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dryre

(n.)
Grammar
dryre, es; m.

Fall, decline, ceasing cāsus, lapsus, cessātio

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Ðǽr wæs ne dreámes dryre there was no ceasing of joy, 44 b; Th, 152, 1; Gú. 802

eást-ern

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-ern, -erne; adj. [ern a place]

EASTERN, oriental orientālis

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Se wer wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum eásternum ĕrat vir ille magnus inter omnes orientāles, Job Thw. 164, 7

mirgen

(n.)

that which causes delightpoetry

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Him wæs lust micel ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóþ spellode, monnum myrgen great his (Alfred) delight was lays to relate, matter of mirth for men, Bt. Met. Fox introd. 9; Met. Einl. 5

Linked entry: mirig-ness

blód-dryncas

(n.)
Grammar
blód-dryncas, blód-drync, es; m.

Blood-drinking

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Blood-drinking, draught of blood Þǽr wæs gesiéne þæt seó eorþbeofung tácnade þá miclan blóddryncas þe hiere mon on þǽre tíde tó forlét . . . merito dicatur tantum humanum sanguinem susceptura terra tremuisse, Ors. 4, 2; S. 162, 3. Substitute:

crás

(n.)
Grammar
crás, m.
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Food Swá þicce hié in þǽre eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan ðám crás, and swilc unrím heora wæs major explicatus numerus beluarum quam prius affuit ad spem inde contingentis cibi, ubi cum apparerent veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 14

ge-genge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-genge, es; n.
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wæs on ðám gegæncge þár man Críst bænde, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 23. v. ge-geng; f

Linked entries: ge-gæncg genge

myne

Grammar
myne, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge þæs écean Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23, 155. a memorial, memory Þá ðá hǽðenan menn crístendómes leóman mid ealle ádwǽscan woldon, and ǽlcne myne ofer eorðan ádýlgian, Hml. S. 23, 11

sceandlíce

(adv.)
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Add Ic mé þá sceandlíce (unsceandlíce, v. l. ) swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, and him tó cwæð: 'Nimað mé on eówer færeld mid eów, ne beó ic ná eów unlícwyrðe,' Hml. S. 23 b, 372

scyte

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Add: the distance to which a shot will go Oþ ꝥ hé wæs fullneáh in ánes flánes scyte út fram þám lande pene ad unius sagit tae cursum a terra, Gr. D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

bláwan

Grammar
bláwan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of a place,
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317

Linked entry: blǽd

brýce

(adj.)
Grammar
brýce, bríce; adj. [brýcst, brícst, pres. of brúcan to use]

Useful, profitableutilis

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Useful, profitable; utilis He monegum on Godes cyricum brýce wæs multis in ecclesia utilis fate. Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 33. He monegum brýce lifde vitam multis utilem duxit, 4, 26; S. 602, 41: Ps. Th. 118, 35

tó-clifrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-clifrian, p. ode

To scratch or tear to pieces

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To scratch or tear to pieces Wæs tóclifrod laniatur, Germ. 398, 174. Hé unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðam þiccum brémlum and þornum swá lange, ðæt hé eall tóclifrod árás, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 30

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, . . . an ; f.
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Se þegn wæs wunigende bútan wífes neáwiste, for ðan þe his gebedda gefæren wæs of lífe, 6, 132. Mǽden swilcere gebyrde þe his (Ahasuerus) gebedda wǽre, Hml. A. 94, 74. Se cásere and his manfulla gebedda, Hml. S. 31, 652. Eádleofu his gebedde, C.

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Gif hwá áléfed wǽre oððe limleás, i. 236, 29. Þæt þæt áléfed wæs, þæt ic gehǽle, 242, 16. Áléfed paralysed, ii. 546, 30. Þæt wanhál wæs and áléwed (álýfed, v. l.) quod debile erat, R.

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Þá cyningas þe æfter Romuluse rícsedon wǽron forcúðran and eargran þonne hé wǽre, 2, 2; S. 66, 25. Forcúðran deteriores, Past. 339, 25. Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6.

ge-cnǽwe

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Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit wǽre. Hí þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon ( made him confess ) ... ꝥ hé hit wæs. Hml. S. 30, 274. cognizant of Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt, Cht. Th. 313, 18.

a-hón

(v.)
Grammar
a-hón, to a-hónn; ic -hó, ðú -héhst, he -héhþ; impert. -hóh; p. -héng,-héncg, pl. -héngon; pp. -hongen, -hangen

To hangcrucifysuspenderecrucifigere

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He ahangen wæs he was hanged, Elen. Kmbl. 887; El. 445 : 903; El. 453

be-lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lǽwan, p. -lǽwde; pp. -lǽwed; v. a.

To bewraybetraytradereprodere

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Ðæt Iohannes belǽwed wæs quod Ioannes traditus esset Mt. Bos. 4, 12

Linked entries: lǽwan be-lǽwing

feónd-gráp

(n.)
Grammar
feónd-gráp, e; f.

A hostile grasphostīlis arreptio

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A hostile grasp; hostīlis arreptio Ðæt ic ánunga eówra leóda willan geworhte, oððe on wæl crunge, feóndgrápum fæst that I alone would work your people's will, or bow in death, fast in hostile grasps, Beo. Th. 1276; B. 636

fulluht-nama

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-nama, an; m.

The baptismal or Christian namenōmen tempŏre baptīzandi impŏsĭtum

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The baptismal or Christian name; nōmen tempŏre baptīzandi impŏsĭtum Hér Godrum se norþerna cyning forþferde, ðæs fulluhtnama wæs Æðelstán here [A.D. 890] Guthrum the Northern [i.e.