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drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a feverfebris

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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38

Linked entry: ge-drif

BEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓR, es; m.

BEERnourishing or strong drinkcerevisiasiceraa beverage made of honey and watermeadmetheglinhydromeliĭtisydromellummulsum

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bídan woldon Grendles gúðe the sons of conflict, drunk with beer, promised that they would await in the beer-hall the attack of Grendel Beo.

Linked entry: biór

ge-freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freoðian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectguardfreekeep

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He lýfde ðæt friþ wiþ hý gefreoðad wǽre he allowed that peace should be kept towards them, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 7; Gú. 382. Ðæt lond Gode gefreoðode he kept that land for God, 34 b; Th. 111, 7; Gú. 123

Linked entry: ge-friðian

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Hine ðe wæs ǽrur heáfod tó ðam unrǽde the man that had before been the author of that mischief, Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 10. Heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta the chief of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. i. 7; Gen. 4: Hy. 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 62.

Wódnes-dæg

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On Wodnesdæg, þe byð caput ieiunii, bisceopas áscádað út of cyrican . . . þá þe on openlican synnan hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 9. Add

list

(n.)
Grammar
list, es; m: list, e; f.

Artskillcraftcunningartifice

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Th. 1566; B. 781: Ps. Th. 87, 10. Wyl tógædere listum boil them skilfully together, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 11: 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 8. Hé ðé hét listas lǽran he bade teach thee arts, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 8; Gen. 517

hreóf-lig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf-lig, adj.

Leprous

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Th. i. 120, 11. Se hreoflia the leper, 122, 10. Getácnode ðes hreóflia man eal mancyn ðe wæs átelíce hreóflig . . . Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc this leper betokened all mankind that was foully leprous ...

Linked entries: hreóflia hreóf-líc

hyht-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hyht-leás, adj.

Without hopejoyless

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Without hope [of that which is promised], joyless Áhóf brýd Abrahames hihtleásne hleahtor Abraham's wife laughed incredulously [without hope that the promise of a son would be fulfilled ], Cd. 109; Th. 144, 9; Gen. 2387

geond-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-lácan, p. -léc; pp. -lácen

To go through or over, flow overpertransīre, transfluĕre

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To go through or over, flow over; pertransīre, transfluĕre Ðætte ðæt tírfæste load geondláce laguflóda wynn that the joy of water-floods sports over the glorious land, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 15; Ph. 70

fisc-noþ

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Add: the privilege or right of catching fish in certain waters Ic geann þam munecum tó fódan ealne þone fixnoð þe Ulfkytel áhte æt Wyllan ( piscationem quam Ulfkytel habuit in Wylla ), Cht. Th. 307, 35

on-wæstm

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Add: shoot, branch Drihten forbrycð þá myclan cedertreówu emne swá þá lytlan onwæstmas, Ps. Th. 28, 5

bitere

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Þú scealt þá sáwle bitere forgyldan, Wlfst. 177, 7: Bl. H. 195, 23. Add

Saracen-

(prefix)
Grammar
Saracen-, Sarcin-ware; pl.

The Saracens

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The Saracens Ðá hergodon ða hǽþnan Sarcinware on þa stówe (Sardinia) Shrn. 122, 25

FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wingsvŏlāreTo fleeflee fromfŭgĕreeffŭgĕre

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Th. 139, 56; By. 275. Fleógende fŭgiens, Ps. Spl. 54, 7. Hí fleógaþ mid ðám feóndum they flee with the fiends, Exon. 116a; Th. 446, 6; Dóm. 18. I

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

on-weald

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Þá hié gesomnod wǽron, and hiene tó cyninge dón woldon, þá ne mehton hié þá gúðfonan úp áhebban.

síþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-weg, es ; m.
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v. síd-weg) he (Guthlac, who lived in the wilderness) healed the sad in heart that from the travelled ways sought him, Exon. Th. 155, 13 ; Gú. 859

fier

(adv.)
Grammar
fier, adv. [fier, comp. of feor, adv. far]

Fartherlongiusultĕrius

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Bod.] síe ðonne ðú wǽre though thou art now farther than thou wast, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33. We areccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn fier ówihte we cannot reckon the paternal kin any degree farther, Exon. 11b; Th. 16, 5; Cri. 248

deriend-lic

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On ǽlcum mónðe beóð ǽfre twégen dagas þá syndon swíðe derigendlíce ǽnigne drenc tó drincanne. On þám óðrum mónðe se teóða dæg is derigendlic, Lch. iii. 152, 1-12. Wé áwurpon þá derigendlican ealdnesse, Hml. Th. i. 194, 25.

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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to loosen, relax, literal Swá þá gewunedon þá þwangas swylce hí þǽr gemétte wǽron of mycclum dǽle untogone and onleoðode (-liðode, v. l.) ita ut inventae sunt, magna jam ex parte dissolutae corrigiae remanserunt, Gr.

Linked entry: on-leoþian

geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretchedtristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭserdoleful, miserabledepressed, sad, sorrowfulmiserymiserypitymĭsĕria

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Geómre gástas sad spirits, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 9; Gen. 69: 166; Th. 206, 5; Exod. 447. Geómrum to geóce for salvation to the sad, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 27; Cri. 124