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sorh-byrðen

(n.)

a burden of sorrow, a grievous trouble

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a burden of sorrow, a grievous trouble Ðæt (the drowning of a number of people) wæs sorgbyrðen, Andr. Kmbl. 3063; An. 1534

á-firman

(v.)
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to clear off Lege þás wyrte tó þám sáre, heó hyt áfyrmeþ ( = (?) á-feormaþ; v. l. áfyrreþ), Lch. i. 280, 2. (?)

Linked entry: á-feormian

Lǽden-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
Lǽden-lic, adj.
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Latin Nú hæfst þú mé ofte gebedon ꝥ ic þé út árehte mid Lǽdenlicre sprǽce þæs eadigestan Nicholaes gebyrdtída, Nap. 40

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr. Kmbl. 395; An. 198. Hé ús giefeþ welan ofer wídlond. Exon. Th. 38, 11; Cri. 605.

gidding

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(Parabola is often glossedby geddung in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth versions of St. Luke's Gospel.) of prophetic or divine speech Drihten, . . . giðæht ðín ald geddung sóð sié Domine, . . . consilium tuum antiquum verum fiat Rtl. I. 9.

ge-bétung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bétung, -béttung, e; f. [gebétan to better]

A betteringamendingrepairingrenewingrestoringemendātioinstaurātio

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A bettering, amending, repairing, renewing, restoring; emendātio, instaurātio Be ciricena gebétunge of the repairing of churches, L. Edm. E. 5; Th. i. 246, 9. Be burga gebettunge of repairing of fortresses, L. Ath. i. 13; Th. i. 206. 13

Linked entry: bétung

dæg-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-weorþung, e; f. [weorþung an honouring, celebration]

A commemoration or celebration of a feast-day diei festi celebratio

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of the Invention of the Cross ], Elen.

wæter-seáþ

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Seó stów ofer þám stæþe sumes wæterseáðes (ofer sumes wæteres seáðes ófre, v.l.) (super laci ripam), Gr. D. 113, 21. Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add

mere-streám

(n.)
Grammar
mere-streám, es; m.

A sea-streamthe seawater of the sea

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A sea-stream, the sea, water of the sea, Cd. 39; Th. 51, 27; Gen. 833: 154; Th. 191, 5; Exod. 210: 166; Th. 207, 17; Exod. 468. Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard gebrǽdan (cf. sǽ, Bt. Fox 74, 26), Bt. Met.

seohtre

(n.)
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On seohteres heáfod; of þám seohtere, C. D. B. iii. 624, 20. Æt otansihtre, C. D. i. 216, 27. Ofer ðone cnol tó ðæn seohtore tó þrubróce, iii. 451, 14. Tó ðám fúlan siðre; of ðone fúlan siðre on ðæt díc, v. 304, 24. [On sihterwíc, vi. 56, 16.]

ǽ-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bryce, (ǽw-bryce, q. v. in Dict.)

Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy

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Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy :-- Ðá ðe on sinscipe wuniað and heora ǽwe healdað búton ǽwbryce, Hml. A. 21, 178. Ðá ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceað, 19, 140. Sé ðe ofer his ǽwe hǽmð, hé is forlír ðurh his ǽwbryce, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 17.

Linked entry: ǽ-breca

ge-ríþre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþre, es j n.
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Of ilám gáran in on dá ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, in on ðá garéðru; of ðám geréiran, C. D. iii. 279, 24. Of ðǽm crundele on ðá lytla hwitan gerýðra beneaðan ýfre on dane þorn, 415, 32. ?

Linked entries: -ríþre ge-réþru

regn-scúr

(n.)
Grammar
regn-scúr, es; m.

A shower of rain, a shower

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A shower of rain, a shower God sende byrnenderénscúr, Gen. 19, 24. On Ægipta lande ne cymþ nǽfre nán winter nerénscúras, Lchdm. iii. 252, 20 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 30. Ic ofteó míne rénscúras, ii. 102, 33.

sceaft-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
sceaft-rihte, sceaft-riht; adv.
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As straight as a dart, in a straight line Of þám paðe sceaftrihte on alr, C. D. B. iii. 667, 14. West sceftrihte ofer ðone mór, 336, 25.

on-weg

(adv.)
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on-weg, adv.

Away, off.

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Away, off. with verbs of motion Óðer þing wiston ða wífmenn ðá hý onweg cyrdon when they went away (from the sepulchre ), Exon. Th. 460, 13; Hö. 16. Gif ðú onweg cymest if you come away (alive from the fight ), Beo. Th. 2769; B. 1382.

Linked entries: an-weg a-weg

bord-ríþig

(n.)
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a stream running in a channel made of planks (?) Of sandbróce on bordríðig; of bordríðig on horpyttes ríðig, C. D. iii. 82, 23

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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To glide in different directions, glide away. of a fluid Synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, swá lagu tóglídæþ, Elen.

mǽg-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-lagu, e; f.

Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen

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Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage, L.

marm-stán

(n.)
Grammar
marm-stán, es; m.

Marblea piece of marble

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Of fiðerscítum marmstánum geworht made of squared blocks of marble, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 35

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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a herd, particularly a swineherd; the herds of swine formed a very important item in the live-stock of the Anglo-Saxons. v. swín. For some account of the duties and rights of different kinds of swánas, see L. R.