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ge-hál

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Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. <b>II a.

spere

(n.)
Grammar
spere, es; n.
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Ecg sceal on sweorde, ord spere, Exon. Th. 346, 14; Gn. Ex. 204. Mid spere lancea Jn. Skt. 19, 34. Hé nam him spere on hand accepit lanceam in manu Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 8.

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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to cut, shear Ðonne sweord swín ofer helme scireþ, Beo. Th. 3579; B. 1287. Hæleþ higerófe linde heówon, scildburh scǽron, Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305. Lǽtaþ íren ecgheard ealdorgeard sceoran, Andr. Kmbl. 2364; An. 1183.

Linked entries: sciran scyran ge-sceran be-sceran scearan

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

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.
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Úrum sceal sweord and helm ... bám gemǽne, Beo. Th. 5312; B. 2659. v. úser

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.

hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
hefigian, p. ode.

to make heavy ⬩ oppress ⬩ grieve ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ to become heavy ⬩ to be aggravated or increased ⬩ to 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.

Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan bredan bryidan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian

ge-secgan

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

Linked entries: ge-sæcgan ge-secggan ge-sǽccan ge-sagian

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 despise ⬩ to disdain ⬩ scorn

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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

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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.
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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.

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