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on-efn

(prep.; adv.)
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Circumflexus accentus byð of þám óðrum twám geworht, swá wé hér onem (at the side ) habbað ámearkod, Angl. viii. 333, 27

bryðen

(n.)
Grammar
bryðen, es; n ?

A drink, brewingpotus

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A drink, brewing; potus Bryðen wæs ongunnen, ðætte Adame Eue gebyrmde æt fruman worulde the drink was prepared, which Eve fermented for Adam at the beginning of the world, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 4; Gú. 953: L. M. l, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 15.

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be gladrejoiceexultlætaridelectarigaudereexultare

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Bona weorces gefeah the destroyer rejoiced at the work, Exon. Th. 464, 17; Hö. 88 : Elen. Kmbl. 220; El. 110. Secg weorce gefeh the warrior in the work rejoiced, Beo. Th. 3143; B. 1569 : 3253; B. 1624. Fylle gefǽgon they rejoiced at the plenty, Beo.

ǼFEN

(n.)
Grammar
ǼFEN, ǽfyn, éfen, es; m.

The EVENeveningeventidevespervespera

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Æt ǽfenne, on ǽfenne, or to ǽfenne, at even, in the evening, Ps. Spl. 29, 6

Beorg-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Beorg-ford, Beorh-ford, es; m. [beorg a hill, ford a ford; collis ad vadum]

BURFORD in Oxfordshire

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Beorhforda], wið Æðelbald, Myrcena cing, and hine geflýmde here, in 752 Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought in the twenty-second year of his reign, at Burford, with Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, and conquered him Chr. 752; Erl. 49, 13

(n.)

hair

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The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

ge-tinge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tinge, -tingce, -tynge; adj.

Skilful with the tongueeloquent

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Gif se Hǽlend gecure æt fruman getinge láreówas if the Saviour had chosen at first eloquent teachers, Homl. Th. i. 578, 1. Wer getinge vir linguosus, Ps. Spl. C. 139, 12

gierwan

(v.)
Grammar
gierwan, p. ede; pp. ed

To make readyprepareput onclotheadornpărāreinduĕrevestīre

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To make ready, prepare, put on, clothe, adorn; părāre, induĕre, vestīre Ongunnon him on uhtan æðelcunde mægþ gierwan to geonge the noble women resolved to prepare for journey at dawn, Exon. 119 b; Th, 459, 19; Hö. 2.

sige-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sige-beám, es ; m.
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Sigebeámas þrý ( the three crosses at the crucifixion ), 1691 ; El. 847

unfriþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-mann, es; m.

A man of a country not at peace with anothera man of a hostile country

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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam

un-geþwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrian, p. ode

To disagreebe at variancediffer

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To disagree, be at variance, differ Ic ungeðwǽrige dissentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 190, 13. Anda fram gódan willan ungeþwǽregaþ invidia a bona voluntate discordat, Scint. 143, 3.

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beorcan

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. ¶ beorcan on to bark at :-- Clypa ongén þissum deófles hunde þe þé on beorceþ, Shrn. 56, 32. Se wrítere sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelice on ánne man, Hml. S. 31, 1132. Add

buttuc

(n.)
Grammar
buttuc, es; m.
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butt, a provincial term applied to such ridges as run out short at the sides of the field. A small parcel of land is often called the butts, v. N. E. D.) Of ðám heáfdon on ðæne weg; of ðám wege on ðá buttucas; of ðám buttucon on ðone bróc, C.

ge-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fáh, gefáhmon.
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Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud Be manslihte ... Gif of þǽre óðre mǽgðe hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum men bútan on þám rihthanddǽdan, sý hé gefáh wið þone cyning and wið ealle his frýnd, Ll.

syndrige

(adv.)
Grammar
syndrige, adv.

apart, separately, by one's selfsingly, one at a time

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Lind. 20, 7. singly, one at a time Ða ongunnon cuoeða him swyndria (singillatim), Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 19. Ongunnon suindrige ( or adj.?) éghwelc (singuli )cwoeða, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 22

a-spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spyrian, -spyrigan, -spyrigean; p. ede; pp. ed

To searchexploretracediscoverexplaininvestigareindagareexplorareenucleare

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Ath. iv. 2 ; Th. i. 222, 14, note 33. Ðæt mihte ðæra twegra tweón aspyrian that might discover the difference of the two, Salm. Kmbl. 870 ; Sal. 434: Elen. Kmbl. 932; El. 467. Ic aspyrige enucleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 18: Ps. Th. 105, 2

FÚL

(n.)
Grammar
FÚL, es; n.

Foulnessimpurityguiltoffencefaultillŭviesimpūrĭtasculpa

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Ath. v. § 1. 2; Th. i. 228, 22. Sleá man of ða hand ðe he ðæt fúl mid worhte let the hand be struck off with which he wrought that offence, i. 14; Th. i. 206, 21

a-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drífan, æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivestakeexpelpursuefollow upagerepellereexpellererepelleresequiprosequi

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Ath. v. § 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 23. Adrifene fatu graven or embossed vessels, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 99

lǽmen

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽmen, adj.

earthen

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Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 15. Lǽmene fatu fictilia vel samia; reádde lǽmene fatu aretina [MS. alsierina ], Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 94, 95; Wrt. Voc. 41, 46, 47. Lǽmene fatu beóþ on ofne áfandode, Homl. Th. i. 554, 33.

sifeþa

(n.)
Grammar
sifeþa, seofoþa ; pl. f. : but also sifeþa, an ; m.
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Oferwylle on ðam selfan ecede sifeþan, 250, 23. useless seeds, tares Áta ł sifþa ł unwæstm zizania, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 38. Sifþe, 13, 25. Sifþena zizaniorum, p. 17, 5

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