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ofer-renc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-renc, ofer-rencu, e; f.

Over-luxuriance, extravagance

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Over-luxuriance, extravagance: — Manege ðe mid oferrence glengdan hý sylfe Wulfst. 46, 2

Linked entry: renc

bed-reáf

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Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid ðám hryfte and mid hoppscýtan and mid eallum ðám ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð . . . and ic geann mínum suna ánes beddreáfes, C. D. iii. 294, 4, 35. Hió becwið eal ðæt bedréf ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, vi. 133, 10. Búrþénon his beddreáf, Fulcris

weolcen-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
weolcen-reád, adj.

Scarletpurple

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Scarlet, purple Se wolcnreáda wǽfels the scarlet robe Homl. Th. ii. 254, 4. Hí scrýddon hyne mid weolcenreádum scyccelse Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28. Wolcnreádum Homl. Th. ii. 252, 25. Gif eówere synna wǽron wolcnreáde si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, 322

weoloc-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
weoloc-reád, adj.

Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple

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Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple Wiolocreád, wilocreád coccum bis tinctum, Txts. 51, 496. Weolocreád Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 43: cocco, 77, 20. Weolcreád coccum, 14, 57: coccum rubicundum bis tinctum i. 34, 10. Weol[c]rǽd coccinea

Linked entry: wolc-reád

reótan

(v.)
Grammar
reótan, ;p. ; reát.

to make a noiseto make a noise in grief, to lament, wail;to weep, shed tears

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; to make a noise; Reótaþ (wreotaþ, MS.) ;crepita[n]t,; Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 94. Reát (hreát ?) ;desteruit; (;stertuit ?;),;somniavit,; 139, 17. ; to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail; Reóteþ meówle, seó ðe hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon.

Linked entries: hrútan wreótaþ reót

hý-réd

Similar entry: hí-réd

réf-land

Similar entry: sundor-geréfland

ge-rec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rec, es; n.

Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanationregimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio

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Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanation; regimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio On ðara óðra mǽgþa gerece awunode in illarum provinciarum regimine permansit, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 28: 4, 23; S. 593, 26. Ðone bisceophád mid mycelegerece

ge-rec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rec, es; n.

A tumulttumultus

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A tumult Gerec tumultus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 24

dæg-réd

(v.)
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Add: dæge-réd (-red?) Degred ( crepusculum) mód nyte, degred (aurora) ryne forðwegeð, degred (aurora ) all forðypeð, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 201, 25. Ðæt leóht þe wé hátað dægred (dæge-, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 234, 29. Gongað þá .vii. steorran on dægered on setl

cyn-réd

Similar entry: fore-cynréd

réð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
réð-líc, adj.

Crueldeadly

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Cruel, deadly Réðlíc scinhiw ferale monstrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 53. Deriendlícan, réðlícan feralia, i. lugubria, tristia, noxia, luctuosa, mortifera, mortalia, 147, 50. Mid réðlícum feralibus, 34, 20

wæl-réc

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-réc, es; m.

Deadly reek

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Deadly reek 'Mé is leófre ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæþmie' ... Wód ða þurh ðone wælréc, Beo. Th. 5315; B. 2661

hóf-rec

(n.)
Grammar
hóf-rec, -ræc, es; n.

Hoof-track

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Hoof-track Sing on ðæt hófrec sing over the hoof-track, Lchdm. i. 392, 9. Dryp on ðæt hófræc ðæt wex drop the wax into the hoof-track, iii. 286, 4

ge-rec

(n.)
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Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban pelagus regens, 21 ; F. 74, 29. <b>Ia.</b> a rule, decree :-- Gerec decretum, Germ. 398, 49. an orderly condition, a quiet time [cf. O. H.

gold-geréne

(n.)
Grammar
gold-geréne, (?), gold-regne
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a gold ornament. See next word

a-réd

(n.)

counsel

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counsel, L. Edm. E. pref; Th. i. 244, 6, MS. B

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Dawn, daybreak, early morning; dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra Dægréd dilūcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 127; Wrt. Voc. 53, 8. Syxta is matutīnum vel aurōra ðæt is dægréd [-ræd MS. R.] the sixth is matutīnum vel aurōra that is dawn, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt

swefel-réc

(n.)
Grammar
swefel-réc, es; m.
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Sulphur-smoke, the smoke from burning sulphur Ríneþ ofer ða synfullan swefelréc pluet super peccatores sulphur, Ps. Surt. 10, 7. Cf. swefel-þrosm

wudu-réc

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-réc, es; m.

The smoke from burning wood

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The smoke from burning wood Wuduréc ástáh sweart, Beo. Th. 6280; B. 3144