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hreów-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hreów-, hríw-líc; adj.

Grievousmiserablepitifulsad

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Wálá ðǽt wæs hreówlíc síþ alas! that was a miserable thing, 1057; Erl. 192, 20. Wé geseóþ ðæt wé elles hrýwlícum deáþe forwurþan sceolon we see that otherwise we shall perish by a miserable death, St. And. 36, 7

be-sengan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sengan, p. -sengde; pp. -senged, -sengd

To singe, scorch, burnustulare, urere, æstuare

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Óðra wéron forberned oððe besenged [MS. besenced] alia æstuaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6. Hí besáwon on ða besengdan burh and on ða wéstan they looked on the burnt and wasted city, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 42

Linked entry: sengan

wíd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-síþ, es; m.
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. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled much :-- Wídsíð maðolade, se ðe mǽst mǽrþa ofer eorþan, folca geondférde, Exon. Th. 318, 19; Wíd. 1

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung (fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning

ofer-lǽfan

(v.)
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to leave over, not to use up Étun alle and gifylde wérun, and ginimen wæs ðætte oferlǽfed wæs (quod superfuit), Lk. R. 9, 17. [ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the aftercomers transmittetis ad posteros, Wick.

slingan

(v.)
Grammar
slingan, p. slang, pl. slungon

To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent.to move quickly to wind to wind

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It also has the same meaning as slinch (slink). Halliwell's Dict. Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr.

feónd

(n.)
Grammar
feónd, fiónd, fýnd, fiénd, es; pl. nom. acc. feóndas, fýnd, feónd; gen. feónda; dat. feóndum; m. [feógan, feón to hate]

FIENDenemyfoethe devilōsorinĭmīcushostisdiabŏlusδιάβoλos

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Se feónd mid his geférum eallum feóllon of heofnum the devil with all his company fell from heaven, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 10; Gen. 306: Salm. Kmbl. 140; Sal. 69: 995; Sal. 499. Ná fægnian fýnd mín ofer me non gaudēbit inĭmīcus meus sŭper me, Ps.

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOFthe topsummit

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Se hróf hæfde mislíce heáhnysse the roof was not all of one height, Homl. Th. i. 508, 18. Ðæt héhste gód is hróf eallra óðra góda the chief good is the roof and crown of all other goods, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 142, 35.

wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.
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also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic

Linked entry: -waru

ge-scippan

(v.)
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:-- Hé (Ptolemy) tógædere gesceóp (-sweów, -sweóp, v.l.) ealle Egyptum and Arabia he ordered all Egypt and Arabia should be united ?

flicerian

(v.)
Grammar
flicerian, flicorian; p. ode; pp. od [fleógan to fly]

To move the wingsflutterFLICKERmōtāre ālasvŏlĭtāre

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To move the wings, flutter, FLICKER; mōtāre ālas, vŏlĭtāre Ic flicerige vŏlĭto, Æfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 16. Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans, Deut. 32, 11.

Linked entries: fyrclian flacor

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, in the termination of nouns, denotes a person; as, Hyrde, es; m.

A shepherd, from hyrdan to guard. The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty. These are mostly derived from verbs, and are masculine , but when derived from adjectives they are feminine; as, Rihtwíse, an; f. Justice

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The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty.

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
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Grein suggests comparison with λαισήïoν a buckler, target, and that the word like rand may mean the rim of the shield and also the body of the shield. Either rendering is admissible so far as the sense is concerned

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

mangung

(n.)
Grammar
mangung, e; f.

Tradetrafficbusinesscommercedealingmerchandise

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Trade, traffic, business, commerce, dealing; also merchandise Mangung mercimonium, gestreón i. commercium, Hpt. Gl. 500, 44. Mid mangunge ł gestreóne commercio, 478, 31. Fram mangunge a negotio, Ps. Lamb. 90, 6.

gigant

(n.)
Grammar
gigant, gygant, es; m.

A giantgigas

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A giant; gigas Untydras onwócon, eotenas, swylce gigantas unnatural progenies sprang forth, monsters, also giants, Beo. Th. 226; B. 113. Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg ut gigas ad currendam viam, Ps. Th. 18, 6.

Tróiána

(n.)
Grammar
Tróiána, (-e ?); pl.
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The Trojans Alra tácna gehwylc swá Tróiána þurh gefeoht fremedon, Elen. Kmbl. 1287; Kl. 645. Ymb ealra ðara Tróiána gewin. Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 13. Ðæt mǽre gewinn Gréca and Tróiána, 1, 11; . Swt. 50, 9, 7 : Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 3.

á-breótan

(v.)
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Add: Also with p. -breot, pl. -breóton, and wk. -breótte Weg synfulra ábreóteð (exterminabit), Ps. Srt. 145, 9. Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. Hé ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14.

costnian

(v.)
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Ne lǽt ðú ús costnian, ac álýs ús fram yfele, Wlfst. 125, 13. Add

for-spildan

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Ðú forspildes alle perdes omnes, Ps. Srt. 72, 27. Ne forspild ðú mé ne perdas me, 27, 3. Ne forspild ðú úsic oð ende ne repellas nos usque in finem, 43, 23. Ðæt ðú hí forspilde and tóstence ut disperdas et dissipes, Past. 441, 32.

sceacel

(n.)
Grammar
sceacel, es; m.

a shackleplectrum

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Voc. i. 16, 44. the word also glosses plectrum Scecele oððe slegele scecen wé plectra plumemus, ii. 66, 78-80. Sceacelas plectra, 89,10 . schakkyl numella. Ancren schulen ine so wide scheakeles pleien ine hevuene . . .