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melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narratoran informerannouncera betrayer

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a narrator, an informer, announcer Ðæs ðe ic ǽfre on ealdre ǽngum ne wolde monna ofer moldan melda weorþan what I would never relate to any man upon earth, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 3; . 1203: 73 b; Th. 275, 28; Jul. 557.

neán

(adv.)
Grammar
neán, adv.

from nearnearclose at handnearlyabout

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from near Neán and feorran from near and far, Cd. Th. 14, 28; Gen. 225. Feorran oððe neán, 64, 8; Gen. 1047. Somnaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan, faraþ feorran and neán, Exon. Th. 220, 26; Ph. 326: Beo. Th. 1683; B. 839.

Linked entry: neón

nosu

(n.)
Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.

the nosea nessa piece of land projecting into water

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Voc. ii. 62, 4 : 1. 43, 17 : 64, 48 : naris, ii. 60, 37 : nasus vel naris, i. 70, 29. Eal ufweard nosu columna; foreweard nosu pirula, 43, 18, 21. Eal nosu columna, ii. 16, 49. Nose grystle internasus vel interfinium, i. 43, 20.

Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, oldcomam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote that mixture of colour which the hair assumes on approaching or increasing senility, Price's Warton i. xcvi. note 20 Gelpan ne þorfte

Linked entry: blonden-feax

ge-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ferian, -fergan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To carryconveybearleadconductferrevehĕredūcĕre

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He geferode hine mid mycclum wurþscipe to Scæftes byrig he conveyed it with great honour to Shaftesbury, Chr. 980; Erl. 129, 33. Ðæt he úsic geferge in Fæder ríce that he convey us into his Father's kingdom, Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 1; Cri. 345.

ge-hwá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, m. -hwæt; n. g. -hwaes; pron.

Every onewhoeverwhoquisquequis

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Fæder-æðelo gehwæs the ancestry of each, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 24; Exod. 361. Ðonne feran sceal ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce when the soul of each one shall go from the body, Exon. 54 b; Th. 191, 24; Az. 93 : 64 b; Th. 238, 3; Ph. 598.

stæf

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Add Álecge þonne his wǽpna, and nime stæf him on hande, and bærfót, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 19. <b>I a.

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes; n.

Fat, grease, suet, tallow adeps, arvina, unctura grease, fat, butter

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Heorotes smera oððe gáte oððe góse 68, 26 : 80, 18. Ðæt smeru wand út Jud. 3, 22. Smeoruwes Ps. Th. 62, 5. Beran smeruwes (smerwes, MS. B.) Lchdm. i. 216, 15. Mid gáte smeorwe (smerwe,MS. B.) 354, 1. Mid smeorwe adipe Ps. Surt. 62, 6.

Linked entries: smera smeru

gímen

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Take here <b>gémen, gýmen</b> in Dict., and add Gýmen vel hoga studium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59. Gýmen exercitio, i. meditatio 144, 66. care for a person or thing, seeing after the welfare, proper condition of.

æt-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-felgan, p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen; v. intrans.

To cleave onadherestick toadhærere

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To cleave on, adhere, stick to; adhærere Mín sáwul flóre ætfealh adhæsit pavimento anima mea, Ps. Th. 118, 25: 118, 31: Beo. Th. 1941; B. 968 : Ps. Spl. C. 62, 8

Linked entries: æt-fealh et-felgan

æt-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gifan, p. -geaf, -gaf, pl. -geáfon, géfon; pp. -gifen [æt to, gifan]

To give torenderaffordtribuereaflferre

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To give to, render, afford; tribuere, aflferre Ic him Mf-wtaðe lytle meahte ætgifan æt gúðe / could render to him little life-protection in the conflict, Beo. Th. 5748; B. 2878

eáþ-fynde

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-fynde, adj.

Easy to be foundfacĭlis inventu

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Easy to be found; facĭlis inventu Ðá wæs eáþfynde then was easy to be found. Beo. Th. 276; B. 138: Cd. 93; Th. 120, 12; Gen. 1993. v. éþ-fynde, ýþ-

Linked entry: éþfynde

eorþ-græf

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-græf, es; n.

A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, wellfossa, pŭteus

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A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, well; fossa, pŭteus Isernes dǽl eorþgræf pæðeþ a part of iron passes the well, Exon. 114 b; Th. 439, 26; Ru. 59, 9

FǼR

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FǼR, fér, es; m.

FEAR, danger, peril tĭmor, terror, pĕrīcŭlum

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FEAR, danger, peril; tĭmor, terror, pĕrīcŭlum Hie se fǽr begeat the peril overwhelmed them, Beo. Th. 2141; B. 1068. Fǽr ongéton they felt fear, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 16; Exod. 452

Linked entries: FǼR fér fér

fæst-hydig

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-hydig, adj.

Steadfast in mind constans anīmo

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Steadfast in mind; constans anīmo Ic ðé wát fæsthydigne I know thee steadfast in mind, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 18; Gen. 1347: Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 30; Gn. Ex. 102

geápung

(n.)
Grammar
geápung, e; f.

A heapingheappilecŭmŭlus

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A heaping, heap, pile; cŭmŭlus Fóþ him on, and on geápunga eówre niðerunge gelǽdaþ accĭpĭte, et in cŭmŭlum damnātiōnis vestræ dūcĭte, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 14, note 13, MS. B

mád

(adj.)
Grammar
mád, (v. ge-maad vecors,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
); adj.

Unreasoningfoolishmad

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Unreasoning, foolish, mad Þrinteþ him on innan ungeméde mád mód within him (one guilty of oferhygd) swells a mind displeasing by its folly, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 2; Mód. 25

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450

gifre

(adj.)
Grammar
gifre, adj.

Usefulsalutary

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Useful, salutary Niðum to nytte hæleþum gifre of advantage to men, useful to warriors, Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 12; . 27, 28: 113 a; Th. 433, 6; . 50, 3

Linked entry: un-gifre

bi-worpen

(v.; part.)

cast about, surroundedcinctus

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cast about, surrounded; cinctus Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; . 1, 5, = be-worpen; pp. of be-weorpan