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in-smoh

(n.)
Grammar
in-smoh, gen. -smós [?]; m.

A slough

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A slough Hé ágeaf ðone clǽnan gást and ðæs líchaman insmoh [exuvias] forlét monnum tó mundbyrde he gave up the clean spirit, and left the slough of the body as a protection for men, Shrn. 126, 2

Linked entry: ǽ-smogu

scild-truma

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Add: a compact body of troops, a company Scildtruman testudine, An. Ox. 3796. Férde hé him hindan tó mid ðrým scyldtruman ( he went forth behind them in three companies, 1 Macc. 5, 33), Hml. S. 25, 423

ymb-útan

Grammar
ymb-útan, <b>. I</b> I b.
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Add Þonne hé his bóc rǽdde, þonne sǽton þá wildeór ymbútan (ymútan, v. l.) hine (ymb hine útan, v. l. ). Mart. H. 148, 6. 2. Add Þ hé ǽlc yfel dó ymbútan þé, Hml. S. 30, 116

sáwel-gedál

(n.)

death

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the parting of soul and body, death Ne biþ ðæs lengra swice sáwelgedáles ðonne seofon niht fyrstgemearces, ðæt mín feorh heonan on ðisse eahteþan ende geséceþ, Exon. Th. 164, 7; Gú. 1008. Similar entries Cf. líf-gedál

hafenian

(v.)
Grammar
hafenian, p. ode; pp. od

To grasp, hold

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Bord hafenode he grasped his shield, Byrht. Th. 132, 67; By. 42 : 140, 57; By. 309

frimdig

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Hé underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá hé frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Add

ge-wurde

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurde, of ge-weorþan.

wast ⬩ hast been

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Kmbl. 1115; An. 558; p. subj. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurdon happened, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 16. p. pl. ;

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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He [Xersis] hæfde scipa ðæra mycclena dulmúna in M and ii hund he [Xerxes] had one thousand two hundred of the large ships, dulmunus, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 32, 33. v.

feówer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-féte, fiówer-féte, fiér-féte, fiðer-féte, fyðer-féte, -fóte, -fótte; adj.

Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án one of each kind of four-footed cattle, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 15. Hí sceoldon [MS: sceoldan] bringan feówerfétes twá hwíte of four-footed [cattle] they must bring two white, 2, 4; Bos. 43, 8.

Linked entries: feðer-fóte fiér-féte fiówer-féte fiðer-féte fyðer-féte

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To help ⬩ give help ⬩ aid ⬩ protect ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ protĕgĕre

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Bos. 5, 7. Him fylste drihten the Lord helped him, Cd. 124; Th. 159, 8; Gen. 2631. Pirrus him fylste Pyrrhus helped him, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75, 28. Hí him fylston wel they helped him well, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 34; Gen. 2484.

Linked entry: filstan

bí-libban

(v.)
Grammar
bí-libban, p. -lifde; pp. -lifed, -lifd [bí 1. by, upon, libban to live]

To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported ⬩ vesci, sustentari

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God ðás eorþan, ðe ealle cwice wihta bílibbaþ, ealle hire wæstmbǽro gelytlade God lessened this earth, all its fruitfulness, by which all living creatures are supported, 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8

ge-beótian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beótian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, beotian, II. to boast, vow, promise]

To promise in a boastful manner ⬩ to vow ⬩ glōriōse pollĭcēri

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Antigones and Perþica gebeótedan, ðæt hý woldan him betweonum gefeohtan Antigonus and Perdiccas vowed that they would fight with one another, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 41.

Linked entry: beótian

ge-ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ícan, -ícean, -ýcan, -iécan; p. -ícte, -íhton; pp. -íced, -íct

To eke ⬩ increase ⬩ add ⬩ enlarge ⬩ augere ⬩ extendere

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Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162. Bizantium wæs fram Constantino geiéced Byzantium was enlarged by Constantine, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 10 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 864; 125, 19

Linked entries: ge-écan ge-ýcan

ge-wil

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wil, -will, -wile, -wyle, es; n.
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On yfelra manna gewill according to the will of evil men, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 19: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 2; Cri. 362: Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 1: 1, 12; Bos. 36, 33. Hit næs ne his gewile [-wyle, MS. A.] it was not his will, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 11

Linked entries: ge-will ge-wile ge-wyle

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

Winding ⬩ wrapping

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Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, i. 23; Th. i. 212, 4) let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10

æt-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
æt-foran, prep. dat. [æt at, foran fore]

Close before ⬩ close by ⬩ before ⬩ at ⬩ ante ⬩ pro ⬩ coram

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Bos. 19,13

Linked entry: fóran

ár-geótere

(n.)
Grammar
ár-geótere, es ; m. [ár brass, geótere a pourer]

A caster or pourer of brass ⬩ melter of brass ⬩ brass-founder ⬩ ærarius

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A caster or pourer of brass, melter of brass, brass-founder; ærarius Ðá wæs sum árgeótere, se mihte dón anlícnessa there was a certain brass founder, who could make images, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 26

cyric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-hálgung, cyrc-hálgung,e; f. Church-hallowing, consecration of a church; encænia = ἐγκαίνια , ecclesiæ consecratio
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Bos. 10, 22; Notes, p. 580. Æt ðære ealdan cyrchálgunge at the old church-hallowing, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 27

Linked entry: cyrc-hálgung

deáþ-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-gedál, es; n. [gedál a separation]

A deathly separation, separation of body and soul in death ⬩ letālis separātio

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A deathly separation, separation of body and soul in death; letālis separātio Næs egle [MS. engle] on móde deáþgedál the deathly separation was not oppressive to his soul, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 33; Gú. 936

ed-leán

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leán, ead-leán, æd-leán, es; n. [ed or ead; leán a loan]

A reward, recompense, requital, retribution ⬩ præmium, retrĭbūtio

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Bos. 4, 19. Ðæt edleán, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2457; An. 1230. For edleane propter retrĭbūtiōnem, Ps. Spl. 118, 112

Linked entries: æd-leán ead-leán

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