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DREPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREPAN, ic drepe, ðú drepest, dripest, dripst, he, drepeþ, dripeþ, dripþ, pl. drepaþ; p. ic, he drep, dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl. drǽpon; pp. drepen, dropen

To strike percŭtĕre

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Ðonne biþ on hreðre, under helm drepen biteran strǽle then he will be stricken with the bitter shaft in the breast, beneath the helmet, Beo. Th. 3495; B. 1745. Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981

stregdan

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add: to sprinkle Þæt deádberende áttor his getreówleásnesse . . . an eallum middangeardes ciricum hé strægd (stregde, v. l. aspersit), Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 29, 15. 'Stregd (spreng, v. l.) þis gehálgode wæter ofer þæs mannes líchaman' . . .

Úse

(n.)
Grammar
Úse, Wúse, an; Ús (or Úse; indecl.?), e; f.

Ouse

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Up on Úsan óð Wætlinga-strǽt, L. A. G. i; Th. i. 152, 10. Eall hira land betwuh dícum and Wúsan, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 20. Betwyx Úsan and Tréntan, 1069; Erl. 207, 16. In Úsanmere Ousemere (in Warwickshire), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 9.

Linked entry: Wúse

flá

Grammar
flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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Hé lǽteð strǽle fleógan, farende flán, Ru. 4, 57. Add:

folc-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-cúþ, adj.

Known to the peoplefolk-knownwell-knownpubliccelebratedpŏpŭlis nōtuspublĭcuscĕleber

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Be folc-cúþum strǽtum by the public roads, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4

fromlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fromlíce, framlíce; adv.

Stronglystoutlyboldlystrenuouslypromptlyspeedilyaudācĭterstrēnueprŏpĕre

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Ic sceal fromlice féðemundum þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan I shall strenuously work with my feet a road through a steep mountain, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 9; Rä. 16, 17: Cd. 95; Th. 123, 23; Gen. 2050: Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 41.

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, a bristle.
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Hé wæs ðára strǽla swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 9

ge-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lielie near, togetherjacereadjacereconjacereto lie downfailceaseloiterdelaydeficerecessare

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Stedewangas strǽte gelicgaþ fixed plains lie near the road, Andr. Kmbl. 668; An. 334. On ðæm gelæg in quo jacebat, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 25.

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leás; m.

A leameadow

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A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land Ðanne is ðér se leáh ðe man ðæt lond mid friþe haldan scæl an eásthealfe sió ealdæ strǽt c. now there is the open space(?) by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: leáh léh

hyrne

(n.)
Grammar
hyrne, an; f.

A horncornerangle

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On strǽta hyrnum in angulis platearum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6. On ðæs weofodes hyrnan super cornua altaris, Ex. 29, 12: Lev. 4, 18: 8, 15. On ða feówer hyrnan ðære earce per quatuor arcæ angulos, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169, 21

Linked entry: hyrnan

nealles

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Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.) eallum middan-geardes ciricum þæt hé strægd, ac hit eác swylce in ðis eáland becóm. uirus non solum orbis totius, sed et insularum ecclesiis aspersit, Bd. l, 8; Sch. 29, 14

ge-stun

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Dol swylteð, gif him Meotud þurh regn ufan of gestune lǽteð strǽle fleógan, Rä. 4, 56. Þurh gestun per turbinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 73. See next word

tó-weorpan

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Add Hira gimmas licgeað tóworpne æfter strǽtum lapides dispersi per plateas jacent, Past. 135, 13. <b>la.</b> add :-- Tó-worpenum helle claus[tr]um destructis herebi claustris, Angl. xiii. 400, 498. <b>II b.

gréting

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., R.) on strǽte, 20, 46. Groetengo (hǽlettunga, R.), Mt. L. 23, 7. of formal address in letters, &amp;c. v. grétan; 5 Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget, Hml.

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Hæfde hine seó deófollíce strǽl mid ormódnysse gewundodne: wæs se eádiga wer Gúðlác mid ðære ormódnysse þrí dagas gewundod, ðæt hé sylfa nyste hwider hé wolde mid his móde gecyrran, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 13-17.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Óþ ða wýde strǽte, súð andlang strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 265, 32. of great surface, wide, vast, spacious, broad, ample Ðes wída grund, Cd. Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104. Ýða gelaac, wíd gang wætera, Ps. Th. 118, 136.

steort

(n.)
Grammar
steort, es; m.
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Be gemǽre ðæt on ðone steort; of ðam steort on ða strǽt, 438, 22. Oð ðone steort; fram ðam steorte andlang ðæs fúlan bróces, ii. 250, 22. Cf. Penwiht-steort the Land's End, Chr. 997; Erl. 135. 10

Linked entry: stert

gráf

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Of þǽre brádon strǽt be þám gráfe innan ðá portstrǽt, Cht. E. 239, 6. Ðám twám hídan and ðá mǽde and ðone gráf ðe þǽrtó mid rihte tó ligeð, 248, 12. Ofer mid ðone gráf, C. D. iii. 52, 23. Ofer ðæt gráf, 389, 1. In ðone lytlan gráf, v. 126, 30.

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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</b> of people, uncivilized, uncultivated :-- Ær hé hét faran tó strǽtum and tó wícum, getácnigende ꝥ Iúdéa folc þe . . . on gehendnysse wǽron.