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dim-nes

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Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml. A. 168, 113. a dark place On sweartum dimnessum latibulis carceralibus, An. Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt.

á-dún

Grammar
á-dún, -dúne (-a).
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Doppettan ádúne tó grunde, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 7

swǽfan

(v.)
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Sió gítsung ðe nǽnne grund hafaþ swearte swǽfeþ (swǽleþ ? v. swǽlan) sumes onlíce efne ðam munte ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ se swefle byrneþ, Met. 8, 46-50.

ele-bacen

(part.)
Grammar
ele-bacen, pp.

Oil-baked, baked in or with oil ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus

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Oil-baked, baked in or with oil; ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus Manna híg gadredon and grundon on cwyrne oððe britton and sudon on croccan and worhton hláfas ðǽrof: ða wǽron híg swilce híg wǽron elebacene pŏpŭlus collĭgens Man frangēbat mŏla sive tĕrēbat in mortārio

Linked entry: bracan

brítan

(v.)
Grammar
brítan, p. te

To poundbruisecrush

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Þæt hig grundon on cwyrne oððe brítton populus illud frangebat mola sive terebat in mortario, Num. ll, 8. Genim wyrte leáf and brýt hý, Lch. i. 72, 4. Genim hý (garclive) dríge and dype on wearmum wætere, swá þú eáþelícost hý brýtan mæge, 130, 6.

Linked entry: brýtan

glíw-mann

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Swá hweorfað gleómen geond grunda fela . . . simle sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne, Víd. 136

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Grund is onhréred, deópe gedréfed, Andr. Kmbl. 786; An. 393. metaph. to move, disturb, agitate Ðone, ungeþyldegan swíðe lytel scúr ðære costunga mæg onhréran (-hrǽran, Hatt. MS.), Past. 33; Swt. 224, 5.

Linked entry: hréran

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Similar entries v. grund-bed. of ground where plants grow. [O. H. Ger. betti areola.] of ground occupied by insects. Similar entries v. ǽmet-bed, bed-gerid. See D. D. bed = ant-hill

deóp

(n.)
Grammar
deóp, dýp, dióp,es; n: dýpe,an ; f.

Depth, the deep, abyss prŏfundum

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Depth, the deep, abyss; prŏfundum Ne me forswelge sǽ-grundes deóp ne me absorbeat profundum, Ps. Th. 68, 15. Adó me of deópe deorces wæteres libĕra me de profundo aquārum, 68, 14.

pæþþan

(v.)
Grammar
pæþþan, p. de
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To tread (a path), to traverse Tungol gársecges grundas pæþeþ the sun (after it has set) treads ocean's depths as its path, Exon. 350, 29 ; Sch. 71. Eorþgræf pæþeþ it makes its way along a trench, 439, 26; Rä. 59, 9.

Linked entry: peþþan

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Ða sacerdas ætstódon on ðam grunde on drigre moldan on middan ðære eá be dríum grunde sacerdōtes stābant per siccam humum in medio Iordānis, Jos. 3, 17.

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund, 8, 35 ; Gen. 134. Sǽs sídne grund, Exon. Th. 349, 2 ; Sch. 40. Geond sídne sǽ, 53, 19; Cri. 853. Sǽs sídne fæðin, Elen. Kmbl. 1454; El. 729.

Linked entry: síd-folc

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Sand is geblonden grund wið greóte the sand is mixed together, the abyss with the strand, 849; An. 425: 475; An. 238: 508; An. 254: Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 12; Gú. 1309. Hér líþ úre ealdor on greóte here lies our chief in the dust, Byrht.

GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Biþ eal ðes ginne grund gléda gefylled all this spacious earth shall be filled with gleeds, 116 a; Th. 445, 24; Dóm. 12: Elen. Kmbl. 2601; El. 1302. Glédum spíwan to spit forth flames, Beo. Th. 4614; B. 2312: 4659; B. 2335

Linked entries: gloed gléde ge-gléded

hreósan

(v.)
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L. 34, 18. to fall from a higher to a lower level Hié under grund hruron, An. 1602. On þæt éce fýr gé hreósan sceal, Cri. 1524. Hreósende cassabundus (cf.(?) in tetrumtartarum cassabundus, Ald. 10, 35), Wrt.

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,

sǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-líc, adj.

Of the sea

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Of sǽlícum grunde, 138, 11. On sǽlícere ýðe in the water of the sea, 138, 8. Hí fixodon on sǽlícum ýðum, i. 576, 21. Gedréfed on ðám sǽlícum ýðum ðyssere worulde, ii. 388, 7. On sǽlícum in glarigeris, Hpt. Gl. 465, 3: in marinis, 473, 71.

giefu

(n.)
Grammar
giefu, e; gen. pl. -end; f.

A giftgracefavourdonummunusgratia

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God-bearn on grundum his giefe bryttaþ the divine Child on earth his grace dispenseth, 17 b; Th. 43, 2; Cri. 682. Us giefe sealde uppe mid englum gave us favour above with angels, 17 b; Th. 41, 24; Cri. 660: 32 a; Th. 101, 24; Cri. 1663

god-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
god-bearn, es; n.

a divine childthe Son of Goddivinus filiusDei Filiusa god-childa god-sonfilius lustricusex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus

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Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan Godbearn of grundum they saw the Lord, the Son of God, ascend on high from earth, Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 21; Cri. 499: Andr.

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs, Cd. Th. 8, 13; Gen. 123 : 95, 26; Gen. 1584 : Exon. Th. 93, 15; Cri. 1526 : Beo. Th. 1453; B. 724. Ðæs cymþ raðor iste egredietur prius, Gen. 38, 28.