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bríþel

(adj.)
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syer, MS.) wudu weornie, swa bréðel seó (þeo, MS.) swá þystel, Lch. i. 384, 14

Linked entries: breáþ bréþel

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning

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Undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 11. Undern is dæges þridde tíd, Btwk. 214, 33. Ðæs hírédes ealdor gehýrde wyrhtan on ǽrnemerigen, eft on undern ... Se ǽrmerigen wæs fram Adam óð Noe, se undern fram Noe óð Abraham, Homl.

brád-nes

(n.)
Grammar
brád-nes, -ness,-nis, -niss,-nys,-nyss, e; f. [brád broad, large, -nes, -nis, -nys -ness]

broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies

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Se wǽta, gyf hit sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, byþ þurh ðære lyfte brádnysse to ferscum wǽtan awend the moisture, if it is salt from the sea, is turned into fresh water through the extent of the atmosphere, Bd. de nat. rerum;Wrt. pop1. science 19, 3, 27;Lchdm

Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys

hoh-mód

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Sé ðe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. Add

drigan

(v.)
Grammar
drigan, drygan, drigean; p.de ; pp. ed; v. a. [drige dry]

To DRY, make dry, rub dry, wipe ⬩ siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre

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Bos. 7, 38, 44, Seó drigde his fét mid hyre loccum extersit pedes ejus capillis suis, Jn. Bos. 11, 2: 12, 3

Linked entry: drygan

fandung

(n.)
Grammar
fandung, e ; f.

A temptation, trial, proof ⬩ tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio

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A temptation, trial, proof ; tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio Óðer is seó fandung ðe Iacob se apostol embe spræc the other is the temptation of which the apostle James spoke, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 8.

Linked entry: a-fandung

swíðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðrian, p. ode.
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Skt. 23, 23. to avail Seó hálwende onsægedness[e] tó écre álýsnesse swíþrade and fromade sacrificium salutare ad redemptionem valeret, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 28. Swíþrian valere, swíþrigende valens, Hymn. Surt. 70, 3, 5

Linked entry: a-swýðerian

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From above ⬩ Above ⬩ besides

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From above Se ðe ufenan com qui desursum uenit, Jn. Skt. 3, 31. Hé déð ðæt fýr cymð ufenon, Wulfst. 97, 21 note. Seó landfyrd com ufenon and trymedon big be ðam strande, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 24. Grammar ufenan, prep. with acc.

Linked entries: þǽr-onufenan þǽr-onufenan

ge-þingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, to determine.
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D. 206, 15. to fix a time Se kalendus cymeð geþincged on þám ylcan dæge ús tó túne, Men. 7. Þæs ymbe þreó niht ... þætte hálig mónð hæleðum geþinged féreð tó folce, 164

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Þ se dæg fullíce gefrætwod sý ( be equipped) mid feówer and twéntig tídum, Angl. viii. 306, 13. Onginneþ seó feórþe bóc gefrætwedu and áwritenu mid wíslicum wordum and on gesprǽcum witena, Gr. D. 259, 22. Gefrætwadne compturum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 29.

hana

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Seó leó þone lytlan hanan hyre ondrǽt, gif heó him on besyhð, and ealra swíðost gif se hana hwít bið, Hml. A. 63, 282. ¶ The word is given by runes contained in the text of Rä. 43, which has a cock for part of its subject. Add: —

grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfe, an; f.: grǽfa, an; m. (? v. mearc-grǽfa.)
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Brémes graefan, 227, 32. brushwood Sixtiga fóðra wuda, and twælf fóður grǽfan, and sex fóður gearda, Chr. 852; P. 65, 25

Linked entry: grǽf

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away

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See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]

Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan

ádl

(n.)
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Ne seó ádl ðám deáðe ne forestæpð, ac se sylfa deáð ðǽre ádle yldinge forhradað, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 10. Ádle tabo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 55. Hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 2.

hand-seten

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seten, e: f.

The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual

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Hér is seó hondseten. Ego Óswald archiepiscopus, etc. here are the signatures. I Oswald archbishop, etc., iii. 260, 13. Ælfréd cing Ósulfe his hondsetene sealde king Alfred gave his sign manual to Osulf, ii. 133, 22

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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Seolfor ðe byþ seofon síðon ámered syððan se óra ádolfen byþ, Ps. Th. 11, 7. Gedolfene óran effossa rudera, Germ. 396, 190.

ǽ-fyllende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ǽ-fyllende, adj. [ǽ = law, fyllende part, of fyllan to fill, fulfil]

Following the law ⬩ faithful ⬩ legem exsequens

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Following the law, faithful; legem exsequens Seó circe ǽfyllendra the church of the faithful, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 17; Cri. 704

Ingwine

Grammar
Ingwine, pl.
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M. 320-1; and see Ing

mere-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
mere-hengest, es; m.

A sea-steed ⬩ a ship

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A sea-steed, a ship, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 12; Rä. 15, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 49; Met. 26, 25

pund

(n.)
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See also pyndan

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