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áþ-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-sweord, es; n. [áþ an oath, sweord sword]

A sword-oath ⬩ a warrior's oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ jusjurandum

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A sword-oath, a warrior's oath, an oath; jusjurandum Ðonne bióþ brocene áþsweord eorla then will be broken the oaths of the warriors, Beo. Th. 4134; B. 2064

Linked entries: áþ-swyrd sweord

neósan

(v.)
Grammar
neósan, p. de (?) with gen. acc. or clause.

to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent

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Kmbl. 620; An. 310. Éðles neósan, 1660; An. 832: 2050; An. 1027. Burga neósan, Elen. Kmbl. 304; El. 152. Wíca neósan, Beo. Th. 251; B. 125: Exon. Th. 184, 5; Gú. 1339. Þýstra, wíta neósan to seek hell, 275, 23; Jul. 554 : 280, 18; Jul. 631.

egesa

(n.)
Grammar
egesa, egsa, ægsa, an; m. [ege fear]

Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo

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Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465; B. 2736

Linked entry: egsa

CLÚS

(n.; part.)
Grammar
CLÚS, e; f: clúse, an; f.
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Annas and Caiphas wǽron forþgangende to ðære clúsan Annas and Caiaphas were going forth to the prison, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 10: 16; Thw. 8, 6, 9

Linked entry: clúse

dryht-guma

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-guma, driht-guma, an ; m.

A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people ⬩ vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes

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Beóþ módsefan dálum gedǽled, sindon dryhtguman ungelíce dispositions are by parts distributed, people are unlike, 83 b; Th. 314, 31; Mód. 22, 79 a; Th. 297, 23; Cri. 72

Linked entries: driht-guma dryht-mann

BÉTE

(n.)
Grammar
BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?

BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν

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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26.

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Alaric; Alarícus, king of the Visigoths, = the west Goths, elected A.D. 382, took Rome 410, and died the same year Alríca wearþ Cristen Alaric became a Christian [about A. D. 396], Ors. 6, 37; Bos. 132, 32.

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

eorþ-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-æppel, es; m: nom, acc. pl. n. -æppla

An earth-apple, a cucumber ⬩ cŭcŭmis

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An earth-apple, a cucumber; cŭcŭmis Cúciíméres, ðæt synd eorþæppla cucumbers, which are earth-apples, Num. 11, 5. Eorþæppel mandrăgŏra, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 79; Wrt. Voc. 32, 15

módrige

(n.)
Grammar
módrige, móderge, móddrige, an; f.

an aunt ⬩ a cousin

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an aunt Mín móddrige matertera mea, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 25: 51, 53: Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 21. Módriæ, Kent. Gl. 1190. Bisceop næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman búton hit sý his módor . . . oððe módrige, L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 14. Móddrie, Homl.

lytel

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
lytel, neut. of adj, used as subst. or adv.

A little

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A little Dó lytel sealtes tó put a small quantity of salt to it, Herb. 2, 19; Lchdm. i. 86, 7. Hwerhwette niþewearde án lytel the lower part of cucumber, a little, L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii, 336, 4. Mycel multum, lytel parum, Ælfc.

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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Kmbl. 1238; An. 619

híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse]

domesticos,

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E. hind, or are these taken from the gen. pl. of híwan, hína, which occurs most frequently in phrases hina fæder, etc., and which may have come to be looked upon as an uninflected word used in such cases as the first part of a compound?

Linked entry: hína

a-bredwian

(v.)
Grammar
a-bredwian, p. ade; pp. ad

To overthrow ⬩ slay? ⬩ kill? ⬩ prosternare? ⬩ occidere?

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To overthrow, slay? kill? prosternare? occidere? Ðeáh ðe he his bróðor bearn abredwade [abradwade Th.] although he had overthrown [exiled? killed?] his brother's child, B. 2619

Linked entry: a-bradwian

a-dimmian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dimmian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To dim ⬩ darken ⬩ obscure ⬩ make dull ⬩ obscurare

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To dim, darken, obscure, make dull; obscurare Ðeáh heora mód sie adimmad though their mind be obscured, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 28: Ps. Th. 68, 24

a-giéta

(n.)
Grammar
a-giéta, a-gíta, an; m.

A spendthrift ⬩ prodigal ⬩ prodigus ⬩ profligator

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A spendthrift, prodigal; prodigus, profligator, Past. 20, 1; Hat. MS. 29 a, 26

a-molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-molsnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To corrupt ⬩ putrefy ⬩ putrefacere

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To corrupt, putrefy; putrefacere,Som

Angel

(n.)
Grammar
Angel, gen. dat. acc. Angle; f.

Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain ⬩ Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt

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Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain; Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt Of Angle cómon Eást-Engle from Anglen came the East-Angles, Chr. 449; Ing.

a-wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wisnian, p. ade; pp. ad

To be dry ⬩ to become dry ⬩ wizen ⬩ arescere

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To be dry, to become dry, wizen; arescere Awisnade vel oferdrugade aruit, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6

be-ebbian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ebbian, p. ode, ade ; pp. od, ad

To leave aground by ebbing ⬩ aqua privare

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To leave aground by ebbing; aqua privare Scipu wǽron be-ebbode [be-ebbade] the ships were left aground by the ebb, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 30

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber ⬩ cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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That which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber; cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum On heora cleófum oððe holum híg beóþ gelogode in cubilibus suis collocabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 103, 22.

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa