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út-irnende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-irnende, adj.

Running out of the body. ⬩ purging ⬩ purgative ⬩ diarrhoeic ⬩ suffering from diarrhoea or dysentery

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Running out of the body. of medicine, purging, purgative Wyrtdrenc ðe ne bið útyrnende, Lchdm. ii. 282, 9: 170, 25. Sele him wyrtdrenc útyrnende, 280, 17. Útyrnendne, 336, 1.

weall-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
weall-geweorc, es; n.

Wall-work, ⬩ wall-building ⬩ the destruction of walls

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Sí hit ǽlces þinges freoh bútan ferdfare and walgeworc (cf. burh-bót) and brycgeworc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 5, 13.

Linked entry: weall-weorc

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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[Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clear ⬩ plain ⬩ a manifestation ⬩ declaration

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A making clear, plain, a manifestation, declaration Ðæt sum tácn wǽre on heora líchaman to geswutelunge ðæt hí on God belýfdon that there might be some token on their body as a manifestation that they believed on God, Homl. Th. i. 92, 32: Cod.

Linked entry: sweotolung

DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus

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Heó ðæt deófol teáh bendum fæstne she drew the devil fast in bonds, 73 b; Th. 274, 17; Jul. 534. On deófla ealdre he drífþ út deóflu in princĭpe dæmoniōrum ejĭcit dæmĕnes, Mt. Bos. 9, 34. Deófol, nom. pl. Exon. 30 b; Th. 93, 27; Cri. 1532 : acc. pl.

Linked entry: deóful

BURH

(n.)
Grammar
BURH, burg; gen. burge; dat. byrig, byrg; acc.burh, burg; pl. nom. acc. burga; gen. burga; dat. burgum; f. [beorh, beorg =
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the impert. of
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beorgan
to defend
].

to defend ⬩ arx, castellum, mons ⬩ a castle ⬩ a fortified place, fortress, castle, palace, walled town, dwelling surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth ⬩ arx, castellum, mons, palatium, urbs munita, domus circumvallata ⬩ Peter's burg = Peterborough ⬩ a city, town, burgh, borough ⬩ urbs, civitas, oppidum

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Bos. 11, 20. On burgum in the towns, Beo. Th. 105; B. 53

ge-gán

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

to go ⬩ go or pass over ⬩ come to pass ⬩ happen ⬩ ire ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire ⬩ to occupy ⬩ overcome ⬩ overrun ⬩ subdue ⬩ occupare ⬩ vincere ⬩ subigere ⬩ to observe ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ observare ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere

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Bos. 4, 6

Linked entry: ge-yde

georne

(adv.)
Grammar
georne, giorne, gyrne; comp. geornor; superl. geornost, geornast; adv.

Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well ⬩ cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne

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Geornor we woldon iówra Rómána bismora beón forsúgiende we would more willingly be silent about the shame of you Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 22: 3, 1; Bos. 53, 14, Swá he geornost mǽge as he best may, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 58; Met. 27, 29.

Linked entries: gyrne giorne

be-geondan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-geondan, be-iundan; prep. acc. [be by, geond, geondan over]

BEYOND ⬩ per ⬩ trans

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Bos. 4, 25. Alífe me to farenne and to geseónne ðæt séloste land begeondan Iordane transibo et videbo terram hanc optimam trans Jordanem Deut. 3, 25. Begeondan sǽ in transmarinis partibus Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 10.

Linked entries: be-giondan be-iundan

a-wácian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wácian, -wácigan ; p. ode; pp. od ; v. intrans.

To grow weak or effeminate ⬩ to languish ⬩ decline ⬩ fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ relax ⬩ to be indolent ⬩ infirmari ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere

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Bos. 8, 13. Ðæt ne awácodon wereda Drihtne that they might not fall away from the Lord of hosts, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 20; Dan. 220. Gif he ná ne awácaþ if he never relax, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 29

Linked entry: wacian

CÝLE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝLE, cíle, céle,es; m.

A cold, coldness, CHILL ⬩ frīgus

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Hý wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on they bring the cold upon him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 6, 8

Linked entries: céle cíle

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness ⬩ testis ⬩ a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.

for-lor

(n.)
Grammar
for-lor, es; m.

Destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ loss ⬩ perdĭtio

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Ðéh ðe he hý mid micle forlore ðæs folces begeáte though he took it with great loss of the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 28

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fill, fyllu, fyllo, e; f.

The FILL ⬩ fulness ⬩ plenty ⬩ plēnĭtūdo ⬩ satŭrĭtas

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The FILL, fulness, plenty; plēnĭtūdo, satŭrĭtas Drinc nú ðíne fylle drink now thy fill, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 36. Gé etaþ to fylle comĕdētis in satŭrĭtāte, Lev. 26, 5. Fylle gefrægnod known by its plenteousness, Beo. Th. 2670, note; B. 1333.

Linked entries: fill fyllu

heorr

(n.)
Grammar
heorr, hior; m. f.

A hinge ⬩ cardinal point ⬩ cardo

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Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe heorras tóhlidene the splendid dwelling was sorely shattered, hinges were broken, Beo. Th. 2002; B. 999. Heorras serras, Blickl. Gloss.

Linked entries: heorra hearr hior

mynster-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-mann, es; m.

A man who lives in a monastery ⬩ a monk

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C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 10, Ðás bóc be ðæra hálgena lífe ðe mynstermenn mid heora þénungum wurðiaþ, Homl. Skt. pref. 44: Swt. Rdr. 100, 148. Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynstermanna, ðe gemǽnan lífe drohtniaþ on mynstre, R. Ben. 134, 5 : 9, 3.

ge-búan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búan, p. -búde, pl. -búdon; pp. -búen, -bún [ge-, búan to dwell] .

To dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ versāri alĭquo lŏco ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ occupy ⬩ inhabĭtāre ⬩ incŏlĕre

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To dwell, abide; habĭtāre, versāri alĭquo lŏco Hí gebúdon betweoh Capadotiam and Pontum they abode between Cappadocia and Pontus, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 36. v. a. acc.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled

To fell ⬩ cut down ⬩ cast down ⬩ destroy ⬩ deprive of ⬩ cædere ⬩ destruere

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Seó nædre gefylled wæs the serpent was destroyed, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.

Near ⬩ at hand ⬩ prope

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Bos. 21, 30. Godes ríce is gehende Dei regnum est prope, 21, 31 : Gen. 19, 20 : Exod. 2, 12 : Deut. 31, 14. Hí wǽron swá gehende ðet ǽgðer heora on óðer háwede they were so near that each of them looked on the other, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 8.

dógor

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Wið þan ðé mín wiif þǽr benuge innganges swǽ mid mínum líce swǽ sioððan yferran dógre ( either with my body or afterwards at a later date ), Cht. Th. 470, 37. Æfter tuǽm dógrum ł dagum post biduum, Mt. L. 26, 2: p. 20, 1; Mk. L. 14, 1.