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The same change takes place after a short vowel in wah a wall; gen. wages.

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar

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A cry, outcry, hue and cry, crying, tumult, uproar Ðæra Sodomitiscra hreám ys gemenigfyld clamor Sodomorum multiplicatus est, Gen. 18, 20: Past. 55; Swt. 427, 33: Cd. 229; Th. 309, 28; Sat. 717.

Linked entry: hrýman

líxan

(v.)
Grammar
líxan, lícsan; p. te

To shine ⬩ glitter ⬩ gleam

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Hié gesáwon eóred líxan they saw the host glitter, 149; Th. 187, 28; Exod. 157: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 8; Ph. 94. Ðonne lígette líxan cwóman illuxerunt coruscationes tuæ, Ps. Th. 76, 15: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 25; Met. 9, 13. Líxende fulgens, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: lícsan

or-wíge

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wíge, adj.
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Saga hú ðú wurde ðus wígþríst ðæt ðú mec ðus fæste gebunde ǽghwæs orwígne ( without any power of resisting ), Exon.

Linked entries: -wíge on-wíge

æt-berstan

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S. 25, 100. to escape, be safe from danger, evil, &c. with dat. Ne mæg nán ætberstan þám gemǽnelican deáðe, Hml. A. 54, 105. Sé þe wile synnum ætberstan, Scrd. 22, 43. with acc. Hí ætberstaþ frecnyssa evadunt pericula, Coll.

heardlíce

(adv.)

boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly

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Banan heardlíce, grimme ongieldað, Sal. 131. with intensive force with verbs implying pain, injury, &c. Similar entries Cf. hearde; V, 1 Þéh se mennisca deófol synfullum móte heardlíce derian, Wlfst. 273, 22.

hund-twelftig

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And ðæt æreste godweb is háten Aurum caeleste, ðǽm ðióstre ne magon cxxtigum míla neáh gehleonian, Sal. K. 152, 17-20. Mid hundtwelftigan sciłł. . . . mid sixtigan scillinga, Ll. Th. i. 342, 2 ; 410, 9. Be .cxx.

CNEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CNEÓ, cneów, es; n.

a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus

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Hie on cneówum sǽton they sat on their knees Cd. 181; Th. 227, 2; Dan. 180; Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 22; Ors. 3, 9; Bos.68, 35; Exon. 48a; Th. 164, 19; Gú. 1014. Cneó bígeþ bends the knees Exon. 62b; Th. 229, 23; Ph. 459.

Linked entry: cneów

ge-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stígan, p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; pp. -stigen

To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend

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Siððan ðú gestígest steápe dúne after thou dost mount the lofty hills, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 32; Gen. 2853: 227; Th. 303, 14; Sal. 612. Beddreste gestáh mounted the couch, 102; Th. 135, 25; Gen. 2248.

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, ⬩ listen to, ⬩ hear, ⬩ hearken

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Hlystaþ hwæt ic secge hear what I say, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 310, 8. Hlyste hé gódes rǽdes let him hearken to good counsel, Homl. Th. i. 54, 16. Wé biddaþ ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20.

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.

riht-ryne

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Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . 'Cym tó ðínum ágenum rihtryne' nuntiavit quod cursus sui Padus alveum egressus ecclesiae agros occupasset. . . 'Ad proprium alveum redeas,' 193, 15-20.

Wandale

(n.)
Grammar
Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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Wandali) rícsodon . . . án wydewe sǽde ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde fram Wænla (Wendla, v.l. ) cyneges áðume, Gr. D. 179, 14-21. Wændla (Wendla, v.l. ) ríce, 181, 7.

Linked entry: Wendlas

Thómas

(n.)

Thomas

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Hé sǽde þómé (thómase,) (later MS.), Jn. Skt. 20, 27. Hé nýdde ðysne Thómam, ðæt hé weorðode sunnan deófolgild, Shrn. 156, 9: Mk. Skt. 3, 18

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Th. 289, 23; Sat. 402: 290, 26; Sat. 421. Hé fór mid monegum þúsendum, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 19. Ic me ná ondrǽde þúsendu folces non timebo millia populi, Ps. Th. 3, 5.

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere

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Ic on neorxna wonge niwe asette treów mid telgum I planted in paradise a new tree with branches, Cd. 223; Th. 295, 5; Sat. 481. síþ asettan to make a journey; iter facere He in helle ceafl síþ asette he made his journey into the jaws of hell, Andr.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette settan

be-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
be-cuman, he -cymþ; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen; v. intrans.

to BECOME ⬩ happen ⬩ befall ⬩ meet with ⬩ fall in with ⬩ contingere ⬩ evenire ⬩ supervenire ⬩ incidere ⬩ to come ⬩ enter ⬩ come or attain to ⬩ come together ⬩ venire ⬩ ingredi ⬩ pervenire ⬩ attingere ⬩ concurrere

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Ic eft up becom éce dreámas I again on high attained to eternal joys, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 4; Sat. 512. Becumen sí concurratur, R. Ben. 43. Becumendum to Segor venientibus in Segor, Gen. 13, 10

Linked entries: be-com be-cwom be-cymþ

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FAR ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe ⬩ beyond ⬩ moreover ⬩ ultra ⬩ porro

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Ðá gyt ðá he wæs feor his fæder, he hyne geseah when he was yet far from his father, he saw him, Lk. Bos. 15, 20. Nóht feor úrum mynstre non longe a monastērio nostro, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 5: Cd. 50; Th. 63, 28; Gen. 1039.

Linked entries: feorr fior

frætwe

(n.)
Grammar
frætwe, frætewe, frætuwe, frætwa, frætewa; gen. frætwa; pl. f.

Ornaments ⬩ adornments ⬩ decorations ⬩ treasures ⬩ ornāmenta ⬩ ornātus ⬩ res pretiōsæ

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Ic ðara frætwa þanc secge I say thanks for these ornaments, Beo. Th. 5580; B. 2794. Frætwa hyrde the guardian of the treasures, 6258; B. 3133. Máþma fela frætwa many treasures, ornaments, 74; B. 37.

Linked entry: frætewe

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lord ⬩ master ⬩ the Lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus

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Ic Freán þanc secge, écum Dryhtne I say thanks to the Lord, the eternal Ruler, 5581; B. 2794. He ðone wísan wordum hnǽgde freán Ingwina he addressed with words the wise lord of the Ingwines, 2642; B. 1319.