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myrten

(adj.)
Grammar
myrten, adj.

That has died by disease

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That has died by disease Gif swýn etaþ myrten flǽsc si porci carnem morticinam ederint, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 18.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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of water, &c. issuing from a source, to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow Ic wealle bullio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 3. Of ðæm neáhmunte wealleþ hlúter wæter, ðonne drincaþ ða menn ðæt cadente rivo puram ex vicino monte potant aquam, Nar

Linked entry: for-weallen

hýd

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</b> the shell of an oyster :-- Sǽ mec fédde . . . nú wile monna sum mín flǽsc etan . . . siððan hé mé of sídan seaxes orde hýd árýpeð, Rä. 76, 7. the skin of a human being Útewardre hýde cute summa, An. Ox. 50, 23.

býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed [býre an event, a favourable time, an opportunity]
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Ðe ne býrede him to etanne quem non licebat ei edere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 4

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)

to tear

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His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion

CRUMA

(n.)
Grammar
CRUMA, an; m.

A CRUMBfragment mica

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Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumum catelli edunt de micis Mt. Bos. 15, 27; Lk. Bos. 16, 21. Lege on ðone magan hláfes cruman lay crumbs of bread on the stomach L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 15; Homl. Th. ii. 114, 29

Linked entry: croma

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Áhwǽr út of mynstre etan, R. Ben. 79, 17. Áhwǽr elles, Ps. Th. 102, 15. Áhwǽr (ówer, v. l. ) elles búton on helle, Gr. D. 303, 5. Gif hí mihton þone here áhwǽr útene betræppen, Chr. 992; P. 127, 13.

ge-hrifnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrifnian, p. ode
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cf. hrif) Alexandres æfterfol-geras xiiii geár þisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron þǽm gelícost þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó étanne : hié ðonne gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte hwelc heora mǽst mæg gehrifnian.

hungrig

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Ox. 3685, Hungrigum familicis i. abstinentibus (turmis), 3860. þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum (avidis calulis ) hwæt tó etanne, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 142, 24. of things, meagre, scanty, v. hungor-lic Hungrigre gneáþnysse familice frugalitatis (

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fill, fyllu, fyllo, e; f.

The FILLfulnessplentyplēnĭtūdosatŭrĭtas

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etaþ to fylle comĕdētis in satŭrĭtāte, Lev. 26, 5. Fylle gefrægnod known by its plenteousness, Beo. Th. 2670, note; B. 1333. Fylle gefǽgon they rejoiced in the plenty, 2032; B. 1014.

Linked entries: fill fyllu

til

(prep.)
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Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.) Eástro ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha? 26, 17

ána

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ána, m.

Onesolesinglesolitaryunusunicussolussolitarius

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One, sole, single, solitary; unus, unicus, solus, solitarius: Ðæt [treów, a.] se ána is ealra beáma beorhtast geblówen that is the oae of all the trees most brightly flourishing, Exon. 58b; Th. 209, 27; Ph. 177. God ána on écnysse ríxaþ

seonu

(n.)
Grammar
seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine;
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Nellaþ folc etan sine ( nervum ), Gen. 32, 32. Seonuwa [beóþ] fortogene. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28: 50, 5. Seonowe onsprungon. Beo. Th. 1639; B. 817. Seonwe (sina. Soul Kmbl. 217), Exon. Th. 373, 19; Seel. iii. Sionwe, Andr. Kmbl. 2849; An. 1427.

Linked entry: sinu

þæt

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Add Hwá is swá dysig ꝥ wille etan þá stánas and lǽtan þá hláfas, H.R. 11, 15. add Geseah ic freán efstan, þæt hé mé wolde on gestígan, Kr. 34. Ábreóðe his anginn, þæt hé hér swá manigne mann áflýmde, By. 243. 2. add: cf. hú; III 2 a a

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A tablewhat is on a table

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Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumon ðe feallaþ of heora hláfordes mýsan ... Seó mýse is bódlíce lár ... Be ðære mýsan cwæþ se wítega: Drihten ðú gegearcodest mýsan on mínre gesihþe, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 24-28: i. 330, 31, 34: Ps. Spl. 127, 4: Mk.

Linked entries: meóse mýse

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Etaþ ðæt heáfod and ða fét and ðæt innewearde, ii. 264, 6: 280, 7. Etaþ his heáfod and his fét and innewærde caput cum pedibus ejus et intestinis vorabitis, Ex. 12, 9. Innewerde, 29, 17

Linked entry: innan-weard

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

fleshanimalshuman beings

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Wile monna sum mín flǽsc etan, felles ne réceð, Ra. 76, 5. Þæs lambes flǽsc gebrǽd etan, Angl. viii. 323, 47. Ic eotu flésc ferra (carnes taurarum), Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Flǽsca ǽt carnium esus, R. Ben.

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehendgraspseizetake hold ofcatchcomprehendereapprehenderecapereto surroundencompassencircleenvelopcontainclothecasereceiveconceivecircumdareamplecticomplecticaperecingeretegereoperireaccipereconcipere

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Ne hét he ná etan ðone líchaman ðe he mid befangen wæs he bade them not eat that body with which he was surrounded, Homl. Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19 : Soul Kmbl. 67; Seel. 34 : Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2.

hnesce

(adj.)
Grammar
hnesce, hnæsce, hnysce; adj.

Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate

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Syle him etan hnesce ægere give him lightly boiled (?) eggs to eat, Lchdm. iii. 134, 22. Ǽlc wuht biþ innanweard hnescost every creature is softest inside, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6.

Linked entries: heard hnæsce