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fyðera

(n.)
Grammar
fyðera, fyðeru, fyðru, pl. nom. acc; gen. fyðera, fyðerena; dat. inst. fyðerum; n : also pl. nom. acc. fyðeras; m.

Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ

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Wings; ālæ, pennæ Fyðera [Lamb. fyðeras] culfran ofersylfrede pennæ cŏlumbæ deargentātæ, Ps. Spl. 67, 14. Sunu manna on wǽfelse fyðera ðínra hihtaþ fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt, Ps. Spl. 35, 8 : 56, 2 : 60, 4 : 62, 8. Under sceade

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Prím prima, undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 10-12. Onginnaþ heáfudcwido tó prím ( ad primam ), Rtl. 166, 17. Gibedd tó prím, 171, 27. On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in

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Through. Grammar þurh, with acc. v. also C. local, marking motion into and out at the opposite side Þorh (dorh, ðorh) ludgaet per seudoterum, Txts. 84, 741. Ðurh ða duru wé gáð in per hostium intramus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 269, 18: Cd. Th. 29, 8; Gen.

Linked entries: þerh þorch þorh þuruh

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn.

Linked entry: helpe

eall-wihta

(n.)
Grammar
eall-wihta, al-wihta, æl-wihta; pl. [eall all, every; wiht creature]

All beings ⬩ omnia creāta

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All beings; omnia creāta Cyning eall-wihta king of all creatures, Andr. Kmbl. 3204; An. 1605: Cd. 47; Th. 60, 7; Gen. 978: 5; Th. 7, 28; Gen. 113

Linked entries: æl-wihta all-wihta al-wihta eal-wihta

-el

(suffix)
Grammar
-el, -ol, a termination denoting persons, as, Fórrídel an outrider; býdel a herald. It denotes also inanimate objects; as, Gyrdel a girdle; stýpel

a steeple

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a steeple

leán

(v.)
Grammar
leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
    • .]

To blame ⬩ reproach ⬩ disapprove ⬩ scorn

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To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I blame thee not for loving either, Shrn. 197, 2. Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec

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Grammar ne, adv. Not; non, ne Ic ne dyde non feci, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 13. Nis hit swá hit nys non, non, 40, 23. Warna ðæt ðú ðæt ne dó cave ne hoc facias, 40, 9. Hwí forbeád God eów, ðæt gé ne ǽton of ǽlcum treówe? Gen. 3, 1. Hí nyllaþ geswícan ðæt

Linked entry: næ

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

without ⬩ original, early

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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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a son Mín se gecorena sunu (sune, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 17. Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes

Linked entry: suna

þun-wang

(n.)
Grammar
þun-wang, e; -wange, -wenge, an; f. (and n.? Wange, wenge are both found neuter, though also the plurals wangas, wangan occur)

A temple

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A temple Þunwang timpus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 50. Þunwange tempus, 64, 32. Þunwencge (-wenge, -wange) timpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 59, 5: 298, 2. Gif ic on þunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Bufan his þunwengan supra tempus

Linked entry: wang

-syd

(suffix)
Grammar
-syd, in ge-syd a miry place. [Halliwell gives suddie=miry, boggy. Cf. also sod. Cf. O. H. Ger. salz-suti salsugo: Ger. sudel a puddle.]
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Cf. seáþ

CUMB

(n.)
Grammar
CUMB, es; m.

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.

Linked entry: comb

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb

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Wood or stone hollowed out. a trough, pipe, conduit Ðrúh, thruuch, thruch tubo, Txts. 103, 2067. Þrúh vel mylentroh canalis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 16. Of þrýh ł þeótan tubo, Hpt. Gl. 418, 61. Of ðam bróce in ðæt þrúh; of ðam þrúge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii.

Linked entry: þrýh

Bryten

(n.)
Grammar
Bryten, Bryton, Briten, Breoten, Breoton, Broten, Brittan, Britten, Brytten; gen. dat. acc. e; f. acc. also as nom.

BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria

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BRITAIN; Britannia, Cambria Brytene ígland is ehta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, l, col. l: 3, 10, col. I. 3. Syxtigum wintrum ǽr ðam ðe Crist wære acenned, Gaius Iulius, Rómána cásere [MS. kasere], mid

Linked entries: Breoten Breoton Breten Briten Broten Bryt-land Bryton Brytten

eal-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-seolcen, adj. All-silken; holosērĭcus = ὁλοσηρικός, Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 92; Wrt. Voc. 40, 3.

Linked entry: seolucen

and-lang

(prep.)
Grammar
and-lang, ond-long, on-long; prep. only gen.

On length ⬩ ALONG ⬩ by the side of ⬩ in longum ⬩ per

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Andlang ðæs [MS. ðas] wéstenes along the desert, Jos. 8, 16. Andlang ðara nægla along the nails, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 30.

hrycg-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-weg, es; m,
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A road running along a ridge or elevated piece of ground On ðone beorh tó ðem ricgwege ðonne eást andlang hricgweges on to the hill to the road that runs along it, and then east along the road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 427, 33

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson's Dict.
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ware) Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand. Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8. Wára sablonum

Linked entries: wároþ sǽ-wár waar

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