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on-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bregdan, -brédan; p. brægd, -brǽd, pl. brugdon, -brudon.

To move quicklyTo move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)

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Onbrǽd recedes múþan raþe æfter ðon on flór treddode Grendel opened the door violently and stepped on to the floor of the hall, Beo. Th. 1450; B. 723. intrans.

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Swelce ðú hæbbe ðá duru ábróden (cf. on-bregdan) as if you had flung open the door. Bt. 35, 3 ; F. 160, 5. Ábródenes retecti, An. Ox. 52, 4, Ábródenum subtracto, Kent, Gl. 996. Áweg ábróden avulsus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 4.

Linked entry: á-brédan

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awryaskewin reversed orderin a way that offers oppositionobstinatelyflatlyperverselyevilly

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Th. ii. 24, 29. perversely, evilly And suá ðeáh hé mid wónweorcum hit tó ðweorlíce ne fremeþ ðeáh hé hit on his móde forlǽtan ne mæge et quamvis prava non exerceat opere, ab his tamen non evellitur mente, Past, 11; Swt. 73, 13.

á-cennan

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Ox. 549. where the product is different, of men Ácende edidit (opera ), An. Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7.

Linked entry: on-cennan

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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Sáulscat is rihtast ðæt man gelǽste aa æt openum græfe, 311, 12.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

ge-weorc

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</b> what is wrought, material prepared by labour :-- Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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On openre wafunge (the passage is: Martyres in Circi spectaculocuparum gremiis includuntur, Ald. 48),Hpt. Gl. 488, 71.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 341. begging Hé ða wanspédigan cristenan ne geðafode ðæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde, ac hé gemanode ða rícan ðæt hí ðæra cristenra wǽdlunge mid heora spédum gefréfrodon he would not allow the destitute Christians to be subject to public

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Soc. vols. ii. v. vi, helm, a hovel, an open shed for cattle, a shed built on posts] Wǽges helm [holm?] the covering made by the wave, the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 459; El. 230.

Linked entry: helmiht

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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The city was built on open and very level land. It was very fair to look upon, and it is quite a true square. The greatness and firmness of the wall, when stated, is hardly to be believed.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Se gífra helle bið á open deóflum and þǽm mannum þe nú be his lárum lifiaþ, Bl. H. 61, 12. Heom (the fallen angels) wearð hyll gegearwod, Wlfst. 8, 8. Geatt helles portae inferi, Mt. L. 16, 18. Tó botme helle þǽre hátan, Gen. 363.

ge-myþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myþe, es; n. [Theform and gender of the word are not quite certain. A dat. sing. fem, occurs once, but it is in a rather late charter with corrupt forms; all other instances are in dat. pl. Corresponding forms in other languages are neuter, so probably the English.]
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Tíne streámes juxta ostium Tini fluminis, Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 573, 18. where one road opens into another Forð on ðá denu tó ðǽra wega gemýðan, C. D. iii. 409, 7. the mouth of a valley (?); cf.

un-rót

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rót, adj.

sadsorrowfultroubledgloomydispleasedharshangry

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Hwæðer ðú ǽfre áuht unrót wǽre ðá ðá ðú gesǽlgost wǽre inter illas abundantissimas opes numquam ne animum tuum concepta ex qualibet injuria confudit anxietas? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 21. Ðá andsworode ðæt unróte mód, 3, 4; Fox 6, 18.

Linked entries: rót un-rétu

in-gang

(n.)
Grammar
in-gang, es ; m.

Entranceentryingressentrance-fee

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Entrance, entry, ingress, entrance-fee Þurh ðé sceal beón se ingang eft geopenod through thee [the Virgin Mary] shall the entrance [to heaven] be again opened, Blickl. Homl. 9, 8.

ge-mengednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mengednys, -mengdnys, -mencgednys, -mencgdnys, -mencgnys, -nyss, e; f.

A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connectioncommixtio, admixtio

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Se willa má waldeþ on ðæs weorce ðære gemengdnysse vŏluntas dŏmĭnātur in ŏpĕre commixtiōnis, 1, 27; S. 495, 38. On ðæs líchoman gemengednysse biþ willa in carnis commixtiōne vŏluptas est, 1, 27; S. 493, 20 : 1, 27; S. 495, 39.

Linked entry: ge-mencgednys

Ést-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Ést-mere, es; m. [ést = eást east, mere a lake]

The Frische Haff, or fresh water lake which is on the north of east Prussia. Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad. It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ. Geog. vol. vii. p. 14. This Gat, as Dr. Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.' This gentleman has a perfect knowledge of the Frische Haff and the neighbourhood, as he received his early education in the vicinity, and matriculated at the University of Königsberg, near the west end of the Haff. I am indebted to Dr. Bell for the map of the celebrated German Historian, Professor Voigt, adapted to his 'Geschichte Preussens von den ältesten Zeiten, 9 vols. 8vo,

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Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.'

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðeáh ðe ðæt port ( the town ) beó trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod, gif ðǽr biþ án hwem open forlǽten, ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe? Homl. Th. ii. 432, 3. On ǽlche healfe ðæs portes, Chart. Th. 226, 25.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Th. 180; B. 90. by taste Ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol ðæs ecedes scearpnes, Lchdm. ii. 224, 22. manifest to observation, that may be noticed by all, public, open, patent His nama wæs swutol geworden, Mk. Skt. 6, 14.

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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Seó sunne teígþ on þá dǽglan wegas (secreto tramite), Bt. 25; F. 88, 26. of thought, action, concealed from the knowledge or notice of others Weorc, swá open swá dégle, Past. 451, 14. Dígle (dégle, L. R.) occultum, Mk. 4, 22.

sár

(adj.)
Grammar
sár, adj.

Sore, painful, grievous, distressing

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Wé wieton ðæt sió diégle wund biþ sárre ðonne sió opene, Past. 38; Swt. 273, 22. of mental pain Ðá hé ðæs mannes deáþ swá earmlícne gehýrde ðá wæs him ðæt swíðe sár when he heard the man's death was so miserable, it was very grievous to him, Blickl.