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hrór

(adj.)
Grammar
hrór, adj.

Stirringactiveagilenimblevigorousstoutstrong

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Swá seó stræle byþ strangum and mihtigum hrórum on handa sicut sagittæ in manu potentis, 126, 5. Dá wæs of ðæm hróran [ Beowulf ] helm and byrne lungre álýsde, Beo. Th. 3262; B. 1629.

gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
gearwian, gerwian, gerwan, girwan, gierwan, gyrwan, gyrian, girian, gierian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To make readyprepareprocuresupplyput onclothepărārepræpărārepræstāreinduĕrevestīre

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Gearwian us togénes gréne strǽte up to englum let us prepare before ourselves a green path to the angels above, Cd. 219; Th. 282, 15; Sat. 287. Hú gé eówic gearwige quid induamini, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 25 : 27, 29.

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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Héton lǽdan ofer landsceare ... drógon æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo efne swá wíde swá wegas tólǽgon innan burgum strǽte stánfáge they bade lead him over the country ... they dragged him by mountain caves, across rocky slopes, far as the roads stretched

MǼD

(n.)
Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A

MEADmeadow

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Voc. 53, 52. xii æcras an westhealfe ðære strǽte and án médwa beneoþan ðæm hliþe xii acres on the west side of the road, and one meadow beneath the hill, Cod. Dipl.

Linked entries: mǽdwa wudu-mǽd

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place filthy volutabrum

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On ðæt sol; of ðan sole on ða ealdan strǽte Cod. Dip. B. i. 518, 40. Sole volutabro Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 17. Tó sole ł fýlþe ad volutabrum Hpt. Gl. 477, 70. Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip Beo. Th. 609; B. 302.

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehogporcupinean urchin

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Hé wæs ðara [strǽla] swá full swá igl bip byrsta he [St. Sebastian] was as full of arrows as a hedgehog is of bristles, Shrn. 55. 9.

Linked entry: iil

cýping

(n.)
Grammar
cýping, cýpingc, cíping,e; f. [ceáping, ceáp a price, q. v. II.].

a bargaining, setting a price, marketing, chapping, traffic negotiatio, nundinaa market-place, market forum

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Andlang strǽte út on ða cýpinge, swá up anlang cýpinge along the road out to the market-place, so up along the market-place, Cod. Dipl. 720; A. D. 1012; Kmbl. iii. 359, 12, 13

telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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Telga might rather refer to a branch distinguishable from the loss of its bark :-- Andlang strǽte on ðone calewan telgan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 258, 7.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Gl. 282. to scoop out grain from a vessel Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe on ðáre strǽte stód, and mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Th. ii. 78, 10. careless, negligent, remiss, not strict in the performance of duty Ne tó stræc on ðære láre ne tó slæc on ðære mildheortnesse ne aut districtio rigida, oue pietas remissa. Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 1.

Linked entry: sleac

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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æfter strǽtum, Past. 135, 3-4.

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Port-strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl]. vi. 323.]

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Hé þá strǽle þára áwerigdra gásta him fram ásceáf, Guth. 44, 1. Áscýfað yfelgiornisse deponentes malitiam, Rtl. 25, 23. Ꝥte þú áscúfe (retrudas) from mé ðá ungesewenlican næglas, Lch. i. lxxi, 3.

streng

(n.)
Grammar
streng, es; m.
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Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, Beo. Th. 6226; B. 3117. in a ship, part of the rigging; also a cable. v. ancer-streng and cf.

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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Quickly, immediately, at once, soon, forthwith, straightway Gá hraðe on ða strǽta exi cito in plateas, Lk. Skt. 14, 21: 16, 6.

Linked entry: hræde

gréne

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Foldweg tredan, gréne grundas, An. 777. (1 a) fig. of a path, pleasant :-- Gearwian ús tógénes gréne strǽte úp tó englum, Sat. 287. of a tree, in leaf Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold þæt reáde on grénum triówum?

on-sendan

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Wrôhtbora in folc Godes forð onsendeð of his brægdbogan biterne stræ̂l, Cri. 764.

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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</b> fig. a storm of arrows :-- Strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6225 ; B. 3118. <b>Ib.

Linked entry: stearm

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Sume feóllon wið weg (æt strǽt ł woeg, Lind.: bi wæge, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 4. Wegas, enta ǽrge*-*weorc, strǽte stánfáge, Andr. Kmbl. 2470; An. 1236, Nǽron Metode ðá gyt wídlond ne wegas nytte, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156.

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan, Exon. Th. 397, 11; Rä. 16, 18. Steápe dúne, Cd. Th. 172, 33; Gen. 2853. Steápe stánbyrig, 133, 17; Gen. 2212. Weallas steápe, Exon. Th. 383, 13; Rä. 4, 10.