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þǽr-under

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-under, adv.
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Beneath Ealle ða ðe ofer óðre bióþ heáfda ðara ðe ðǽrunder bióþ, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 24

Linked entry: under

trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
trymþ, e; f.
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Strength, support Ealle getrymednesse ł trymðe hláfes hé forgnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 16

Eoforwíc-scír

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Eádweard cyng grét Tostig eorl and ealle míne þegenas on Eoferwícscíre, C. D. vi. 203, 22. Add

ge-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylling, e; f.
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Completion Ealre gefyllingce ł ǽlcre geændunge ic geseah ende omnis consummations vidi finem, Ps. L. 118, 96

geár-wæstm

(n.)
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yearly fruit Þæt heó hæbbe ǽlce gére ealra geárwæstma þá þrié dǽlas, C. D. ii. 175, 25

Linked entry: wæstm

heofon-steorra

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Heofonsteorran (cf. steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 22) ealle efenbeorhte ne scínað, Met. 20, 232. Add

on-tíned

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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

scínende

(adj.)
Grammar
scínende, adj.
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Brilliant Þǽr is se ælmihtiga Dryhten scínendra and lióhtra þonne ealle óðre lióht, Verc. Först. 113, 3

Linked entry: scínan

ǽmet-bed

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmet-bed, ǽmet-bedd, es; n.

An ant-hill

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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21

Linked entries: bed bed-gerid

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate

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Gif nú eall ðises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ealle óþre men wǽdlan ? Genóh sweotol ðæt is, ðætte gód hlísa biþ betera ðonne ǽnig wela Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1-24. Ǽlc sóþ wela opes 7, 3; Fox 20, 16.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

hæleþ

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Dryhten ealra hæleða cynnes, El. 188. Heofonengla here and hæleða beam, ealle eorðbúend and atol deófol, Cri. 1278. Þonne heofon and hel hæleda bearnum, fíra feórum fylde weorðeð, 1592.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7

ge-namian

(v.)
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and on wífum, eal heó is genamod tó ánum mǽdene, swá swá Paulus cwæð . . .

be-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To sell ⬩ vendere

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Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta sell all thy possessions, ii. 400, 12

namcúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
namcúþlíce, adv.

By name

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[Þurh him and ðurh ealle his freónd namcúðlíce, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 12.]

innemest

(adj.)
Grammar
innemest, adj.

Inmost

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Inmost Ealle ða innemestan geþohtas all the inmost thoughts; omnia cogitationum interiora. Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 155, 7

þeówetscipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeówetscipe, es; m.
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Service Hé ealle ðæs regoles bebodu and fulfremednysse ðæs munuclícan þeówtscypes geheóld, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 26

úht-floga

(n.)
Grammar
úht-floga, an; m.

A creature that flies in the early morning

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A creature that flies in the early morning Ðæs wyrmes denn, ealdes úhtflogan, Beo. Th. 5513; B. 2760

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

swétness

Grammar
swétness, <b>. I.</b>
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Hí ealle þá stówe gemétton mid ambrosie þǽre wyrte swétnysse ( ambrosiae odore ) gefylde, Guth. Gr. 168, 130. Add

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