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búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé eóde út on þæt land þencende egressus fuerat ad meditandum in agro, Gen. 24, 63. (1 b) ground in a general sense :-- Hé nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes, By. 275. Licgað æfter lande loccas tódrifene, fex on ioldan, An. 1428.

HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon

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Hring útan ymbbearh the ring [armour formed of rings] protected him without, Beo. Th. 3011; B. 1503: 4513; B. 2260. Sunnan hring beága beorhtast the rainbow [?]

hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere

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Swá ðæt hé hreás and feóll on eorþan ita ut corruens in terram, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 13. Gomela Scylfing hreás blác the aged Scylfing fell down pale, Beo. Th. 4969; B. 2488: 5654; B. 2831.

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

either ⬩ both

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Tó manigenne sint ða gesomhíwan ðeáh hira hwæðrum hwæt-hwugu hwílum mislícige on óðrum ðæt hie ðæt geþyldelíce forberen admonendi sunt conjuges, ut ea, in quibus sibi aliquando displicent, patientes invicem tolerent, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 395, 32. each of

Linked entry: hwæðer

in-tinga

(n.)
Grammar
in-tinga, an; m.

A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business

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Ðæt mín sáwul lybbe for ðínum intingan ut vivat anima mea ob gratiam tui, Gen. 12, 13. For hwilcum intingan quam ob causam, 19.

Linked entry: tinga

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure

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Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan apply remedies that may draw out the evil humour, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 26

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, p. ode.

to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &amp;c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify

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Mǽrsa ðínne Sunu ðæt ðín Sunu ðé mǽrsige clarifica filium tuum ut filius tuus clarificet te, 360, 8. Mín sáwl mǽrsaþ Drihten magnificat anima mea dominum, Lk. Skt. 1, 46. Ic onginne ðé tó mǽrsigenne incipiam exaltare te. Jos. 3, 7.

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business

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Hé wirþ swá earm ðæt hé næfþ furþum ða neódþearfe áne ( fit ut necessariis egeat ), ðæt is wist and wǽda; wilnaþ ðonne ðære neádþearfe, næs ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 15-18.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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D. 67, 18. single, distinct from others, individual Ðæt ná nán ǽnlípig ne módige, ðonne mynstres notu manegum bið betǽht ut dum pluribus committitur unus non superbiat, R. Ben. 125, 10. Ǽlcan ǽnlýpium wæs geseald be ðám ðe hé behófade, 57, 19.

brecan

(v.)

to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive

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Hí nǽfre siððan út (out of hell) brecan ne magon, Hml. Th. i. 174, 3. to force a way through obstructions, move impetuously On bricþ ingruerit (quasi tempestas), Kent. Gl. 13.

Linked entry: bracan

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plain ⬩ field

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Ic (the ploughman) gá út þýwende oxan tó felda, and jugie hí tó syl, Coll. M. 19, 15. Þæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Hml. Th. i. 508, 24: Bl. H. 207, 28.

hryre

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deuolutus, Chrd. 74, 24. a falling from an upright position (lit. or fig.). a falling to the ground of a building Wearð swá micel eorþbeofung þæt on þǽm íglondum wurdon micle hryras ond Colosus gehreás magno terraemotu insulae adeo concussae sunt, ut

hopian

(v.)
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</b> to hope of (tó) a person that :-- Hopode and gewil-node ꝥ hé hine þám abbode befæste petiit ab eo ut eum abbati commit-teret Gr. D. 27, 23

of

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Him gewát Hróðgár út of healle, B. 663. β Add Wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, Shrn. 38, 16. add Þá Lapithe gesáwon Thesali of hiora horsum beón feohtende wið hié, Ors. I. 9 ; S. 42, 33.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.

to do evil to, to maltreat, afflict, injure, wrong ⬩ to get bad

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Hé bebeád ðæt mon nǽnne mon ne slóge, and eác ðæt man nánuht ne wanode ne ne yfelade ðæs ðe on ðǽm ciricum wǽre dato praecepto, ut si qui in sancta loca confugissent, hos inviolatos securosque esse sinerent, Ors. 6, 38; Swt. 296, 32.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sight ⬩ cæcus ⬩ a blind or inward wound ⬩ a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected ⬩ morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Ðæt ðú grápie on midne dæg, swá se blinda déþ on þistrum ut palpes in meridie, sicut palpare solet cæcus in tenebris, Deut. 28, 29: Mt. Bos. 23, 26. Æt-hrán he ðæs blindan hand he took the hand of the blind [man], Mk. Bos. 8, 23.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Sceóte man ælmessan.. swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sylh (one MS. has æt sulhgange. v. sulh-gang) peninc (cf. detur de omni caruca denarius vel denarium valens, et omnis, qui familiam habet, efficiat, ut omnis hirmannus suus det unum denarium, L.

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount

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A countless number, an incalculable number or amount, Grammar un-rím, without a following genitive Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ unrím ástyred ut una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch

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Wearp þá út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1273. Ne bærst heora net on ðisum fixnoðe . . .; and þes fixnoð getácnað þá hálgan gelaðunge, ꝥ is eall crísten folc . . .