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fæsten

firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum

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Hell In þám fæstenne gebróht brought to Hell, Wal. 71. an implement that closes or confines; claustrum Óstiges copses fæstene in nodosi cippi claustrum, An. Ox. 3252. Heó fégeð mec (hemp) on fæsten, Rä. 26, 9.

for-déman

to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine

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Hí wurdon deádlice and fordémde tó helle, 3, 58: 80, 184. to confiscate, sequestrate, Similar entries v. for-déming Fordémet addicit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 51. Fordémde proscriberentur (possessiones earum fiscali jure), An. Ox. 4845.

on-týnan

(v.)

to open ⬩ of places or things, ⬩ to make an opening in ⬩ to open, allow to burst forth ⬩ to open so as to admit of ingress or egress ⬩ to open (a door) ⬩ to open the mouth, lips, to speak ⬩ to open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight to ⬩ to open the ears, to listen to a person ⬩ to disclose, reveal, display

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Homl. 247, 15. to open, allow to burst forth Hé ús ontýneþ heofenes þeótan, 39, 31. to open so as to admit of ingress or egress Him se áwyrgda ongeán helle ontýneþ, Exon. Th. 364, 10; Wal. 68.

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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II, 14. to mark, note by help of a sign Rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades (signa*-*veras; cf. quos numeros adnotabis, 6), Mt. p. 4, 7. to shew figuratively, represent symbolically Hé sceal smeágan embe ꝥ ǽce líf . . . swíðor þonne embe þá eorðlican þing, swá

hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire

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Ðá mid áne helme hlód hit, Nar. 8, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 118, 21. Ða þénas ðe ðæt wæter hlódon ministri qui haurierant aquam, Jn. Skt. 2, 9. Hladaþ hauríte, 8.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

hæleþ

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Þonne heofon and hel hæleda bearnum, fíra feórum fylde weorðeð, 1592. Mith hęliðum, Txts. 151, 12. ¶ in phrases applied to an earthly ruler Eádward cing . . . hæleða wealdend, Chr. 1065; P. 193, 31.

frécennes

(n.)
Grammar
frécennes, frǽcenes, frécednes, frécenis, frécnes, -nis, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ mischief ⬩ harm ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen ⬩ mălum

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Frécennyssa helle gemétton me perīcŭla inferni invēnērunt me, Ps. Spl. 114, 3. He ongon ða frécenisse onweg adrífan cœpit perīculum abĭgĕre, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 25. Ðǽr seó frécnis mǽst wæs where the danger was greatest, 2, 7; S. 509, 24.

mircels

(n.)
Grammar
mircels, es; m.: e; f.

a sign ⬩ mark ⬩ token ⬩ a mark to aim at ⬩ a signet ⬩ seal ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a trophy ⬩ a marked spot

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a sign, mark, token Ðú ásettest ðínes wuldres myrecels on worlde, sette nú ðín wuldres tácn in helle, Blickl. Homl. 87, 16. a mark to aim at Hé miste mercelses, and his mǽg ofscét, Beo. Th. 4869; B. 2439.

denn

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Heáhden . . . helman hyrst, i. 317, 20. Hec sunt pascua porcorum quot nostra lingua denbéra nominamus, lamburnanden, orricesden, teligden, stánehtandenn, ii. 65, 5-8: 75, 26-8: 228, 2-3.

þencan

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</b> add :-- Ic bidde þé þæt ðú helpe ealra þǽra þe tó mínre gebedrǽdene þencað, Angl. xii. 500, 28. Add Oncnáw nú ꝥ hyt ðé lyt sceal fremian ꝥ þú tó þóhtest, Nic. 6, 38. <b>VI b.

fýren

composed of fire ⬩ on fire, flaming, burning. ⬩ bearing fire ⬩ burning, red-hot

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On þǽre fýrenan helle, 45, 5. Fýrenum ádum flammiuomis (i. ardentibus) torribus, An. Ox. 4024. of a dart; bearing fire Flugon þá légetu swylca fýrene strǽlas . . . mid þǽm fýrenum strǽlum ácweald, Bl. H. 203, 9, 28. Hé gedéð his flán fýrena, Ps.

scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.

the art by which deceptive appearances are produced ⬩ magic ⬩ a magic art ⬩ trick

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Wiccan beóþ tó helle bescofene for heora scíncræftum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 29. Hí mid mislícum scýncræfton ðæt folc dwelodon, 482, 4. Hé wolde ðære fǽmnan mód on his scíncræftum onwendan tó hǽðendóme, Shrn. 135, I.

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.

A pit ⬩ hole ⬩ well ⬩ reservoir ⬩ lake

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Æfter ðam ðe ðú deád bist, ðonne cymst ðú tó helle . . . and ðín seáþ biþ twegea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 23-29. On hú grundleásum seáþe on how bottomless a pit, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8.

Linked entry: -syd

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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Híg hæfdon mycel gemót they held a great council, Mt. Bos. 26, 4: 26, 59: 28, 12. Se gedwola cwæþ gemót ongeán ðone bisceop the heretic proclaimed a council against the bishop, Homl. Th. i. 290, 12.

Linked entry: ge-mét

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió,
  • Lchdm. ii. 260, l
  • ;
m.: seó, ðeó,
  • Blickl. Homl. 65, 13
  • ;
se,
  • Lchdm. ii. 228, 8
  • ;
f.: ðæt; n.

the ⬩ that. ⬩ he ⬩ she ⬩ it ⬩ that ⬩ that ⬩ it ⬩ there is; ⬩ one in contrast with another ⬩ that ⬩ after ⬩ so ⬩ according to what ⬩ as ⬩ because ⬩ since ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ therefore ⬩ for the purpose ⬩ in order ⬩ whilst ⬩ when ⬩ as ⬩ whilst ⬩ meanwhile ⬩ so ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ marking purpose ⬩ to the end (that) ⬩ in return for ⬩ on condition (that) ⬩ therefore ⬩ so ⬩ because ⬩ the ⬩ any ⬩ therefore ⬩ because ⬩ when ⬩ as ⬩ when ⬩ as ⬩ since ⬩ though ⬩ to the end that

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a demonstrative adjective, the, that. marking an object as before-mentioned or already well-known with substantives Se Hǽlend, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 13. Se steorra stód ofer ðǽr ðæt cild wæs, 2, 9. Wæs se engel sprecende tó úres Drihtnes méder, Blickl. Homl.

mótan

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Me mæig, gif hit mót gewiderian (granted good weather), mederan settan, Angl. ix. 262, 9. ꝥ se stemn and se helm móte þý fæstor and þý leng standon, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 33. <b>I b 2.

FLÓR

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓR, gen. flóre; dat. flóre, flóra; acc. flór, flóre; f: flór, es; m.

A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea

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Flór áttre weól the floor [of hell] boiled with venom, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 8; Sat. 318: 213; Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Augustine's mass-day [May 26th"] and he held the kingdom six years and a half; and then Eadred Atheling, his brother, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 946; Erl. 116, 33-36. Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A.

earm

(adj.)
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Help nú þínum earmum moncynne, Bt. 4; F. 8, 11. Þé þincþ sé earmra sé ꝥ yfel déþ ðonne sé þe hit þafaþ miserior tibi injuriae illator, quam acceptor esse videretur, Bt. 38, 6; F. 208, 1.

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Wá byð ðám þe þǽr (hell) bið geteohhod tó, Wlfst. 146, 12. Wæs ic geteohhod (-tihad, v. l.) in þás wítelican stówe in hoc poenali loco deputatus sum, Gr. D. 330, 7. Geteohhod on þá hellewítu, Verc.