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Anglo-Saxon

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eargra

(adj.)
Grammar
eargra, weaker, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 27, = comp.
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of earg

be-féhþ

(v.)
Grammar
be-féhþ, 3rd pers. pres. of be-fón.

includes

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includes,Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 14;

fatan

(v.)
Grammar
fatan, p. fót, pl. fóton; pp. faten.
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To go; īre, volvi, volvĕre

ge-stric

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stric, For m. ? 1. n. , for the translation substitute
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leonem infestare uiderit, inimici seditionem significat, and add Wíf tósprǽddum loccum hine gesihð gestric (spriicg, MS. v. Archiv cxxv. 61, 5) getácnað mulierem sparsis crinibus se uiderit, seditionem significat, Lch. iii. 208, II

up-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
up-lyft, (for gender see lyft)

the air above

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the air above Ðú wealdan miht eorðan mægen and uplyfte, wind and wolcna, Btwk. 196, 29; Hy. 9, 6. Ðú geworhtest heofonas and eorðan, eardas and uplyft, 198, 4; Hy. 9, 19

bǽm

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
bǽm, for bám; dat. of begen

both

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Cott; Fox 206, 15: Th. Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 463, 3

foxes glófa

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Foxes glófa buglosse, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 24. Add

fant

a fount ⬩ a font

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Se sácerd orðunge on þæt wæter orðað þonne hé font hálgað, Wlfst. 36, 4

haca

Grammar
haca, 'For Gl. Mett. 658
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On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde (haccan is the form in the MS. printed C. D. B. iii. 395, 18), vi. 41, 24. Here there might be reference to the enclosures being bolted, or to their construction with hurdles, cf. hæc, and see hake in N. E. D

ealneg

(adv.)
Grammar
ealneg, ealnig, eallneg; adv. [ealne weg, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 10, 11]

Always, quite ⬩ semper, prorsus

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Fox 28, 114; Met. 28, 57: Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 36. Ðe ǽfre biþ ealnig smylte which ever is quite calm, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 30; Met. 21, 15

Linked entries: ealling eallneg

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard

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25, 15), Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 7

finst

(v.)
Grammar
finst, findest,
  • Bt. 18, 3
    • ;
  • Fox 66, 11
, = findest;
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2nd sing. pres. of findan

temes

(n.)
Grammar
temes, temesis, es; m. (? cf. lynis for form and gender)
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A sieve

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hæl (?, for form cf. tæl, tel), es; m.

a shelter

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A hidden spot (f), a shelter Tó Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16

ge-cweccan

Grammar
ge-cweccan, for gecwecton read gecoecton, and for 7 read 6.
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Add: to shake Gecwehton uibrato, Germ. 401, 28. Efne gequoeccad (-gicwæceð, R.) bið conquassabitur, Lk. L. 20, 18

tó-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stregdan, -strédan. [For conjugation see stregdan.]

To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds

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Geþancu and geþeahtu ðíne tóstrédde and tó náht getealde beón getácnaþ the dream betokens that your thoughts and counsels will be dissipated and counted for nought, Lchdm. iii. 214, 24. Scípa tóstrogdenra ovium dis-sipatorum, Rtl. 9, 38. intrans.

deregaþ

Grammar
deregaþ, injure, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 16, = deriaþ; pres. pl.
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of derian

felþ

(v.)
Grammar
felþ, falls,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 30
    • ;
  • Met. 5, 15
;
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3rd pers. pres. of feallan

a-fónde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fónde, part. of a-fón.

taking up ⬩ raising up ⬩ suscipiens

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taking up, raising up; suscipiens.Ps. Spl. 146, 6;

an-fangen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
an-fangen, pp. of an-fón.

received

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received;

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