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rýne

(n.)
Grammar
rýne, es; n.

A mystery, mysterious saying

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Rýne ongietan reádan goldes guman galdorcwide gleáwe beþuncan let men understand the mysterious speech of the red gold (a ring which is represented as speaking), wisely consider its charm, Exon. Th. 432, 26; Rä. 49, 6.

Linked entry: ge-rýne

wilsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wilsumlíce, adv.

willinglyvoluntarilyspontaneouslydevoutlydevotedly

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Surt. 53, 8. devoutly, devotedly Lifde se man his líf Gode swýþe willsumlíce ducens vitam multum Deo devotam, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 29

hangra

(n.)
Grammar
hangra, an; m.

A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,

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Ealle ða hangran betweónan ðam wege and ðam ðe tó Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle tó Fearnebeorgan all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17

Cwichelmes hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
Cwichelmes hlǽw, Cwicchelmes hlǽw , Cwicelmes hlǽw ,es; m. [hlǽw a heap, barrow, small hill: Flor. Cuiccelmeslawe: Hunt. Chichelmeslaue: Hovd. Cwichelmelow: Cwichelm's hill; Cwichelmi agger]

CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi

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Wallingford, and burned it all down; and were then one night at Cholsey, and then went along Ashdown to Cuckhamsley hill, and there tarried out of threatening vaunt, because it had often been said, if they came to Cuckhamsley hill, that they would never go

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To entergo in

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To enter, go in Ic ingange ingredior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 47. Ic on unscyldignyssa mínre ic ingange ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ingangeþ cyningc wuldres introibit Rex gloriæ, 23, 7.

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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Uton þyder geond gán let us go over there to the place, 748: 321. Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond, Lch. ii. 38, 4. <b>II a.</b> with a verb of looking :-- Ic lócade hider and geond ( huc illucque ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 622, 2

Andefera

(n.)
Grammar
Andefera, an; m.

ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Antonoppidum in agro Hamtunensi

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About the year 1164 Simeon Durham writes it Andeafara = Ande-eá-fara a farer over the river Ande, on the bank of which Andover is built, v. fara a traveller, faran to go, travel, sail. From the A. Sax. of the MS. Cott. Tiber. B.

be-

(prefix)
Grammar
be-, , bi-, big-, and bí- are often used as prefixes.
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transitive verb, or change an intransitive into a transitive verb, as,-Sprengan to sprinkle, be-sprengan to be-sprinkle; lecgan ponere, be-lecgan im-ponere; settan to set, put, be-settan to be-set, surround; fón to seize, be-fón to surround; gangan to go

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRYbaccaa grapeuva

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wín-berie, q. v. a wine-berry, is generally used in Anglo-Saxon for a grape, yet berge, berige are sometimes found, as, - Gif ðú gange binnan ðínes freóndes wíneard, et ðæra bergena swá fela, swá ðú wylle, and ne ber ðú ná má út mid ðé if thou shalt go

forþ-feran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-feran, p. de; pp. ed.

To go forthdepartdiedecēdĕredefungimŏriexpīrāre

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To go forth, depart, die; decēdĕre, defungi, mŏri, expīrāre He ðǽr forþferan sceolde he should die there, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 25: 4, 11; S. 579, 29, 42. Hí ðǽr cýddon hine forþferende quem ĭbīdem ŏbiisse narrāvĕrint, 3, 29; S. 561, 4.

botl

(n.)
Grammar
botl, es; n.

An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, halldomus, ædes, domicilium, atrium

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Mín se éca dǽl in gefeán fareþ, ðǽr he fægran botles brúceþ my eternal part [i.e. the soul] shall go into joy, where it shall enjoy a beautiful mansion, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 14; Gú. 354.

Linked entry: ge-bytlu

sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
sciftan, p. te.
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Scifte man of ðam gemóte ða ðe him tó rídan those who may go to him shall be appointed from the meeting , L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. , 268, 15

Linked entry: scyftan

fore-þingung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-þingung, e; f.

A pleading for anyoneintercessionintercessio

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Mid gódum foreþingungum with good intercessions, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 21, note, MS. Ca.; Rtl. 49, 34

IC

(pronoun.)
Grammar
IC, pron. of 1st pers. s.

I

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Ic eom Gabriel ic ðe stande beforan gode ego sum gabrihel qui adsto ante deum, 1, 19. For Wulfgáres sáwle ðe ic hit selle for Wulfgars's soul [I] who give it, Chart. Th. 496, 24

in-here

(n.)
Grammar
in-here, es ; m.

A native armyhome-force

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fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to the people of the country, so that neither the native nor the foreign army did them any good

LEÁD

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁD, es; n.

Lead

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Ðú herast ðone mancgere ðe begytt gold mid leáde, Homl. Th. i. 254, 26

þrǽl-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl-riht, es; n.
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Frige men ne mótan wealdan heora sýlfra, ne faran ðár hí willaþ, ne áteón heora ágen, swá swá hí willaþ; ne þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, ne ðæt ðæt heom on Godes ést góde men geúðon and tó ælmesgife for Godes

gilpen

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., and add Oððe se gielpna (gilpna, v. l.) and se ágíta for his góda mierringe gielpe, and wéne ðæt hé sié kystig and mildheort aut cum effuse quid perditur, largum se quasi miserando glorietur Past. 149, 19.

neádung

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Heó wolde lybban hyre líf on mægðháde sylfwilles for Gode, ná for neádunge, Hml. A. 32, 191. Þæne deófollican unðeáw, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145. 23

on-bærnan

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Add Hit byþ onbærned (accenditur) of wiðmetennesse gódra wera tó þǽre lufan þæs tóweardan lífes, Gr. D. 8, 19