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hilde-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
hilde-torht, adj.

Having warlike splendour

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Met. Fox 25, 18; Met. 25, 9

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Mín syn biþ symble ongeán my sin is ever before me, L. E.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Gif hé ðám réceleásum stýrþ, ðonne sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod. . . Wel déþ se ðe ungewittigum stýrþ mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten: 'Ne biþ se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced,' Homl.

hér-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hér-, hǽr-líc; adj.

Nobleexcellent

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Met. Fox 9, 36; Met. 9, 18. Hǽrlíc, 1, 86; Met. 1, 43

mónaþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ-bót, e; f.

Penance extending over a month

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Penance extending over a month Sumon geárbóte, sumon geára ...; sumon mónþbóte, sumon mónþa; sumon wucubóte, sumon wucena, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 12

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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Wið gesibbra gehwone, Mód. 69 : Ph. 606. án Þá ánra gehwám (cf. ǽlcum men, Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 3) genóh þúhte, Met. 8, 6. (ca) where the phrase governs a genitive :-- Bióð ánra gehwæs monnamódsefan áwegede, Met. 7, 23, Ánra gehwǽm eorðbúendra, 12, 18.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Ðás wyrte man mæg niman on ǽlcne sǽl this plant may be gathered at any time, Lchdm. i. 112, 3. a fit time, season, opportunity, the definite time at which an event should take place Ðéh ðe seel síe etiamsi oportuerit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 35.

Linked entry: sél

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Ðæt nán man on his yrfenuman ne spece that no man bring an action against his heir, L. Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 10. Ðone áð syllan, ðæt hé mid folcrihte on ðæt land sprece, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 13

á-hwǽrgen

(adv.)

everywhereuspiam

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Met. Fox 30, 19; Met. 30, 10

a-týhst

drawest out

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Met. Fox 12, 49 ; Met. 12, 25

áuðer

(pronoun.)

eithereach

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Met. Fox 29, 19; Met. 29, 10

dwolema

(n.)

darkness, chaos

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Met. Fox 5, 86 ; Met. 5, 43

diór-ling

(n.)
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Met. Fox 15, 15; Met. 15, 8

fealuwian

(v.)

to wither

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Met. Fox 11, 216; Met. 11, 58

fieren-full

(adj.)

wicked

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Met. Fox 15, 13; Met. 15, 7, note

ge-cnoden

(v.; part.)

givendedicated

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Met. Fox 1, 63; Met. 1, 32

hæfte-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hæfte-dóm, es; m.

Captivity, service

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Met. Fox 25, 129; Met. 25, 65

bryrþ

(v.)
Grammar
bryrþ, 3rd pres. of bryrdan.

urges, constrains

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Met. Fox 13, 5; Met. 13, 3;

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Míne þrié ða getreówestan frýnd ða wǽron míne syndrige treówgeþoftan (my special confidants ), Nar. 29, 28. of that which concerns a single person, private, own; proprius, privatus God, ðæm syndrig (proprium) is ðætte hé gimilsage, Rtl. 40, 19.

a-merran

(v.)

to hindertroubledisturb

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Met. Fox 8, 87; Met. 8, 44