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un-gebrocod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrocod, adj.

Unafflicteduninjured

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Unafflicted, uninjured Ðonne wé manna líchaman derigaþ, búton wé ðære sáwle derian magon, ða líchaman þurhwuniaþ on heora áwyrdnysse ... Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt wé godas sind ... wé forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl.

un-gewǽpnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewǽpnod, adj.

Unarmed

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Ðá geseah Æþelfrið heora sacerdas sundor stondon ungewǽpnade, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39

wuldor-torht

(adj.)
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wuldor-torht, adj.

Gloriously brightsplendid

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Gloriously bright, splendid Wuldortorht heofon-weardes gást, Cd. Th. 8, 5; Gen. 119. Hádor sægl wuldortorht gewát, Andr. Kmbl. 2912; An. 1459 : Cd. Th. 174, 7; Gen. 2874. Beácen wuldortorht, 167, 21; Gen. 2769. Woldortorhtan weder, Beo.

be-streddon

(v.)
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be-streddon, be-stregdan; p. -strédde

To bestrew

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To bestrew, cover by scattering Hé þæt Crtístes mǽl on ðone seáð ásette, and hit heóld, oð þæt his ðegnas mid moldan hit bestréddon and gefæstnedon donec adgesío a militibus puluere terrae figeretur. Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 194, 20. Substitute:

of-þyrsted

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Add: literal Swá heort wilnað tó wætre, þonne hé wérig byð oþþe ofþyrst, Ps. Th. 41, 1. Utan syllan mete gehingredum and drenc þám ofþyrstum, Wlfst. 119, 7. figurative Se bið ofhingrod and ofðyrst æfter rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. i. 552, 1

slaga

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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add

ǽr-dæg

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Ðá burg, seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem, auctorem originis suae, 4, 5; S. 168, 10

feorr

(adv.)
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feorr, adv.

Farat a distanceprŏcullonge

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Seó sunne gǽþ eall swá feorr adúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufan up astíhþ the sun goes quite as far down under the earth in the night time as it rises above it in the day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 22; Lchdm.

geómor-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-mód, geómer-mód, giómor-mód; adj.

Sad of mind, sorrowfulmæstus anĭmo

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Heó wǽron geómormóde they were sorrowful, Elen. Kmbl. 1107; El. 555: 825; El. 413. Gewitan him gangan, geómermóde they retired, sad of mind, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 9; Gen. 858

wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode
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Ingá forrotednys on bánum mínum and under mé heó wapelige ingrediatur putredo in ossibus meis et subter me scateat, Cant. Habac. 16. v. preceding word

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, l. á-feorrian;
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To remove, take away Bið heó áfeorrod suíðe feor from ðǽre sóðan heánesse ab altitudine verae celsitudinis elongatur , Past. 301, 20. Eardbegengnes mín áfeorrad (áfirred, Ps. Srt.) is incolatus meus pro-longatus est , Ps. L. 119, 5. intrans.

á-mánsumian

(v.)
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Dele bracket and add: to accurse Heó nolde ágan þæs wælhreówan hærereáf ac ámánsumode, Hml. A. 115, 426.

Linked entry: mánsumian

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
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Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf. Wæs seó wund fæstlíce gehálad (curatum), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 3), Shrn. 95, 2. Substitute:

wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

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Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt videns puteum aquae, Gen. 21, 19. Done wæterpytt puteum illum (cf. wyllspring, v. 7), 16, 14. Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt (cisternam, Ex. 21, 33), oþþe betýnedne ontýne, Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6.

weard

(prep.; adv.)
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weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Heó teáh hyne wiþ hyre weard, Judth. Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. v. eást-, for-, forþ-, hám-, hider-, hindan-, norþ-, súþ-, þider-, west-weard

Bricg

(n.)
Grammar
Bricg, Brycg, e; f. [
  • Sim. Dun.
Brige:
  • Hovd.
Briges:
  • Matt. West.
Brigges] .

Bridgenorth in Shropshireoppidum in agro SalopiensiBruges in BelgiumBrugæ, Flandriæ emporium

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Bruges in Belgium; Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium Heó com to Bricge begeondon sǽ she came to Bruges beyond the sea, Chr. 1037; Erl. 166, 7.

wíf-þing

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-þing, pl. n.

Matters connected with womenmarriageintercourse

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[He weddede þat mæiden, and nom heo to his bedden; þer wes wífðing riche, Laym. 31128.] Cf. brýd-þing

willa

(n.)
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willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)

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[Heo ȝeoten i þan welle (wille, 2nd MS.); þa wes þa welle mid attre bigon. Laym. 19771.]

for-beornan

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Þá þá seó ceaster swýþlíce barn . . . heom þúhte ꝥ eall seó burh forbyrnan sceolde cum civitas vehementer arderet . . . ut flamma totius urbis interitum minari videretur, Gr. D. 47, 27: Bl. H. 221, 9. Þ hús wearð forburnon buton þám ánum poste, Hml.

ge-gifan

(v.)
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D. 16, 1. to give as a present Hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc þæs þe se cyng heom gegyfen (geunnen, v. l. ) hæfde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 19. Hé hæfð gegyfen þǽ gegyldhealle, Cht. Th 605, 6.

Linked entry: gifan