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gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n. Substitute: gærsurna(-e), an; m. (f.): gærsum, es; m.: e; f. , and add

treasurean article of valuetreasures

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Ealne his gærsuman and his orf, 1078; P. 213, 28.

BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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Geseah ðá sige-eádig bil, eald sweord eótenisc then he saw a victorious bill, an old giant sword, Beo. Th. 3119; B. 1557. Abrægd mid ðý bille he brandished with his sword, Cd. 142; Th. 177, 17; Gen. 2931.

Linked entry: bill

ge-samnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-samnung, -somnung, -samning, -somning, e; f.

A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, churchconventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia

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Se wæs ðære gesamnunge ealdor ipse princeps sy̆năgōgæ ĕrat, Lk. Bos. 8, 41. Fram gesamnunge mycelre a concĭlio multo, Ps. Spl. C. 39, 14.

ecg

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Á be ecge on ðá medemunga; of ðǽre mædemunge nyðær on ðone ealdan wíðig, v. 286, 31. Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, iii. 418, 19. Ádún ofer ðá ecge ðæt hit cymð tó Crimes hylle, 389, 29. v. scír-ecg; -ecge

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forthprogressadvanceprocessusprogressusa passagedrainprivymeātussecessuslatrīna

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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, and byþ on forþgang asend quod in os intrat, in ventrem vādit, et in secessum emittĭtur, Mt. Bos. 15, 17: Mk. Bos. 7, 19. [vorðgong progress, A.R.]

Linked entry: forþ-geong

for-wúndian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To wound badlyulcerategrăvĭter vulnĕrāre

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Eall ic wæs mid strǽlum forwúndod I was all wounded with arrows, Rood Kmbl. 124; Kr. 62: Cd. 216; Th. 273, 4; Sat. 131. Se læg on his dúra swýðe forwúndod qui jăcēbat ad jānuam ejus ulcĕrĭbus plēnus, Lk. Bos. 16, 20.

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treatexplainexpoundconsidertractāreexpōnĕre

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Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361

Linked entry: trahtian

sige-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wang, es ; m.
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Smylte is se sigewong (cf. ðæt torhte lond, l. 19, wlitig is se wong eall, 198, 8, the dwelling-place of the Phenix ), Exon. Th. 199, 29 ; Ph. 33 : 146, 23 ; Gú. 714.

ymb-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
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Eall seó gesomnung bróþra and sweostra on twá halfe singende ymbstódon ( circumstaret ), Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 9. ¶ pres. part. used substantively :-- Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian, L. E.

dyrstig-ness

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Se ealda feónd onféng swilce dyrstinysse (bylde, v. l., ausum ) tó ácwellanne, Gr. D. 75, 32. Gif hé þurh dyrstignysse hine onhefð mid módignysse si presumpserit, R. Ben. 112, 12. Hé þǽra gedwolmanna dyrstignesse ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. i. 70, 7. Add

firdian

(v.)

march

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swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii. Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig þ úsenda fyrdendra þegena, 25, 363

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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Se mór swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 34. to come upon or across, meet with Se here férde intó Myrcean and fordydon eall ðæt hé oferférde, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Similar entries v. ofer-faran

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj.

tragicus

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Trojan, perhaps the same meaning is intended here Æfter ðon hé eall gear onwealh Norþan-hymbra mǽgþe áhte nalas swá swá sigefæst cyning ac swá swá leódhata ðæt hé grimsigende forleás and hi on gelícnysse ðæs traiscan wacles wundade dein cum anno integro

Linked entry: Tróiesc

a-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-slítan, -slýtan ; p. -slát, pl. -sliton ; pp. -slyten, -sliten ; v. a. [a from, slítan to slit]

To cleaverivedestroycut offdiscinderediruereabscindere

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To cleave, rive, destroy, cut off; discindere, diruere, abscindere Aslát ða túnas ealle destroyed all the villages, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20.

Linked entry: a-slýtan

fisc-wylle

(adj.)
Grammar
fisc-wylle, -welle; adj. [cf. weallan to swarm]

Full of fishabounding in fishpiscíbus abundanspiscōsus

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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8

Mon-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Mon-íg, e; f.

The Isle of Man or AngleseyMona

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Moníge Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce hé underþeódde Mevanias insulas imperio subjugavit Anglorum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16

á-feohtan

(v.)
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To Fight one's way, make one's way by fighting Þæt sume þurh ealle þá truman út áfuhten, gif hié mehten, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 21

á-lísend

(n.)
Grammar
á-lísend, es; m.
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A saviour, redeemer Oð þæt se Á;lýsend com þe ðone ealdan deófol gewylde, Hml. Th. i. 94, 7. Se Áliésend monna cynnes, Past. 129, 17. Álýsend, Bl. H. 65, 30. Middangeardes Álýsend, 87, 9. v. á-lysend in Dict

be-werigend

Grammar
be-werigend, -wergend

a protector

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Paulus wæs bewerigend þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 388, 32: Hml. S. 7, 127. Ðæt gé sýn beweriendras Crtstes landáre, C. D. iii. 350, 27. Add

byd

Grammar
byd, byd-incel ?
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Andlang bróces on Bydincel, of Bydincele . . . of thám forda on thá ealdan byd, andlang byd . . . of thám hamme on Byd, andlang Byd, C. D. B. iii. 44, 24-38. On bydyncel . . . ðæt on byd, C. D. iii. 81, 5-7

Linked entry: bydincel