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brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5.

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DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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Ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú nánum men ne drece I command thee that thou afflict no man, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 5.

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman he became then man formed of soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 30.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Wé gehýrdon seggon, ðæt nán mann ne leofode gif hé gewundod wǽre on ealra hálgena mæssedæg. Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac wíse menn hit áfunden þurh ðone hálgan wísdóm, Lchdm. iii. 154, 5.

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á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméþnes ꝥ man mihte áht tó þan lytelne wyrttún gewyrcan ad quemlibet parvum hortum excolendum nulla patebat planities, Gr. D. 49, 4

ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw, ǽwe, es; n. [ǽ law] .

lawwhat is established by lawwedlockmarriagea marriage vowlexmatrimoniuma female bound by the law of marriagea wifeconjux legitimauxor justa

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Se man, ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt, and óðer wít nímþ, he biþ ǽwbreca the man who forsakes his lawful wife [suam legitimam uxorem], and takes another woman [aliam mulierem], he is an adulterer, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21.

gilp-hlæden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gilp-hlæden, part. p.

Vaunt-lade

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Vaunt-laden Cyninges þegn gums gilp-hlæden gidda gemyndig a king's thane, a man filled with lofty themes, with memory rich in songs, Beo. Th. 1740; B. 868

scír-wita

(n.)
Grammar
scír-wita, an; m.
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A chief man (wita, q. v. ) of a shire Béte ðæt, swá se scírbisceop and eal scírwitan déman. Wulfst. 173, 30. Gebéte ðæt, swá scírewitan geceósan, 172, 4

wíd-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-brád, adj.
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Wide-spread, far-spreading, ample Hé þeóda gehwam hefonríce forgeaf, wídbrádne welan (cf. hwó man himihíki gehalón skoldi, wídbrédan welon, Hél. 1841), Cd. Th. 40, 22; Gen. 643

ge-rádscipe

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Add: intelligence, understanding Nis ǽnig man þætte þæs gerádscipes swá bereáfod sié, þæt hé andsware ǽnige ne cunne findan on ferhðe, gif hé frugneu bið, Met. 22, 50

þrefe

(n.)
Grammar
þrefe, a measure of corn, a throve [v. N. E. D. s. v.]
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Swá man ǽr simle dide tióþunge æt ǽlcere sylh án fóðer cornes þe eahte þreues cornes on wéron, C. D. B. iii. 367, 24. [From Scandinavian. Icel. þrefi.]

wǽne

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Ualerianus wæs swíðe leás man and wrǽne aa oð ꝥ hé wæs oreald Valerianus usque ad aetatem decrepitam levis ac lubricus extitit, Gr. D. 341, 2 : 20. Add

bræc-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
bræc-seóc, adj. [bræc, seóc
sick, diseased
]

sick, diseasedTroubled with the falling sickness, epileptic, frantic, lunaticepilepticus, phreneticus, lunaticus

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Troubled with the falling sickness, epileptic, frantic, lunatic; epilepticus, phreneticus, lunaticus Sum bræcseóc man becom ðyder phreneticus devenit ibi, Bd. 4, 3;Whelc. 267, 45, MSS. B. C

bríd-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bríd-bletsung, e; f.

A marriage-blessingnuptialis benedictio

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A marriage-blessing; nuptialis benedictio Man ne mót sillan him brídbletsunge they [priests] may not give them the marriage-blessing, L. Ælf. P. 43 ; Th. ii. 382, 33

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on-bring

(n.)
Grammar
on-bring, es; m.

Instigation

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Instigation Se man ðe hine sylfne ofslihþ mid wǽpne oððe mid (for, MS. X.) hwylcum mislícum deófles onbringe instigatione L. Ecg. P. ii. 5; Th. ii. 184, 5

ana-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
ana-wyrm, es; m. [ana = an, in in, as in Goth. anahneiwan inclinare; wyrm a worm]

An intestinal wormlumbricus

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An intestinal worm; lumbricus Gif anawyrm on men weaxe if an intestinal worm grow in a man, L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm, ii. 114, 13, 18, 23

aldor-mon

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-mon, -monn, es; m. [aldor = ealdor an elder; mon]

An elder-manaldermannoblemanchiefmajor natuprinceps

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An elder-man, alderman, nobleman, chief; major natu, princeps.Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 459, 3: Chr. 851; Th. 120, 19, col. 1: Lk. Jun. 19, 2

a-weódian

(v.)
Grammar
a-weódian, -weódigan; v. a.

To weedroot or rake upto destroysarculare

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To weed, root or rake up, to destroy; sarculare Ðæt man aweódige unriht that one should root up injustice, L. C. S. 1 ; Th. i. 376, 7

Linked entry: a-wódian

earfeþ-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
earfeþ-mæcg, es; m.

An unhappy or unfortunate man infortūnātus hŏmo

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An unhappy or unfortunate man; infortūnātus hŏmo Se endestæf earfeþmæcgum weálíc weorþeþ the end to the unfortunate is miserable, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 3; Vy. 11

gierian

(v.)
Grammar
gierian, p. ede; pp. ed

To clothedeckadorninduĕrevestīreornāre

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To clothe, deck, adorn; induĕre, vestīre, ornāre Hæleþ gierede mec mid golde a man adorned me with gold, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 16; Rä. 27, 13