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mynster-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-mann, es; m.

A man who lives in a monastery ⬩ a monk

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C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 10, Ðás bóc be ðæra hálgena lífe ðe mynstermenn mid heora þénungum wurðiaþ, Homl. Skt. pref. 44: Swt. Rdr. 100, 148. Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynstermanna, ðe gemǽnan lífe drohtniaþ on mynstre, R. Ben. 134, 5 : 9, 3.

ge-blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blódegian, -blódgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blódegian to make bloody]

To make bloody ⬩ cover with blood ⬩ cruentāre

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To make bloody, cover with blood; cruentāre He ge-blódegod wearþ sáwuldrióre he was made bloody with life-gore, Beo. Th. 5378; B. 2692.

ge-búan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búan, p. -búde, pl. -búdon; pp. -búen, -bún [ge-, búan to dwell] .

To dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ versāri alĭquo lŏco ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ occupy ⬩ inhabĭtāre ⬩ incŏlĕre

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabĭtāre, incŏlĕre Hú hit [ðæt hús] Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon how the Ring-Danes had occupied it [the house], Beo. Th. 235; B. 117.

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2545;El. 1274. Brim wíde wǽðde, wælfæðmum sweóp, Cd. Th. 208, 8;Exod. 480.

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

fúl

(n.)
Grammar
fúl, e; f: fúle, an; f.

A foul, common or unconsecrated place ⬩ a highway where criminals were buried ⬩ lŏcus profānus

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A foul, common or unconsecrated place, a highway where criminals were buried; lŏcus profānus Sleá mon hine and on fúl lecge let him be slain and be laid in a common place, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 2.

rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt hé wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf.

hreran

(v.)
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To this hryre ( = hrere) might be assigned: but it might, perhaps, be looked upon as a mutated form of hrure, though there are few traces outside of the preterite-present verbs of such mutation. Cf. þætte ic hrure ł ꝥ ic feól, Ps.

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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Seó ús fyrre Ispania, hyre is be westan gársecg, and be norðan Wendelsǽ Hispania ulterior habet a septentrione Oceanum, ab occasu Oceanum 24, 8. Se Wendelsǽ ðe man hǽt Atriaticum 22, 14: 28, 9.

dóm

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Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25. Þú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó þæs windes dóme quo flatus impellerent, promovereris, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 33. Gebeád hé him hiera ágenne dóm feós and londes, Chr. 755; P. 48, 17: By. 38.

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to have ⬩ to be without

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Ne mæg ðæt ná beón ðæt ða bearn langunga nabban, Blickl. Homl. 131, 26. Næbben, Beo. Th. 3705; B. 1850. Hét mé fremdne god hergan, oððe hí nabban, Exon. Th. 247, 12; Jul. 77. Sint hí ðé pliólícran hæfd ðonne næfd, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, note 10

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

C

Grammar
C, In Gothic and Icelandic C is entirely wanting, being always represented by k. It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxons have seldom made use of k; but, following the Latin, have preferred the use of c.
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Sometimes q or ch; as, Similar entries cwén queen; Similar entries cild a child; Similar entries cin a chin. the Runic letter RUNE not only stands for the letter c, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon Similar entries cén a torch

morþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-dǽd, e; f.

A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed

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A deed which causes destruction, of the body Be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum and be morþdǽdum, gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre (v. last passage under morþ,II., and morþ-weorc), L.

for-sceamian

(v.)
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Substitute: To be or to make greatly ashamed Forscamed confusum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 48. to be greatly ashamed. with prep.

ge-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.

To assist ⬩ preserve ⬩ to be sufficient ⬩ adjuvare ⬩ subvenire ⬩ suppetere

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To assist, preserve, to be sufficient; adjuvare, subvenire, suppetere. Grammar ge-helpan, cum gen Ðonne hie mágon ðín gehelpan when they can help thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10.

Linked entry: ge-heolp

un-álífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífed, adj.

Unallowed ⬩ illicit ⬩ unlawful

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Unallowed, illicit, unlawful Be unáliéfedes mæstennes onfenge. Gif mon on his mæstene unáliéfed swín geméte, L. In. 39; Th. i. 132, 11. Unálýfedre willnunge inlicitae concupiscentiae, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 9.

Linked entry: á-lífan

and-feng

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Ben. 57, 20. Dagas ondfenges (andfenga, W. S.) his dies assumptions ejus, Lk. L. 9, 51. Be cumena andfenge de hospitibus suscipiendis, R. Ben. 80, 17. And*-*fencge, 96, 2: 102, 10.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Flód blóde weól, Beo. Th. 2848; B. 1422. Weóll, 4282; B. 2138. Wið ðon ðe mon blóde wealle þurh his múð, Lchdm. iii. 44, 22. Wæs on blóde brim weallende, Beo. Th. 1699; B. 847. absolute Benna weallaþ wounds bleed, Andr. Kmbl. 2810; An. 1407.

Linked entry: for-weallen

an-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
an-forht, adj.

Fearful ⬩ timid ⬩ timidus

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Fearful, timid; timidus Ne þearf ðonne ǽnig anforht [MS. unforht] wesan no one then need be fearful, Rood Kmbl. 232; Kr. 117

Linked entry: on-forht

cuu

(n.)
Grammar
cuu, gen. cuus; f.

A cow ⬩ vacca

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A cow; vacca Be cuus horne of a cow's horn, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, i. 3: Ps. Lamb. 67, 31

feorh-lyre

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lyre, es; m.

Loss of life ⬩ vītæ perdĭtio

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Loss of life; vītæ perdĭtio Gif feorhlyre wurþe if there be loss of life, L. E. B. 3; Th. ii. 240, 14