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blunne

(v.)
Grammar
blunne, pl. blunnon; pp. blunnen

hast been deprived, ceased, rested

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hast been deprived, ceased, rested, Andr. Kmbl. 2760; An. 1382: Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 13; p. and pp. of blinnan

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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Here (unless ánre might be read for án?) sylhðe seems to be neuter (an iþja- stem, v. Kl. Nom. Stam. § 70), and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H.

bearhtm-hwíl

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Ꝥ ꝥ waes án brehtmhwíl (breahtm-, v. l.), þá heó ꝥ heáfod upp áhóf and se regn ofdúne feóll quatenus unum idemque esset momentum, et levare caput et pluviam deponere, Gr. D. 168, 6.

ellen-hete

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-hete, es; m.

Jealousy

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Jealousy Ic ondette . . . ellenhete and níð, Angl. xi. 98, 26

Linked entry: hete

grammaticere

(n.)
Grammar
grammaticere, es; m.
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A grammarian Grammaticeras and rímcræftige þegnas, Angl. viii. 327, 34

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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An inch one 12th of a foot, and one 24th of an ell.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

morþ-dǽd

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Add: evil-doing Ofsceamod for þære morðdǽde þe hé gedón hæfde, and for þám manslihte þe hé slóh mid þǽre handa, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 34. an evil deed Irre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda, Hml. A. 8, 190.

ge-þungen

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Add: in respect to age, advanced, mature Geþungen yld and swýðe eald yld ... hærfest and geþungen yld geférlǽcað, and winter and yld áteoriað, Angl. viii. 299, 25-27.

hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrstan, hierstan; p. te; pp. ed

To fryroast

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Nim áne clǽne panne and hyrste hý mid ele take a clean pan and fry them with oil, Lchdm. iii. 136, 4.

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Mín hyge blissaþ, wynnum wrídaþ my mind rejoices, blossoms with joyous thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1269; An. 635. Him oninnan oferhygda dǽl weaxeþ and wrídaþ, Beo. Th. 3486; B. 1741. Mán wrídode geond beorna breóst. Andr. Kmbl. 1534; An. 768.

Linked entry: wríþian

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, messuage, homesteada place marked out for a house or buildinga square piece of ground with walls but without roofan enclosed home-fieldcampusan elevated piece of grounda field where a house or building once stood.

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[Ic an] intó ðe túnkirke on Mardingford .v.-acres and áne toft and .ii. acres médwe . . . And míne landseðlen here toftes tó ówen aihte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 26-29. Alle míne men fré, and ilk habbe his toft and his metecfi and his metecú.

á-wendendlic

Grammar
á-wendendlic,
Similar entries
v. á-wendedlic
.
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Mid áwendenlicum méce romphea versatili, An. Ox. 1151. God ána unáwendendlic wunaþ and eallra ðára áwendendlicra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem conservat, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 10. Add

niht-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
niht-gerím, es; n.

Reckoning by daysnumber of days

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Fox 52; Men. 26: 110; Men. 55 : Andr. Kmbl. 229; An. 115 : 315; An. 158. Ealra hæfde Similar entries v. and syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes in all the number of his days when he died was nine hundred and sixty-five years, Cd.

sinc-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gestreón, es ; n.
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Treasure Hé wolde ofgifan secga seledreám and sincgestreón, beorht beágselu, Andr. Kmbl. 3311 ; An. 1658. Ic ðé an tela sincgestreóna, Beo. Th. 2456 ; B. 1226. Hringum þénede, sinc*-*gestreónum fǽttan goldes, 2189 ; B. 1093

ge-pós

Grammar
ge-pós, l. ge-pos,
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and add Swá byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig; flegmata ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii. 299, 36

bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, bógung, bðung, e; f.

Ostentationarroganceboasting

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D. 77, 4. þæt Iudéisce folc wæs up áhafen and hi sylfe herodon . . . þæt ludéisce folc gewát fram Gode forsewen þurh heora upáhefednysse and ágenre bógunge (praise of themselves). Hml. Th. ii. 428, 17. Substitute:

bí-nama

(n.)
Grammar
bí-nama, an; m.

A pronoun

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A pronoun Þá naman and þá bínaman, Angl. viii. 331, 5

eafoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eafoþ, es; n.

Strength, violence, mightvis

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Hie unlǽdra eafoðum gelýfdon they believed in the might, of savage spirits, Andr. Kmbl. 284; An. 142. Unlǽdra eafoþ the violence of the wretched men, 59; An. 30

Linked entry: eofoþ

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.
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Gál, wrǽne petulcus, i. luxuriosus An. Ox. 3336. Se Iovis wearð swá swíðe gál, þæt hé on his ágenre swyster gewífode, Wlfst. 106, 12. Twá mǽdencild . . . ꝥ án sydefull and ꝥ óðer sceandlic . . . ꝥ clǽne herigendlic, ꝥ gále tállic, Hml. S. 5, 281.

holm-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
holm-þracu, g. -þræce; f.

The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean,

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The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 467. Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen.