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gram-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gram-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Fierce-minded, hostilely disposed Gramhegdig, Ps. C. 50, 49; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 49. Gromhýdig guma, Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 6; Az. 170: 18 b; Th. 46, 8; Cri. 734: Beo. Th. 3502; B. 1749. Ðǽr nǽfre feóndes ne biþ gástes gramhýdiges gang where never shall

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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broad land, the face of the earth. Cf. wíd*-*sǽ Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9

wíd-scriþol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scriþol, (-el, -ul); adj.
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Wide-wandering, roving, rambling Hlúd and wídscriðel garrula et vaga, Kent. Gl. 188. Ðæt feórðe muneca cyn is wídscriþul (wíðscriþel gyrovagum, R. Ben. Interl. 10, 16) genæm*-*ned, R. Ben. 9, 21. Hit is yfel, ðæt sume (munecas) synd to wídscriþole, L

Linked entry: scriðol

for-seárian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. of material Þás cynehelmas nǽfre ne forseáriað, Hml. S. 34, 82. Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16.

gryre

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Add: the state of being terrified Ðurh hine gewyrð swá micel gryre, swá nǽfre ǽr on worulde ne gewearð, Wlfst. 19, 6. Gryre se mǽsta, 25, 19: 203, 4. Ásprang micel óga and gryre ofer ealle ðá ungeleáffullan, Hml. Th. i. 470, 8. Gryre and ege, Hml. S.

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Add Áteoriaþ desislunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 39 : 59, 51. Áteorada defuit, 138, 27. to get exhausted, faint, lit. On ðisum lífe wé áteoriað gif wé ús mid bigleofan ne ferciað, ... gif wé tó lange waciað wé áteoriað, Hml. Th. i. 488, 32-4. Gif ic hí forlǽte

be-habban

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Add: to surround, embrace. Asia ealne middan-geard fram þǽm eástdsǽle healfne behæfð Asia per totam transversi plagam orientis extenditur. Ors. I, I; S. 8. 9. Sinewealt crop brúnon blóstman behæfd, Lch. i. 282, 17. to hold, contain Máran endebyrdnysse

íþ-ness

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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7. Ús wæs ánes þinges éþnes ( una res fuit saluti ), ꝥ se snáw leng ne wunede

sárian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
sárian, ode.

to feel pain for, feel sorry forto be soreto grieve, be sad

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to feel pain for, feel sorry for Heó is má tó sárianne magis dolendum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 40. to be sore Similar entries (v. sár; adj. ), of physical pain Hé (the disease) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ the wound gets painful, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20. Ða liran

ge-andswarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andswarian, ge-ondswarian.

to answerto respond

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Add: to answer in words Geondsuarede respondens Mt. L. 26, 25 : Lk. L. 7, 43. Geondsuarade (giondsworade, R.), 22, 51 : 14, 5. Geondsuearede, Jn. L. 18, 23. Geondswearade, 2, 19. Geondsuærade, 3, 3. Geonsuarede, Mk. L. 14, 61. Geonsuarde, Mt. L. 27,

hyrstan

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

To fryroast

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To fry, roast Ic herste frigo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 64. Hwæt is þinga ðe bietere síe on ðæs láreówes móde oððe hit suíður hierste quid vero acrius doctoris mentem frigit? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 2. Nim áne clǽne panne and hyrste hý mid ele take a clean

winnan

Grammar
winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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add: to be ill Hé winneð, and eft in þǽre untrumnise se mon swelteð, Archiv cxxix. 34, 25. Hé winneð (hine ádl gestandeð, v.l. ), 30. <b>I c.</b> :-- Mé sǽdon his geongran ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan quidam vir

á-drencan

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Add: where the subject is a person Hí man on sǽ ádrencte, Hml. S. 28, 127. Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton, Chr. 890; P. 82, 14. Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19. Hí hig sylfe ádrencton, Jud. p

BANA

(n.)
Grammar
BANA, bona, an; m.

A killermurderermanslayerthe devilinterfectoroccisorhomicidadiabolus

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A killer, murderer, manslayer, also applied to the devil; interfector, occisor, homicida, diabolus Ðam wearþ Weohstán bana to whom Weohstan became a murderer, Beo. Th. 5220; B. 2613: Cd. 144; Th. 180, 3; Exod. 39. Banena byre the son of the murderers

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eáwan

(v.)
Grammar
eáwan, p. de; pp. ed

To shew, manifest ostendĕre, manifestāre

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To shew, manifest; ostendĕre, manifestāre Hi þenceaþ þreá þearle þeódum eáwan they intend to shew a severe chiding to the nations, Ps. Th. 149, 7. He eáweþ him egsan he shews them terror, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 11; Gú. 57: Beo. Th. 557; B. 276. Ne sindon

næs

(v.)
Grammar
næs, = ne wæs

was not

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was not Wǽre ðú tódæg on huntnoþe ? Ic næs, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 1 : 34, 9. Ðú nǽre mildsiend ofer heora cild, Blickl. Homl. 249, 6. Man næs, ðe ða eorþan worhte, Gen. 2, 5. Nǽron ðá welige hámas, ne diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan, forðam hí ðá git

óþ-swerian

(v.)
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to abjure, deny on oath Ðá óþswóran hié mid ðam bismerlícestan áðe ðæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre ðéh ðe ða áðas wǽren neár máne ðonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumu-lavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 10. Gif hlóþ ðis gedó and eft

un-eáðelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíc, adj.

difficult to doimpossibledifficult to beargrievoustroublesome

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difficult to do, impossible Uneáðelíc ðæt ys mid mannum apud homines hoc impossibile est, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 26. Uneáþelíc, Mk. Skt. 10, 27. Líg fýres on ceafa yrnende æthabban ys uneáþelíc flammam ignis in paleas currentem retinere est impossibile, Scint

un-gleáwness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gleáwness, e; f.

Want of understandingunskilfulnessfoolishnessblindness

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Want of understanding, unskilfulness, foolishness, blindness (fig.) Unglædnes (-glǽwnes?) imperitia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 25. Sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, ðæt ðú hit ne canst on riht gecnáwan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 33. Ongleáwnis imperitia, Scint. 5,

Linked entry: un-glædnes

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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To move accidentally(?), to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan