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wæl-dreór

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-dreór, es; m.

The blood of the slain

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Ic fylde mid folmum ordbanan Abeles, eordan sealde wældreór weres, 67, 9; Gen. 1098

sméðian

(v.)
Grammar
sméðian, p. ode; pp. od

to become smoothto make smooth

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Voc. i. 28, 74. [ He wile foxliche smeþien mid worde O. E. Homl. i. 31, 8. Rihteð and smeðeð þe heorte A. R. 4, 23.]

HOPA

(n.)
Grammar
HOPA, an; m.

HOPE

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Ne bepǽce Ezechias eów mid leásum hopan let not Hezekiah deceive you with false hope, 568, 8

béd

(n.)

a prayerbed

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a prayer. l. bed, Blinde men hé mid his bedum gehǽlde, Bl. H. 173, 27. Beaddum precibus, Rtl. 91, 31. Sing þú ðǽr þíne bedu, Wlfst. 290, 14. Gibér beodo exaudi preces, Rtl. 97, 14: 103, 38: 90, 20. dele passage from Bede, and add

middæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-tíd, e; f.

The midday hournoonmeridies

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The midday hour, noon; meridies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 66

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poulticeemplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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Genim ðyssa wyrta wyrtruman, gecnucude mid ele, and mid hwǽtenan meluwe, and mid sápan, ðam gemete ðe ðú clýðan wyrce take roots of these herbs, pounded with oil, and with wheaten meal, and with soap, in the manner in which thou wouldst make a poultice

Linked entries: cleóða clýða

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ to row on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 21; Wand. 4. Sum mæg fromlíce ofer sealtne sǽ sundwudu drífan hréran holmþræce, 17 b; Th. 42, 25; Cri. 678

Linked entry: for-hréred

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Mid brǽðe háligra mihta . . . mid brǽðum gódra weorca, Hml. Th. i. 222, 4, 7. exhalation, air impregnated with odour Wynsum brǽð stémde of þǽre hálgan róde, and þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 109.

cyn

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Mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglenged, Bt. 28; F. 100, 27. Ǽlces cynnes gimcyn, 32, 3; F. 118, 18. Nánes cynnes hæftnung, Hml. Th. ii. 358, 20. Mid his ágnum cynne and mid his ágnum burhwarum, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 11. Cyn sobolem, An. Ox. 4517.

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Sé ðe bið geðryced mid ðǽre hefignesse his synna qui peccati sui pondere premitur, 268, 9.

on-rǽs

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Ofslagene wurdon fela þæs folces mid fǽrlicum onrǽsum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 44. an attack, assault on a body of troops On þám forman onrǽse hé áflígde Ualentinianum, Hml. S. 31, 646

strícan

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Stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, 25: 126, 22. Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard forð for þíne earmas andlang þínra hleóra, 119, 16.

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se gerǽfa áxude Eugeniam hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe, oððe þurh ǽnige swutelunge hí sylfe áclǽnsian, Hml. S. 2, 226

manig-feald

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Mid mænifealdum (diuersis) híwum, An. Ox. 1043. Geswincfull geár þurh manigfealde ungyld and þurh mycele rénas, Chr. 1098 ; P. 234, 29. add Eówer méd is menigfeald on heofonum (mercis uestra multa in caelo, Lk. 6, 23), Hml. Th. i. 556, 11.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Hé wæs swíþe gefylled mid unþeáwum, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 23: Leás. 17. Gefylled full mid gyfe referta plena gratia, Hy. S. 112, 11.

tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
tirgan, tirwian, tirigan, tirian; p. tirgde, tirwede, tirigde

To vex,irritate,provokeexasperate

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Hí tyrgdon God mid gramlícum weorcum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 52. Tyrwedon, tyrwadon ł gremedon, tyrwodan exacerbaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 77, 40, 41, 56. Hig mé tirigdon ipsi me provocaverunt, Deut. 32, 21. Hí hine mid heora wordum tirigdon, Homl.

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to buryto bearbe pleased withto apply oneself earnestly to somethingto be urgent with a personto press to persistpersevere with something to persist incontinue

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D. 250, 27. with prep. to persist in, continue Ꝥ þæs Hǽlendes líc him wurde forstolen, mid ðám þe hí befúlon fæste on slǽpe while they continued fast asleep, Hml. A. 79, 159

glídan

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C. 145. of revolution Is efneáðe úp and ofdúne tó feallanne foldan þisse, þám anlícost þe on ǽge bið gioleca on middan, glídeð hwæðre ǽg ymbútan, Met. 20, 170

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ic wolde mín ágen ofgán mid ðam gafole, ii. 554, 9. Ofgán exigere, Wülck.

Linked entry: of-eode

ge-mengan

(v.)
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s). with prep, (wiþ, mid) Gif þú hi wiþ fýr ne gemengdest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, Hiora blód hé gemengde mið ásægdnisum hiora, Lk.