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ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded, -brǽdd, -brǽd [ge-, brǽdan to roast]

To roastbroiltorrēreassāre

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Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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Ðætte suǽ fealo téderlícro wé sindon suǽ suíðe strongrum helpum wé sié áholpen ut quanto fragiliores sumus, tanto validioribus auxiliis foveamur, Rtl. 61, 9

Linked entry: téder-

þylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þylc, pron.

Such

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Gif hé áwiht þylces dó si tale quid fecerit, L. Ecg. C. 15; Th. ii. 142, 27. Þylces fela his similia, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11. Ánne þilícne lytling unum parvolum talem, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 5. Hwæt is þes be þam ic þilc gehýre de quo audio ego talia, Lk.

Linked entry: þylíc

þurh-stingan

(v.)

to stab throughpiercethrust through

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Hé ðurhstong ðone cyninges ðeng and ðone cyning gewundade tanta vi hostis ferrum infixit, ut per corpus militis occisi etiam regem vulneraret, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 24. Þurhsting his eáre perforabis aurem ejus, Deut. 15, 17.

un-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstm, es, e; m. f. n.

an evil growtha bad planta tareweedbad growthfailure of crops

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an evil growth, a bad plant, a tare, weed Unwæstm (ða weód, Rush.) zizania, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 38. Huona hafes unwæstm (ðæt weód, Rush.) unde habet zizania? 13, 27. Gié geadrias ðæt unwæstm, 13, 28. Ða unwæstma zizania, 13, 30, 40.

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerouswithout risk

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Ðás tácna sind dígle and unpleólíce, i. 306, 30

unriht-wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wrigels, es; n.

A veil of error

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Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away, 2 Cor. 2, 14-16), Blickl. Homl. 105, 30

weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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MSS.) bióð suíður upáhafene and on oferméttum áðundene talibus rectum tanto rectius jubetur, quanto in rebus transitoriis altitudine cogitationis intumescunt, Past. 26 ; Swt. 181, 21

be-irnan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to run over, traverse Seó sunne beyrnð ðá twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 262, 23.

ealdor-lic

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Swá ealdorlices hádes principalis tanti sexus, An. Ox. 3890. Ic hálsige þá Crístes þegnas for hiora ealdorlican setle (cf. þæt gé sitton ofer þrymsetl. Lk. 22, 30), Angl. xii. 503, 17. Mid gáste alderlice spiritu principali, Ps. Srt. 50, 14.

Linked entry: aldor-líc

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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Take here fyrlen; adj. in Dict., and add Fyrlen longinquus, Æife. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Wé cómon of fyrlenum lande (de terra longinqua), Jos. 9, 6. Wé wǽron swíðe fyrlyne, ǽgðer ge stðwlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Hml. Th. i. 106, 21.

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

fram

(adj.)
Grammar
fram, adj.
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Take here from in Dict., and add: stout, bold From, fraam acris, fortis, Txts. 37, 60. From efficatus, 59, 727: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 13. From, snel explicitus, liber, efficatus, 145, 35. Sum from wer uir strenuissimus, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 471, 21.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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Take here <b>ge-scerpan</b> in Dict., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr.

gist

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Take here <b>gæst, gest, giest, gyst</b> in Dict., and add Gast hospes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 37. a stranger Gest ic wæs hospes eram, Mt. L. 25, 36, 43, 44.

heáfod-land

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Take here hafud-land in Dict., and add: [v. land; ] Of ðǽre stréte on ðá díc ðe scýt tó ðám heáfodlande; ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes, C. D. v. 275, 17-19. Tó þám heáfodlonde, iii. 384, 32.

hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. and add

Linked entries: hylfe helfe

of-spring

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Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine tuo), Deut. 28, 46. Ofsprincgum (ofsprincge, Hpt. Gl. 416, 62) femoribus (non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda, et dux de femoribus ejus (Gen. 49, 10).

sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnung, e; f.

plot, snareseditio

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a lying in wait, plot, snare, Hé hine bæd ðæt hé his líf gescylde wið swá mycles éhteres sǽtningum obsecrans ut vitam suam a tanti persecutoris insidiis tutando servaret, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 5.

Linked entries: sétnung sǽtnere

up-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
up-heáh, adj.

tallloftyloftynobleupright

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tall, lofty Wæs hé .x. fóta upheáh pedum non amplius decem statura altior, Nar. 26, 28. Ða trió meahte beón hundteóntiges fóta upheáh he pedum centum alte erant arbores, 27, 28. Sindon dúna upheá, Exon. Th. 443, 15; Kl. 30.

Linked entry: up-lang

Tír

(n.)
Grammar
Tír, es; n.
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One form of the name of the Runic T; it is also the name of the god corresponding to the Latin Mars, and apparently used also of the planet bearing his name; as Grimm notices, the Runic symbol ᛏ resembles that used for the planet ♂ Tír byþ tácna sum,

Linked entries: T Tíw