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þeód-búend

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-búend, þeód-búende; pl.
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Hé geðingade þeódbúendum wið fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste, 39, 3; Cri. 616: 84, 11; Cri. 1372

be-gínan

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Substitute : To take with wide-open mouth Ic ( a key ) begíne þæt mé ongeán sticað, Rä. 87, 3. Se draca hæfþ beginen in his múðe mín heáfod and forswolgen draco caput meum in suo ore absorbuit, Gr. D. 324, 26

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedgefence

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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

riht-gewittig

(adj.)
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of right wit, reasonable Ꝥ getácnað ꝥ seó rihtgewittuge sáwel siteð on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 245, 22. Hwylc rihtgewittigra manna is tó þon snotor ꝥ hé wylle þá gástas secgan líchamlice? quis sanum sapiens esse spiritus corporeos dixerit?, 305, 2

Linked entry: ge-wittig

sigor-fæst

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Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

úte

Grammar
úte, <b>. II</b> 4c.
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Þá þe ǽr úte óþra ðeóda anwalda girndon, him þá gód þúhte þǽr hié mehten hié selfe æt hám wið ðeówdðm bewerian domesticis malis circumventi externis inhiare desistunt, abjiciuntque spem dominationis imminente periculo servitutis, Ors. 3, l; S. 98, 2

wæl-fús

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-fús, adj.

Ready to be slain

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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420

Horsa

(n.)
Grammar
Horsa, an; m.
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13

ofer-módness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-módness, e; f.

Pride

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Bebeorh ðé wið ofermódnysse cave te a superbia, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 10

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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In poetical compounds the word is used figuratively Similar entries v. gryn-, hleahtor-, lár-, wig-, wíg-, wróht-smiþ

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

gár-leác

(n.)
Grammar
gár-leác, es; n. [gár a spear, leác a leek : from its tapering acute leaves]

GARLICallium

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Wið gárleác gemenged mingled with garlic, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 4

Linked entry: gaar-leece

láð-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-wende, adj.

evilhostilemalignant

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Evilly disposed, evil, hostile, malignant Wæs láðwendo ongan wið Sarran winnan Hagar was evilly disposed and began to strive with Sarah, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 7; Gen. 2239.

lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 13; Jul. 10.

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seáw

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
seáw, es; n.
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Gemeng wið huniges seáw mix with pure honey, 30, 7. Feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe, Exon. Th. 385, 20; Rä. 4, 47. Seá sucum, Txts. 182, 83. Cumaþ ða ádla on [of?] yflum seáwum, Lchdm. ii. 176, 5

glengan

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Add: to adorn with material ornaments Glensþ ( = glengst) comas (si tu te sumptuosius comas, Ald. 75, 5), An. Ox. 8, 332. Glencaþ comunt i. ornant, 11. Hí glencgað heora wíf mid þám þe hí weófoda sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 7.

ge-síþcund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-síþcund, adj.

Of the rank of a 'gesith

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Wih. 5; Th. i. 38, 4

cyn

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S. 23, 272. v. æppel-, Angel-, bisceop-, bóc-, cróg-, cyning-, ealdhláford-, eall-, earn-, eft-, hafoc-, hreód-, módor-, riht-fædren-, riht-médren-, sǽd-, sealf-, sprǽc-, stán-, tynder-, wíf-, wilde-, wín-, wudu-cyn. in line 6 for cynd read cynn. v.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54. a buffoon, an actor Sceáwera scurrarum ii. 90, 13. Similar entries (v. sceáwend-sprǽc)

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2. Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin, Ap. Th. 8, 23.

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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close, hidden, secret, obscure; occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus Ðá ðæt wíf geseah, ðæt hit [wíf] him næs dyrn when the woman saw that she [the woman] was not hid from him, Lk. Bos. 8, 47: Elen. Kmbl. 1443; El. 723: Menol. Fox 585; Gn. C. 62.

Linked entries: derne dierne