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lystan

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eall witon þæt hý witan lyst, Solil. H. 67, 22. Ðæt hine ne lyste sum nytwyrðe weorc wyrcean agere quae debet bona dissimulat, Past. 285, 9.

ge

(con.)
Grammar
ge, conj.

Andalsoet

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Ge mid býsenum heofonlíces lífes ge eác mid monungum et exemplis vītæ cælestis et monitis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 3 : 2, 12; S. 512, 30, 31. Ge ... and both ... and, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 30-33; Gen. 752, 753. Ge eác swá same and in like manner, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: irfeweardian ge-stirian

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Hé ða upp forlét an feówer hund and on lx ... and æfter ðæm Eufrate hé eác mid gedelfe on monige upp forlét fluvium per magnas concisum deductumque fossas in quadringentos sexaginta alveos comminuit ... etiam Euphratem derivavit, Ors. 2, 4; Swt

a-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreón, -wreóhan, -wrióhan, -wrión ; p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon ; pp. -wrogen ; v. a. [a not, wreón to cover]

To uncoverdiscoverdiscloseopenrevealrevelare

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Ðú ðás þing lytlingum awruge revelasti ea parvulis, 10, 21. Drihten awreáh rihtwísnysse hys Dominus revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Spl. 97, 3. Awreóh Drihtne weg ðínne revela Domino viam tuam, Ps. Lamb. 36, 5

ge-gán

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Eal ( all the spoil ) þæt þá þeódguman geeódon, Jud. 332. Gegáð þá buruh and forbernað hí sóna cum ceperitis civitatem, succendite eam, Jos. 8, 7.

Beám-fleót

(n.)
Grammar
Beám-fleót, es; m.

Beamfleet [Beamfled, Hunt.] Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essexæstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet

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Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex; æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet Hie fóron eást to Beámfleóte they marched east to Benfleet, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15

Grantabrycg-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Grantabrycg-scír, e; f.
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Cambridgeshire; the people of that shire Þá sóna flugon Eást-Engla; þá stód Grantabrycgscír fæstlíce ongeán, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 9. Hí heafdon þá ofergán Eást-Engla ... Oxenafordscíre and Grantabrycgescíre, 1011; P. 141, 13

eásten-wind

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eásten-wind, es; m.

The east wind subsōlānus

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The east wind; subsōlānus. v. eástan; adj

eásten

(adv.)
Grammar
eásten, adv.

From the east, easterlyab ŏriente

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From the east, easterly; ab ŏriente. v. éastan; adv

frymþ-yldo

(n.)
Grammar
frymþ-yldo, e; f.

An early, original age

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An early, original age, Hpt. Gl. 462. Cf. frumyldo

rihtes

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Add: v. eást-, norþ-, þǽr-, west-rihtes; wiþer-ræhtes

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ðǽm fæstenne gesette, and eác ꝥ þǽr náne óðre neár wǽron, 4, 10; S. 200, 13. Þ se slaga móte mid griðe nýr, Ll. Th. i. 250, 17. Þá menn þe þǽr nýcst syndon, 236, 21.

ge-botl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-botl, es; n.
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511

Linked entry: botl

wǽg-bord

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-bord, es; n.

A wave-boarda plank of a vessel

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A wave-board, a plank of a vessel Ðú of eorðan wæstmum wiste under wǽgbord (cf. lǽd under earce bord, 80, 23; Gen. 1333; be útan earce bordum, 81, 33; Gen. 1354) gelǽde, Cd. Th. 81, 4; Gen. 1340

eorþ

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ, e; f.

The earth terra

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The earth; terra Seó [MS. sie] eorþ is dryge and ceald, and ðæt wæter wǽt and ceald the earth is dry and cold, and the water wet and cold, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 34

Linked entry: rima

Seax-

(prefix)
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in proper names Sigeferþ Seaxing, Seaxa Sledding ( in a list of East Saxon kings ), Txts. 179, 23. Cf. Icel. Járn-Saxa = iron-chopper, the name of an ogress in the Edda. Ðá féng tó Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42.

eorþ-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-ríce, es; n.

A kingdom of the earth, earth's kingdom, the earthterræ regnum, terræ

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A kingdom of the earth, earth's kingdom, the earth; terræ regnum, terræ Geond ealleeorþrícu per omnia regna terra, Deut. 28, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 74; Met. 4, 37. He eorþrícum eallum wealdeþ regnum ipsīus omnĭbus domĭnābĭtur, Ps. Th. 102, 18.

ofer-seolfrian

(v.)

to cover with silver

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to cover with silver Hié eall heora wǽpn ofersylefredan deargentatis armis, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 31. Eall heora wǽpn wǽron ofersylefreda, 3, II; Swt. 146, 23. Ofersylfrede (-seolfrade, Ps. Lamb. ) deargentatae, Ps. Spl. 67, 14

ǽrne

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrne, acc. sing, m. of ǽt, adj.

Early

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Early On ǽrne mergen primo mane, Mt. Bos. 20, 1;

áuðer

(pronoun.)

eithereach

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either, each, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 19; Met. 29, 10