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FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESHcăro

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Lamb; 55, 4: 77, 39. Ge-endung ealles flǽsces com ætfóran me fīnis ūnĭversæ carnis vēnit cōram me, Gen. 6, 13, 19: Jn. Bos. 1, 13. In flǽsce in the flesh, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 475; Met. 20, 238: Apstls. Kmbl. 73; Ap. 37.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wingsvŏlāreTo fleeflee fromfŭgĕreeffŭgĕre

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Lamb. 17, 11: Cd. 72; Th. 87, 29; Gen. 1456. Ða englas twegen him on twá healfaflugon the two angels flew on both sides of him, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 32: Exon. 43a; Th. 146, 14; Gú. 709. v. intrans.

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

for-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To steal with violencerobdeprivefūrārisurrĭpĕreprīvāre

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Lamb. fol. 142, 8. Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ [-stylþ MS. B; -steleþ MS. H.] if a churl steal property, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 15: L. Alf. 15; Th. i. 48, 5, MS. H.

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraudprivare, separare, fraudare

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Lamb. 77, 30

ymb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton ; pp. -seten.
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Lamb. 21, 13. Ðá com micel werod werigra gásta and ðis hús útan ymbsǽtan (domum hanc et exterius obsedit), Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 2. <b>II a.

Linked entry: emb-sittan

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxietycarefulanxiousfeeling anxietyattended with anxietycausing anxietysorrowfulmournfulsadfeeling sorrow or griefattended with or causing sorrowgrievoussollicitus

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Lamb. 68, 30. Sorhfull, Ps. Th. 85, 1. Ic sceal gnornian seóc and sorhful, Cd. Th. 281, 20; Sat. 275. Módor síðode sorhfull, sunu deáþ fornam, Beo. Th. 4244; B. 2119. Hig heora synna andetton mid sorhfullum móde, Jud. 10, 10.

and-lóman

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Add: -laman, -luman Andluman utensilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 27: An. Ox. 4665: 8, 275: Angl. xiii. 36, 249. Andlaman, An. Ox. 7, 318: Hpt. Gl. 514, 26 (the last five are glosses of the same passage). Andluman vasa, R. Ben. I. 62, 1.

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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Ꝥ hine mon lǽde tó þám rícum ꝥ mon þǽr mæge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 3. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ꝥ gé wacian mid mé and wé bærnan gástlico leóhfato, Bl. H. 145, 4. to consume by fire Ic folcsalo bærne, Rä. 2, 5.

fóre-gleáw

Grammar
fóre-gleáw, fore-gleáw (for-)

fore-seeingfore*-*knowingpropheticprovidentprudent

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Tó ǽfengereordunga lambes foregleáwes (providi), Hy. S. 82, 3

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Lamb. 23, 1: Ex. 9, 29: Deut. 10, 14. Ðæt gé ne swerion þurh eorþan, forðamðe heó ys Godes fótscamul that ye swear not by the earth, because it is God's foot-stool, Mt. Bos. 5, 35

Linked entries: eord eorþ

FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHERpennaplūmaWingsālæpennæwhat is made of a featherA penpennacălămus

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Lamb. 54, 7: 138, 9. He gesihþ brimfuglas brǽdan feðra he sees sea-fowls spread their wings, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 13; Wand. 47. Cómon earnas on flyhte, feðerum hrémige eagles came in flight, exulting in their wings, Andr. Kmbl. 1728; An. 866: Bt.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

for-niman

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

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Lamb. fol. 190 b, 14. Hig fornymaþ hyra ansýna extermĭnant făcies suas, Mt. Bos. 6, 16. Hine wyrd fornam fate took him away, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: 2877; B. 1436: 4245; B. 2119.

Linked entry: for-nyman

leóma

(n.)
Grammar
leóma, an; m.

Lightradiancesheensplendourlightningray

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Lamb. 134, 7. Leómena leás blind, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 13; Vy. 17. Leómum inlýhted illumined with his rays, 42 a; Th. 141, 14; Gú. 627. Seó sunne behýdde hire hátan leóman the sun hid its hot beams, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 34

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Lamb. 16, 10: Met. 7, 8

síde

(n.)
Grammar
síde, an ; f.
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On sídan lama pleuriticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 31. Hé Hǽlend genom be sídan, Cd. Th. 299, 5; Sat. 545. Hit ( the horse) ongan walwian and on gehwæðere sídan hit ofer*-*weorpan (in diversum latus vicissim sese volvere ), Bd. 3, 9 ; S. 533, 40.

ge-regnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-regnian, -rénian; p. ode; pp. od, ad

To put, dispose, adorn

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Ðonne hangaþ ðǽr eác búfan ðǽm lástum geregnod swíðe mycel leóhtfæt moreover there hangs, placed above the footsteps, a great lamp, Blickl. Homl. 127, 29. Ðæs geregnedan concinnati, Cot. 57.

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Substitute: <b>á-léfian,</b> -léwian; p. ode, ede; p. od, ed To mate weak, sick, to maim, lame, cripple. of living creatures Antecríst áléuað and geuntrumað ðá hálan, Hml. Th. i. 4, 22.

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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Lamb. 67, 16: Wrt. Voc. 80, 42. Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon they found an earth-cavern by the slope of a high hill, Cd. 122 ; Th. 156, 26; Gen. 2594: Homl. Th. i. 502, 13.

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Lamb. 14, 5. Ðæt him leófre wǽre wið hine to feohtanne, ðonne gafol to gyldenne that they would rather fight against him, than pay him tribute, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 24, 28 : L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 16 : L. O.

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOKlibera charterchartafor the books which a priest ought to possessfor his canonical hours

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Lamb. 39, 9. On fórewardre ðyssere béc ys awriten be me, ðæt ic sceolde ðínne willan wyrcan, Ps. Th. 39, 8; in the hed of the boc it is write of me, that I do thi wil, Wyc. Ic wrát bóc I wrote a book, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, note 37.