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wadung

(n.)
Grammar
wadung, e; f.

Going ⬩ travelling

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Going, travelling Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ oððe on wífunge oððe on wadunge (see, for instance, Lchdm. i. 328, 330, where the virtues of various parts of a badger in case of journeying are stated, and

grund-weall

(n.)
Grammar
grund-weall, es; m.

A foundation

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Se cræft is eallra bóclícra cræfta ordfruma and grundweall that art is the beginning and foundation of all literary arts, 50;Som. 51, 2;Wrt. Voc. 81, 6. Se grundweall ðara munta fundamenta montium, Ps. Th. 17, 7;Lk. Skt. 6, 48, 49;Homl.

hǽðen-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-dóm, es; m.

Heathendom, paganism

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc cristendóm geornlíce árǽre and ǽlcne hǽðendóm mid ealle ádwæsce we enjoin that every priest zealously promote Christianity, and totally extinguish every kind of paganism, L. Edg.

tramet

(n.)
Grammar
tramet, es; m.

A page

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Lá hwylc tramet (pagina) is, oððe hwylc sprǽc ðæs godcundan lareóudómes, áðer oðþe ðære ealdan cýðnesse oþþe ðære níwan, ðæt ne sý seó rihteste bysen úran menniscan lífes, R. Ben. 133, 2. Tramod, R. Ben. Interl. 118, 2.

sprytting

(n.)
Grammar
sprytting, e; f. (but pl. in -as in Ps. Lamb. 79, 12)

A sprig ⬩ shoot ⬩ sprout ⬩ plant

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Gescóp se ælmihtiga God eorðan and ealle eorðlíce spryttinga, Lchdm. iii. 234, 3. Hé ástrehte óþ flód his spryttingas extendit usque ad flumen propagines ejus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 12

be-ceápian

(v.)

to sell ⬩ to buy ⬩ purchase

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Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta, Bas. 56, 3. Ylpes bán becgan oððe beceápan, Lch. iii. 204, 3. to buy, purchase Gif hé mid þám gewítendlicum gestreónum beceápað him þæt éce líf, Hml. Th. i. 204, 8.

bregdan

(v.)

to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to flash

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Add: trans. with acc. to pluck, pull, draw, drag Sáh hé niðer ealre his mihte benumen, and hine man ðá brǽd intó ðæs kinges búre, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 22. Ealle men hine fram stówe tó stówe brúdon, Hml. S. 23, 653.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Hit ne cwylmeþ ánum gemete ealle þá synfullan, Gr. D. 333, 17. Tó singanne ánum wordum and ánre stefne, Past. 347, 7. Ealle hí singað ǽnne lofsang, forðan hí ealle healdaþ ǽnne geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 9-10.

reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

To reek, send forth smoke or steam

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To reek, send forth smoke or steam Ðonne hé ( helleborus albus ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smic of him ǽsænde, Lchdm, i. 260, 8. Muntas reócaþ montes fumigant, Ps. Th. 103, 30 : 143, 6. Reác exalabat, Wrt.

Linked entries: récan hreócan

ge-dwelian

(v.)

To go astray, err, make mistake with gen. of matter mistaken ⬩ To lead astray.

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Antecríst eal mancyn gedrecð and gedwelaþ, Wlfst. 101, 9. Þæt mód biþ mid ymbhogum gedwelod (ge-dweald, v.l.) tó þám ꝥ hit ne mæg áredian tó Gode, Bt. 24, 4; 84, 33

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster

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Man ágife ǽlce teóþunge tó ðam ealdan mynstre ( ad matrem ecclesiam ) ðe seó hýrnes tó hýrþ, L. Edg. i. l; Th. i. 262, 7. Ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst, i. 3; Th. i. 262, 25.

cwide

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Voc. ii. 135, 57. a proposal, proposition Þá cwæð se apostol tó ðám hǽðengyldum: 'Gáð ealle tó Godes cyrcan . . .' Þá hǽðengyldan ðisum cwyde geðwǽrlǽhton, Hml.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ welcome

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Fægnian ealle on écnesse omnes in aeternum exultabunt, 5, 12. Cómon ealle . . . swíðe fægengende, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 17. with cause of joy, in gen. Hé fægnode (fægenode, v. l.) ðæs miclan weorces dum magna se fecisse gauderet, Past. 39, 14.

ge-bannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bannan, -bonnan; p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon; pp. -bannen [ge, and bannan to summon] .

to command ⬩ order ⬩ proclaim ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ edīcĕre ⬩ to summon ⬩ call together ⬩ cĭtare ⬩ convŏcāre

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Th. 149; B. 74. to summon, call together; cĭtare, convŏcāre Folc biþ gebonnen ealle to spræce all people shall be summoned to judgment, Exon. 117 b; Th. 451, 8; Dóm. 100.

Linked entries: ge-beón ge-bonnan

Lǽden

(adj.)
Grammar
Lǽden, adj.

Latin

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Ealle naman lédenre sprǽce [lédensprǽce, MS. O.] ðe on a geendiaþ all latin nouns that end in a, 7; Som. 6, 55. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóðcræfte metres belong to latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66. On lédenum gereorde, Homl. Skt. 6, 367.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled

To fell ⬩ cut down ⬩ cast down ⬩ destroy ⬩ deprive of ⬩ cædere ⬩ destruere

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He gefylde ðone ealdan feónd he cast down the old fiend, Blickl. Homl. 87, 19 : 221, 2, 4, 33. Freónda gefylled deprived of friends, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 7; Ædelst. 41. Seó nædre gefylled wæs the serpent was destroyed, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

under-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeów, es; m.

One reduced to slavery ⬩ one who serves under or is subject to another ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant

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Ealle wurdon Iuliuse underþeówas Caesar omnes ad deditionem compulit, 5, 12, Swt. 242, 27

Linked entry: þeów

án-mód

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Mid ánmódre geþafunge eallra, 4, 17; Sch. 430, 6. Ánmóde beón uniri per concordiam, Past. 345, 10. Ðá geseah se cyning þæt hí ánmóde wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 570, 27. Ánmódde unanimes, Ps. Srt. 67, 7. Add

á-lesan

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Hé geceás and álæs ( eligens ) ealle þá óðre lác and on sundron áléde, and þá þe Characterius sende hé áwearp, Gr. D. 230, 24.

be-standan

to surround

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S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþþæt heó bebyrged wæs, swylce hí for ðan