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þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed outa troughpipeconduita boxchesta coffinsarcophagustomb

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Ðá gesomnodon ða sticceo hí in ða þrúh, þurh ða ðe ðæt wæter fleów; ðá ne meahte ðæt wæter flówan, Shrn. 125, 12. a box, chest Fiscella spyrte ł þrúh, Germ. 400, 492. a coffin, sarcophagus, tomb Þrúh sarcofagum, Wrt. Voc, i. 49, 28. Ðúrh, 85, 78.

Linked entry: þrýh

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Þ frýnd móton beón bóte nýhst that the friends may be most nearly concerned with the 'bót', Ll. Th. i. 256, 4. Godes grið is ealra griða sélast, . . . and þǽr néhst þæs cynges ( and next to that the king's ), 330, 3.

ge-twǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twǽfan, p. de; pp. ed

To separatedivertdetainhinderdeprive

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To separate, divert, detain, hinder, deprive Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn do not thou let any living man divert thee from thy course, hinder thy journey, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 2; Bo. 23: Beo.

Linked entries: -twǽfan ge-twǽman

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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Billfrið- gismioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit (the book) gihrínade mið gold and mið gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 4 (v. Rä. 27, 15 supra). Tó middangeardes gihrina ad mundi ornatum, Rtl. 108, 29.

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

ǽg-hwæþer

(and) both . . . and

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Ǽghwæþer ge . . . ge (and) both . . . and:-- Hí ǽghwæðer ge an farað ge eft cumað, Met. 20, 12. Ǽghweþer, Bl. H. 125, 8: 215, 13. Forwyrnednesse ǽghweðer ge on mete, ge on hrægle, ge on ǽghwylcum þinge, 219, 29.

Linked entry: ǽg-þer

beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

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Add: bold, confident Bald fretus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 26: fretus, confidens, presumptus, 36, 12. Bealwes tó beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Ðá heó [the snake] gefylled wæs hé hét hý behyldan and ða hýde tóRóme bringan ... heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 1. Hé healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

GÁD

(n.; int.)
Grammar
GÁD, gǽd, es; n ?

A lackwantdesiredefectuspēnūriadesīdĕriumappĕtītus

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Nis him wilna gád, ne meara, ne máþma, gif he ðín beneah there is not to him a desire for pleasures, nor horses, nor treasures, if he lacks thee, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 6; Bo. 43

hreóh

(n.)
Grammar
hreóh, hréh; n.

stormtempest

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Ic bíde ðæs beornes ðe mé bóte eft mindóm and mægenes hreóh expectabam eum, qui me salvum faceret a pusillo animo et tempestate, Ps. Th. 54, 7

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, p. ode.
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of persons, to get weak or infirm from illness or weariness Týdraþ ðis bánfæt this body grows weak, Exon. Th. 178, 5; Gú. 1239.

Linked entries: týdrian ge-tídran

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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Cf. botl, ge-bytlu

leornung-mann

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Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, p. de.

to boilto torment, agitate, with violent feelings

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to boil (trans. ) Wyl (wel, v. l.) on wætere . . . wyl on ealdan wíne, Lchdm. i. 72, 7, 23. Wel on buteran, ii. 22, 25. Wæl, i. 374, 8.

Linked entry: a-wyllan

ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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Ðǽr genam Hettulf Honoriuses sweostor and siððon wið hine geþingode there Ataulf took the sister of Honorius and afterwards made an agreement with him, Ors. 6, 38; Bos. 133, 15.

Acsan mynster

(n.)
Grammar
Acsan mynster, Ascan mynster, Axan minster, es; n. [Acsa, an; m? the river Axe; mynster a monastery: Flor. Axanminster: Hunt. Acseminster]

AXMINSTER in Devonshirehodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi

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, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf reigned thirty-one years, and his body

and-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
and-weorc, ond-weorc, an-weorc, es; n.

Mattersubstancematerialmetala cause of anythingmateriacæmentummetallumcausa

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Matter, substance, material, metal, a cause of anything; materia, cæmentum, metallum, causa He ðæt andweorc of Adames lice aleoðode he dismembered the substance from Adam's body, Cd. 9; Th. 11, 16; Gen. 176.

Linked entry: an-weorc

ceren

(n.)
Grammar
ceren, cæren, cyren, es; n?

sweet wine carenum

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Cærenes gódne bollan fulne meng togædere mingle together a good bowl full of boiled wine, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 19. Cyren vel awilled wín dulcisapa, Cot. 62

elm-rind

(n.)
Grammar
elm-rind, e; f.

ELM-RIND or barkulmi cortex

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Well elmrinde boil elm-rind, 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 5. Nim elmrinde take elm-rind, 1. 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 8: 3, 29; Lchdm. ii. 324, 15. Genim elmrinde gréne take elm-rind green, 1. 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 15.

hefig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hefig-ness, e; f.

Heavinessslownessweightgriefaffliction

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Heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse no heaviness of the body can altogether take away rectitude from his mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29: 156, 12.

scild-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
scild-hreóða, -hréða, an ; m.
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Th. 42, 19; Cri. 675. v. bord-hreóða, and cf. hréðan melote , Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 63

Linked entry: scild-réða