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flasce

(n.)
Grammar
flasce, an; f.
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Flasce, trýwen byt flasco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 33. Flaxe oððe cylle asscopa, i. 17, 32. Hú Bonefatius þám Gotan gefyllde þá flaxan . . . þá sealde hé heom áne trýwene flascan (flaxan, v.l.) wínes fulle (parvum vos ligneum vino plenum). Gr.

ge-heán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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Swá micelum swá ǽnig má woruldlices wyrðscypes wyrðnysse byð gehýd ( sublimatur ), Scint. 181, 16. Geuferod, gehýd þurh láréwlicum basincge fretus, i. functus magistri melote An. Ox. 1470

menigu

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Hú micel menigu ðǽra getreówfulra byð, Past. 403, 21. Mengeo (menigu, v. l. ), 5, 11. Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 11. For ðǽre menige (menge, v. l. ) ðæs folces, Past. 113, 19.

willa

Grammar
willa, will.
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Add Gyf mon méte ꝥ hé feala spera geseó ætsamne, þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (ꝥ þú ofercymst ealle þíne fýnd, v.l.). Lch. iii. 176, 10.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Byð geǽbylged indignabitur . Bl. Gl. : Ps. L. 102, 9. Ic hálsige þé ꝥ þú ne beó geǽbylged ongén þíne þeówene, Hml. S. 30, 349. Add

a-bacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bacan, ic -bace, ðú -bæcest, -bæcst, he -bæceþ, -bæcþ, pl. -bacaþ; p. -bóc, pl. -bócon; pp. -bacen

To bakepinserecoquere

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To bake; pinsere, coquere Se hláf þurh fýres hǽtan abacen the bread baked by the heat of fire. Homl. Pasc. Daye, A. D. 1567, p. 30, 8; Lisl. 410, 1623, p. 4, 16; Homl. Th. ii. p. 268, 9

ǽrend-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-secg, es; m.

An errand-deliverera messengerlegatusnuntius

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An errand-deliverer, a messenger; legatus, nuntius Ic, on his gearwan, geseó ðæt he is ǽrend-secg uncres Hearran I, by his habit, see that he is the messenger of our Lord, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 17; Gen. 658

a-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen

To fall downcadere

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Th. 137, 46; By. 202

Linked entry: a-feóll

droppetian

(v.)
Grammar
droppetian, droppetan; p. ode ede; pp. od, ed

To drop, fall by drops, distil distillāre

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To drop, fall by drops, distil; distillāre Heofonas droppetodon fram ansýne Godes cæli distillāvērunt a facie Dei, Ps. Lamb. 67, 9. Fór ansýne Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ the heavens drop before the face of the Lord, Ps. Th. 67, 9

ge-hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleápan, p. -hleóp, pl. -hleópon; pp. -hleápen

To leapdancesaliresaltare

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Th. 137, 20; By. 189

weorold-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-friþ, es; n.
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Peace that is maintained by the temporal power. Cf. cyric-friþ Ðæt woroldfrið stande betweox Æðelréde cynge and eallum his leódscipe, and eallum ðam here ðe se cyng ðæt feoh sealde, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 9

fald-gang

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The pasture land grazed by the animals belonging to a fold (?). (Cf. fold-course a sheep-walk, N. E. D.) Sceóte man ælmessan, swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sulhgange peninc, swá æt faldgange pening, Wlfst. 170, 37. Substitute:

Linked entry: fald-gang-penig

on-þunian

(v.)

to swell out, exceed due bounds

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to swell out, exceed due bounds Ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta ðara ðe worhte Waldend úser; se mec ána mæg geþeón þrymme, ðæt ic onrinnan (onþunian is suggested by Grein ) ne sceal, Exon. Th. 427, 15; Rä. 41, 91. (?)

Linked entries: þunian þunian

be-creópan

To creepreach by creeping

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Substitute: To creep, reach by creeping Becreáp (ge-, v. l.), þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum swýðe unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13. Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36

médren-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
médren-cynn, es; n.

Maternal kinkin by the mother's side

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Maternal kin, kin by the mother's side Ælfrédes reht meódrencynn Alfred's direct maternal kin, Chart. Th. 483, 5. Ðæt wé ðín médrencynn mótan cunnan, nú wé áreccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 34; Cri. 246

ge-lómlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lómlíc, -lómelíc; adj.

Frequent, repeatedfrĕquens, crēber

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Mid gelómlícum oncunningum by frequent accusations, 3, 19; S. 548, 3. Mid his gelómlícum bedum crebris orātiōnĭbus, 2, 7; S. 509, 32

Linked entry: ge-lómelíc

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To mark, stain

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To mark, stain Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled the saint stood with spotless aspect, neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 2; Jul. 591

Linked entry: mǽlan

syndriglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
syndriglíce, adv.

specially, particularlysingly, severally, one by one, of each one

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specially, particularly ðæt hálige gewrit cýþeþ and syndriglíce ( specialiter ) Paules epistola, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 2. singly, severally, one by one, of each one Hé syndriglíce ( singillatim ) wæs fram him eallum frignende, Bd. 2, 13; S. 515, 40

Linked entry: syndrig-líc

for-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-seóþan, pp. -soden

To boil away

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To boil away; fig. to consume by affliction. Hí (the Innocents) sind gehátene martyra blóstman, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swá swá úpáspringende blóstman on middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse swilce mid sumere éhtnysse forste forsodene, Hml. Th. i. 84, 15

gebregd-stafas

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Substitute: Cunning skill Ic íglanda eallra hæbbe bóca onbyrged, þurh gebregdstafas lárcræftas onlocen Libia and Gréca I of the islands all have the books browsed on, and by cunning skill the learning unlocked of Lybians and Greeks, Sal. 2