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ofer-swíðung

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-swíðung, e; f.

Oppression, distresspressura

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Lind. 16, 21, 33: p. 7, 17

cnyllsan

(v.)

to knellsound a bell

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Lind. 11, 9: 12, 36

ge-þafsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þafsum, adj.

Agreeing;consentiens

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Lind. 5, 25

Linked entry: -þafsum

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-fæst; adj.

Firm of mind, prudent, wise

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Lind. 11, 25

Linked entry: hog-

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to setputplaceappointlayset uperectbuildto set or taketo plantponerestatuereconstituereinstituerecollocaredeponeredesumereplantareto make a journeyiter facere

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Héht ðá asettan líc on eorþan he then commanded to place the body upon the earth, Elen. Kmbl. 1750; El. 877. Ac heó hire ðǽr wíc asette ibique sibi mansionem instituit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26 : Exon. l08 a ; Th. 411, 27 ; Rä. 30, 6.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flowerflos

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Ðeáh ðe lílie sý beorht on blóstman, ic eom betre ðonne heó though the lily be bright in its blossom, I am better than it, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 26; Rä. 41, 28: Ps. Th. 102, 14.

Linked entry: blóstm

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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Se líg ne móste furðon heora fex forswǽlan, Hml. S. 16, 76. Þæt heora fex næs furðon forswǽled quoniam capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus (Dan. 3, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 29.

ge-hát

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Minutia hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan þæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban . . . Heó hiere gehát áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Þá geárlican gehát annua vota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 55.

Linked entry: hát

wyrcan

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Lind. 242, 20. Byrgenne swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5. Wyrtgemang wyrcan, Gr. D. 318, 3.

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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Lind. 6, 21: 12, 35 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 45. Striónes thesauri p. 17, 5. Tilða ł stre (= streóna or streón) quaestuum, lucrum, Hpt. Gl. 452, 7. Ða ðe geléfeþ in striónum (on gistrión, Rush.) confidentes in pecuniis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 24.

arg

(adj.)
Grammar
arg, adj.

Wickeddepravedbadmaluspravus

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Lind. 12, 39. Arg peccatrix, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 38

Linked entry: earg

in-findan

(v.)
Grammar
in-findan, p. -fand

To finddiscover

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Lind. 7, 7. Infund restende invenit vacantem, 12, 44. Ic ne infand in him intinga ego non invenio in eo causam, Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 6. Infunden wæs inventa est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 18

Linked entry: findan

ge-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cerran, p. de; pp. ed

To turnreturn

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Lind. 23, 5. Gecerre hine let him turn, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10. From wind gecerred a vento motus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 24

ge-hyngran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyngran, p. -hyngerde

To be hungry

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Lind. 25, 42. Ic gehwyncgerde esurivi, 25, 35. Hine gehyngerde esuriit, 12, 3. Gihyncrede esuriit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 12. Eádgo ða ðe nú gehyncres beati qui nunc esuritis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21. Gehyngrede hundas hungry dogs, Shrn. 145, 3

Linked entry: hyngrian

mǽg-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-gewrit, es; n.

A writing containing a list of kinsmena genealogical tablepedigree

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A writing containing a list of kinsmen, a genealogical table, pedigree, Cot. 213, Lye

níd-behéfe

(n.)

necessity

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necessity Ðá hnédbihoefe (Lind. néd) hæfde quando necessitatem habuit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 25. (?)

ge-wyrtún

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrtún, es; m.

A garden

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Lind. 18, 1

ríp-ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ríp-ísern, es; n.
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Lind. Rush. 4, 29

ge-glendrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glendrian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To precipitate

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Lind. 4, 29

stígness

(n.)
Grammar
stígness, e ; f.
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Lind. 19, 37