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sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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</b> to make a sound with the voice Þone swég þára fíf clipiendra stafa sleán hí wel sonum uocalium litterarum bene perstrepant, Chrd. 57, 9. <b>VI b.

burg-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
burg-bryce, burh-bryce, -brice, es; m.
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In. 45; Th. i. 130, 7. the fine to be paid for this burglary; mulcta ob castelli vel domus violationem, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 7

Linked entry: burh-bryce

geond-felan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>geond-feólan;</b> pp. geond-fólen To permeate, fill throughout Þæt wítehus . . . deóp, dreáma leás . . . geondfólen fýre, réce and reáde lége a dungeon horrible on all sides round as one great furnace flamed, Gen. 43

wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽgan, p. de

To vexharassafflict

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Ðæt gé mec tó wundre wǽgan mótun (cf. erlós skulun wégian mi te wundrun, dót mi wíties filu, Hél. 3088), 124, 22; Gú. 341

scúwa

(n.)
Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.
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</b> fig. shadow :-- Scúa deáþes umbra mortis, Ps. Surt. 43, 20. In midle scúan deáþes, 22, 4. Alǽd mé út of ðyses carcernes húse and of deáþes scúan, Blickl. Homl. 87, 35. Scúia (scúa, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 16. In scýa, Rtl. 168, 9.

Linked entry: scúa

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Kmbl. iii. 351, 25. where movement, lit. or fig., is implied Ðæt hé ús gebringe tó his écan gebeórscipe, se ðe ús ðǽrtó gelaðode, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 6. Ðá dǽlde se cásere ðæt ríce on feówer, and sette ðǽrtó feówer gebróðra, i. 478, 20.

deád

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Voc. i. 283, 79: ii. 16, 57. fig. dead to, insensible to Heó bið deád ǽlcere duguðe and gesǽlðe, and bið gehealden tó ðám écan deáðe, Hml. Th. i. 160, 15

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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, Ra. 38, 4. fig. to be a stumbling-block to Gif honde þíne fælleþ þec, Mt. R. 18, 8. to cast into: Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde, Gen. 747. to fell, destroy Þonne ic hiora fýnd fylde and hýnde ad nihilum inimicos eorum humiliassem. Ps. Th. 80, 13.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan

grundlinga

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</b> fig. :-- Þǽre ǽrran gerecednyssa dimhoua grundlunga ( funditus ) fordwinan, An. Ox. 1678. of complete destruction or removal of other objects. material Ealle ðá godas grundlunga suncon intó þǽre eorðan, Hml.

six

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Gif eall ꝥ getæl byþ tódǽled þurh seofen . . . gyf þǽr byð án ofer. . . oððe fífe oððe syxe, 46

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, (see also wǽge), e; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balance

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Selle mon uuége cǽsa, 293, 11. .i. wége césa, .i. wége speces, 296, 35. .ii. wéga spices and céses, 299, 18. .iii. wéga, 311, 3. fig. Ða gewunelícan wǽge (pensum) heora ðeówdómes hig náteshwón forgímeleásion, R.

on-munan

(v.)

to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of)denoting worthalone

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sceal his hláford ǽghwelcre áre wierþne onmunan quicumque sunt sub jugo servi, dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur, Past. 29; Swt. 201, 23. with acc. of person alone Hé úsic on herge geceás tó ðyssum síðfæte, onmunde úsic mǽrþa he thought us fit

bæftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Th. i. 287, 5. adv. behind, in contrast with before (lit. or fig.) Ic geseah þone bæftan þe mé geseah I saw him behind that saw me, Gen. 16, 13. Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle let not any man backbite other, Wlfst. 70, 14.

Linked entry: bæfta

scerwen

(n.)
Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?) a scattering (?), sharing (?), giving (?) (cf. be-scerwan
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to deprive) Denum eallum wearð cénra gehwylcum eorlum ealuscerwen there was a fine feast for all the Danes (?) (the reference is to the disturbance caused by the fight between Beowulf and Grendel), Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769.

þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽd, es; m.
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Þrǽd, ii. 35, 44: i. 81, 65: fila, 282, 11. Se gyldna ðrǽd bratea fila, ii. 89, 37: 12, 3. Þrǽd mé ( a coat of mail ) ne hlimmeþ, ne æt mé hrisil scríþeþ, Exou. Th. 417, 18; Rá. 36, 6. Cnyte mid ánum ðrǽde, Lchdm. i. 218, 20.

eln-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
eln-gemet, es; n.

An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra

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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III

á-blǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
á-blǽst, adj.
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Gl. 466, 8, infuriated, furious Hé hét geótan týn orcas fulle eles, ðæt hé wolde ðæt ðæs fýres hǽto ðe réðre wǽre and ðe áblǽstre that the heat of the fire might be the more fierce and furious Angl. xvii. 113, 16

Linked entry: blǽstan

ál-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ál-fæt, es; n.
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A vessel that may be placed on the fire (v. ál), a cooking-vessel Gif hit ( the ordeal ) wæter sý . . . sí ꝥ álfæt ísen oþþe ǽren, leáden oþþe lǽmen, Ll. Th. i. 226, 15. Aalfatu cocula; omnia vasa coquendi sic dicuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39

wæter-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-fæsten, wæter-fæstenn, es; n.

A place protected by water

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A place protected by water Hé gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne he encamped as near to the Danes as the wood and water, which protected their position, would allow him to find sufficient room, Chr. 894; Erl

wín-sæd

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-sæd, adj.

Wine-satedhaving had one's fill of wine

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Wine-sated, having had one's fill of wine Yrrum ealowósan, were wínsadum, Exon. Th. 330, 12; Vy. 50. Weras wínsade (cf. hé oferdrencte his duguðe ealle, 21, 22; Jud. 31; and the Latin c. 13, 2 : Erant omnes fatigati a vino). Judth.