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pynding

(n.)
Grammar
pynding, e ; f.
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit biþ gepynd, hit miclaþ . . . ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, ðonne tófléwþ hit eall, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 8

Linked entry: for-pyndan

sigor-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
sigor-spéd, e ; f.
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Mé is miht ofer eall, sigorspéd geseald, 2868 ; An. 1437

Linked entry: sige-spéd

þoddettan

(v.)
Grammar
þoddettan, p. te
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To push, strike, batter Ða deóflu þoddetton ða earme sáwle and héton hý út faran of ðam líchaman, Wulfst. 235, 15. Þoddetton pulsent, Germ. 399, 264

wiþer-cora

Grammar
wiþer-cora, ;<b> I.</b>
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Add Wé synd oferswíðede . . . strewiað geond eall tóbrocene tigelan . . . and þǽron ástreccaþ þysne wiíercoran, Hml. S. 37, 180. Add Wiðercora apostata, transgressor, Hpt. 31, 15, 380

ge-mengan

(v.)
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A. trans. to mix two or more substances Þú þǽm gesceaftum mearce gesettest and hí gemengdest eác, Met. 20, 89. Þú hæfst þá gesceafta gemengde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 2.

hyht

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Hyht geceóseð, woruld wynsume sé þe wís ne bið sáwle rǽdes, Leás. 40. a person or thing that gives hope or promise Middaneardes Álýsend . . . heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, and eác úre hyht, Bl. H. 87, 10.

ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Eachanyeveryallquisquequivisunusquisqueomnis

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Ǽlce dæg each day, Bt. Met. Fox 27,15; Met. 27, 8

Linked entries: ealc élc

DRÁN

(n.)
Grammar
DRÁN, drǽn,e ; f.

DRONEfucus

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Ðǽr he wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue: eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward he abode there just as drones do in a hive: all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 20, 21

Linked entry: drǽn

ge-þring

Grammar
ge-þring, ge-þryng.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) is ealra yrmða gehwylc and ealra deófla geþring (-þryngc, v. l. ), Wlfst. 94, 4. Geðring (-þringc, -þrincg, v. ll. ), 114, 6. Ic mé ongan mæncgan tó óþrum, ꝥ ic wolde inn geþringan ...

ǽg-ðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-ðer, [ = ǽg-hwæðer] ; pron.

Eithereachbothuterqueambo

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Either, each, both; uterque, ambo Ǽgðer byþ gehealden ambo conservantur, Mt. Bos. 9, 17. Ǽgder ðara eorla each of the men. Andr. Kmbl. 2103; An. 1053. Heora ǽgðer either or both of them, each. Gen. 21, 31.

Linked entry: égðer

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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Sunday Iúdagum Romani and eác Angli gehálgedon on ðisra tungla gemynde heora dagas, and ðæne forman dæg hig héton Sunnandæg, forðan heó ys ealra tungla wlitegost, and se dæg wæs ealra daga fyrmest on heora dagum, and nú ys on úrum tíman, Gode lof ealles

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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There is a plain between the rivers Wear and Browney [Brunan ], and west of Durham, well adapted for a great battle. We find, in the present day, east and west Brandon [Brunan dún] and Brandon castle, the property of Viscount Boyne.

æftera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æftera, æftra; adj. compar. of æfter,—

Hindernextsecondposteriorsequensaltersecundus

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Seó æftre, i.e. , Ethiopia land belígeþ úton the next river encompasses the country of Ethiopia, Cd. 12 ; Th. 15, 4; Gen. 228.

Linked entries: æfterra æftemest

Treónta

(n.)
Grammar
Treónta, Trenta, an;

The Trent

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M. 324, 15) ðære juxta fluvilium Treanta, 4, 21; S. 590, 14. On Tréntan; of Tréntan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 396, 20. Ða brycge ofer Treóntan, Chr. 924; Erl. 110, 10

deáþ-lég

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-lég, es; m. [lég a flame]

A death flameletālis flamma

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A death flame; letālis flamma Wihta gehwylce deáþlég nimeþ the death-flame shall seize each creature, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 12; Cri. 983

fǽhþe

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþe, an; f.

Deadly feudcapĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia

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Deadly feud; capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia Wæs seó fǽhþe open úhtan the deadly feud was open at early morn, Cd. 222; Th. 289, 30; Sat. 405

frioðo

(n.)
Grammar
frioðo, indecl. f.

Peacepardonpaxvĕnia

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Peace, pardon; pax, vĕnia He feóll to foldan, frioðo wilnode he fell to the earth, implored pardon, Andr. Recd. 1839; An. 920. vi freoðo

land-gewyrpe

(n.)
Grammar
land-gewyrpe, es; n.
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A heap of earth thrown up[?] Andlang ðare landgewirpa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 453, 30. On ða landgewyrpu ... andlang ðara landgewyrpa, 434, 2-4

Linked entry: ge-wyrp

searu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
searu-bend, m. f.
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A cunning, curious clasp or fastening Glóf searobendum fæst, sió wæs orþoncum eall gegyrwed diófles cræftum, Beo. Th. 4179; B. 2086. Cf. orþanc-bend

bere-wæstm

(n.)
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hwítan hwǽtewæstma and ealra eorþan wæstma, Lch. i. 402, 6

Linked entry: wæstm