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fór-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte; pp. -worht [fór before, wyrcan to work, do]

To work or place before ⬩ obstruct ⬩ barricade ⬩ oppōnére ⬩ obstruĕre

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He hæfde ealle ða geatu fórworht into him he had barricaded all the entrances against him, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 31. Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 21; Gen. 381

Linked entries: un-forworht for-worhta

hrán

(n.)
Grammar
hrán, es; m.

A reindeer

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A reindeer Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 20.

Linked entry: hrǽn

icge gold

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
icge gold,
  • Beo. Th. 2219
  • ;
  • B. 1107.
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Thorpe has 'moreover,' Kemble 'heaped up;' Heyne suggests comparison with Sskr. ic dominare, imperare, and gives 'Schatzgold, reiches gold;' Grein's note is as follows : 'Sollte vielleicht zu icg das Altn. yggr [terror] zu halten sein, da das Gold Altn

néðing

(n.)
Grammar
néðing, e; f.

Daring ⬩ audacity

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Ða swá swíðe hiene ondrédan ðe on westeweardum ðisses middangeardes wǽron ðæt hié on swá micle néðinge ... hiene æfter friþe sóhton on eástweardum ðeosan middangearde those who were in the west of this earth feared him (Alexander) so much, that they had

syn-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
syn-sceaþa, an; m.

One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant

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One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant Se synscaþa sceaþena þreáte éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 31; Jul. 671. Hié ne móste se synscaþa ( Grendel ) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707.

Linked entry: syn-sceaþa

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Nicanores heáfod hí setton tó tácne for his teónrǽdene ( the wrong he had done to them ), Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 640: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. Gif hé on gehwylcum teónrǽdennum ( injuriis) geþyld lufige . . .

penn

(n.)
Grammar
penn, a fold (? the meaning is uncertain; perhaps the two names
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D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garments ⬩ rent clothe ⬩ scrutum, pannucia ⬩ pannis, mastrugis ⬩ rag, clout

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Garments Hé hæfde ne hǽlþe ne hætera he had neither health nor garments, Homl. Th. i. 330, 14. Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8.

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clear ⬩ plain ⬩ a manifestation ⬩ declaration

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Hér is siú geswitelung ðære gerǽdnisse ðe ðiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ here is the declaration of the ordinance that this society has decided upon, Th. Chart. 610, 27

Linked entry: sweotolung

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter

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Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte hail whirls down from the sky, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 5. Hí hám hwyrfaþ domum redeunt, L. Ecg. P. i. 14; Th. ii. 178, 6. Cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ for every race that living moves, Beo. Th. 197; B. 98.

ǽg-ðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-ðer, [ = ǽg-hwæðer] ; pron.

Either ⬩ each ⬩ both ⬩ uterque ⬩ ambo

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On ǽgðre hand, on ǽgðere healic on either hand or half, on both sides, Ors. 1, 11; Bos. 34, 40: 1, 14; Bos. 37,33. On ǽgðre healfe weard towards both sides, Ælfc. Gr.

Linked entry: égðer

healf-clungen

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-clungen, adj.

Half-frozen

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Half-frozen Halbclungni (half-) semigelato, Txts. 96, 931

FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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If he have not, let him pay half in fodder, and half in other goods, 60; Th. i. 140, 8-11. that in which food is carried,-a basket; cophĭnus = κόφĭνos Genómon ceawlas vel fóðer tŭlērunt cophĭnos, Mt. Lind.

Linked entry: fódder

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief

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Sum man sceolde ágyldan healf pund and wæs ðearle geswenct for ðære lǽne a certain man had to pay back half a pound, and was exceedingly harassed on account of the loan, 176, 35.

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

FRIGNAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIGNAN, part. frigneride, ic frigne, ðú frignest, he frigneþ, pl. frignaþ; p. ic, he frægn, frægen, frægin, fræng, fregen, fregn, ðú frugne, pl. frugnon; impert. frign, pl. frignaþ; subj. pres. frigne, pl. frignen; pp. frugnen

To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri

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Frægn gif him wǽre niht getǽse he asked if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2643; B. 1319. Eft he frægn hwæt seó þeód nemned wǽre rursus interrŏgāvit quod esset vocābŭlum illīus gentis, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 16; 2, 12; S. 513, 37, 38.

Linked entries: fregnan fricgan frinan

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Icel. sitja við drykkju to banquet, carouse ) Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæð, Ll. Th. i. 4, 1. Ðá ðe wódlíce drincað, and heora gewitt ámyrrað, Hml. A. 6, 145. Gif man wǽpn ábregde þǽr mæn drincen, 32, 11, 8.

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, e f.[a poetical word]

War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium

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Heardre hilde with hard fighting, Elen. Kmbl. 165; El. 83: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294. Fela ic gebád heardra hilda many hard battles have I experienced, Fins. Th. 52; Fin. 26: Andr. Kmbl. 2980; An. 1493.

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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This is much abridged from Ors. 2, 14; Hav. 123-127.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

biór-sele

(n.)
Grammar
biór-sele, es; m.

A beer-hall, feasting-hall

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A beer-hall, feasting-hall, Beo. Th. 5263; B. 2635

dys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dys-líc, dyse-líc; def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus

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Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen. Kmbl. 77; El. 386. From ðæm lífe ðæs dyselícan gewunon a vita stultæ consuetūdĭnis, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 2. On dyslícum geswincum in foolish labours, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 26 a, 11