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teoru

(n.)
Grammar
teoru, teoro, teru(-o), tearo, taru: gen. teorwes, also tearos; n.: teora, tara, an; m.
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Tar, resin, gum; also the wax of the ear Teoru gluten, Txts. 67, 985. Teoru, teru cummi, 55, 616: resina, 93, 1716. Blaec teoru (teru) napta, 79, 1360. Teru bapis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 17: cummi, 137, 44. Blæc teru napta, 60, 5.

un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long agobefore long

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Nú ic fundige tó ðé of ðisse worulde; nú ic wát ðæt ic sceal ful unfyr[n] faca, Exon. 454, 32; Hy. 4, 42. [Cf. Icel. ú-forn not old.]

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

fǽhþ

feud

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Samson hæfde fǽhðe tó ðám folce Samson was at feud with the folk (the Philistines ), Hml. Th. i. 226, 23. as a law term Be fǽhðum, Ll. Th. i. 90, 1

feónd-lic

hostilediabolicdevilishoutrageous

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Seó wan þurh geleáfan wið þá feóndlican ealdras, Hml. S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 377. Þínne feóndlican drýcræft, Hml. S. 7, 183. Feóndlicra spiritalium, An. Ox. 762: 856.

ge-cígnes

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Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death was announced to me), thou didst appoint all thy apostles to attend my burial (cf.

wearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wearm-líc, adj.

Warm

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Warm Wearmlíc wolcna scúr the warm rain from the clouds, Cd. Th. 238, 5; Dan. 350

tó-hlídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hlídan, p. -hlád, pl. -hlidon; pp. -hliden

To yawn, gape, open, cracksplitasunder

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Hié gesáwon swelce se hefon ware tóhliden coelum scindi velut magno hiatu visum, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 26. Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen... heorras tóhlidene the hinges skewed gaping cracks, Beo. Th. 2002; B. 999. Gimmas tóhlidene, Wulfst. 263, 8 note

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ðýn mægen is swá mǽre, mihtig Drihten, swá þæt ǽnig ne wát eorðbúende þa deópnesse Drihtnes mihta, ne þæt ǽnig ne wát engla hádes þa heáhnisse heofena kyninges, Hy. 3, 31-35.

sele-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sele-dreám, es ; m.
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Th. 292, 3 ; Wand. 93

ge-gremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gremian, -gremman; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To irritateprovokeexciteincenseinflameexaspĕrāreprovŏcāreexăcerbāre

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Gegremod wearþ se gúþrinc the chief was incensed, Byrht. Th. 135, 54; By. 138. Hí wǽron gúþe gegremede they were made fierce by battle, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 306 : Cd. 4; Th. 4, 29; Gen. 61

Linked entry: gremian

be-wendan

(v.)

round

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ꝥ Mód wiþ his bewende, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 29. denoting purpose, to turn one's attention Iudas hine bewende and wan wið ðá hǽðenan. Hml. S. 25, 385

ge-þringan

(v.)
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To press, force one's way Ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 412. trans. To exert pressure on an object. lit. Ðá menigo ðec geðringað turbae te comprimunt, Lk. L.

sæd

(adj.)
Grammar
sæd, adj. with gen.

Sated, weary, filled, having had one's fill

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. : of war had had his fill, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 20. Beadoweorca sæd, Exon. Th. 388, 4; Rä. 6, 2. Wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, 369, 11; Seel. 39. Swíðe ǽtan and sade wurdan manducaverunt et saturati sunt nimis Ps. Th. 77, 29.

weall-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
weall-fæsten, weall-fæstenn, es; n.

a walled stronghold a fortress a wall for defence a bulwark

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Hé ongan ceastre timbran, ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest, Cd. Th. 64, 31; Gen. 1058. a wall for defence, a bulwark Forhwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his ? quid deposuisti maceriam ejus? Ps. Th. 79, 12. Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston, Cd.

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sinkfallset as the suncaderelabioccĭdĕre ut sol

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Ðá to ðam wage geság then to the wall he sank, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 13; Gú. 1243

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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sweat, perspiration Seofoðe (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam ) becom swát, Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15. Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44.

Linked entry: swǽtan

stycce-mǽlum

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Add Heó wæs fleónde. Ðá wæs Zosimus ryna hwaeðra sticmǽlum neár gefremed, Hml. S. 23 b, 189

wæter-ýþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ýþ, e; f.

A wave of water, a wave

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A wave of water, a wave Beorh wunode on wonge wæterýðum neáh, Beo. Th. 4477;B. 2242

seofon-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
seofon-wintre, adj.
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Seven years old Mid ðý ic wæs seofonwintre cum essem annorum septem, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 21. Ic wæs syfanwintre, Beo. Th. 4847; B. 2428. Ðá ðá hé syfonwintre wæs, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 5

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mournbe sadbe anxiousTo mournlamentto care aboutregard

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Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst, Wald. 1, 44; Vald. 1, 24. Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not, Andr.