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swán-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
swán-geréfa, an; m.
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The swain-reeves wanted to push the pasture and take the wood beyond the old rightful limits.

á-beran

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Se drenc wæs deádbǽre, ðá ðá hé ne mihte lífes tácn áberan ( the vessel containing the liquor had burst when the sign of the cross was made ), Hml. Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, bright.
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quod tam lucidi uultus Homines tenebrarum auctor possidel, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 110, 5

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Ðæt him ða swá cúþe wǽron swá his ágene reorde ðe hé on ácenned wæs ;ut tam notas ac familiares sibi eas; (Latin and Greek), ;quam nativitatis suae loquelam haberet,; Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 17.

Linked entry: ge-reord

a-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sécan, -sécean; p. -sóhte; pp. -sóht [a, sécan to seek] .

to search or seek outto seek forto requiredemandeligererequirerepetere aliquid ab aliquoto seekgo toexploreadireexplorare

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Mid swá mycle fóreseónysse wæs ðæs líchoman clǽnnesse asóht tanta provisione est munditia corporis requisita, Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 496, 8. Wyllaþ me lífes asécean they will demand my life, Ps.

Linked entry: a-sóht

cluf-þung

(n.)
Grammar
cluf-þung, e; f: cluf-þunge, an; f. [clufe, þung monkshood, hellebore; aconítum = ἀκόνιτον]

crow-footranunculus sceleratus

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Genim clufþungan wós take juice of crow-foot, 110, 3; Lchdm. i. 224, 7

Linked entries: clof-þung þung

FEARN

(n.)
Grammar
FEARN, FERN, es; n.

FERNfĭlix

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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man fĭlĭcem and óðrum naman fearn nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named fĭlix, and by another name fern, Herb. 78; Lchdm. i. 180, 25.

Linked entries: fen-fearn fern

fóre-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A fore-tokenprodigywonderprodĭgiumportentumostentum

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Búton gé tácna and fórebeácnu geseón, ne gelýfe gé except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. Jn. Bos. 4, 48: Nar. 50, 21: -beácno. Blickl. Hom. 117, 30

Fornétes folm

(n.)
Grammar
Fornétes folm, e; f.

Fornet's palmFornēti palma

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Nim Fornétes folm take Fornet's palm, 1, 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 4. The Icel. has Fornjótr; gen. Fornjóts, the name of an eóten, es; m. a giant. Fornjótr's three sons had control over air, fire, and wind. In the Gl.

nídþearfness

(n.)
Grammar
nídþearfness, e; f.

necessitycompulsionnecessityneedneedtroubledistress

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, 27. necessity, need (for something) Mycel nýdþearfnys is ðæt ðæt gesceád ... necessaria est magna discretio, 1, 27; S. 497, 17. need, trouble, distress Wæs biddende ðætte hé on swá mycelre neódþearfnysse his bigengum gehulpe deprecatus est ut in tanta

óþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-bregdan, -brédan
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to take away, carry off Ða burgleóde óþbrúdon ða snore mid hiere suna, and hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten. Ors. 3, II; Swt. 148, 21. Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse, se ðe ðis áwende and ðere stówe óþbréde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 4, 3.

sige-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wang, es ; m.
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A plain where victory is won, a glorious plain. where actual fighting has taken place Se mǽsta dǽl ðæs heriges læg on ðam sigewonge, Judth.

bledu

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Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll.

edisc

(n.)
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Ad illum agellum qui dicitur Tatan edisc, C. D. iii. 383, 11. Greótan edesces lond, i. 273, 3. Wé his sceáp syndan, ðá hé on his edisce áfédde nos oves pascuae ejus, Ps. Th. 99, 3: 94, 7. Tó Wynburhe edisce, C. D. iii. 78, 34.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Take here passages under flerdian, fyrdian, and add: To go on an expedition, march, be on active service Swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác, Wlíst. 106, 28. used of a leader Fyrdode (mid fierde férde, v.l. /

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

ge-lífed

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Take here <b>ge-lýfed</b> in Dict., and add: endowed with belief, believing Se gelýfeda ætwint ðám frecednyssum ðǽra deóflicra costnunga, Hml. Th. i. 368, 32.

hreóh

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Take here <b>reów</b> in Dict., and add Swá se þeódsceaða reów rícsode, An. 1118. Nis þǽr unrótnes, ne hryre, ne caru, ne hreóh tintrega non tristitiae, curae, tormenta, ruinae, Dóm. L. 261.

ge-þweran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweran, p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen, -þuren

To stirbeat or mix togetherto churnmake thick [as butter from cream]poeticallyto forgecudere

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To stir, beat or mix together, to churn, make thick [as butter from cream], poetically, to forge; cudere Genim cú meoluc bútan wætere lǽt weorþan to flétum geþwer to buteran take cow's milk, without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L.

tír-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-fæst, adj.

Of assured glory,glorious

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Ongietan tírfæst tácen ðæt se torhta fugel þurh bryne beácnaþ, 236, 14; Ph. 574. Fyrd, tírfæstra getrum, Menol. Fox 523; Gn. C. 32

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj.

tragicus

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In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by tróiesc, tróisc (q. v.)

Linked entry: Tróiesc