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hræd-lic

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Add: quick, swift. v. hræd; Hyra hors mid swá hrædlicum ryne ( tanto cursu ) oferférdon þá swylce . . ., Gr. D. 15, 28. of time, coming soon to an end.

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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whiteness Hwít ásolað nitor squalescit Angl. i. 285, § 2 : ii. 374, 3. something white, the white of an egg. Cf. hwít; ¶ Mid ǽges þý hwíte. Lch. ii. 82, 9. ǽges hwít , 342, 18.

récan

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récan, reccan.
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Leáses monnes word ne réce (recce, v. l. ) þú þæs gehiéranne, Ll. Th. i. 54, 3. Add Ne réces ðú deádo sié won ad te pertinet quia perimus, Mk. L. 4, 38. ne récað (recceað, v. l. ) hwæðer hit ongieten, Past. 195, 6.

þǽr

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þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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D. 148, 17. (1 b) marking place in a series :-- Sume úre ðéningbéc onginnað on Aduentum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres ord, Hml. Th. i. 98, 27. 1.

manian

(v.)
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Add hié suá micle lufað suá hié suíður manað and suingð ut eo se filios Dei sentiant, quo illos disciplinae flagella castigant, Past. 251, 22.

scegð

(n.)
Grammar
scegð, scǽð, es; m.: e; f.

A light, swift vessel

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A light, swift vessel Scægð trieris, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 1. Sceið, 56, 13. Litel scip vel sceigð scapha vel trieris, 47, 61. Ic gean mínre scǽðe for mínre sáwle intó Hramsége healfe ðam abbode and healfe ðam híréde, Chart. Th. 598, 9.

Coludes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Coludes burh, burhg; gen. burge; dat. byrig; f.

Colud's cityColdinghamBerwickshireScotlandColudi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici

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intravit monasterium Æbbæ abbatissæ, quæ; erat amita regis Ecgfridi, positum in loco quem Coludi urbem nominant Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 42.

Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Engle, Angle; pl. nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m: Englan; gen. ena; pl. m.

The AnglesAngli

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Engla cyningas kings of the Angles, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 38. Betweox Wealum and Englum between the Welsh and English, L. O. D. 2; Th. i. 352, 14

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth, Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.

belle

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On ðæs sácerdes hrægle wǽron bellan hangiende. Past. 93, 15: 95, 3: C. D. B. iii. 660, 34. Feohbót gebyreð . . . bócan and bellan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 8. Þonne gehýran cyricean bellan (campanas), Coll. M. 36, 1. Add

bósum

wombuter

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Add: bosom ; sinus, gremium. of persons bær on his bósme (sinu) Honorates scóh, Gr. D. 17, 9. wurdon gegripene fram móderlicum breóstum, ac wurdon betǽhte engellicum bósmum. Hml.

brogdettan

(v.)
Grammar
brogdettan, (brodd-, bród-, bréd-, brott- ?); p. te.

to shakequiverto glitterbe splendid

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to shake, quiver Brogdetteð vibrat, Txts. 107, 2132. Swá wæs æteówed, bródette byfiende mid wundorlicre styrunge ut apparuerit cancussione mirifica tremendo palpitasse, Gr. D. 166, 14.

caru

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Add Caru cura, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 60. care, trouble Gind ealne middangeard caru and gewin and ege crudelis ubique luctus, ubique pavor, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 21.

dragan

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Wildu hors hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas, Shrn. 117, 13. becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8.

ece

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wæs geþreád mid fefre . . . Þá ǽlce dæge weóx se ece and seó ádl hefegode correptus febri . . . Cum per dies singulos languor ingravesceret, Gr. D. 175, 17. Ðǽr ( in hell) is éce æce (ece, v. l. ), Wlfst. 114, 4.

fore-mǽre

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fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Add: of persons Sum swíðe ǽnlic wer and foremǽre quidam spectabilis vir, Gr. D. 307, 1. wæs swíðe foremǽre man for Gode, and his gód wæs swíðe gecýðed, Bl. H. 217, 2. Þus heálices and ðus foremǽres úres mundboran láre folgian, 169, 17.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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Take here &lt;b&gt;ge-scerpan&lt;/b&gt; in Dict., and add: to dress, clothe. of people Þá árás sylf and nine gescyrpte surrexit, vestimento se induit, Gr. D. 297, 12. Þeáh ús gescirpen mid þý reádestan godwebbe, Wlfst. 262, 21.

ge-bærnan

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Add: to expose to the action of heat Gebær[n]d stán calcis vi[v]a, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 27. Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33.

ge-dwelian

(v.)
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Þæt mód biþ mid ymbhogum gedwelod (ge-dweald, v.l.) þám hit ne mæg áredian Gode, Bt. 24, 4; 84, 33

gyte

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Add: a flood of water, downpour of rain Gyte inun-datio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 63: 45, 63. Swá mycel yðgiung and regnes gyte (inundatio) forþ cóm, Gr. D. 167, 25. a shedding of tears Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne?