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ellen-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-weorc, es; B.

A work of valour, valiant or powerful act fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta

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A work of valour, valiant or powerful act; fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta He wæs ánrǽd ellenweorces he was steadfast in his work of valour, Andr. Kmbl. 464; An. 232.

heorr

(n.)
Grammar
heorr, hior; m. f.

A hingecardinal pointcardo

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Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe heorras tóhlidene the splendid dwelling was sorely shattered, hinges were broken, Beo. Th. 2002; B. 999. Heorras serras, Blickl. Gloss.

Linked entries: heorra hearr hior

lencten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíd, e; f.

Spring-timespringLent

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Hit wæs lenctentíd erat vernum tempus, Gen. 48, 7. On lengtentíde mónþes tíde mense verni temporis, Ex. 34, 18. Nǽfre on lenctentíde never in Lent, Wulfst. 305, 24. Hé on lenctentíd gesceóp ðone forman dæg ðyssere worulde ðæt is xv cl.

mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, [n], es; m.

Mast-pasturepasture for swineconsisting of the fruit of forest trees

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[Ðis geár wæs gǽsne on mæstene, Chr. 1116; Erl. 245, 36.]

Linked entry: mæst

nát-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nát-hwilc, pron. indef.

Some oneI know not who

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Hé in níþsele náthwylcum wæs in some unknown hall was he, Beo. Th. 3031; B. 1513. (Cf. sceaða ic nát hwylc, 554; B. 274.)

bisceop-hád

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hád, biscop-hád, es; m.

BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopricmunus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia

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[bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen.

Linked entry: biscop-hád

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled

To fellcut downcast downdestroydeprive ofcæderedestruere

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Seó nædre gefylled wæs the serpent was destroyed, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

under-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeów, es; m.

One reduced to slaveryone who serves under or is subject to anothera slaveservant

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One reduced to slavery, one who serves under or is subject to another, a slave, servant Hé geniédde Arhalaus ðone látteów ðæt hé wæs his underþeów, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 2.

Linked entry: þeów

un-gewidre

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewidre, un-gewidere, es; n.

Bad weatherstormtempest

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Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren ǽgðer ge þurh mistlíce coða ge þurh ungewyderu, 1041; Erl. 169, 9: Lchdm. iii. 210, 26

ár-full

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Ic iów wæs árful geworden and milde, Wlfst. 222, 4. Þearfendum mannum árfulle, 257, 3. Hé dyde manegu árfull weorc ( pia opera ), Gr. D. 331, 27

be-standan

to surround

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S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþþæt heó bebyrged wæs, swylce hí for ðan

flet

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Hraðe wæs gerýmed fédegestum flet innanweard, B. 1976. Ic on flette mæg ríncum secgan naman þára wihta, Rä. 43, 5: Víd. 3. Ic seah in heall, þǽr hæleð druncon, on flet beran wudutreów, 56, 2: 57, 12: B. 1647: 1036.

ge-blót

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wæs blótende diófolgildum mid monslihtum . . . Eów mæg gescomian þæt gé swá heánlic geþóht sceoldon on eów geniman for ánes monnes ege and for ánes monnes geblóte . . .

hildan

(v.)

to bendincline

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Men gesáwon áne hand . . . of heofonum cumende; and seó hæfde áne gyldene róde, and wæs æteówod manegum mannum, and helde tóweard tóforan þæs húses duru ecce humana manus ab olympi nubibus ante ostium domus . . . porrecta videbatur, Guth. Gr. 105, 18

Linked entries: hyldan heldan -hilde

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, leprosy.
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Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, ꝥ hys lýchama wæs clǽne, 192, 319. Heliseus gehǽlde Naaman fram ðám atelicum hreóflan, Hml. S. 18, 310. Ðú mínne hreóflan (cf. heó on eallum limum egeslice wunda hæfde, 266) gehǽldest, 7, 322.

melu

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Orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht. . . and wæs genihtsumnes meluwes, Shrn. 145, 26. Ðeós wyrt mid meoluwe gecnucud, Lch. i. 270, 23. Mid berenum meluwe, 15.

port-geréfa

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II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre. Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. . . . Godríc portgeréfa, C. D. iv. 117, 27.

tó-scirian

(v.)
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Först. 105, 8. to distinguish, to recognize the difference between Hí né tóscyriað gód ne yfel nec bona nee mala discernunt, Chrd. 75, 1. to give distinctive marks to Wæs ǽlces hádes reáf synderlíce tóscyred habitus singulorum ordinum ab inuicem discreti

wís-dóm

Grammar
wís-dóm, <b>. I.</b>
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wæs befæsted tó Rómebyrig ꝥ hé sceolde bóccræftas and gewrita wísdómas (wísdóm, v.l.) leornian Romae liberalibus litterarum studiis traditus fuerat, Gr. B. 95, 14

winter-setl

(n.)
Grammar
winter-setl, es; n.

A place to stop in for the winterwinter-quarters

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A place to stop in for the winter, winter-quarters Se consul wénde ðæt hé búton sorge mehte on ðæm wintersetle gewunian ðe hé ðá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 5. Hié ðǽr sceoldon wintersetl habban, 4, 10; Swt. 200, 11.