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a-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To move quickly ⬩ vibrate ⬩ remove ⬩ draw from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ vibrare ⬩ destringere ⬩ eximere ⬩ retra-here

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Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge abregde when from my heart hunger or wolf shall have torn both soul and sorrow, 104; Th. 137, 22; Gen. 2277.

Linked entry: a-brugdon

reáfere

(n.)
Grammar
reáfere, es; m.
Entry preview:

P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19 : Wulfst. 165, 35 : L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 5

ge-menged

(v.)
Grammar
ge-menged, -mencged; part. p.

Mixed, mingled, confused ⬩ mixtus, commistus, confusus

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Gemencged hund and wulf commistus canis et lupus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 79.

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
Entry preview:

S. 8, 110. to live, not to die of an injury Gif wulf orf tóslíte and hit for þan deád beó . . . gif hit ályfað, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 27.

Linked entry: á-lifian

pytt

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</b> figurative :-- Ðæt hí for hira úpáhæfennesse befeallen on ðone pytt ofermétta ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 439, 3. v. col-, wíðig-, wulf-pytt

barda

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Barþa navis rostrata (to be added in Wülck. Gl. 195, 36;v. Angl. viii. 451). Barda, Wülck. Gl. 289, 12. Add: barþa

on-bítan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bítan, p. -bát; pp. -biten (with gen.)

To taste of, partake of

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Gif wulf ǽniges cynnes orf tóslíte, and hit forðon deád beo, ne onbíte gustet his nán Cristen man, L. Ecg. P. iv. 29; Th. ii. 212, 26. Anbíte, iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 23. Gecýðan ðæt heó ðæs forstolenan ne onbite, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 10.

grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg, grég; adj.
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Wulf se grǽga the grey wolf, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 3; Gn. Ex. 151: Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 13; Ædelst. 64. Sǽ grǽfe glashluðre the sea grey and clear as glass, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 15; Met. 5, 8.

leþer-hose

Grammar
leþer-hose, leþer-hosu ?. l. leþer-hosu, and add: — Leberhosa ocreae uel
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tibiales, Wülck. Gl. 125, 31

fæst-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fæst-rǽdlíce, adv.

Boldly, constantly ⬩ constanter

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Boldly, constantly; constanter, Wulfst. Par. 5

un-gerímlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerímlíc, adj.

Innumerable ⬩ incalculable

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Innumerable, incalculable, Wulfst. 8, 15 note

núna

(adv.)
Grammar
núna, adv.

Now

Entry preview:

Now Núna nunc, Wülck. Gl. 254, 24

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215

Linked entries: werg weria werig feóndulf wærg wearg weargness wearh-

un-forhladen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forhladen, adj.

Unexhausted

Entry preview:

Unexhausted Unforhladenum inexaustis, Wülck. Gl. 255, 39

Linked entry: for-hladan

deór-net

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Add: — Deórnett cassis, Wülck. Gl. 183, 12

lígen

Entry preview:

Lígen flammeum, Wülck. Gl. 239, 21. Add

on-gemet

(adj.)
Grammar
on-gemet, adj.

Immense

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Immense Ongemetum immensis, Wülck. Gl. 250, 23

Linked entry: ge-met

sceand-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-full, adj.

Shameful, infamous, vile

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[Him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he scal al aȝeuen and seodðan bisechen milce et þan ilke monne þe he haueð er istolen, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 2.]

turnung

(n.)
Grammar
turnung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Turning, rotation Turnunge rotatu, Wülck. Gl. 253, 14

Linked entry: tyrning

delfín

(n.)
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a dolphin Delfín pina, Wülck. Gl. 293, 13

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