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dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, e; f. [dráf drove, p. of drífan]

DROVE, herd, band armenta, grex, agmen

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A DROVE, herd, band; armenta, grex, agmen Ðá ðá seó ormǽte micelnyss his orfes on ðære dúne læswede, sum módig fearr wearþ ángencga, and ðære heorde dráfe oferhogode when the immense multitude of his cattle was grazing on the mountain, an unruly bull

ísen

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen, adj.

Iron

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Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen the rod was all iron, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17. Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus, St. And. 38, 8.

máge

(n.)
Grammar
máge, an; f.

A kinswoman

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Seó cwén his máge regina propinqua illius, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 24. Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe, Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27. From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 25; Rä. 44, 14. Grendles mágan (mother ) gang, Beo. Th. 2786; B. 1391.

Linked entry: mǽge

ge-fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fultuman, -fultumian, -fultmian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To helpassisthelp tosupply

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Búton him seó sóþe hreów gefultmige unless true penitence succour them, Blickl. Homl. 101, 8 : 159, 34. Nymðe me drihten gefultumede unless the Lord had helped me, Ps. Th. 93, 16. Gefultuma me adjuva me, 69, 6.

trum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trum-líc, adj.
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Columnan swíde trumlice and fæste colmnnae solidae, 4, 21. of non-material things Seó ealde gesetness ys eall swá trumlíc, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde on his hálgan godspelle, Jud. 15; Thw. 159, 29. Kyne*-*wyrðe rǽd and trumlíc, Anglia viii. 308, 33.

un-gedered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedered, (-od); adj.

Unhurtuninjured

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Seó leó heóld ðæt cild ungederod, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 183

Linked entry: ge-derian

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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On ðisum dæge ácende seó unwæstmbǽre móder ðone mǽran wítegan, Homl. Th. i. 356, 4. Se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre bið, ii. 406, 19. Se ðe eard seteþ unwæstmbǽrre qui habitare facit sterilem, Ps. Th. 112, 8.

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

and-weard

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H. 129, 29. temporal Fleón ðis andwearde yfel, Past. 263, 13. active Swá andweard seó wyrt is ꝥ heó þý ylcan dæge þá stánas forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 14. Andwyrdre, dǽdlicere practicae, i. actualis, An. Ox. 994: 2506.

bréme

(adj.)
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Seó (Athens) wæs þá brémost (brýmest, v. l.) on láre, Hml. S. 3, II. Se brémesta ł wyrðfullesta celeberrimus, i. nobilissimus, An. Ox. 55 : excellentissimus, 2301: opina-tissimus, 4999.

cenning

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Seó gelaðung on gástlicere cenninge ácenð bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 160. Mǽden heó wæs beforan ðǽre cenninge, and mǽden on ðǽre cenninge, and mǽden æfter ðǽre cenninge. Ne bið nán mægðhád forloren on cenninge, ac bið forloren on hǽmede, Hml.

cǽg

(n.)
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Nis seó cǽig gylden, ne sylfren, ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod, ac is se anweald þe him Críst forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 368, 35. Mid ðám unwemlican cǽgan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 76.

cwealm-bǽre

Grammar
cwealm-bǽre, (cwelm-).
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A. 74, 43. of things Seó cwealmbǽre éhtnyss, Hml. S. 19, 16. Ácwellan mid cwealmbǽrum swurde, 7, 244. Mid cwealmbérum (-bǽrum) drence, 14, 73. Lǽdan tó leóhtleásum cwearterne . . . tó þám cwealmbǽrum húse, 29, 258. Cwealmbǽrne (cwelm-, An.

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Seó eorþe on þǽm norþende and on þám eástende sprecaþ him betweónum, Bl. H. 93, 11. Asia ongén ðǽm middeldǽle on þám eástende Asia ad mediam frontem orientis, Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 6. On ðǽm eástende þisses middangeardes orientem, 3, 9; S. 128, 33.

éþung

breathingpantingflatulencyinspirationbreath

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Ðridde wæs windes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs seó ǽðung geseald, Sal. K. p. 180, 10. Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung swíðe deáðberende serpentum halitus erat pestifer, Nar. 14, 15. the emission of a smell.

Linked entry: ǽþung

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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and add: a number of years, years of existence, age of a person Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. age of the world Findan hú micel þæs geárgeteles is

ge-dreccednes

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ge-dreccednes, <b>ge-drecednes</b>.
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Add: tribulation, trouble Earfoðlic is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes. . . and ꝥ geswinc . . . þe eall Engla here dreáh. Chr. 1056 ; P. 186, 32. Gyt weorþeð máre . . . wracu and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7.

hand-geweorc

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Th. i. 304, 21. work done by the hands, wort in general Fram nǽnigum eorðlicum handgeweorce næs seó bóc áwriten, Wlfst. 214, 10. His handgeweorc þú bletsadest operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, Hml.

heonu

Grammar
heonu, eonu, enu, ouu
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Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19. Eno ic þé gecýþe, Andreas, 237, 4. Onu þonne gif, Gr. D. 303, 5. Add:

ild

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Add: Seó mearewæste cildes yld tenerrima infantis etatula, An. Ox. 2867. Hé his ealdan ylde ofergetiligende . . . arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 185.

leó

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Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him . . . þá arn seó leó . . . se leó heora ne oðhrán, Hml. S. 30, 415-420. Woldon þá hǽþenan hentan þǽre leó (cf. þurh ðá león, 306), 35, 280. Hwelp þæs león catulus leonis, Ps. L. 16, 12.