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un-stillness

Grammar
un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add Sé færð and fandað þissera fíf andgita, sé ðe þurh fyrwitnysse and unstilnysse hí áspent on unnyt, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 2.

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

ge-hyhtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtlíc, adj.

Seasonable ⬩ fit ⬩ commodious ⬩ opportunus

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Seasonable, fit, commodious; opportunus, R. Ben. 53

bæftan

(adv.)
Grammar
bæftan, bæfta; adv. [be-æftan, q. v.]

After ⬩ behind ⬩ hereafter ⬩ afterwards ⬩ postea

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After, behind, hereafter, afterwards; postea Git synd fíf hungor gér bæftan adhuc quinque anni residui sunt famis, Gen. 45, 11. He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta he alone was left there behind, Gen. 32, 24.

þǽr-tóeácan

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Ðreó hund daga and fíf and syxtig daga and þǽrtóeácan syx týda, Lch. iii. 246, 13. Add

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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Ðænne þæs embe fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum (cf. tún; ), Men. 24. v. bere-, ceaster-, Lunden-, Norþ-, sunder-wíc

and

(prep.)
Grammar
and, prep. dat. acc.

With ⬩ cum ⬩ Against ⬩ before ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ contra ⬩ apud ⬩ in

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Ymb twentig and fíf nihtum after twenty with five nights, i. e. after twenty-five nights, 373; Men. 188. with the accusative; cum accusativo Against, before, on, into; contra, apud, in; κάτα Hæfdon dreám and heora ordfruman had joy before their creator

un-flitme

(adv.)
Grammar
un-flitme, adv.

Without dispute

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Without dispute Fin Hengeste elne unflitme áðum benemde ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde ( Fin confirmed with oaths the terms he made with Hengest, and there was no dispute about the terms which were settled ), Beo. Th. 2198; B. 1097

Linked entry: flitme

cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
cwéme, adj. [cwéman to please]

Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit ⬩ gratus, acceptus, congruus

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Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit ; gratus, acceptus, congruus

ge-bígednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bígednys, -nyss, e; f.

A bending ⬩ inflection ⬩ declining ⬩ declension ⬩ case ⬩ declīnātio ⬩ cāsus

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Ða pronōmĭna ðe habbaþ vŏcātīvum, ða habbaþ six casus, and ða óðre ealle nabbaþ búton fíf gebígednyssa the pronouns which have a vocative have six cases, and all the other have but five cases, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 55.

Linked entries: ge-býgednys cásus

híréd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-mann, hírd-man, es; m.

A member of a 'híréd:' —

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His hírédmen férdon út mid feáwe mannan of ðam castele and geslógen and gelǽhton fíf hundred manna the members of his household sallied out with few men from the castle, and slew and captured five hundred men, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 29.

ge-mǽran

(v.)

to fix limits, determine

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to fix limits, determine Gimǽrende diterminans, Rtl. 164, 38

Linked entry: mǽran

GYR

(n.)

a fir tree ⬩ abies

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a fir tree; abies, Lchdm. iii. 328, col. 1

Linked entry: gyr-treów

cú

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Dǽl cýna fífe iuga boum quinque, Lk. R. 14, 19. Add

un-wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
un-wríþan, p. -wráþ; pp. -wriðen

To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.)

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To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.) Unwríþan distringere, Scint. 232, 2

sæppe

(n.)
Grammar
sæppe, an; f.

The spruce fir

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The spruce fir Sæppe abies. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 40

on-lícness

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Add: likeness, that to which a thing may be compared Is leornod on bócum þæt on þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre. Sió ǽreste onlícnes is nemned wræc, Verc.

wæl-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-sliht, -sleaht, es; m.

Slaughter in battle ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage

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Wæs on healle wælslihta gehlyn, Fins. Th. 57; Fin. 28

ge-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽte, adj.

Moderate, meet, fit ⬩ modicus, aptus

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Moderate, meet, fit; modicus, aptus, Mod. Conf. 1; C. R. Ben. 55

tó-bríting

(n.)
Grammar
tó-bríting, e; f.

Crushing, ⬩ destruction

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Crushing, fig. destruction Tóbrýtincge forestæpþ ofermódignyss contritionem precedit superbia, Scint. 82, 12

Linked entry: bríting