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swincan

(v.)
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swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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</b> of inanimate things :-- Gif se midwinter byþ on Seternesdeag, ðonne byþ windig lengten and westmas swincaþ and scép cwellaþ the fruits of the earth will not thrive, and sheep will die, Lchdm. iii. 164, 11

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, sorenessa pain, pang, sore, woundgrief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrowa grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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Wið eágena, eárena, sídan, wambe, &amp;c. sáre, i. 2, sqq. On his módor sáre hé biþ ácenned, Blickl. Homl. 57, 35.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord ( the shadow of the earth ) ofer yrnþ, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. Hafaþ tungena gehwylc xx orda, hafaþ orda gehwylc engles snytro, Salm.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Anhyld þínre heortan eáre, R. Ben. I. 3. the seat of one's inmost thoughts, one's inmost being, soul Of þǽre heortan willan se muð spicð, Mt. 12, 34.

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULLfilledcompleteentireplēnussătiātusconfertusintĕger

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He geseah unrihte eorþan fulle he saw the earth filled with unrighteousness, Cd. 64; Th. 78, 13; Gen. 1292.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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Þolige hé ( a criminal priest ) ǽgðres ge hádes ge eardes, and wræcnige swá wíde swá pápa him scrífe, L. Eth. ix. 26; Th. i. 346, 6. Ðǽr ábidan sceal maga máne fáh, hú him Metod scrífan wille, Beo. Th. 1963; B. 979.

Linked entry: be-scrifen

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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Eorþe and síd wæter earth and ocean broad, Cd. Th. 7, 2 ; Gen. 100. Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund, 8, 35 ; Gen. 134. Sǽs sídne grund, Exon. Th. 349, 2 ; Sch. 40. Geond sídne sǽ, 53, 19; Cri. 853. Sǽs sídne fæðin, Elen.

Linked entry: síd-folc

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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His þegnas for hiora eardes lufan and for ðære wrace (cf. forðǽm yrmþum eardes lyste, Met. 26, 71) tihodon hine tó forlǽtanne, Bt. 38, l ; Fox 194, 29.

lang

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Gif hí hiora yfel earme gedéð, hú ne biþ ꝥ lange yfel wyrse ðonne ꝥ scorte, 38, 2; F. 198, 11. Se longa gefeá, Ph. 607. Næs ꝥ onbid long, Gú. 876. For longum gesǽlþum . . . on ðam langum geswince, Bt. 39, 11 ; F. 228, 23-26.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Óþ ðæt ðú gefylle ðíne þegnunge tó ðære ðe ðú sended eart, 233, 28; Hé senden (?) wæs tó hádianne, and Wilfreþ on Gallia ríce tó hádianne sended wæs. Bd. 4, 2 ; S. 566, 12, 13. Ðá wæs culufre sended, Cd. Th. 88, 13; Gen. 1464.

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Óþþæt ðú gefylle ðíne þegnunge, tó ðære ðe ðú sended eart, Blickl. Homl. 233, 28. Pharao geþencþ ðíne þénunga recordabitur Pharao ministerii tui, Gen. 40, 13. Ðénunga obsequia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 44.

feor

(adv.)
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feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Nú gé þus feor hider on úrne eard in becómen, By. 57.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-faran

(v.)
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Hú hit gefaran wæs, 995; P. 130, 31. to fare, get on, succeed Earme gefæreð hé, gif þurh his hnescnysse seó heord forwurð, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 22. Wel lá, mín Drihten, hwæt ic hér nú hreówlíce hæbbe gefaren alas, my Lord! ah!

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Lǽt blód of earme, næs on þá healfe þe ꝥ sár biþ, 262, 16. On ðá healfe þe heó scínð, þǽr byð dæg, and on þá healfe þe heó ne scínð, ðǽr byð niht. Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, Lch. iii. 234, 25-28.

hús

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Drihten, þú eart . . . min hús, and nun éðel domus mea, patria mea, Solil. H. ii. 7: Cri. 1482: Gú. 774: El. 1237. Sé ðe gisceóp mec (the Virgin Mary) eftgireste in úse mínum ( in tabernaculo meo, Rtl. 65, 17.

BURH

(n.)
Grammar
BURH, burg; gen. burge; dat. byrig, byrg; acc. burh, burg; pl. nom. acc. burga; gen. burga; dat. burgum; f. [beorh, beorg = burh, burg the impert. of beorgan to defend] .
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It might consist of a castle alone; but as people lived together for defence and support, hence a fortified place, fortress, castle, palace, walled town, dwelling surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth; arx, castellum, mons, palatium, urbs munita, domus

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe oððe elles mánweorc tó swíðe gewurce, ðonne þolige hé ǽgðres ge hádes ge eardes, L. Eth. ix. 26; Th. i. 346, 4: L. Ecg. P. iii. 3; Th. ii. 196, 23: iv. 2; Th. ii. 204, 10. For other crimes and their punishment see L.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan though my bones and blood both become an increase to earth, 38 a; Th. 125, 9; Gú. 351. Saga, hú ðæt gewurde say how that happened, Andr. Kmbl. 1115; An. 558: Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 19; Cri. 238.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Skt. 13, 3. where many things are to be distinguished from each other, separately, severally, apart Se án monn ongitt ðæt ðæt hé on óþrum ongit synderlíce (in several ways ); hé hine ongit þurh ða eágan synderlíce, þurh ða eáran synderlíce, ðurh his

Linked entry: sundorlíce

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Hé for his hǽlo Drihtne þanc secgende wæs pro sua sanitate Domino gratias referens, Bd. 4, 31 ; S. 610, 38. where the object is a pronoun referring to a clause 'Eart ðú Iudéa cining ?' Ðá andswarude hé : 'Ðú hit segst,' Lk. Skt. 23, 3.