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hleóðor

(n.)
Grammar
hleóðor, es; n.

hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song

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Stefnum herigaþ hálgum hleóðrum heofoncyninges þrym with voices and holy songs they praise the glory of heaven's king, Andr. Kmbl. 1445; An. 723: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 94; Met. 13, 47: Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 22; Gú. 878: Cd. 81; Th. 102, 1; Gen. 1693

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something

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Biþ se glencg ágoten and se þrym tóbróden, Wulfst. 263, 8 note. Ðæt hé wǽre from ðám hundum tóbróden, Shrn. 145, 4. to pull apart Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum their limbs weru torn from one another, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 72.

HÝÐ

(n.)
Grammar
HÝÐ, e ; f.

a port ⬩ haven

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Cómon ðǽr þrý men tó ðære hýðe three men came to the landing-place, Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 24. Ðǽr æt hýðe stód æðelinges fær, Beo. Th. 63 ; B. 32: Elen. Kmbl. 495; El. 248: Exon. 52 a ; Th. 182, 8; Gú. 1307.

Linked entry: húðe

hǽþen-scipe

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A. 142, 120. a particular form of heathen belief Þá þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his ( Nebuchadnezzar's ) hǽþenscipe, Hml.

saltere

(n.)
Grammar
saltere, es; m.

a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery ⬩ the book of Psalms ⬩ a psalter, ⬩ to sing psalms

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Singe eal geférrǽden ætgædere heora saltere ða þrý dagas. Wulfst. 181, 21. Ǽlc bróður singe twegen salteras sealma . . . vi. mæssan oððe . vi. salteras sealma each brother shall sing two portions of psalms from the psalter. Chart. Th. 614, 7, 11

Linked entries: psaltere sealten

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lend ⬩ grant ⬩ lease

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Lǽne mé þrý hláfas commoda mihi tres panes, Lk. Skt. 11, 5. Lǽne mé ða bóc tó rǽdenne commoda mihi librum ad legendum, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 20. Ne lǽne ðínum bréðer nán þing tó híre non fænerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam, Deut. 23, 19.

Linked entry: ge-léned

æt-sacan

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</b> </b> absolute Gif man ætsace, ládige hine mid þry-fealdre láde, Ll. Th. i. 404, 2 : ii. 298, 7, 10, 13. with gen.

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster ⬩ cyma ⬩ thyrsus ⬩ spica, corymbus ⬩ racermus, uva ⬩ the CROP or craw of a bird ⬩ vesicula gutturis ⬩ a kidney ⬩ rien

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Genim ðysse wyrte þrý croppas take three sprouts of this herb Herb. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 10.

Linked entry: croppa

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morning ⬩ morn ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow

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Drince þrý morgenas let him drink three mornings, Lchdm. i. 88, 13. Nigon morgenas, ii. 118, 5. viiii morgnas . . . viii morgnas, 294, 1.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Substitute: p. ge-þrycte, ge-þryhte; pp. ge-þrycced, ge-þryced, ge-þryct. to press Ðá hand geðrycð ( premit ) sió incunde lufu, Past. 389, 13. to press down, oppress, depress Ðæt gesuinc hira ágenra welera hié geðrycð labor labiorum ipsorum operiet,

fór

a journey ⬩ an expedition ⬩ march

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Hé wæs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas, Bl. H. 217, 17. an expedition of armed persons, march of an army Hé wæs hergende and bærnende þætte Cartainense mehton geseón of heora byrg ꝥ fýr and þone teónan, þonne hió on fóre wǽron, Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 35.

BRÓÐOR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓÐOR, bróðer, bróder, bróður; d. bréðer; but often indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. bróðor, bróðer, bróður, bróðru, bróðro, ge-bróðor, er, ru, ro, ra; g. bróðra, ge-bróðra; d. bróðrum, ge-bróðrum; m.

A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father

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Bróðor þrý the three brothers, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 28; Gen. 2033. His bróðru fóron fratres ejus ascenderunt, Jn. Bos. 7, 10. His bróðro cwǽdon fratres ejus dixerunt, 7, 3. For míne bróðru propter fratres meas, Ps. Th. 121, 8.

ge-beran

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Voc. ii. 29, ii. 29,61. to bear young. to carry in the womb þú wuldres þrym bósme gebǽre, Cri. 84. to bring forth: — þ ín wíf þé gebereþ (pariet ) sunu. Bl. H. 165, 9. Gif hió cwic bearn gebyreð, Ll. Th. i. 22, 4 : 24, 1.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurk ⬩ skulk

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Lutiaþ ðǽr þrý dagas ibi latitate tribus diebus, 2, 16. Eal ðæt gehýddes lutige omne, quod clausum latet, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 15.

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortune ⬩ mishap

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Ðá geáxodon þrý cyningas eal his ungelimp, ii. 454, 6. Wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 23. Gif ús ungelimpas on ǽhtum getímiaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 27.

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum

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Genim wegbrǽdan þrý cýþas take three sprouts of plantain, Herb. 2, 14; Lchdm. i. 84, 14. Ðú meaht gesión lytelne cíþ on ðínes bróður eágan thou canst see a little mote in thy brother's eye, Past. 33, 6; Cot. MS. 42b, 32.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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. ¶ in the phrase tó láfe as remainder, remaining, left Þrý dagas nú tó láfe syndan, Bl. H. 231, 14. Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten ?

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Gewelegodum a predito, 2, 3. to become rich Ellenróf úp ástondeð, þrymme gewelgað ( becomes enriched with glory, becomes glorious ), Pa. 41. to make rich. of material wealth, the object a person, to bestow wealth on another Ðet ic geweolegie ut ditem

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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. , cyninges þrym, . . . ár and fægernes werum and wífum, 265, 6 — 9. Seó ár and seó eádignes þæs heán heáhengles tíde, Bl. H. 197, 3. Ne onmun þú mé nánre áre wyrþne, 183, 1. Áre honore, Ps. Spl. C. 8, 6. On áre beón in honore esse. Ps. Th. 48, 11.

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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Ða eorlas þrý, nom. pl. the three men, 95; Th. 123, 16; Gen. 2045. Eorlas wénaþ men think, 86; Th. 109, 22; Gen. 1826. Fór eorlum before the people, 98; Th. 129, 1; Gen. 2137. þegna and eorla of thanes and earls, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 15 ; Met. 25, 8.

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm