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freoða

(n.)
Grammar
freoða, an; m.

A protector ⬩ defender ⬩ tūtor

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A protector, defender; tūtor Ðú me, God, wǽre freoða thou, O God, wast a protector to me; refŭgium meum es tu. Ps. Th. 70, 3

lǽþettan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþettan, p. te
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To make hateful Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, and his sáwle Gode lǽðetteð, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 6

Linked entry: láþettan

ídel-georn

(n.)
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Sé ðe wǽre ídelgeorn, weorðe sé notgeorn, Wlfst. 72, 9. lazy. v. ídel; n. See examples in Dict

spéd

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Add Paulus cwæð ꝥ se geleáfa wǽre gehyhtendlicra þinga and wénendlicra spéd est fides sperandarum substantia rerum, Gr. D. 269, 14. v. feoh-, wan-spéd

þrí

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Add: as multiplicative, three times Se earma man wile drincan ðreó swá feala, ge feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml. A. 145, 29

wénend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wénend-lic, adj.
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To be hoped for Paulus cwæð se geleáfe wǽre gehyhtendlicra þinga and wenendlicra þinga sped est Jides sperando-rum stibstantia rerum, Gr. D. 269, 13

ge-syfl-melu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-syfl-melu, n.

Dough

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Dough Ðæt folc nam gesyflmelu [gesyft melu, Thw.] ǽr ðam hit gebyrmed wǽre the people took their dough before it was leavened, Exod. 12, 34

Linked entry: ge-syft

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

á-brecan

(v.)
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Hé hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe hé brád wǽre, Hml. S. 25, 448. (1 b) to break off, separate forcibly :-- Ðá ábræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold of ðǽm godgeldum.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Wæs on þǽmscennum þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, geseted and gesǽd, hwám ꝥ sweord geworht wǽre, B. 1695. Tó þeossum hálgum þe heora gemynd hér on gemearcude siendon, Gr. D. 2, 12

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.
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-Mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg (stagnum dulcissime aque), Nar. 11, 26. Ðá wæs ic gefeónde ðæs swétan wætres and ðæs ferscan dulci aqua potata gaudio, 12, 10. Merum hlúttor wín oððe swerum, mero wíne (l. (?) mero swétum wíne), Wrt.

Linked entries: swerum swót

hund

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Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs iii hunde wintra and án, 2, 7; S. 90, 5. Ymb feówer hund wintra and seofone (vii winter, v. l.) anno ccccº viiº, Bd. 1, 11; Sch. 30, 12.

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus

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Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life has been vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24. Hí fracuðe and earme wǽron they were worthless and wretched, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 26.

Linked entries: fraced fraceþ fracod fracuþ for-cúþ

ge-blissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blissian, part. -blissiende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blissian to rejoice] .

To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ lætāri ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ To maie to rejoice ⬩ gladden ⬩ fill with bliss ⬩ bless ⬩ lætĭficāre ⬩ benedīcĕre

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Iudas wæs miclum geblissod Judas was greatly rejoiced, Elen. Kmbl. 1749; El. 876: 2249; El. 1126. Ðá wæs Gúþláces gǽst geblissad then was Guthlac's spirit gladdened, Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 14; Gú. 694: 56 a ; Th 198, 9; Ph. 7. Eálá!

ge-mána

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mána, an; m. [ge-mǽne communis]

Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction ⬩ communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus

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Ðonne he wæs mid his ágnum cynne ðonne he wæs on ðare ryhtwísera gemánan he was then with his own kin when he was in the company of the righteous, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 12. Engla gemána the society of angels, Exon. 42 a; Th. 142, 10; Gú. 642 : Ps.

Linked entry: ge-mánna

síþ

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ, [] ; cpve. síþra ; spve. síþest, síþ[e]mest ; adj.
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Ðæt ðæm þeódne wæs síþas[t] sigehwíl ( his last hour of victory ), Beo. Th. 5413 ; B. 2710. On ðæm ǽrestan and on ðæm síþmestan (onwealdum), Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 86, 17. Síþmestan, 6, 1 ; Swt. 254, 1.

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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Hé wæs gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 2. Hé swíðe stíðlíce leofode, ii. 38, 6. Stíðlíce drohtnigende, 354, 16.

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.
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in a general sense, a serving-man, attendant Wæs amang ðám Malchus heora ðénigmann, and ða eáðelícan þénunga ðe hé ðider bróhte heom geornlíce þénode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 239.

þegen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-scipe, es; m.
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S. 15; Th. i. 384, 13. a body of thanes Sce Adrianes wæs ðæs cáseres ðegnscipes ealdorman, ðe Maximianus wæs nemned, Shrn. 59, 24. bravery, manfulness, gallantry. v. þegen, VIII, þegenlíc Beóþ nú gehyrte, and healdaþ mid ðegenscipe ða hálgan Godes ǽ

bisceop-stól

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Hé wæs tó bisceope gehálgod tó þám bisceopstóle æt Seolesígge, Chr. 980; P. 122, 29. Hé gesæt þone bisceopstól an þára twégra apostola dæge on Wintanceastre, 984; P. 124, 5. Hé betǽhte his bisceopstól óþrum bisceope, Hml.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf

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