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on-efn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-efn, -emn, -em

by, near

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by, near Hí gemétton fýr, and hláf onem they found a fire, and bread close by, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 5. Onefen ðone hagan . . . norþ onefen ðæt gelád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-13. Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33.

Linked entry: efen

be-tweohs

Grammar
be-tweohs, -tweox.

between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among

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Thw. 2, 2. among, local (lit. or fig.) Betweox (-twiux, v. l. ) itǽm gingestum monnum, Past. 300, 13. Betwix eallum hira yflum, 423, 6. Betux wífa gebyrdum, Bl. H. 167, 18.

ge-timbrung

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Add: building, constructing (lit. or fig.) Paulus spræc be ðǽre getimbrunge þǽre geleáffullan gelaðunge. Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17.

han-créd

(n.)
Grammar
han-créd, -crǽd, hon-, es; m.

Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus

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Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... fífta is gallicinium ðæt is hancréd the night has seven divisions ... the fifth is gallicinium, that is, cock-crow, Lchdm. iii. 244, 4.

Linked entry: créd

on-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bærnan, p. de.

to set fire to, to light (a fire), to kindle ⬩ to burn, consume by burning ⬩ to heat, inflame ⬩ to kindle desire for anything, to incite

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to set fire to, to light (a fire), to kindle literal Hié hié mid flexe bewundon and onbærndon hit they wrapped them round with flax, and set fire to it, Ors. 4, l; Swt. 158, 6. Ðá héton ða déman micel fýr onbærnan, Shrn. 53, 15: Exon.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

in-findan

(v.)
Grammar
in-findan, p. -fand

To find ⬩ discover

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To find, discover Soecaþ gé and gé infindes quærite et invenietis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 7. Infund restende invenit vacantem, 12, 44. Ic ne infand in him intinga ego non invenio in eo causam, Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 6. Infunden wæs inventa est, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: findan

ge-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beátan, p. -beón, pl. -beóton; pp. -beáten

To beat ⬩ strike ⬩ tundĕre ⬩ fĕrīre

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Gebeáten fisc mĭnūtal, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 98; Wrt. Voc. 27, 27. Gebeáten flǽsc martisia vel baptitura, 31; Som. 61, 99; Wrt. Voc. 27, 28

ge-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beornan, p. -barn, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, -burnen [ge-, beornan to burn] .

To burn ⬩ be on fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ ardēre ⬩ combūri

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To burn, be on fire, be consumed; ardēre, combūri Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes the hand of the bold man burned, Beo. Th. 5388; B. 2697. v. trans Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19

feoh-gód

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gód, es; n.

cattle

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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.

Linked entry: gód

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Fíf hund þúsendum quinquagenis milibus, Hpt. Gl. 426, 11. Grammar þúsend, in combination with hundreds, tens, units Twá þúsend wintra and twá hund and twá and feówertig geára gerímes, Anglia viii. 336, 1.

ang-set

(n.)
Grammar
ang-set, es; m ? ang-seta, an; m ?

A disease with eruptions ⬩ a carbuncle ⬩ pimple ⬩ pustule ⬩ an eruption ⬩ St. Anthony's fire ⬩ carbunculus

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Anthony's fire; carbunculus Angset vel spring carbunculus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 57, 9; Wrt. Voc. 19, 19. Angseta furunculus vel anthrax, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 69; Wrt. Voc. 20, 12: Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 19; Wrt. Voc. 40, 51

asse

(n.)
Grammar
asse, an; f: assen, e; f.

A she-ass ⬩ asina

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Finde gyt áne assene ye [two] shall find a she-ass, Mt. Bos. 21, 2. Rit uppan tamre assene rides on a tame she-ass, 21, 5. Lǽddon ða assene to him adduxerunt asinam, 21, 7

Linked entry: assa

hohful-ness

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Gl. 404, 72. trouble, sadness, anxiety Þá eahta leahtras . . . hohfulnes (cf. se fífta leahtor is tristitia ꝥ is þissere worulde unrótnyss, Hml. S. 16, 289), Wlfst. 188, 37

gás-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
gás-ríc, es; m.

An impetuous creature, a furious animal

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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans

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FIRM, strong, stout, bold, strenuous; fortis, strēnuus Ic eom on móde from I am firm in mind, Beo. Th. 5048; B. 2527: Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 13; Gú. 874.

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

a-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To be immersed ⬩ extinguished ⬩ quenched by water ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ immergi ⬩ exstingui ⬩ aquis suffocari

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To be immersed, extinguished, quenched by water, to be drowned; immergi, exstingui, aquis suffocari Lígfýr adranc the fire-flame was quenched, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 18; Exod. 77.

Linked entries: a-dronc a-druncen

un-biþirfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biþirfe, adj.

Useless ⬩ vain ⬩ unprofitable

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Ða ( false gods ) sind geásne góda gehwylces, ídle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe, ne ðǽr freme méteþ fira ǽnig, 255, 21; Jul. 217

Linked entry: un-beþirfe

heard-hara

(n.)
Grammar
heard-hara, heardra, an; m.
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The name of a fish. Heardhara cefalus, Txts. 52, 270. Haerdhera caefalus, 115, 167. Heardra cephalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 4: ceffalus, 281, 70: cefalus, ii. 14, 20. Heardhara mugil, 114, 40. Hacod oððe heardra, 55, 81. Heardran mullos, An.

Linked entry: heardra

sætilcas

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Ne ymbe sciphergas sætilcas ne hérdon ne furþum fira nán ymb gefeoht sprecan, Met. 8, 31.

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