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flocc-mǽlum

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Hié wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard þǽm óþrum tó fultume they were flocking to the place to the help of the others, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 19. Hí nocmǽlum fécdon mid heora híwum, Hml. S. 25, 235. Add

flocc-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
flocc-mǽlum, floc-mǽlum; adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n. a measure, q. v.]

By flocks ⬩ flockwise ⬩ in companies ⬩ grĕgātim ⬩ cătervātim

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Hí hý flocmǽlum slógon they slew them in companies, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 6. Hí ferdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum they went everywhere in flocks, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 25

Linked entry: folc-mǽlum

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, rýpan; p. te
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Hí férdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum and heregodon úre earme folc, and hí rýpton (rǽpton, MS. E.) and slógon, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 26. Fram rýpendum ł bereáfiendum a diripientibus, Ps. Lamb. 34, 10

Linked entry: tó-rípan

þider-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-weard, adv.
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Hié wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard they were flocking to the place, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 19: 5, 13; Swt. 246, 21. Ðá hé ðyderweard wæs when he was on the way to it, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 179: Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 3.

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
Entry preview:

Hió wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard, 4, 10; S. 200, 16-19. (a) Add Hé in þá ylcan tíd híwcúðlíce mid him waes ei ipso in tempore familiarissimus fuit, Gr. D. 14, 10. add Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor, Hml. A. 32, igp.

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