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ge-hreósan

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Dryhten forlét hine (Lucifer) of dúne gehreósan, Sal. 458. <b>III a.</b> of strong emotion, e. g. fear, to fall upon :-- Gehreás ł onsæt egsa ofer hig incubuit timor super eos Ps.

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Mettas . . . þá þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint. . . wilda hænna and ealle þá fugelas þe on dúnum libbað, Lch. ii. 244, 25. <b>I a.</b> :-- Hors wilde yrnan equos solutos currere, Lch. iii. 202, 32. <b>V a.

be-tweoh

(prep.)
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be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio; dat. Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him men and beasts have enmity between them, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104; Met. 28, 52. Betweohs him among them; in cujus medio, Ex. 34, 10. Betwyh him among

be-weorpan

(v.)
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be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to cast, cast down, throwprojicere, dejicereto cast about or over, cover over, surroundconjicere, supertegere, cingere

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cover over, surround; conjicere, supertegere, cingere Hláford, lǽt hine [fíctreów] gyt ðis geár, óþ ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe mid meoxe Lord, suffer it [the fig-tree] yet this year, till I dig about it, and cast it about [surround it] with dung

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7..] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt.

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.
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Spl. 104, 15. a firm place, the firmament Bið trumnys on lande on hedhnyssum dúna erit firmamentum in terra in summis montium, Ps. Spl. 71, 16. Weorc handa his bodaþ trumnyss[e] ł staþol (firmamentum), Ps. Spl. 18, 1. v.trymness

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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. ¶ the word is found in many compounds, as the first part of words denoting localities, hǽþ-beorh, -burh, dún, -feld, -gára, -hricg, -leáh, -slæd, v. C. D. vi. 293, 294. as part of proper names, v. Txts. 595

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Þwyres ofer þrý crundelas; ofer ða strét; þwyres ofer ða dúne, 13, 32: vi. 226, 15. Hé hét ǽnne weall þwyres ofer eall ðæt lond ásettan from sǽ óþ sǽ, Ors. 6, 15; Swt. 270, 13.

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ge-dígan

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Add: to escape danger, (i) used absolutely Seó wiht (a steer), gif hió gedýgeð, dúna briceð, gif hé tóbirsteð, bindeð cwice cf. the Latin riddle: Si vixero, rumpere colles incipiam, vivos moriens aut alligo multos, Prehn, p. 212), Ra. 39, 6. with acc

up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascensionmountingthe ascensionan ascenta way of ascending

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Seó dún stent ... twelf míla on upstige fram ánre byrig there is an ascent of twelve miles from the town to the hill, Homl. Th. i. 502, 6. especially the ascension of Christ to heaven Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl.

æx

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Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6. Hé bær him æcse and adesan on handa, tácnode on ðám ꝥ hé nales tó ídelnysse on ꝥ mynster eóde, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Angl. ix. 263, l. Æxa bipennes , An. Ox. 2, 71. Æcssa, 2231.

módigian

(v.)
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His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg hé módegað, and tó-mergen hé ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.

sceadu

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. :-- Oferwreáh dúna his scadu operuit montes umbra eius, Ps. L. 79, 11. Add On middle sceadue deáþes, Ps. L. 22, 4. <b>II a.</b> destructive influence :--Ðonne hé mid dǽre sceade his slǽwðe oferbrǽt ðá scíre þe hé hæfð, Past. 336, 14.

ge-manian

(v.)
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</b> to make demand for a debt, to dun :-- Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund ánum men and wæs oft gemanod for ðǽre lǽne, Hml. Th. ii. 176, 35. (O. Sax. gi-manón : O. H. Ger. ge-manón memorare, admonere, commonere.)

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Dúne þá þe begęt ł gestreónde (adquisiuit) his swýðre, Ps. L. 77, 54. Ðeáh hié hit hrædlíce ætsomne ne gestriéndon (quidquid eorum nequitia nec simul nec repente congregavit), hié hit ðeáh swíðe hrædlíce aetsomne forluron, Past. 333, 18.

gréne

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On grénan dúne, v. 135, 36. On grénan pytt, ii. 28, 31. Andlang ðæs wuduweges on ðone gréne pað, iv. 98, 23. Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas, Gen. 511. Gréne wongas, 1657.

ést

favourluxuries

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Dunn hafað ðás bóc gesald his wífe an Godes ést, C. D. ii. 58, 21. where favour is shewn by gifts, gracious, liberal gifts, Similar entries cf. II. Ic eów góda gehwæs ést áhwette, An. 339.

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Ðú scealt Isaac onsecgan, siððan ðú gestígest dúne, Cd. Th. 172, 32 ; Gen. 2853 : 174, 22 ; Gen. 2882. Him eorla mód ortrýwe wearþ, siððan hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis, 187, 22 ; Exod. 155.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

hlinc

ridge

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Ofer dúne on meós-hlinc westeweardne; ðonne ádúne on ðá ýfre, ii. 172, 26. On cealdan hlinc westeweardne; þonne on wyrtrum oþ cealdan hlinc eásteweardne; on wyrtrum þonne gít norð, C. D. B. iii. 682, 13. Of ðǽre ǽc tó stánhlincan, C. D. iii. 78, 36

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, p. ode.

to make use ofemployenjoyto discharge an office

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Gif ðú his wel notast hwæt biþ wæstnbǽrre if you make good use of it (dung), what is more productive? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 34.