geworht lectus eburneus, Nar. 38, 32. Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Blickl.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Ic férde tó foldan ufan from éðle, Cd. Th. 296, 2; Sat. 496. Hí feóllon ufon of heofonum, 20, 11; Gen. 308. Ufan cumende of heánisse oriens ex alto, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 40: Cd. Th. 248, 7; Dan. 509.
hǽlend
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Næs þá monna gemet. . . þæt eów mihte helpan, nimðe Hǽlend God, sé þæt wíte ǽr tó wrece gesette, férde tó foldan', Sat. 470-95. of the Deity in Christian times, denoting a saviour, used of Christ Þú hǽlend eart middangeardes, El. 809.
sceacan
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On lyft scacan, fleógan ofer foldan, Cd. Th. 280, 32; Sat. 263; Beo. Th. 3610; B. 1803.
EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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Th. 2263 ; B. 1129 . earth or land, in contrast to water, as a firm place on earth or on land; terra, terra firma He gefæstnude foldan staðelas, eorþan eardas he made fast foundations of the ground, the firm places of the earth, Ps. Th. 103, 6.
nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Waraþ hine wræclást, nales wunden gold; ferþloca freórig, nalæs foldan blǽd, Exon. Th. 288, 16-19. Ðis ic cweþe æfter forgifenysse nalæs æfter bebode hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 45.
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swegel
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Th. 184, 10; Exod. 105: 182, 26; Exod. 81) Heofontorht swegl gescyndeþ under foldan fæþm, farende tungol, Exon. Th. 351, 1; Sch. 73. Swegl háte scán blac ofer burgsalo,182, 3; Gú. 1304. Swegel byþ hátost (on sumera), Menol. Fox 474; Gn.
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fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Þæt on foldan fægre stóde wudubeám wlitig, Dan. 498. of sound Hí singað fægre, Cri. 390. of composition, elegantly Ic þá ged ne mæg gefégean swá fægre (cf. ic sceal mid ungerádum wordum gesettan, Bt. 2; F. 4, 7), Met. 2, 6. of gentle movement or procedure
CLǼNE
CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius
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God ðone ǽrestan ælda cynnes of ðære clǽnestan foldan geworhte God made the first of the race of men from the purest earth, Exon. 44b; Th. 151, 12; Gú. 794. chaste, innocent; castus, innoxius Clǽne castus, Ælfc. Gl. 90; Som. 74, 121; Wrt.
holm
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Wið holme foldan sceldun guarded land against sea, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 4; Cri. 979. On holme, 97 a; Th. 363, 9; Wal. 51: Beo. Th. 1090; B. 543: 2875; B. 1435. Æt holme by the sea, 3832; B. 1914.
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Ox. 95: 924. cover, concealment Nó heó on helm losað, ne on foldan fæðm, ne on fyrgenholt, ne on gyfenes grund, gá þǽr heó wille she will not escape into concealment, neither into earth's bosom, nor into the mountain wood, nor into ocean's depths, go
slítan
To slit ⬩ tear ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear ⬩ split ⬩ rend ⬩ cleave ⬩ divide ⬩ to tear ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear ⬩ bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at ⬩ back-bite ⬩ to tear
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Similar entries v. slite slítung Fótum ic fére, foldan slíte, Exon. Th. 393, 17 ; Rü 13, 1. Hrefn hine slíteþ, 329, 20; Vy. 37. Hine se wulf slíteþ, 342, 27; Gn. Ex. 148. Hé the evil spirit bítes and slítes hine Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 18.
ge-feallan
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Hé gefeóll tó foldan, 280. (a α) to stumble, fall into or over :-- Éghuoelc sé ðe gefalleð onufa ðæm stáne, Lk. L. R. 20, 18. Gif gefallas scíp in seáð, Mt. L. 12, 11. Hí on ðone seáð gefeóllan, Ps. Th. 56, 8.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Ic þone ǽrist ealra getreówe flǽsces on foldan, Hy. 10, 56. Þú sáwle sendest in tó þám flǽsce, 7, 5. Nó þon lange wæs feorh æðelinges flǽsce bewunden, B. 2424. Ic beó eft mid mínum felle befangen, and ic on mínum flǽsce God geseó, Hml.
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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Worhte his tolme foldan drige arĭdam fundavērunt manus ejus, Ps. Th. 94, 5: Cd. 8; Th. 10, 29; Gen. 164. Uppan dríe eorþan super arĭdam, Ex. 4, 9. Se ðe gecyrde sǽ on drige land qui convertit mare in arĭdam, Ps. Spl. 65, 5.
wilm
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Ne foldan stán, ne wæteres wylm, ne wudutelga, 843; Sal. 421. Geofon ýþum weól, wintres wylm ( the boiling flood of winter ), Beo. Th. 1036; B. 516. Ic ðæs wælmes grundhyrde fond, 4276; B. 2135.
ge-sceaft
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Heofontorht swegl gescyndeð in gesceaft Godes ( in accordance with God's order ] under foldan fæðm, Sch. 74. ordered course of events Wyrda gesceaft, Dan. 132: Wand. 107