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blótan

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Swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ǽgen bearn quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui, Past. 393, 9. Add: [a weak past seems used (ofredon and blótten (-on. Th., blóten, S. 162, 30)) in Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18; cf.

unrím-folc

(n.)
Grammar
unrím-folc, es; n.

An innumerable people

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An innumerable people Gif hé underfénge ðone ealdordóm swelces unrímfolces búton ege si ducatum plebis innumerae sine trepidatione susciperet, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 12

for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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Ðæt mód ongit hine selfne on swelcre frecennesse and on swelcne spild forlǽd mens sese in praecipitium pervenisse deprehendit, Past. 441, 27. Add:

firwitgeorn-ness

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Sélre bið men þæt hé swelte, þonne hé his líchoman fyrwetgyrnessum gewenige melius est mori quam fornicari, Verc. Först. 130, 11

þrútian

(v.)
Grammar
þrútian, p. ode

To swell with pride or anger

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To swell with pride or anger Hé ásende his swurdboran, Riggo geháten, gescrýdne mid his cynelícum gyrelum, swilce hé hit sylf wǽre.

Linked entry: á-þrúten

ge-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróc, es; n. [ge-, bróc affliction]

Afflictionsorrowdŏlor

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Affliction, sorrow; dŏlor Ðéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebróca on becume though only a little of such sorrows comes upon you, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 26

beán

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Alwan leáf swelc swá biþ þreó beána, ii. 228, 6. Ádríge beána, 70, 20. Beána gesodene, 44, 17. Healde hé hine wiþ beána, 214, 3. Gif þú beána habban wile, Tech. ii. 123, 16: Coll. M. 34, 27. Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml.

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

sníwan

(v.)
Grammar
sníwan, p. de

To snow

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Ðá cwom ðǽr micel snáw and swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feoll Nar. 23, 13. NorÞan sníwde Exon. Th. 307, 30; Seef. 31. Swá swá hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17

posel

(n.)
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a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word

seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Seldom, rarely Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæst*-*endan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig, Past. 43, 6 ; Swt. 313, 24.

Linked entry: hwanne

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Th. i. 486, 5. to blow up, swell Ðá mettas ðe ábláwan monnan mægen, Lch. ii. 254, 24. Tácn ábláwenre lifre, 160, 24

stán-clúd

(n.)
Grammar
stán-clúd, es; m. A rock
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Swelce hit sié ongemong miclum and monigum stánclúdum tóbrocen quasi per obviantia saxa frangatur, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 7

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.

un-gewuna

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewuna, adj.

Unaccustomedunused

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þrowungum and ðæs ðe sié ungewuna swelcum þingum, Lchdm. ii. 84, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. un-giwon inusitatus, insolens, novus.]

mád

(adj.)
Grammar
mád, (v. ge-maad vecors,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
); adj.

Unreasoningfoolishmad

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Unreasoning, foolish, mad Þrinteþ him on innan ungeméde mád mód within him (one guilty of oferhygd) swells a mind displeasing by its folly, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 2; Mód. 25

ceaf

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Swelce wé nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9. Ánim ꝥ ceaf onweg paleam tolle, Gr. D. 276, 22. On ceafa in paleas, Scint. 57, 7. Add

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, adj.
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Add Hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron dignus Romanis punitor, Ors. 6, 3 ; S. 256, 24.

here-cumbol

(n.)
Grammar
here-cumbol, -combol, es; m.

A military signal

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They aim chiefly at a harsh note and a confused roar, putting their shields to their mouths, so that, by reverberation, it may swell into a fuller and deeper sound.'

fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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., swelce spyrdas fífténe, R.) quasi stadiis quindecim, Jn. 11, 18. Fífténe geár, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 19. governing a noun Ymb seofon hund wintra and V-tiéne, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 11. Sé wæs fífténe geára, Shrn. 84, 12