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ge-rúm

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rúm, es; n. [rúm space]

Room, spacespătium

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Room, space; spătium Hí náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8.

Linked entry: rúm

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, hyrd-rǽden, e; f.

Guardguardianshipcarekeeping

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Geþyld is wyrtruma and hyrdrǽden ealra háligra mægna patience is the root and guard of all holy virtues, 544, 5. Hí geswencaþ heora hlaford þurh ymhídignysse heordrǽdene they distress their possessor through solicitude of guarding, 92, 18.

Linked entry: hyrd-rǽden

dracentse

(n.)
Grammar
dracentse, dracente, dracanse, draconze, an; f.

Dragon-wort, dragons dracontea = δρακόντιoν, arum dracuncŭlus

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Nim dracentan wyrtruman [MS. wyrtruma] take roots of dragons, Lchdm. iii. 114, 8. Dracanse dragons, iii. 24, 3. Draconzan, acc. dragons, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 7

Linked entry: dracan blód

læfer

(n.)
Grammar
læfer, e; f.

a rush

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Xerxes beworhte ða bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum Xerxes wrought over the arches of the roof with golden plates, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 3. Mid læfrum liscis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 9

Linked entries: leber lifer

ge-rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rihtan, -ryhtan; p. -rihte; pp. -rihted, -riht

To set right or straight, to direct, correctdirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre

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Mín mundbyrd is geriht to ðære róde my protection is directed to the cross, Rood Kmbl. 259; Kr. 131

Linked entry: ge-ryhtan

þrym-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-fæst, adj.

Gloriousmajesticillustriousmighty

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Ic ( the cross ) þrymfæst hlifige under heofonum, Rood Kmbl. 166; Kr. 84. Se wyrm ( a book-worm ) forswealg þrymfæstne cwide, Exon. Th. 432, 11; Rä. 48, 4. Þegnas þrymfæste ( angels ), Cd. Th. 2, 6; Gen. 15.

a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or offhew downprepare by cuttingmate smoothplaneexcidereresecaresucciderelevigare

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Ic wæs aheáwen holtes on ende, astyred of stefne mínum I was hewn down at the end of a wood, removed from my trunk, Rood Recd. 57; Kr. 29. Aheáwen treów cut wood, timber; lignum, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8, 1.

a-fýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýsan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hastenfestinaretendereto hasten awayimpelaccelerateinciteexcitemake readyincitareaccelerareparaturn vel prornptum reddere

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To heofonum biþ mód afýsed to heaven is the spirit impelled, 65 b; Th. 241, 17; Ph. 657: 59 b; Th. 217, 3; Ph. 274: Rood Kmbl. 247; Kr. 125: Exon, 119a; Th. 457, 22; Hy. 4, 87.

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSEcampanile vel campanariumturris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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A BELL-HOUSE, campanile vel campanarium, turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula; a room or tower in the castle of a Thane, generally built between the kitchen and porter's lodge, where was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers

Linked entry: bell-hús

CLÆFRE

(n.)
Grammar
CLÆFRE, an; n. f.

CLOVERtrifolium pratense

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Nim clæfran wyrttruman take roots of clover, 2, 40; Lchdm. ii. 250, 12

BITER

(adj.)
Grammar
BITER, bitor, bitter, bittor; g. m. n. biteres, bitres, bittres; f. bitre; sup. biteresta, bitresta; adj.

BITTER, sharp, severe, direamarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox

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Rood Kmbl. 225; Kr. 114

Linked entries: bitter bittor

GYRD

(n.)
Grammar
GYRD, gird, gerd, e; f.

A staffrodtwiga yard the fourth part of a hidevirgavirgata

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Ðis synd ðære ánre gyrde landgemǽro these are the boundaries of the one rood, 11. 208, 18: L. In. 67; Th. i. 146, 1, 2: L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 24.

Linked entries: gird geard

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave Hé beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.

innor

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D. 114, 32. with reference to position in a room, a place further from the door being a more honourable one. Cf. B. 1976 Hé mót him innor tǽcan stede and setl liceat eum in superiorem constitueret locum, R. Ben. 111, 4

gúþ-fana

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-fana, -fona, an; m.

A military standard, ensign, bannersignum vexillum

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Ðæt heofonlíce tácn ðære hálgan róde is úre gúþfana wið ðone gramlícan deófol the heavenly sign of the Holy Rood is our banner against the fierce devil, H. R. 105, 16: 52. Ða gúþfonan signa, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 260, 1.

tó-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sǽlan, p. de; impers. vb.

To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to somethingto be lack of something for a person

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.), to be lack of something for a person Ne tósǽleþ him gúþgemótes siþþan ic þurh hylles hróf gerǽce he (the dog) will not want for fighting, when I (the badger) reach through the hill's roof, Exon. Th. 397, 26; Rä. 16, 25.

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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métde. nouns ending in d or t are generally feminine, as Gebyrd, e; f. birth: Miht, e; f. might, power. a word terminating with ed, d [Icel. at, t: Ger. et, t] indicates that a person or thing is furnished or provided with that which is expressed by the root

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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Garytte, hey solere specula 187. ] Wicklif (Jos. 2, 6) uses the word for the flat roof of a house

Linked entry: solere

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Kmbl. 1000 ; An. 500 : Rood Kmbl. 8 ; Kr. 4

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. GodGod the Fatherpatriarca

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Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder she stands on the right hand of the Father, Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134. Ðeodosius se wæs ðære hǽðenre héhfæder Theodosius who was the patriarch of the heathens, Nar. 40, 5.