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ge-ríþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþe, es; n.
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A small stream, rivulet Of deópan cumbe on cweiiena brðce; of cwenena bróce up be ðám geríðe (geride, C. D. B. iii. 37, 24; but see on ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

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sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Wíslíce gé dyde, ðætte mannum bedígled wæs on eorþan, ðætðæt on heofenas tó Gode sóhtan, 201, 2. Tó sécenne, 205, 27. Ic wát ðæt hió wile sécan (ask. Cf. Ðá seó cwén ongan fricggan, 1116; El. 560) be ðam sigebeáme, Elen.

eástor-wice

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-wice, an; f.

Easter-weekseptimāna paschālis

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Easter-week; septimāna paschālis Ealle ða dagas ðære eástor-wican all the days of the easter-week, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 25

fæst-nes

(n.)
Grammar
fæst-nes, -niss, -ness, -nyss,e ; f.

Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum

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Gewurþe nú fæstnis tomiddes ðám wæterum ... And God geworhte ða fæstnisse, and totwǽmde ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, fram ðám, ðe wǽron búfan ðære fæstnisse ... And God hét ða fæstnisse, heofenan fiat firmāmentum in mĕdio aquārum ...

Linked entries: fæstennes festnes

scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.
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A bar, bolt Ða scytelses (scittelsas, MS. O.) tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348. Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas, Wulfst. 230, 31. Scytelsas seras, Ps. Spl. 147, 2. Scettelsas, Hymn. Surt. 122, 28. Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349

Linked entry: scytels

hreówsian

(v.)
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Ðá ðe ðá geðóhtan synna hreówsiað, 417, 32: 419, 19. Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda hreówsiað, . . . Ðæt mon hreówsige hit synna, 411, 24-29: 437, 21. Ðæt hié hira unryhtwísnesse hreówsian, 425, 24.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Ðæt hié welena tó wel ne trúwodon Blickl. Homl. 185, 14. Eal swá wel behófaþ ðæt heáfod ðæra óðera lima, swá swá ða lima behófiaþ ðæs heáfdes Homl.

Linked entry: BET

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces,destroy by beating

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To beat to pieces, destroy by beating Hig gebundon ðone bysceop be ðám fótum on sumne fearr and ðone gegremedon, ðæt hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan and ðam bysceope ðæt heáfod tóbeót, Shrn. 152, 2.

hyngrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyngrian, hyngran; p. ode, ede

To hunger

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Ðá ongan hyne syððan hingrian postea esuriit, 4, 2

Linked entries: hungrian hingrian

in-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bryrdan, p. de

To stimulateinstigateinciteanimateinspire

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Breóstum inbryrded tó ðam betran hám, 42 a ; Th. 141, 12 ; Gú. 626. Ðá wæs, þurh ðæt hálige treó, imbryrded breóstsefa, Elen. Kmbl. 1680; El. 842. Inbryrded breóstsefa, 2089; El. 1046

Linked entry: on-bryrdan

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the churchmassa festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated-mas

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Ǽne þrowade Crist, ac swáðeáh dæghwomlíce biþ his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs hálgan húsles æt ðære hálgan mæssan; forðí fremaþ seó hálige mæsse miclum ge ðám lybbendum ge ðám forþfarenum, Homl. Th. ii. 376, 10-13.

sám-lǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-lǽred, adj.

Imperfectly taught

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Imperfectly taught Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gelǽred preóst ne scænde ðone sámlǽredan, ac gebéte hine gif hé bet cunne, L. Edg. C. 12; Th. ii. 246, 19. Hieronimus ádwæscte ða dwollícan gesetnysse ðe sámlǽrede men sǽdon be hire forþsíðe. Homl.

up-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
up-rihte, adv.

uprightlyerectlyright upexactly overheadin the zenith

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Ðá árás se cnapa and uprihte eode, 6, 41. right up, exactly overhead, in the zenith Gǽð seó suntte uprihte (upp-, MS. P.) on ðam sumerlícan sunnstede on middæge, Lchdm. iii. 258, 15

of-wundrod

(n.; adj.; part.)

astonished

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astonished Sarra cwæþ ðá ofwundrod, Gen. 21, 6. Ic eom swíðe ungemetlíce ofwundrod hwí eów þince . . . vehementer admiror, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 5. Seó cwén wæs tó ðan swíðe ofwundrod, ðæt heó næfde furþor nǽnne gást, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 18.

up-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weard, adv.

Upwardsup.upupwardbackward

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Martii, ðonne gemétst ðú ðǽr lunam primam, Anglia viii. 327, 9-13. Tellaþ þreó and twéntig daga fram æfteweardum Martium upweard, 329, 28

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ge-dafenlicness

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Gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ wé fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe, Hml. S. 13, 103. Add

heard-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-neb, -nebb; adj.

Having a hard beak

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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

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Ne gedafenaþ ús ðæt wé symle hnesce beón on úrum geleáfan swá swá ðás merwan cild, Homl. Th. i. 602, 13. Þurh ða myrwan per tenera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 23. Hí ( the leaves ) beóþ mearwran (MS. H. mearuwran), Herb. 153, 1; Lchdm. i. 278, 15.

Linked entry: myrwa

á-bítan

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Micel draca ábát ðone þriddan dǽl ðæs folces, Shrn. 88, 23. Ðæt flǽsc ðæt wildro ábiton flesh that is torn of beasts Ex. 22, 31. Hine wulfas ábiton and frǽton, Bl. H. 193, 7; Gen. 41, 4. Be hundes slite.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Ðám ðe him willaþ ðás woruld úttor lǽtan ðonne ðæt éce líf, Exon. Th. 109, 27; Gú. 96.