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weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Gód scipstýra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe . . . warenaþ hé hine wiþ ðæt weder, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 17

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Næs him hreó sefa, Beo. Th. 4367 ; B. 2180. Gif ðín hige wǽre, sefa swá searogrim, swá ðú self talast, 1192 ; B. 594. Him wæs leóht sefa, hyge untyddre, Andr. Kmbl. 2504 ; An. 1253 : Exon. Th. 164, 33 ; Gú. 1021.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

In ⬩ within

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Hreóh wæter tó mínum feore inn flóweþ and gangeþ introierunt aquæ usque ad animam meam, Ps. Th. 68, 1. Ðá mé gerýmed wæs síð inn under eorþweall when a road was cleared for me in under the earthwall, Beo. Th. 6171; B. 3090

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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On ðære hreón sǽ and on ðǽm miclan stormum, Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 3. Gescyrped mid ðære rinde wið ða stearcan stormas, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 8. Seó lyft ábyrþ ealle wolcna and stormas, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10. <b>Ia.

Linked entry: stearm

bláwan

(v.)

to blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ snort ⬩ pant ⬩ to blow ⬩ to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ inflate

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L. 151. trans. to drive by blowing Bláw mid hreóde ꝥ seáw on ꝥ dolh . . . bláw þá sealfe on þá dolh, Lch. ii. 332, 2, 11. to cause to sound by blowing, blow a horn, trumpet Þá bleów man míne býman, Nar. 13, 4.

sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
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Mere sweoðerade ( the sea subsided ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu, Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465. Dryhten forlét dægcandelle scíre scínan, sceadu sweðe*-*rodon, 1672; An. 838. Sweþredon, Exon. Th. 179, 16; Gú. 1262. Swiðredon, Cd.

Linked entries: swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian ge-sweðerian

hǽmed

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Ælþeódige mæn gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllað, 38, Ceorlisc man.. . ꝥ hǽmed mid hreówe forlǽte, 7. Þá forbodenan gyfta ł hǽmeda uetitos hymeneos, An. Ox. 1781. Hémedo, Txts. 69, 1036. Hémeða, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 29. Wífþing, gifta, hǽmed, 43, 13

grund

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the earth Mon tówearp þone weal niþer oþ þone grund muros everti aequarique solo imperavit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 13. the earth as contrasted with heaven Wé men cweðað hér on grunde, Hy. 9, 39. with sea Þone þe grund and sund, heofon and eorðan and hreó

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Ðone ðe grund and sund, eorðan and hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas ámearcode, Andr. Kmbl. 1494; An. 748. Hwá ðam sǽflotan sund wísode whoacted as pilot for the vessel, 762; An. 381: 976; An. 488

wác

(adj.)
Grammar
wác, adj.

yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis

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Wác hreód ðe ǽlc hwiða windes mæg áwecggan, Past. 42; Swt. 306, 6. Gerd wácc ł bifiende (hreád ðæt wagende, Rush.) harundinem quassatam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 20. Byrhtnóð wand wácne æsc (the pliant ash-shaft), Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43.

Linked entries: waac wácian wác-líc wácness

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Hreód wrít[eres] hreðlíce wrítendes, Ps. Srt. 44, 2. figurative Hrædlíce cursum (l. cursim, v. Ald. 202, 15, cursim festinat credere Christo), Wrt.

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe

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Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 12. Alexander him ðæt ondréd for ðære nearwan stówe ðæt hé ðá on wæs timens angustias quibus inerat locorum, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 25.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lama, loma, lame; adj.

Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic

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Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce cwómon healte hreófe and blinde oft to him from far cane the lame, the crippled, the halt, the leprous, and the blind, Elen. Kmbl. 2425; El. 1214. Lamena [lamana, MS.

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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to be the same as 'fig' (ii. 38, 5), and is mentioned in close connection with the same disease (iii. 30, 3-16); the same prescription is good 'wið ðam micclan líce and wið óþrum giccendum blece and þeórgeride' (iii. 70, 28); þeórwyrt is used against hreófl

swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ, adj.
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Hí ásetton hreód on hys swíðran, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29. Ic sceáwade on ða swýðran considerabam ad dexteram, Ps. Th. 141, 4. Æt swýþrum þearfan a dexteris pauperis, Ps. Spl. 108, 30. Fram swýðrum ðínum a dextris tuis, 90, 7

Linked entries: swíðra swýþ un-swíþ

ǽlc

all ⬩ any

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Búton ǽlcre hreówe, 2, 1; S. 64, 7: Past. 37, 2. Búton ǽlcere méder . . . búton ǽlcum eorðlicum fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 6, 5-7. On ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum, Chr. 891; P. 82, 19.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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., to trust to Se gelǽreda him ne getrúwað on ðǽre hreón sǽ, Past. 59, 2. Hé getrúwode ðæs mægene ðe hit him bebeád, 51, 16. Him nán folc ne getrúwade, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 12: 5, 7; S. 230, 7. Ne getrúa ðú ne innitaris (prudentiae tuae ), Kent.

tín

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín, tién, tén, týn teá (North.)

ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten

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Rush.) hreófe weras, 17, 12. Teá síðum, Lind. 15, 8. Fram wintrum ténum, p. 8, 4. Teá ł téno hreáfo, p. 9, 8. Of téum hehstaldum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 19, 16. Teá monna látwu decanus, Rtl. 193, 19. used as a substantive and declined, nom. -e, gen. -a, dat.

Linked entries: teá tién týn

an-gin

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Ox. 7, 241: 8, 180. action, proceedings, behaviour, treatment Þá hé ðæs cáseres myclan hreówsunga geseah, him ꝥ hreów and his ꝥ sárlice anginn ( his piteous proceedings ). Hml. S. 23, 402.

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