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ellen-gǽst

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-gǽst, es; m.

A bold or powerful spirit pŏtens spīrĭtus

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A bold or powerful spirit; pŏtens spīrĭtus Se ellengǽst the powerful spirit [Grendel ], Beo. Th. 172; B. 86

eofor-swín

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-swín, es; n.

A boar pig, male swine verres

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A boar pig, male swine; verres Eoforswínes cwead verris stercus, L. M. 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 262, 18

linden

(adj.)
Grammar
linden, adj.
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Made of the lime-tree Scyld, leóht linden bord, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 16; Gn. Ex. 95

Linked entry: lind

swín-líca

(n.)
Grammar
swín-líca, an; m.
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The figure of a swine or boar Wǽpna smið (ðone helm) besette swínlícum, Beo. Th. 2910 ; B. 1453

un-áteald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áteald, adj.

Uncounted

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Uncounted Gif se dæg bið forlǽten unáteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eal ðæs geáres ymbrene ðwyres, Boutr. Scrd. 28, 32

Linked entry: á-tellan

þurh-wuneness

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-wuneness, e; f.
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Perseverance Seó þurhwunenes heó is mægen þæs gódan weorces virtus boni operis perseverantia est, Archiv cxxii. 260, 9

Linked entry: wune-ness

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Hit eft gelimpeþ ðæt se líchoma lǽne gedreóseþ it afterwards befalls that the body miserably sinks, Beo. Th. 3511; B. 1753. Gyf hyt gelimpþ ðæt he hyt fint si contĭgĕret ut invĕniat eam, Mt. Bos. 18, 13.

aler

(n.)
Grammar
aler, es; m.

The alderalnus

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The alder; alnus Aleres rinde seóþ boil bark of alder, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm, ii. 248, 17

Linked entry: alor

beado-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
beado-róf, adj.

War-renownedbold in warin pugna strenuus

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War-renowned, bold in war; in pugna strenuus Beornas beadorófe war-renowned warriors, Apstls. Kmbl. 155; AP. 78

Linked entry: beadu-róf

ge-byrþen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrþen, e; f.
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What is borne or born, a child Þurh þæt gebyrðor (gebyrðene, v.l. ) wé wurdon álýsede, Wlfst. 251, 14

Linked entry: byrþen

sáwel-hús

(n.)

the body

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the body Ðis sáwelhús, fǽge flǽschoma, Exon. Th. 163,34 ; Gú. 1003. Deáþ sóhte sáwelhús, 170, 19; Gú. 1114

CLOM

(n.)
Grammar
CLOM, clommes; m; clam; clammes; m.

A band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prisonvinculum, carcer

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A band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prison; vinculum, carcer Habbaþ me swá helle clommas fæste befangen the clasps of hell have so firmly grasped me, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 6; Gen. 373. Ðes wítes clom this bond of torture, 215; Th. 271, 10; Sat. 103.

Linked entry: clam

æd-fæst

(n.)
Grammar
æd-fæst, [eád substance, fæst fast, fixed]

Goodspropertybona

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Goods, property; bona Ædfæst tǽht to healdenne property taken to hold, a pledge, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 8

huntig-spere

(n.)
Grammar
huntig-spere, es; n.

A hunting-spear

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A hunting-spear, boar-spear Bárspere vel huntigspere venabulum, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 23; Wrt. Voc. 35. 12

in-byrding

(n.)
Grammar
in-byrding, es ; m.
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A slave born in a master's house Inbirding vernaculus, Ælfc. Gl. 8 ; Som. 56, 103; Wrt. Voc. 18, 52

Linked entry: in-birding

leoþu-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-fæst, adj.

strongable

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Firm of limb, strong, able Sum biþ bóca gleáw,lárum leoþufæst, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 34; Crä. 95

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Beald biþ se ðe onbýrigeþ bóca cræftes he is bold who tasieth of book-knowledge Salm. Kmbl. 484; Sal. 242. On bóclícum cræfte in book-knowledge Boutr. Scrd. 17, 7. Ða cnihtas cræft leornedon the youths learned science Cd. 176; Th. 221, 5; Dan. 83.

a-grafan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grafan, p. -gróf, pl. -grófon; pp. -grafen

To engraveinscribesculperecælaresculptareinscribere

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Se ðisne beám agróf he inscribed this beam, Exon. 123a; Th. 473, 10; Bo. 13

Linked entries: a-græfen a-gróf

æ-blǽcnys

(n.)
Grammar
æ-blǽcnys, -nes, -ness, e; f.

A palenesspallor

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A paleness; pallor Wið æblǽcnysse ðæs líchaman for paleness of the body, Herb. 164, 2; Lchdm. ii. 294, 3

Linked entries: a-blǽcnes æ-blécing

a-smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
a-smeágung, e; f.

Investigationmeditationscrutiniuminvestigatiomeditatio

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Investigation, meditation; scrutinium, investigatio, meditatio Þurh asmeágunge bóclícre snotornesse through investigation of book-like wisdom, Apol. Th. 3, 16

Linked entry: smeágung