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stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.

for-weorþan

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Th. 11, 6. to perish, of death Ealle þá ðe sweord nymað, mid swurde hig forweorþað (-wurþað, v. l. peribunt ), Mt. 26, 52. Fugla briddas forweorðað pulli avium in ima merguntur, Past. 383, 41. Wyrþigre wrace hié forwurdon, Ors. 6, 2; S. 256, 12.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Voc. ii. 67, 26. v. æsc-, ecg-, gilp-, gúþ-, hand-, hearm-, hyht-, lind-, níp-, secg-, stæf-, sund-, sweord-, wíg-plega, nextt

Linked entries: hand-plega plegan

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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Eald sweord eácen, B. 1663. Eácne eardas, 1621. Ic heáfde forcearf Grendeles módor eácnum ecgum, 2140. (2 a) endowed, inspired with something :-- Eácen afflatus (praesago spiritu, Ald. 35, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii, 79, 48: 5, 6.

gold

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Golde fǽted sweord, Ll. Th. i. 188, 8. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 47. Golde siowode segmentata (veste ), ii. 95, 49.

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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Úrum sceal sweord and helm ... bám gemǽne, Beo. Th. 5312; B. 2659. Similar entries v. úser

hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
hefigian, p. ode.

to make heavyoppressgrieveafflictvexto become heavyto be aggravated or increasedto be burdened or oppressed

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Wolde mé hefigad beón mid sáre mínes sweoran me dolore colli voluit gravari, 589, 28. to become heavy, to be aggravated or increased, to be burdened or oppressed Hú sió byrðen wiexþ and hefegaþ molem crescentis tentationis, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 12.

Linked entry: a-hefigian

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe, Charter quoted by Lye. <b>Ia.

ród

(n.)
Grammar
ród, e; f.
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Kmbl. 1665; El. 834. a crucifix. v. sweor-ród

Linked entries: róde-tácen coc-ród

BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.
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Brugdon hæleþ of scǽðum sweord the warriors drew their swords from their sheaths, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 8; Gen. 1991: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 38 ; Jud. 229. Nǽfre hie ðæs sellíce bleóum bregdaþ let them never so strangely change with colours, Salm.

ge-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-secgan, -sæcgan, -secgean; to -secganne, -secgenne; p. -sægde, -sǽde, pl. -sægdon, -sǽdon; impert. -sege; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To say, tell, relate, declare, provedicere, narrare, indicere

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Wæs gesǽd hwám ðæt sweord geworht wǽre it was said for whom that sword was wrought, Beo. Th. 3396; B. 1696.

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P. I 10, (I a) fig. :-- Hé úp áhóf hond his ofer hié ðæt hé gefælde hié (ut prosterneret eos), Ps.

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.
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Swá wæs on ðǽm scennum þurh rúnstafas rihte ( correctly ) gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, Beo. Th. 3395; B. 1695. Swylce hý wǽron rihte ... swilce hí nú sindon they were exactly such then as they are now, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 1.

for-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hycgan, p. -hogde, -hygde, -hygede; pp. -hogd

to despiseto disdainscorn

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H. 47, 30. with a case and a clause in apposition Ic þæt forhicge, þæt ic sweord bere, B. 435: Ph. 552. with infin. Wíf forhycgeaþ (-hicgaþ, v. l.) heora bearn fédan mulieres filios nutrire contemnunt, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 80, 11, 19. with dat. infin.

gár

a weapon with a pointed headan arrowthe heada wedge-shaped piece of land.

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On þæt fǽge folc flána scúras, gáras. . . hetend hildenǽdran þurh fingra geweald forð onsendan, El. 118. the head of a weapon Gár sceal on sceafte, ecg on sweorde and ord spere, Gn. Ex. 203.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Kmbl. 1594; An. 798. (1 a) in a figurative expression :-- Ða heora tungan teóþ (but the word may be from teón to draw (v. teón, 2), as it seems also to govern bogan in the following clause) teónan gehwylce sweorde efenscearpe exacuerunt ut gladium linguas

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Nolde ic sweord beran, wǽpen tó wyrme, 5031; B. 2519: 5367; B. 2687. Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 9. Sum mæg stýled sweord, wǽpen gewyrcan, Exon. Th. 42, 29; Cri. 680.

hring

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</b> a circular band of light or colour :-- Is ymb þone sweóran swylce sunnan hring beága beorhtast (cf. his (the Phenix's) sweóra is swylce smǽte gold, E. S. viii. 478, 57; and Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 9 (in Dict. ).

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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[His sweord he ut abræid, Lay. 26553. Adam abraid ( awoke ), Gen. and Ex. 232. Ulixes out of slepe abraid, Gow. iii. 54, 4.]

Linked entry: á-brédan

ge-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.

to gogo or pass overcome to passhappenirepræterireevenireto occupyovercomeoverrunsubdueoccuparevinceresubigereto observepractiseexerciseeffectaccomplishobservareexercereperficereefficere

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Ne geeódon úre foregengan ná ðas eorðan mid sweorda ecgum non enim in gladio suo possidebunt terram, Ps. Th. 43, 4.

Linked entry: ge-yde