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tigele

(n.)
Grammar
tigele, tigle, tiegle, an; f.
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Se weall is geworht of tigelan and eorðtyrewan murus coctili latere atque interfuso bitumine compactus, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 17. Genim swealwan, gebærn under tigelan tó ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 156, 9. Ða reádan tigelan gecnuwa tó duste, 114, 24.

Linked entries: tiegle tygele

deád-lic

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Ic wát ꝥ ic on libbendum men and on gesceádwísum eom and þeáh on deádlicum scio me rationale animal atque mortale esse, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 28. On ðissum deádlican flǽsce, Past. 159, 5.

ge-þrǽstan

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Voc. ii. 6, 11: contrivit, 134, 80. to crush material, break to pieces, smash. v. ge-þrǽstedness: Mid þy fylle ðæs wáges forþryccende hé geþrǽste (tócwýsde, v. l.) ǽnne þára muneca parietem evertit, atque unum monachum opprimens ruina contrivit, Gr.

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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lake' substitute: A stream, water-course, and add In australi atque in occidente habens torrentem cuius uocabulum Fiscesburne ... in oriente aquam quae Anglorum lingua Lake nominatur habens, quae est duarum, quae ibi sunt, ulterior ...

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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Ne mæg þé nán man áttre áwyrdan, Lch. ii. 110, 11. Sáwel áwoerðedo animam afflictam, Rtl. 5, 24. Wé biðon áwoerdedo effligimur, 42, 27: 23, 32 (printed -woend-). Áwoerdeno (-do?)

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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MS. ) gesceafta id (good) error humanus a vero atque perfecto ad falsum imperfectumque traducit, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 12. Sǽmust vel wyrst pessima, Blickl. Gl. Ne wǽron ðæt gesíba ða sǽmestan, Exon. Th. 326, 8; Wíd. 1 Similar entries Cf. sám-

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

BRIDEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRIDEL, gen. bridles; m.

A BRIDLEfrenum

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He ðæne bridel of ateáh he took the bridle off [his horse], Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, note 34. Se gemetgaþ ðone bridel he regulates the bridle, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 18. Mid his bridle with his bridle, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 6: Bt. Met.

Linked entries: bridels brydel

dæg

(n.)
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Hyt wæs þá on dæg restedæg it was the sabbath at that time, Nic. 7, 5. Hyt wæs on dæg þá gé mé beclýsdon it was at the time when you shut me up, 10, 35: Chr. 1083; P. 215, 7. Oþ þisne andweardan dæg up to the present time, 851; P. 64, 23.

þearfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfa, adj.
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Ath. prm.; Th. i. 198, 12. Gif feohbót áríseþ, ðæt gebyreþ rihtlíce ... tó þearfena hyððe, L. Eth. vi. 51 ; Th. i. 328, 6

Linked entry: EARM

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ath. i. 9; Th. i. 204, 11. Hwylc is manna þæt feores neóte . . . oððe hwylc manna is þæt his ágene sáwle generige, Ps. Th. 88, 41 : Elen. Kmbl. 750; El. 375 : Exon.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 13. Be his ágnum were geládige hé hine, L. In. 30; Th. i. 120, 18. Hé hine be his were geswicne, 15; Th. i. 112, 3.

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Bebeád ðæt mon ðone disce tobrǽce to styccum and ðám þearfum gedǽlan discum confringi, atque paupĕrĭbus minūtātim divĭdi præcēpit, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 21. Discas lágon dishes lay [there], Beo. Th. 6088; B. 3048.

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton, ðæt is se wisdóm, ðe hié ǽr tíde wilniaþ and eówiaþ, ac hé him wyrþ ðonne swíðe ryhtlíce tó lore admonendi ne, cum arripiunt intempestive, quod non valent, perdant etiam quod implere quandoque tempestive potuissent: atque

Linked entries: los lyre

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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Sihhem geniédde ðæt mǽden ðá hé hié gemétte swá wandrian Dina, ut mulieres videat extraneae regionis, egreditur, quando, unaquaeque mens sua studia negligens, actiones alienas curans extra habitum atque extra ordinem proprium vagatur.

Eást-Engle

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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon hiera wæs má forcúþra þonne altǽwra qui cum in exercitu centum millia armatorum habere uideretur, ducenta millia amplius calonum atque lixarum inmixta

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Eów wæs ád inǽled áttre geblouden, Gú. 640. to make turbid, disturb, trouble : — Scír bið gedréfed burna geblonden, Met. 5, 19 : An. 424: Rä. 4, 22. Scúr winde geblanden, Gn.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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</b> in hypothetical clauses, at any future time :-- On ealra gebedrǽdenne þe Crístene wǽron oþþe gýt sýn, Bl.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Se arcebiscop áxode hýrsumnesse mid áþswerunge at him and hé hit forsóc the archbishop required obedience with an oath of him, and he refused it, 1070; Erl. 208, 16: 1039; Erl. 167, 19.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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John at Beverley, and to have placed his dagger on the altar, making a vow that if victory was granted to him, he would redeem it at a worthy price.