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irnan

(v.)
Grammar
irnan, p. arn, pl. urnon ; pp. urnen

To run

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To run Ic yrne cucurri, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 32. Seó eá Danai irnþ ðonan súþryhte the river Don runs thence due south, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17. Ǽspringe irneþ wið his eardes, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 29; Met. 5, 15. Hé arn him sylf tó his hrýðera falde ipse ad armentum

Linked entries: ærnan æt-irnan arn eornan

cyric-ragu

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-ragu, church-lichen or moss.

Similar entry: ciric-ragu

cyric-wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-wæcce, a church-watch or

wake

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wake, L. Edg. C. 28; Wilk. 84, 30

Linked entry: wæcce

Humbre

(n.)
Grammar
Humbre, an; or indecl. f.

The Humber

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The Humber Óþ gemǽro Humbre [streámes] ad confinium usque Humbræ fluminis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 17. Óþ Humbre streám Humbræ fluvio, 2, 5; S. 506, 11. Behionan Humbre ... begiondan Humbre, Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 14, 16. Be súþan Humbre, Chr. 827; Erl. 62,

sunn-sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-sceadu, we or e; f.
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A sun-shade, veil, covering to keep off the sun Sunsceadu flammeolum (flameolum curchyfe, Wrt. Voc. i. 238, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 6

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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A ball, sphere Thóthr, thóthor pila, Txts. 87, 1584. Ðóþor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 17. Þóðer, i. 86, 6. Þóþor, 287, 15. Ðóþer pila vel sfera, 39, 51. Þóþer ballum, ii. 125, 14. Ðú leornodest ðone cræft ðe wé hátaþ geometrica; on ðam cræfte ðú leornodest onn

ge-bolstrod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bolstrod, supported on pillows or
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cushions Gesyttan fægere ge-bolstrod, Angl. viii. 308, 36

grutt

(n.)
Grammar
grutt, es; m. or n.
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an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool. literal Déopnysse, grutte, sweliende uoragine (inferni ), An. Ox. 4340. Grut edwindan barathrum uoraginis (Charybdis ), 4, 9. Grut swelgendes, 7, 41. figurative Swylce betwyx stánhricgum gruttes and stæfleahtres swelgend

Linked entry: grut

hrífnian

(v.)
Grammar
hrífnian, (?) to become rapacious or
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ferocious (hrífe)

Linked entries: ge-hrifnian hrífe

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle [v. ashen; sb. in D. D.] Æscen lagena, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 8. Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene (treówene æscne, v. l.) (lignea situla ), Gr. D. 11, 21. Of ðám æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad . . . and of ðám

dap-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
dap-fugel, the dip-fowl or

diver, a gull ⬩ merges, mergulus

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diver, a gull;merges, mergulus Som. Ben. Lye

léf

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
léf, [or lef?]; adj.

Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm

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Weak, injured, infirm Léf debilis, Germ. 389. On fýre hí ne lyst lócian gif se æppel léf biþ men do not like to look at fire if the apple of the eye be injured, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 29. Léf mon lǽces behófaþ a sick man needs a doctor, Exon. 89 b; Th.

Linked entries: a-lefan léwsa líf lim-lǽweo

sunn-feld

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-feld, es or a; m.
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Elysium Sunfeld Eliseum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 8. Hwǽr wuniaþ Enoc und Helias? Ic ðé secge, Malifica and Intimphonis (in tempis?), ðæt is, on sunfelda and on sceánfelda, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 1. (v. scín-feld.)

dífan

(v.)
Grammar
dífan, to make deaf or
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dull, to deaden sound

Linked entries: ge-dífan dýfan

ge-baswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baswian, to dye purple or
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crimson Ðá stánas wǽron gebaswad mid his blóde, Shrn. 74, 32

Linked entry: baswian

geond-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-gangan, to go through or
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about, perambulate Beón gesette an oðþe twégen ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman deputetur unus aut duo seniores qui circumeant monasterium, R. Ben. 74, 15. Geondgongendra (-gang-, Fs. L.) perambulantium, Ps. Srt. 67, 22

Linked entry: gangan

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat

Linked entry: gnyran

mǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽt-líc, v. or-, un-mǽtlíc.

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neáh-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-mynster, a neighbouring monastery or
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convent In þám neáh-mynstre (neáhnunnmynstre, néhnunmynstre, v. ll.) uicino uirginum monasterio, Bd. 4, I; Sch. 337, 16

ofer-hlífan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-hlífan, to tower over or
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up Oferhlifan praecellerent i. supereminerent, An. Ox. 3530. Oferhlífend (or = -hlifiende ?) mycelnys eminens (i. praecellens) magnitude, 1003

Linked entry: hlífan

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