for-brittan
to crush ⬩ destroy
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Forbrýte diruet, i. diuidet, Germ. 398, 144. with a material object Dryhten forbrycð and forbrýt þá myclan cedertreówu confringet Dominus cedros Libani, Ps. Th. 28, 5. Ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód, R.
be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Add: to dig a grave Þá byrgena mon feor on eorðan bedelfe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml.
GREÓT
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GRIT, sand, dust, earth, gravel; pulvis Hét ðæt greót útawegan he ordered the earth to be removed, Homl. Th. i. 74, 24. Ðú scealt greót etan dust shalt thou eat, Cd. 43; Th. 59, 9; Gen. 909.
breahtm
A noise, tumult, sound, cry; ⬩ fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor, vociferatio ⬩ to break
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Breahtmum hwurfon ymb ðæt háte hús hǽþne leóde the heathen people surrounded that hot house with cries, 55 a; Th. 195, 25; Az. 161: 57 b; Th. 206, 29; Ph. 134
ge-rǽcan
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Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heaidlice guíde þone hnescestan mealmstáu æfter þǽm ꝥ hé þence þone soelestan hwetstán ou tó getǽceanne it is desirable that very soft stone be rubbed hard, if it is thought thai the best whetstone is to be obtained from it, Ors
þyle
An orator ⬩ spokesman
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He is the only one of the courtiers who is actually stated to have addressed Beowulf, so that the duty of leading the conversation seems to have fallen to him. If a gloss in Wrt.
ge-mettan
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One that eats with another, a guest, and add Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ hé wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hé hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ hé ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml.
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Ic ðé lissa lifigendum giet lǽte brúcan, 126; Th. 161, 10; Gen. 2663: 136; Th. 171, 6; Gen. 2824: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 24; Cri. 373: Beo. Th. 4306; B. 2150. Wilna biscirede, lufena and lissa, Exon. 48 b; Th. 166, 27; Gú. 1049.
á-fýlan
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Ne lǽt þú mé mín mægþhád áfýlan, Hml. A. 172, 68. Áfýled mid þý duste eorðlicra dǽda, Gr. D. 4, 34. Þá yfelan sint fulle ǽlces yfeles, hí bióþ áfýlde. Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 19. Fúle áfýlede hórcwénan, Ll. Th. 1. 172, 21. Áfýledum infectis , An.
ge-hýdan
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Þá dysegan sint swá hlince, þæt hí ne magon oncnáwan hwǽr þá écan gód sindon gehýdde, Met. 19, 32. [The passage given under II. may belong to I.The Latin of Ps.
mylen-gear
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n]geares oð hit fácað on þǽm ífihtan æsce; þæt súð ofer þá twifealdan fordas . . . forð þæt hit sticaþ eft on þǽm westemestan mylengeare, C.
ge-hátan
to call ⬩ name ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ to call ⬩ command ⬩ promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ vocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ jubere ⬩ spondere ⬩ promittere ⬩ vovere
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Him ðæt eall gehǽt his récelést his security commands all that to him, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 104; Met. 25, 52. Him sibbe geháteþ he shall promise peace to them, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 16; Cri. 1339. Ic ðé geháte I vow to thee, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 5; Gen. 2139.
ǽðan
To overflow ⬩ deluge ⬩ lay waste
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To overflow, deluge, lay waste Cwæþ ðæt he wolde eall á ǽðan ðæt on eorþan wæs said that he would for ever lay waste all that was on the earth. Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24; Gen. 1280
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á-sáwan
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Add: to sow land Ðú þás eorþan áseówe mistlicum sǽde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 26. Þá hét hé him bringan bere tó sǽde and ofer ǽlcne tíman ðá eorðan áseów, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 12. Ásáwen æcer seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 47
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endlyfta
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On þám endleoftan dæge Crístes úpstiges, Hml. Th. i. 298, 5. Embe þá endlyftan (ællefta, L. R.) tíde, Mt. 20, 6: Bl. H. 93, 6. Add
cyne-setl
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Ne cóm hé ( Christ ) tó ðý þæt hé wǽre on mǽrlicum cynesetle áhafen, Hml. Th. i. 82, 24. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitu swá swá of cynesætle, Hml. S. 1, 196. Add
fremsum
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Gedéfe is þín milde mód, mannum fremsum benigna est misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 68, 16. Siexte is ðæt hí beóð fremsume pietatis gratia benigni sunt, Past. 41, 18. Eálá þú fremsumeste hlǽfdige þe mé þíne árfæstan mildheortnysse æteówdest, Hml.
heáfod-leahter
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Þás eahta heáfodleahtras geniðeriað þá unwǽran intó hellewíte, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 16-24: Hml. S. 16, 267: Hml. A. 76, 101. Cf. heáfod-synn; heáfod-mægen
stefn
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Add: a fixed time for doing something Hí setton stefna út tó Lundene, and man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende they fixed times for coming to London, and the people over all this north part were called out thither, Chr. 1052; P. 175,