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á-þecgan

to take foodconsume

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Substitute: to take food, consume Gif mon þung ete, áþege buteran and drince let him take some butter, and wash it down by drinking. Lch. ii. 154, l. Willað hý hine áþecgan, Rä. I. 2, 7

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one's self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11.

alýfan

(v.)
Grammar
alýfan, hit -lýfþ; p. -lýfde, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pp. -lýfed; v. a.

To give leavepermitgrantpermittereconcederetradere

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To give leave, permit, grant; permittere, concedere, tradere Se eorl ongan alýfan landes the earl began to grant the land, Byrht. Th. 134, 26; By. 90. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21. Alýf me permitte mihi, Lk.

gísel

(n.)
Grammar
gísel, gýsel; gen. gísles; dat. gísle; m.

A pledgehostageobses

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Voc. 72, 63: Byrht. Th. 139, 36; By. 265. Bútan ánum Bryttiscum gísle except one British hostage, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8. Ecgferþ wæs to gísle geseald Ecgfrid obses tenebatur, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 26.

Linked entry: gýsel

úre

(pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, gen. pl. of personal pronoun of first person.

Of usour

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Ús is eallum þearf, ðæt úre ǽghwylc óþerne bylde, Byrht. Th. 138, 42; By. 234: Beo. Th. 2776; B. 1386. Úre ealra bliss eardhæbbendra laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Weorð ðú úre gemyndig memor fuit nostri, 113, 21.

Linked entries: eówer úrer

wine-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
wine-dryhten, es; m.

A friendly, gracious lord.

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Hié wíscton and ne wéndon, ðæt hié heora winedrihten selfne gesáwon, 3213; B. 1604: Byrht. Th. 139, 3: By. 248

ge-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þanc, -þonc, -þang, es: generally m. but sometimes n. [þanc will]

Mindwillopinionthoughtmensanimuscogitatio

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Bos. 9,46: Byrht. Th. 132, 9; By. 13. Geþancu and geþeahtu thoughts and plans, Lchdm. iii. 214, 23. Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde the same thought I have told thee before, Blickl. Homl. 179, 28. Geþanges mentis, Ps. Spl. 67, 29

Linked entries: ge-þang ge-þonc

cwelm-bǽrnys

(n.)
Grammar
cwelm-bǽrnys, cwelm-bǽr-nyss,e; f. [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction]

Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality pernicies, mortalitas

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Þurh myrran is gehíwod cwelmbǽrnys úres flǽsces by myrrh is typified the mortality of our flesh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 3

Linked entry: cwealm-bǽrnes

ge-æbiligan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æbiligan, p. de; pp. ed

To make angryoffendirrītāri

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To make angry, offend; irrītāri - Ðone ðe he ǽr mid forsewennysse geæbiligde whom he had before angered by negligence, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 16. Gif hí us geæbiligdon if they have offended us, ii. 100, 33

bi-leóran

(v.)
Grammar
bi-leóran, p. de, -ade; pp. ed

To pass by or overtransire, præterire

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To pass by or over; transire, præterire Gif bileórade fram [MS. from] him seó [MS. ðio] tíd si transiret ab eo hora, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 35, 36. Se bileórde qui præterivit, Ps. Surt. 89, 4

Linked entry: be-leóran

tygele

(n.)
Grammar
tygele, (?), an; f.
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A lamprey Tigle murenula (the word occurs in a list of the names of fishes; murenula is elsewhere glossed by ǽl, 66, 5: 281, 66; sǽ-ǽl, q.v.), Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 66. Cf. (?) preceding word

Linked entry: tigle

frysca

(n.)
Grammar
frysca, an; m.
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The name of some bird Frysca butio (butio is a bittern. but is glossed by cýta, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 32: 63, 17: ii. 11, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 34. Cýta, frisca butium, 126, 81

Linked entry: frisca

hand-griþ

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Add: security granted by a person in authority, cf. hand; 2 Cyricgrið binnan wágum and cyninges handgrið, Ll. Th. i. 166, 21. Godes cyricgrið and crístenes cynincges handgrið, 358, 261. Gehálgodes cyninges handgrið, Wlfst. 266, 11

ofer-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þrymm, es; m.

Exceeding power

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Exceeding power Ǽr ðon se wlonca dæg bodige þurh býrnan brynehátne lég egsan oferþrym ere that august day (doom's day) announce by the trumpet fire burning-hot, over-powering terror, Exon. Th. 448, 10; Dóm. 52

of-hnítan

(v.)

to kill by butting, to gore to death

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to kill by butting, to gore to death Gif se oxa wer oððe wíf ofhnít if an ox gore a man or woman, that they die. Ex. 21, 29: L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27

æt-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen [æt, fleón to flee]

To flee awayescape by flighteschewaufugere

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To flee away, escape by flight, eschew; aufugere Ic ána ætfleáh I alone escaped, Job Thw. 165, 30. Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7

cwylla

(n.)
Grammar
cwylla, an; m.

A well, spring fons

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A well, spring; fons Riht súþ be eástan ðam cwyllan óþ ða wýde strǽte right south by east of the spring as far as the wide road, Cod. Dipl. 409; A. D. 946; Kmbl. ii. 265, 32

ilfig

(adj.)
Grammar
ilfig, adj.

madfrantic

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Affected by elves [?], mad, frantic Fanaticus, i. minister templi, futura præcinens, vel ylfig, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 40. Ylfie vel mónaþseóce comitiales, i. e. garritores, 132, 26. Comitiales, lunaticos wanseóce i. garritores, ylfie, Hpt. Gl. 519. 44

Linked entry: ylfig

nearu-níd

(n.)
Grammar
nearu-níd, -néd, e; f.

Sore needgrievous trouble

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on nearo nédum in confinement by force ], Andr. Kmbl. 203; An. 102. From naronéðe de angusta (as if, angustia? ), Lk. Skt. p. 8, 6

puslian

(v.)
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to pick out the best bits Wyl on meolcum óþ ðæt hié sýn wel mearuwe, pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time, Lchdm. ii. 356, 13. 'Peuselen summis digitis varia cibarria carpere,' Kilian