eówer
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Sceal eall éðel-wyn eówram cynne leófum alicgean all joy of country shall fail to your beloved kindred, Beo. Th. 5763; B. 2885
éðelíce
Easily ⬩ facĭlĭter
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Easily; facĭlĭter Ðú eall þing birest éðelíce búton geswince thou bearest all things easily without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 552; Met. 20, 276. Ðæt ðú mǽge cumon éðelícost that thou mayest most easily come, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 17
fioh
Cattle ⬩ property ⬩ a portion ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ ŏpes ⬩ dos
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Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9: L. Ethb. 81; Th. i. 24, 1
geond-felan
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Substitute: <b>geond-feólan;</b> pp. geond-fólen To permeate, fill throughout Þæt wítehus . . . deóp, dreáma leás . . . geondfólen fýre, réce and reáde lége a dungeon horrible on all sides round as one great furnace flamed, Gen. 43
ge-styltan
To be astonished ⬩ to be silent from astonishment
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To be astonished, to be silent from astonishment Gestylton ł gesuígdon alle stupebant omnes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 23. Folc gestylte [gistylted wæs, Rush.] populus stupefactus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 15. Gestyldon aldro stupuerunt parentes, Lk. Skt.
ge-teóþian
To tithe ⬩ give a tenth part
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To tithe, give a tenth part Ic ealle ða landáre ðe ic on Angla þeóde hæfde Gode into hálgan stówon geteóðode I gave a tenth part of all my landed property to God for holy places, Chart. Th. 116, 27
Thráceas
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. :-- Tráciana Traciarium (provincias, Ald. 64, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 74. The name of the country is given as Trácia, Thrácia :-- On Trácia (Thrácia, MS. C.) ðæm londe, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 15.
bil
a falchion ⬩ a bill
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Bill chalibem (cf. 92, 7, a gloss on Ald. 159, 33 where the incident of the preceding passage is related), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 57. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1
eást
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Substitute: [the positive is uncertain]; cpve. eástra; spve. eást(e)mest Þǽre eástan Eoae (the passage is: Eoae tripertitas Indiaeprovincias illustravit, Ald. 25, 31, the glosses to which in Hpt.
egl
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Eglum gliribus (prava seges gliribus densescit acerbis, Ald. 210, 37), 97, 10: 41, 50. Eglum oððe eárum, 5, 69. Eárum, eglum spicis, An. Ox. 2361. a talon, claw Egl unheóru, B. 987. [v. N. E. D. ail.] Cf. egenu
glengan
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Add: to adorn with material ornaments Glensþ ( = glengst) comas (si tu te sumptuosius comas, Ald. 75, 5), An. Ox. 8, 332. Glencaþ comunt i. ornant, 11. Hí glencgað heora wíf mid þám þe hí weófoda sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 7.
hǽþen-dóm
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Add: the belief and practice of a heathen people Hǽþendómes gentilitatis (Gregorius nostris parentibus errorem tetrae gentilitatis abstulit, Ald. 74, 13), An. Ox. 5156.
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hran
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Ran balenam .i. diabolum (crudelissimam superbiae balenam virtutum devoratricem, Ald. 10, 26. Cf. the poem on the whale), 668
þyrstan
To thirst
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Grammar þyrstan, with nom. of person suffering thirst; see also extracts from Northern Gospels in I. Grammar þyrstan, absolute Mín sáwl on ðé þyrsteþ sitivit in te anima mea, Ps. Th. 62, 1. Ðyrsteþ sáwul mín, Ps. Surt. 42, 3: 62, 2.
hlýdan
chatter
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Add: — Hlýdað strepunt, Germ. 388, 14. of persons, to speak loud, cry aloud, chatter Ic hlýde garrio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 62. Hé ongan clypian and hlýdan clamare coepit. Bd. 3, II; Sch. 240, l.
for-fón
to take violently or by surprise ⬩ clutch ⬩ arrest ⬩ seize ⬩ vehementer căpĕre ⬩ imprōviso adventu căpĕre ⬩ prehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ deprehendĕre
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Ealle deáþrǽs forféng the death-rush clutched them all. Andr. Kmbl. 1990; An. 997. Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín forfénge ere thou didst arrest my great power. Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 26; Jul. 522.
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for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14. He ealle ða rícostan forsleán hét he commanded [them] to slay all the most powerful, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 38. Ercol hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde Hercules grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 34.
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be-sceran
To shear off, to shave, cut off ⬩ attondere, amputare, præcidere
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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9. Biscær, Reim. 26
CUMB
a hollow among hills, narrow valley ⬩ COMB ⬩ caverna inter colles, vallis angusta
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D. 770 ; Kmbl. iii. 380, 5 . a liquid measure ; mensura quædam liquidorum : hence, perhaps, our dry measure COMB or COOMB = four bushels Cumb fulne líðes aloþ, and cumb fulne Welisces aloþ a comb fall of mild ale and a comb full of Welsh ale, Th.
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heofon-waru
The inhabitants of heaven
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The inhabitants of heaven Hé dyde ðæt eal heofonwaru wundrode he caused all the inhabitants of heaven to wonder, Homl. Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95.
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