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ráre-dumla

(n.)
Grammar
ráre-dumla, -dumle, an; m. f.
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A bittern Ráredumlæ onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, Shrn. 29, 6. Ráradumbla onocrotalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 21. Ráredumle, 280, 26 : 63, 70 : buban, 126, 61. [M. H. Ger. rór-tumel a bittern : Ger. rohr-dommel : M. Du. roes-domel. O. H. Ger

ge-rǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽc, es; m?

Opportunityopportunitas

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Opportunity; opportunitas In gerǽcum in opportunitatibus, Ps. Spl. 9, 9

ge-rǽf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽf, adj.

Fixedfixus

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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note

Linked entry: -rǽf

síd-rand

(n.)
Grammar
síd-rand, es ; m.
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A broad shield Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum, sídrand manig hafen. Beo. Th. 2583 ; B. 1289

feónd-rǽs

an onslaughtassault

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A hostile attack, an onslaught, assault Ic fracoðlíce feóndrǽs gefremede . . . and reáfode beám on bearwe I (Eve) wickedly made onslaught and despoiled the tree in the garden, Gen. 900. Substitute:

ge-rǽf

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Add: As á-ráfian = dissolvere, á-rǽfan = expedire, ge-rǽf weorþan on hine, applied to the crime, would mean that the person referred to could not free or clear himself of the charge. The Old Latin version renders geresp (v. l. gerǽf) weorðe by firmetur

on-rǽs

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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá

ráre-dumla

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Rádumbel oriagratulus, Hpt. 33, 240, 20. Add

stán-rǽw

(n.)
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a line of stones On stánrǽwe; of stánrǽwe, C. D. iii. 444, 5

wæl-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-rǽs, es; m.

A deadly attackan attack in which men are slain

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A deadly attack, an attack in which men are slain Wæs sió swátswaðu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947. Æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan, 5055; B. 2531. Æfter ðam wælrǽse (the fight in which Grendel was mortally wounded), 1652

wæl-rǽw

Similar entry: wæl-hreów

gafol-rand

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-rand, es; m.

A pair of compasses

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A pair of compasses Gafelrond (printed -rod) circinnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 25. Gabulrond, gabelrend, gabarind circino, ferrum duplex, unde pictores faciunt circulos, Txts. 51, 469. Gabulrond radio, 93, 1711. Gafolrand circinnum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 50.

gúþ-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-rǽs, es; m.

A warlike attack

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A warlike attack Andr. Kmbl. 3061; An. 1533; Beo. Th. 5974; B. 2991: 3159; B. 1577: 4844; B. 2426

hilde-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-rǽs, es; m.

A warlike onset

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A warlike onset, Beo. Th. 605; B. 300

hilde-rand

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-rand, es; m.

A shield

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A shield, Beo. Th. 2489; B. 1242

feónd-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
feónd-rǽs, es; m.

A fiendish violencehostīlis impĕtus

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A fiendish violence; hostīlis impĕtus Ic feóndrǽs gefremede, fǽhþe geworhte I committed fiendish violence, wrought enmity, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 26; Gen. 900

gafol-rand

(n.)

A pair of compassescircĭnusκίρκινos

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A pair of compasses; circĭnus = κίρκινos, Cot. 54, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: gabul-roid

mægen-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-rǽs, es; m.

A mighty or violent attack

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A mighty or violent attack Mægenrǽs forgeaf hilde bille ( Beowulf attacking Grendel's mother ), Beo. Th. 3043; B. 1519

mǽg-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-rǽs, es; m.

An attack by men upon their kinsmen

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An attack by men upon their kinsmen Wearþ ðes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh morðdǽda and þurh mándǽda . . þurh mǽgrǽsas and þurh manslihtas this nation is sunk in sin through deeds fell and foul . . through attacks of kinsmen upon kinsmen and through

rand-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
rand-beáh, -beág, es; m.
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The boss of a shield or the shield itself; buculus, bucula (cf. bucula the boss of a shield, Isidore), bucularis, umbo, testudo (cf. scyld testudo, clipeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 57) Randbeáh umb[r]o, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 33 : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 34. Ísen