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fiolan

(v.)
Grammar
fiolan, p. fæl, pl. fǽlon; pp. folen

To reachproceedcomeprocēdĕrepervĕnīre

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To reach, proceed, come; procēdĕre, pervĕnīre Hit fiolan ne mæg eft æt his éþle it cannot come again to its own region, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 308; Met. 20, 154

ful-longe

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-longe, adv.

Full longvery longdiutissĭme

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Full long, very long; diutissĭme Ða gyldnan geatu ðe fullonge ǽr bilocen stódon the golden gates which very long before stood locked, Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 12; Cri. 252

stæþ-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ-swealwe, an; f.
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Gif mon fundige wið his feónd tó gefeohtanne, stæþswealwan briddas geseóþe on wíne, ete ðonne ǽr, Lchdm. ii. 154, 5

Linked entry: fiscere

þurh-seón

(v.)

to strain throughpenetrate

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to strain through, penetrate Ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs fúllan ofnes and ðæs þeóstran ðe mec ǽr ðurhseáh omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; M. 430, 6

ágnere

(n.)
Grammar
ágnere, es; m.
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An owner, possessor Meus mín hæfð vocatiuus ná þæs ágneres (ágeneres, áhneres, v. ll. ), ac ðæs óðres hádes, Ælf. Gr. Z. 110, 19. Ácneres (-=ágneras?) municipes , An. Ox. II. 92

an-wedd

(n.)
Grammar
an-wedd, (and-?), es; n.
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Security for a loan, recognizance Hire fæder áborgude XXX punda æt Godan and betǽht him þæt land þæs feós tó anwedde ( pro vadimonio eidem dedit terram). Cht. Th. 201, 17

be-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
be-wuna, adj. indecl.

Wontaccustomed

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Wont, accustomed Swá hié ǽr bewuna wǽron, þonne hié wælstówe geweald áhton, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 116, 32. Hí dydon eall swá hí bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20

Linked entry: -wuna

eall-swilc

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-swilc, adj.
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Tó eallswilcre gehýrsumnesse swá hé ǽr his fæder dyde, Chr. 1091; P. 227, 3

for-eáþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-eáþelíce, adv.

Very easily

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Very easily, without inconvenience Hú mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7

Linked entry: eáþe-líce

lǽn-land

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Þonne is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme his þegne tó bóclonde, swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11. Add

wíg-hryre

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hryre, es; m.

Fall in fight

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Fall in fight Se ðe æt sæcce gebád wíghryre wráðra he that in strife had lived to see the fall in fight of fierce foes Beo. Th. 3242; B. 1619

crism-lýsing

(n.)
Grammar
crism-lýsing, -lísing, e; f.

A leaving off the baptismal vest chrismatis solutio

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A.] wæs æt Wedmor the leaving off his baptismal vest was at Wedmore Chr. 878; Erl. 81, 20

Linked entry: crysum-lýsing

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Æt ðam fulwihte hyre onféng sum Godes þeów, Shrn. 140, 22. Hine onféng æt fulluhtbæþe him tó godsuna Æþelwald, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 44. Ne hé náh mid rihte óðres mannes tó onfónne æt fulluhte ne æt bisceopes handa, L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 374, 2.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

bleáte

(adv.)
Grammar
bleáte, adv.

Wretchedly, miserablymisere, miserabile

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Wretchedly, miserably; misere, miserabile He geseah ðone leófestan lífes æt ende bleáte gebǽran he saw his dearest [friend] bearing [himself] wretchedly at life's end, Beo. Th. 5640, note; B. 2824

un-swefen

(n.)
Grammar
un-swefen, es; n.

A bad dream

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A bad dream Sing ðis ylce gebed on niht ǽr ðu tó ðínum reste gá, ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternessum on menn becumaþ, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22

Linked entry: swefen

earme

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Judas wæs on ðǽra twelf apostola rím geteald ǽr hé hine sylfne swíðe earme and unlǽdlíce of ðǽre gemánan ealra Godes gecorenra ádwǽscte and ádílgode, Hml. A. 153, 48. Add

ende-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ende-tíma, an; m.
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Last day, last hour Ne geþristlǽce hé ꝥ hé Drihtenes líchaman underfó ǽr his endetíman (ante diem suum extremum), Ll. Th. ii. 268, 25. On úrum endetíman, Btwk. 220, 37

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk Hé nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

neádlunga

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Hí hine neádlunga (mid nýde, v.l.) áhófon úp on ꝥ hors þe hí hine ǽr of áwurpon invitum eum in caballum de quo deposuerunt, levaverunt, Gr. D. 15, 24. Add

rídere

(n.)
Grammar
rídere, es; m.

A knight

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A knight Hé begeat ðone castel æt Albemare and ðárinne hé sette his cnihtas . . . Æfter ðisum hé begeat má castelas and ðǽrinne his ríderas gelógode, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 30