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seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20 : Cd. Th. 275, 17 ; Sat. 173 : 276, 12 ; Sat. 187. Ðǽr is sang æt selde ( the throne of God ), 306, 12 ; Sat. 662. Sang ymb seld secgan, 279, 9 ; Sat. 235.

Linked entry: sæld

ge-hwǽde

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Voc. i. 51, 19. applied to material objects. of size Fram dúne gehwǽdre a monte modico Ps. L. 41, 7. Bát gehwǽdne lembum exiguum Wülck. Gl. 254, 26. Ðeós wyrt hafað gehwǽ;dne wyrttruman, Lch. i. 260, 5.

ge-limp

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Þǽr eardode sum man Garganus geháten: of his gelimpe ( he was accidentally shot) wearð seó dún swá gecíged, Hml. Th. i. 502, II. Hé þá hire árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap.

hentan

to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get

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And he fel dun in dedes bond, Gen. and Ex. 2715.] with prep, hentan æfter to try to get Nime hé leáfe ꝥ hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan (licentiam accipiat ut suum audeat perquirere, Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 386, 17

heofon-ríce

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On þá dúne þe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, heofonríces weard, El. 718. heaven as the abode of beatified spirits Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce, Solil. H. 8, 1.

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, adv.
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Add: physical. so as to extend to a great height Be ðám heán muntum and dúnum þá ðe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, Wlfst. 262, 13.

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.

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
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</b> seasonably, in a manner appropriate to a season :-- Seó dún wæs tídlíce gréne the hill, as was natural to the season (the date was June 22), was green; mons opportune laetus, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 21. in time, in good time, betimes, early, soon

Linked entry: tímlíce

þweores

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

across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly

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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.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
þerscan, p. þærsc, pl. þurscon; pp. þorscen
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Se ðunor ðæt deófol ðrysceþ mid ðære fýrenan æcxe, and hit drífeþ tó ðære írenan racenteáge ðe his fæder on eardaþ, Salnt. Kmbl. p. 148, 6. Sume hiá ðurscun quosdam caedentes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 5. Hí þurhsun (þurcsun, MS.

Linked entries: þærscan þrexan ðrysceð

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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On ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 56. of land, a hause (as in Esk Hause), a col; cf. ge-sweoru Dúna swioran juga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 18.

Linked entries: swira swyra

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.

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

sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
sméðe, adj.

Smooth ⬩ smooth, without roughness or inequalities ⬩ smooth, without discomfort or annoyance ⬩ smooth, suave, avoiding offence ⬩ smooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc.) ⬩ smooth ⬩ not harsh, melodious, harmonious

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Án dún ful sméðe Homl. Skt. i. 19, 109. On sméðum felda on a plain Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 14. Wé becóman on summe sméðne feld (in viam planom) Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 40. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on sméðum landum Lchdm. i. 90, 3 : 298, 3.

-ing

(suffix)
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Dunnington is not Duning tún, but Dunnan tún.' Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 59, nn; see also the text in the following pages, and Taylor's Names and Places, pp. 82-3, 89.

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

inne

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(a γ) with hér :-- Hér syndon inne dohtor míne, Gen. 2464. indoors Witan ge lǽsse ge máre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, ge on túne ge on dúne ... ge inne ge úte, Angl. ix. 260, 1. where there is idea of confinement Gif hé hine (an ox) inne betýnan nolde (

wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.
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Sumra wyrta eard biþ on dúnum, sumra on merscum, sumra on mórum, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 22. Mid missenlícum blóstmum wyrta áfægrod variis herbarum floribus depictus, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 22: Exon. Th. 358, 17; Pa. 47.

Linked entry: blód-wyrt

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