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ofer-þeón

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Þe oferþyó ealle ýsta sanda (alimoniam) quae cuncta diliciarum fercula praecellat, An. Ox. 11, 33. Add

bisceop-weorod

(n.)
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a bishop's band Mid ealle his biscopweorode (campwerede, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 11

hilde-deóful

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-deóful, es; n.

A devil, ⬩ demon

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A devil, demon Sindon ealle hǽðene godu hildedeóful omnes dei gentium dæmonia, Ps. Th. 95, 5

á-scyndan

to drive away

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Add: to drive away Drihten hí ealle mid gebeáte út áscynde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 8

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre

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Líg eall fornam the flame consumed all, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 34; Gen. 2548: Andr. Kmbl. 1988; An. 996: 3061; An. 1533. Swylt ealle fornom secga hlóþe death destroyed all the band of men, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 59 b; Th. 216, 15; Ph. 268.

Linked entry: for-nyman

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,

un-æþelboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþelboren, adj.

Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth

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Ealle cristene men, ǽgðer ge ríce ge heáne, ge æðelborene ge unæðelborene, and se hláford and se ðeówa, ealle hí sind gebróðra, Homl. Th. i. 260, 20

Linked entry: æþel-boren

mót-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
mót-weorþ, adj.

Entitled to attend a mot

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Entitled to attend a mot Ealle ða men ða beón mótwurðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 208, 32

nemnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nemnigend-líc, adj.

Nominative

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Nominative Nominativus is nemnigendlíc, mid ðam casu wé nemnaþ ealle þing, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 17

port-wara

(n.)
Grammar
port-wara, an; m.
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A citizen Lulla gebohte ðis lond miþ ealra ðeassa portweorona gewitnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 3, 11

ge-mænigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mænigfealdian, p. ode; pp. od

To multiply

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To multiply Gemænigfealdige ðis mihtig Dryhten ofer eów ealle adjiciat Dominus super vos, Ps. Th. 113, 22

Linked entry: ge-monigfealdian

un-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽd, es; n.

Bad seed

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Bad seed Ealle unþeáwas áweallaþ of deófle, and hé ðæt unsǽd sáweþ tó wíde, Wulfst. 40, 23

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hǽle, ; adj.
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

dohtor-sunu

(n.)
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a grandson Leódulf wæs þæs ealdan Oddan sunu and Eádweardes cininges dohtorsunu, Chr. 982; P. 124, 32

drýg-scód

(adj.)
Grammar
drýg-scód, adj.
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Dry-shod Þæt folc fór betwux þám twám wæterum on þám grunde ealle drýgsceóde, Wlfst. 293, 17

efen-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-hleóþrian, p. ode
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To sing together Gyf þá deóflu þæt ongytað . . . beóð hí ealle efenhleóþriende and swýðe blíðe, Nap. 19

ge-lǽrednes

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Add: erudition Ásprang hire hlísa and wísdóm and gelǽrednys geond ealle þá ceastre, Hml. S. 33, 29

on-bring

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Ealle þá yfelan geþanc þe þé on heortan becumaþ þurh deófles onbrincg, Angl. xii. 513, 24. Add

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
    • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

mearc-díc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-díc, e; f.

A ditch which serves as a boundary

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A ditch which serves as a boundary On ða ealdan mercdíc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 7

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