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. ¶ Cattle-stealing, it may be inferred from the statement of the oxherd in Ælfric's Colloquy, 'Ealle niht ic stande ofer þá oxan waciende for þeófan, Coll. M. 20, 291', was a crime whose prevalence justified the attention given it by the law.

riht-wís

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Ná forlǽteð gyrd synfulra ofer hlýt rihtwísra (iustorum), Ps. Rdr. 124, 3. Cneóres rihtwísra (rectorum), Ps. Rdr. 111, 2. Ryhtwíse rectos, Ps. Vos. 32, 1. <b>I b.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Wé on sǽláde scipum brecað ofer bæðweg, An. 512. Hý gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde oncyrrápum, setlað sǽmearas, Wal. 13. v. friþ-, hlæst-, þeóf-scip. Add

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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Swongornes hí ofsit, and hí mid slǽwþe ofer-cymþ, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 33. Godes fýnd ðe ða earman ofsittaþ, Jud. Thw. 156, 5. Ðú wilt cweþan ðæt ungemetfæstnes hí ofsitte, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 2.

Linked entry: of-setenness

á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch outextendto stretch by pulling:to extend noticedirect attentioneffortto extendprolongto spread outextend superficially to stretch outprostrate:--

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Þá áþenedon (-odon, v. l.) hí geteld ofer extento desuper papilione, Bd. 4, 19;Sch. 447, 19. Áðennendeheofon swé swé fel. (extendens) Ps. Srt. 103, 3. Áþened oppansum, Wrt.

Linked entry: on-þenian

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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Lege ofer ða cyrnlu lay it over the kernels or swelled glands, Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 19. Wið cyrnla sáre for sore of kernels or swelled glands, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 3; Lchdm. i. 352, 1. Lege to ðám cyrnlum [MS.

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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He stýhþ elles ofer ascendit ăliunde, Jn. Bos. 10, 1. Hí ne mihton elles bión they could not else exist, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 30: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 104; Met. 9, 52: Chr. 1044; Erl. 168, 17: Beo. Th. 5034; B. 2520: Exon. 67 b; Th. 249, 18; Jul. 113.

Linked entry: el

FEALO

(adj.)
Grammar
FEALO, fealu, feale; def. se fealwa; adj.

FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? flāvus, gilvus, fuscus

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Lang is ðeós síþfæt ofer fealuwne flód this journey is long over the dusky flood, 841; An. 421. Sindon fealwe fótas the feet are yellow, Exon. 60a; Th. 219, 22; Ph. 311.

FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHERpennaplūmaWingsālæpennæwhat is made of a featherA penpennacălămus

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Ic hæbbe swíðe swifte feðera, ðæt ic mæg fliógan ofer ðone heán hróf ðæs heofones I have very swift wings, that I can fly over the high roof of heaven, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 4: Ps. Lamb. 54, 7: 138, 9.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.

to leaveto remain

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Hig ne lǽfaþ on ðé stán ofer stáne non relinquent in te lapidem super lapidem, Lk. Skt. 19, 44. Se forma lǽfde his bróðer his wíf primus reliquit uxorem suam fratri suo, Mt Kmbl. 22, 25.

Linked entry: be-lǽfan

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.
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Férde bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcynn, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35. Mid Scottum ic wæs and mid Peohtum (or under Cf. Scotta cynn Breotone onféng on Pehta dǽle, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 24), Exon. Th. 323, 15; Víd. 79

Linked entries: Sceottas Scot-land

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Hí ne mihton ofer ðæt scræf, Blickl. Homl. 201, 16. Cwóman wyrmas of ðǽm neáhdúnum and scrafum ex vicinis montium speluncis, Nar. 14, 6. On wéstenum and on scræfum, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 21. Scræfu speluncas, concavas petras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 66.

and-efn

(n.)
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Ðonne sió úpáhæfenes bið átyht ofer hire andefnu (-efenu, v. l.) dum elatio supra se tenditur, 301, 19. of things, quantity, amount, nature, extent Tódǽlað hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx, hwýlum on má, swá swá þæs feós andefn bið, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 29.

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Ofer þá eá (éa, MS.), Ors. 1, l; S. 8, 30. Ic ána wát eá rinnende, Lch. iii. 36, 25. Monega eá (éa, MS.) sindon be noman nemnede, 2, 4; S. 72, 12. Ðá eá stódon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 8.

ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Þon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ sund*-*hengestum flódwudu fergen, Cri. 854

ge-sceap

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Wixþ se milte ofer gesceap, Lch. ii. 242, 28. On gesceap naturally, Rä.39, 4.

líc

(adj.)
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Wacodon menn swá swá hit gewunelíc is ofer án dead líc, Hml. S. 21, 290. Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscryftscíre elles hwǽr lecge, Ll.

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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</b> add :-- Ofer mǽðe úre þú forð týhst sprǽce ultra aetatem nostrum protrahis sermonem, Coll. M. 32, 11. On þám tíman ne teáh nán æðelborennyss nǽnne man tó wurðscype, Hml. S. 3, 6. <b>IV 1.

crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them tumulus

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Ðér þwyres ofer þrý crundelas there across over three barrows Cod. Dipl. 985; Kmbl. v. 13, 32. in later times crundel is n:-[Kemble, in his Glossary Cod.

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To springto leapboundto burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., to fly to grow as a plantto rise as the sunto move as a spring movesto spreadbe diffusedto spring as blood from a woundto spring as waterto burstcrack

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Ðes hlísa sprang (spranc, Lind.)ofer eall ðæt land exiit fama haec in universam terram illam, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 26. Sprang ł foerde processit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 28: Beo. Th. 36; B. 18 : Apstls. Kmbl. 12; Ap. 6. Ða sprang ðæt word the report spread, Homl.

Linked entry: sprincan