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senep

(n.)
Grammar
senep, (-ap, -op), es; m.
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Senepes sǽd. Mk. Skt. 4, 31: Lchdm. ii. 20, 11. Mid sinope gníde, 186, 6. Gerénodne senep, 184, 9 : 20, 22

Linked entry: senap

swin

(n.)
Grammar
swin, swinn, es; m.
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[From the same root as Latin sonus?] v. ge-swin, and following words; and cf. hlyn[n], hlynsian for similar formation

Linked entry: ge-swin

ancra

Grammar
ancra, ancera an anchorite.
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Paulus and Antonius ðá ǽrostan ancran, Sal. K. 190, 24. Óþer muneca cyn is ancrena, þæt is wéstensetlena, R. Ben. 9, 5. Add

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa; and seó winstre ecglást ðæs ilcan wæpnes hé is scearpra ðonne eal middangeard, Sal. K. p. 150, 14-22

firen

(adj.)
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Ealra fyrena leás, 135, 2, Hé gyt feola cwide firna herede he spoke of many troubles, Sat. 160. þeáh ðe hí gelíce fyrene fremmen etsi similia crimina committant, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 29. Add

ofer-heáfod

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[Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself: O. H. Ger. ubar-heven sih.]

sǽdere

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oððe hwí sceolde seó eorðe hyre wæstmas ofteón þám unscyldigum sǽde for ðám scyldigan sǽdere?, Hml. A. 36, 311-37, 315. Add

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109

hwettan

(v.)
Grammar
hwettan, p. te

To WHET ⬩ sharpen ⬩ instigate ⬩ urge ⬩ incite ⬩ excite

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Ðurh ðæt his mód hweteþ by that means excites his mind, Salm. Kmbl. 988; Sal. 495: Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 26; Seef. 63: 83 b; Th. 314, 23; Mód. 18. Hwettaþ hyra blódigan téþ they whet their bloody teeth, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 396, 6.

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expedition ⬩ a land force

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An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18.

Linked entry: fird

on-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-birgan, p. de (with gen. and acc.)
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Ic hæbbe bóca onbyrged, Salm. Kmbl. 3; Sal. 2

Linked entry: á-birgan

scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.
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the body of (fighting) men on a ship Claudius se consul fór an Púnice and him Hannibal út on sǽ ongeán com and ealle ofslóg búton .xxx. sciphlæsta ða óþflugon tó Libeum ðæm íglande Claudius consul contra hostem profectus superatus est.

Linked entry: hlæst

wíte

(n.)

punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain

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Th. 289, 3; Sat. 392

ge-dál

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál, es; n.

A division ⬩ separation ⬩ parting ⬩ distribution ⬩ dīvīsio ⬩ sepărātio ⬩ dīvortium ⬩ distrĭbūtio

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Se todǽlde sǽ reáde on gedál qui dīvīsit măre rubrum in dīvīsiōnes, Ps. Spl. 135, 13

DYNT

(n.)
Grammar
DYNT, es; m.

a stroke, stripe, blow ⬩ ictus, plaga, percussio ⬩ A bruise, DINT, noise, crash ⬩ contusio, impressio, sonus

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Ne wyrnaþ deórra dynta they are not sparing of severe dints, Salm. Kmbl. 245; Sal. 122. Wyrcþ hlúdne dynt makes a loud crash, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 9

earm-sceapen

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Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals ) áre findan æt þám folce, An. 1131. in a moral sense Saga, earmsceapen unclǽne gǽst, Jul. 418: An. 1347. Earmsceapen on weres wæstmum ( Grendel ), B. 1351.

ge-rýnu

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Th. ii. 340, 8. a mystery For is þæt hálige hflsel geháten gerýnu, for ðan ðe Sðer ðing is ðǽron suggests that ge-sǽd, rather than ge-sǽli should be read, and that the gesewen, and ððer ðing undergyten, Hml. Th. ii. 270, 27.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.
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Hér sæt hǽðen here on Tenet in this year a heathen [Danish] army sat in Thanet, Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 31. Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose

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(of things) to signify, have a certain signification or purpose Saga hwæt ic mǽne, Salm. Kmbl. 472; Sal. 236: Exon. 124 b; Th. 479, 18; Rä. 62, 9. Oft gehwá gesihþ fægre stafas and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ, Homl. Th. i. 186, 3.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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Módgleáwe men, middangeardes rǽswan, Salm. Kmbl. 362; Sal. 180. Rǽswan herges, the leaders of the host, Cd. Th. 192, 20; Exod. 234. Hé beforan fremede folces rǽswum ( the chief men among the Jews ), Andr. Kmbl. 1238; An. 619

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