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secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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Wǽron æscwýgan, secggas ymb sigecwén síðes gefýsde. Elen. Kmbl. 519 ; El. 260. Róm*-*ware, secgas sigerófe, 93 ; El. 47. Ðá ic sǽbát gesæt mid mínra secga gedriht, Beo. Th. 1271 ; B. 633

tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Wildu diór woldon stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 2. On ðære feórþan fléringa wæs ðæra tamra nýtena steall, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 9. Hé hæfde tamra deóra ( reindeer ) syx hund, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10.

Linked entries: teoma tom

þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

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Óþre wǽron mid stengum þurhðýde, i. 542, 28

Linked entry: þurh-þýn

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Hié þyderin wǽron gesamnode they were got together into the place, Blickl. Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.

un-gewemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewemmed, adj.

unspottedimmaculateuncorrupteduninjuredundefiledunstainedinviolateimmaculate

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Eall ða hrægel ungewemmed ( intemerata ) wǽron, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 40. Similar entries v. un-forswǽled. moral, undefiled, unstained, inviolate, immaculate Ungewæmmed ic beó immaculatus ero, Ps. Spl. 18, 14. Ungewæmmed inviolata, Hymn.

Linked entry: ge-wemman

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Synd ealle ðáseorðlican þing ácerrede, ðæt heó ne syndon swylce heó iu wǽron, Wlfst. 212, 1. [Add:passages from á-cerran, -cyrran in Dict.]

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

á-cwelan

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Ðá óðre (hors) wǽron hungre ácwolen, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25. Add

clúd

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Wǽron ðreó mynstru ásette on heálicum muntum, and wæs ðám gebróðrum micel frecednys tó ástígenne of þám clúdum tó wæterscípe, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 30. Clúdas rupem, Ps. Spl. 113, 8

dípe

(n.)
Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe ðǽre dýpan ðe ðá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron, Chr. 897; P. 91, 3. Deópan (dépan, Hpt. Gl. 492, 48) gurgitis, An. Ox. 3667. Dépan (-en, MS.) alveo, 4794.

Linked entries: deópe dépe dýp dýpe

eahta

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., þæt wǽron seofon oððe eahta, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 7. Ne wearð má þonne him eahtum, Angl. xi. 2, 39. Cf. seofon

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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Swá swýðe swá hí ǽr þám folce þæs útfæreldes wyrndon, swá micle hý wǽron geornran þæt hí him fram fulgen (that they should hasten their departure; cf. urgebant Aegyptii populum de terra exire velociter, Ex. 12, 33), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 20.

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
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S. 4, 310. to make doubtful about Nolde God ꝥ hí wǽron geortrúweda be þám wéne þǽra ælmæssena ut non de eleemosynarum aestimatione fallerentur, Gr. D. 331, 28. <b>II a.</b> to doubt. 1 a, 3

ge-deorfan

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Ðá hí oninnan þǽm sǽfærelde wǽron, þá gedu[r]fon (a letter is erased before the f) hí ealle and ádruncen obruta est et interfecta universa Aegypti multitude, Ors. 7; S. 38, 33.

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Þurh þá lond þe þá unárefnedlican cyn nǽdrena and hrífra wildeóra ( execrabilia serpentum et rapida ferarum beluarumque genera ) in wǽron, 6, 18.

Iudéas

Grammar
Iudéas, l. Iúdéas, and add: Iúdan, Iúdéan; gen.
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Wǽron Iúdan on miclum geflite, Ors. 6, 10; S. 266, 1. Ðis ys se Hælynd Iúdéa (Iúdéana, L., R.) cyning, Mt. 27, 37: Jn. 2, 13. Manega þára Iúdéa, 11, 19. Þǽra Iúdéa (Iúðéana, L.) gearcung, 19, 42. On Iúdana lond, Ors. 3, 5; S. 104, 24.

hýr

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Hí ealle wǽron on ðǽre hýre gelíce, Hml. A. 44, 509

hǽðen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.

Heathenism, paganism

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Ða tungelwítegan ðe wǽron on hǽðenscipe wunigende hæfdon getácnunge ealles hǽðenes folces the astrologers, who were yet heathens, betokened all heathen people, Homl. Th. i. 106, 9 : 70, 25, 28

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Manigfeald wundor ... wǽron and gyt beóð æteówed and gecýðed, Bl.

Linked entry: cýþan

wist

(n.)
Grammar
wist, e; f. (and m.?
Similar entries
v. big-, dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist.
)

subsistencesustenancefoodprovisionsdainty fooda feasteatingfeasting

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Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wǽre geleormod, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 24

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Mé þinceþ ðæt ðú wǽre ðám ungelǽredum mannum heardra ðonne hit riht wǽre videtur mihi quia durior justo indoctis auditoribus fuisti, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 32.