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torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor

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Ger. turri, turra turris.] Similar entries Cf. túr. from Celtic, a projecting rock, a tor Torr scopulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 20.

Linked entries: túr tor

fǽr

a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident

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þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46. Hié þurh flódes fǽr (the destruction caused by the food) feorh áléton, Andr. 1631: 1532.

Linked entry: fǽr

gild

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H. 223, 18, l. a guild, v. ge-gild Hér is on þís gewrite siú geswitelung þǽre gerǽd-nisse þe þiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ on þegna gilde on Grantebrycge, Cht. Th. 610, 29. Se gylda þe óðerne misgrét innan gylde, 606, 23

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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Ac hit is sum swá gerád ðæt his nis nán neódþearf (néd-, Cott.

ýtera

(adj.)
Grammar
ýtera, cpve.: ýtemest; spve. adj.
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Ýtemystan infimam, minimam, Germ. 403, 31. Swá beóð ða fyrmestan ýtemeste ( novissimi ), and ða ýtemestan fyrmeste, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 16. Wurðaþ ðæs mannes ýtemestan wyrsan ðonne ða ǽrran, 12, 45. On ýtemestum in extremis, Scint. 46, 15.

Linked entry: ýtmest

grim

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Grymme anxii, Germ. 399, 262. of persons Mé feóndsceaða fæste hæfde grim on grápe, B. 555. Babilone weard grim and gealhmód, Dan. 230. Of þæs grimman deófles gewealdum álésan, Bl. H. 63, 3. Cyrichatan hetole and leódhatan grimme, Wlfst. 164, 11.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

ge-timbran

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Ger. ge-zimbrón constituere, aedificare

eard

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On þá gerád ꝥ hý nǽfre eft on eard ne cuman. And gif heó man ǽfre eft on earde geméte, Ll. Th. i. 220, 8-10. Beó hé útlah, búton him se cyng eard álýfe ( allow him to remain in the country ), 258, 20.

hefig-tíme

heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious

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Add: heavy, weighed down Hefitýme grauidum, Germ. 402, 53. weighty, of great importance, serious Ðence se abbod hú mycele byrðene and hú hefigtýme hé underféncg mid ðám háde abba cogitet quale onus suscepit, R.

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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Wíbedu arulas, Germ. 394, 259. Paulus sceáwode ða weófoda, óþ ðæt hé funde án weófod ðe ðis gewrit on stód: Deo ignoto, ðæt is on Englisc, 'Uncúðum gode is ðis weófod hálig,' Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 21. Hig ðǽr gedydon twá weófedu, Blickl. Homl. 205, 15.

Linked entries: beód wí-bed wíg-gebed wíh weó-bed

ge-mynd

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V a. with reference to the dead, commemoration service On ðæt gerád ꝥ mín gemynd mid him þý fæstlícor sió, and hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes, C. D. v. 186, 6. Tó his gemunde dege ad anniversarium ejus, Cht. Th. 493, 13.

swég

(n.)
Grammar
swég, es; m.
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Tyrnende swégas rotatiles trocheos, Germ. 403, 8. sound made by means of an instrument, v. swég-cræft. voice; also the instrument Ðære býman swég, Ex. 19, 19. Hearpan swég, Beo. Th. 179; B. 89.

Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly

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. ¶ wrongly, evilly : -- Ðæt hí ðý máre wíte hæbben ðe hí gere witon ðæt hí on ðweorh dóð, Past. 55; Swt. 429, 9. Hé ongeat ðæt hé hæfde on ðweorh gedón, ðæt seó mǽgþ wæs bútan biscope, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 22.

Linked entries: hwarum þweora þweorian þweor-líc þweorlíce þweorness þweor-tíme þwer

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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to beseech, entreat, make solemn appeal to Ic hálsie obtestor, deprecor, Germ. 402, 88. where entreaty is made in the interests of the speaker. with acc. of person addressed Beó þú Gode underþýd, and hálsa hine ( obsecra eum ), Ps. Th. Srt.

tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,

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Tóslopen remissus, Germ. 393, 137: dissipatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 31.

Linked entry: tó-swífan

wel

(adv.; int.)

Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah

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C. 7 ;Th. ii. 346, 7. with verbs that denote fitness : Wel ðæt gerás, ðæt heó wǽre eádmód . . . Wel ðæt eác gedafenaþ, ðæt hé tó eorþan ástige Blickl. Homl. 13, 16-19.

Linked entry: BET

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ðonne hwá tó his scrifte cymeþ, on ða gerád ðæt hé wille his þearfa tó him sprecan and his synna andettan, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 9

Linked entries: þærf þarf

ge-weald

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Hé gerád eal Norþhymbra land him tó gewealde, 946; P. 112, 4. Hé Maníge on his geweald gesætte, 1099; P. 235, 3. Sé þe dómes geweald áge the judge, Ll. Th. i. 376, 18: Kr. 107.

ge-reccan

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Geræhte, Gú. 740. (3a) to correct :-- Gerecð corrigit (qui rectus est corrigit viam suam), Kent.

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