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á-bláwan

(v.)
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Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml.

ge-rǽcan

Grammar
ge-rǽcan, <b>; I 3 a.</b> add: to attain (cf.
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Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21

deór-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
deór-mód, adj. [deór I. brave, bold; mód mood, mind]

Bold of mind, bravefortis anĭmi

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On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Diran héton in the plain which the brave men called Dura, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 14; Dan. 171. Deórmódra síþ the march of the brave, 147; Th. 183, 25; Exod. 97

helle-hund

(n.)
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helle-hund, es; m.

A hell-hound

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, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod.

lencten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíd, e; f.

Spring-timespringLent

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Hé on lenctentíd gesceóp ðone forman dæg ðyssere worulde ðæt is xv cl. Aprilis he in spring created the first day of this world, that is the 18th of March, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 135; Met. 29, 68

ge-blódegian

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

To make bloodycover with bloodcruentāre

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Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðam disce ánes fingres liþ eal geblódgod as if there lay in the dish the joint of a finger all covered with blood, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 27; Wanl. Catal. 43, 16. Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the dwelling be covered with blood, L.

stán-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hliþ, es; n.
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Th. 219, 28; Dan. 61. Stánhleoðum, Elen. Kmbl. 1302; El. 653. Ðás stánhleoþu stormas cnyssaþ, Exon. Th. 292, 18; Wand. 101. Se æðeling hét stormas restan ymb stánhleoðu, Andr. Kmbl. 3152; An. 1579. Æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo, 2467; An. 1235.

ómig

(adj.)
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ómig, adj.

rusty (v. óm), rust-colouredinflammatory

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On ðam magan ómigre wǽtan gefylled, 178, 9. Similar entries v. next word

Linked entries: hómig óm-cynn

for-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
for-fleón, p. -fleah, pl. -flugon; subj. pres. -fleó, pl. -fleón; pp. -flogen [for-, fleón to flee]

To flee away fromescapefŭgĕreeffŭgĕre

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Ðaetðás towerdan þing forfleón that ye escape those future things, Lk. Bos. 21, 36

ge-anwyrde

(adj.)
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ge-anwyrde, adj.

Knownmanifestconfessedprofessus

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He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5

Linked entry: ge-wyrde

scrúd-land

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-land, es; n.
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ðæs landes æt Orpedingtúne for his sáwle intó Cristes cyrican ðám Godes þeówum tó scrúdland. Chart. Th. 329, 19

tíd-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-þegnung, e; f.
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Service performed at one of the seven canonical hours Nú ic hæbbe be suman dǽle áhrepod be ðam dæghwamlícan tídþénungum ( the services at the several hours are described in what precedes this remark ), Btwk. 220, 40

Linked entry: tíd-sang

stód-fald

(n.)
Grammar
stód-fald, es ; m.
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An enclosure for a stud of horses Tó ðam aldan stódfalde ; and ðonne fram ðam stódfalde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 21. Of ðam wylle on ðone stódfald ; of ðam stódfalde, vi. 213, 21. Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8

wyrm-galdere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdere, es; m.

A serpent-charmersorcerer

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Ðá gelýfde se wyrmgaldere tó Gode þurh ðæt wundor, Shrn. 103, 5, 9

ed-níwung

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Ðá edníwunge and ðá láre hí forsáwen, ðǽr hí ǽr ne ongéten ðone hryre and ðá tóworpennesse aedificationis verba contemnerent, nisi prius ruinam suae destructionis invenissent, Past. 443, 16. Add

morgen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-líc, adj.

morningof to-morrow

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Ic beó ðýs morgenlícan dæge (on the morning of this day: St. Mary's death seems to have taken place on the day when she says this) gongende of líchoman, Blickl. Homl, 143, 2: 139, 18. of to-morrow Se morgenlíca dæg crastinus dies, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34

Linked entries: merigen- myrgen-líc

wærc

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.) ; for ðan se wræc (wærc, v.l. ) bid miceles cwelmes ǽlcum þára þe hé tó cymeð ; for ðan hine sóna ne lysteð metes ne drinces . . . ne ðǽr ne bið ǽnig wuldor mid him, þæt hé fore wynsumige, þeáh him syndon ealle wuldordreámas tó gelǽdde, Verc.

riht-geleáffull

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-geleáffull, adj.

Holding a true belief, orthodox

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Ðæt ríce ðam unrihtwísan cyninge áferran and on ryhtgeleáffulra and on rihtwísra anwald gebringan, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 19. Rihtgeleáffulum orthodoxis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 66

Linked entry: ge-leáfful

récels-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
récels-fæt, es; n.
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Fýr ofslóh ða óðre ðe offrodon ðone stór ðǽr hig heóldon ða récelsfatu, 16, 35

ge-bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bletsian, -bledsian ; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bletsian to bless]

To blessconsecratebenedīcĕreconsecrāre

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Ðú gebletsad eart thou art blessed, Cd. 192; Th. 241, 18; Dan. 406: 83; Th. 105, 13; Gen. 1752