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bláwan

Grammar
bláwan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of a place,
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317

Linked entry: blǽd

elpend-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
elpend-tóþ, es; m.

An elephant's tooth ⬩ ĕlephantis dens

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An elephant's tooth; ĕlephantis dens, Cot. 78

dýdan

(v.)
Grammar
dýdan, p. dýdde, pl. dýddon; pp. dýded, dyýdd, dýd; v. a. [deád dead]

To put to death, kill ⬩ morti trādĕre, occīdĕre

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To put to death, kill; morti trādĕre, occīdĕre Nedýde man ǽfre on Sunnan dæges freólse ǽnigne forwyrhtne man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 9

Linked entry: dídan

dreór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-líc, dreórilíc; adj.

bloody ⬩ sanguinolentus ⬩ mournful, sad ⬩ mœstus, tristis

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bloody; sanguinolentus Ne wearþdreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf.

Linked entry: dreórig-líce

þiccian

(v.)
Grammar
þiccian, p. ode

To thicken (trans. and intrans.) ⬩ to make or to become thick, ⬩ of persons, to throng

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.), to make or to become thick, of persons, to throng Ic ðiccige denso and denseo, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 8. Þiccaþ densescit, spissat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 94. Ðá þiccodan þider semninga þa Ismahéli, Shrn. 38, 4

hilde

(n.)
Grammar
hilde, an; f.

A slope ⬩ declivity

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Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan, iii. 418, 25, 33

Linked entries: holde helde

þic-feald

(adj.)
Grammar
þic-feald, adj.

Dense ⬩ close

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Dense, close Þicfealdum þreátum spissis cohortibus, Hpt. Gl. 413, 1

fæng-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fæng-tóþ, es; m. [fang, q. v; tóþ a tooth]

A fang tooth ⬩ dens cănīnus

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A fang tooth; dens cănīnus, Text. Roff. p. 39, 26

elpend-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
elpend-tóþ, es; m.
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An elephant's tusk Elpendtóþ eburneus dens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 37

swǽran

(v.)
Grammar
swǽran, p. de

To make heavy, to oppress ⬩ gravare, praegravare, opprimere ⬩ gravare

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To make heavy, to oppress [ Eall se líchama geswǽred byþ and gehefegud, Lchdm. iii. 120, 22.]

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de

To trouble, afflict, grieve.

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To trouble, afflict, grieve. The verb occurs in this sense in later English Ofte hit timeð þat tat leoueste bearn sorheð and sweameð meast his ealdren, H. M. 35, 5. Þe engles beoð isweamed, þat seoð hare suster swa sorhfulliche afallet, 17, 20. Ure Louerd

Linked entry: á-swǽman

hamel

(adj.)
Grammar
hamel, (?); adj.
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Broken, rugged Æt hamelan dene, C. D. iii. 362, 36. On þonne þriddan hlinc ðe tó hamelan dúnæ hýrð . . . on ðá mearce ðe tó hamelan dúne hýrð, v. 361, 30-362, 1. Cf. Andlang streámes tó brocenan beorge, C. D. B. ii. 245, 34

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A tooth ⬩ tusk

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A tooth, tusk Tóð dens, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 54. Tóþ, 282, 70. Forrotad tóð dens putridus, Kent. Gl. 966.

Linked entry: fóre-téþ

DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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Sindon dena dimme the dells are dim, Exon. 115 b; Th. 443, 14; Kl. 30: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 13; Sat. 105: Ps. Th. 108, 8. Cwíst ðú oncnáwaþ hí wundru ðíne on ðám dimmum deorcan þýstrum numquid cognoscentur in tenēbris mirabĭlia tua? 87, 12

cwuc

(adj.)
Grammar
cwuc, def. se cwuca

alive, quick

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alive, quick, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20

twéntig-feald

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Týnfealdum oððe twéntifealdum deni aut viceni, R. Ben. I. 54, 15. Add

wítnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung-stów, e; f.

A place of punishment

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A place of punishment Seó micele byrnende dene is wítnungstów, in ðære beóð manna sáwla gewítnode and geclǽnsode, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: wítung-stów

æf-dæl

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dæl, æf-dæll, -dell, es; n.
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Tó æfdæll (-delle, R.) Lk. L. 19, 37. Substitute:

eorþ-hús

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hús, es; n. An earth-house, den, cave; hypŏgæum = ὑπόγαιον,subterrāneum
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Eorþhús hypŏgæum vel subterrāneum, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 37; Wrt. Voc. 59, 9. Rómáne him worhton eorþhús for ðære lyfte wylme the Romans built for themselves earth-houses because of the boiling heat of the air, L. M. 1, 72 ; Lchdm. ii. 146, 16

ellen-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-dǽd, e; f. [ellen valour, dǽd a deed]

A deed of valour, bold or valiant deed ⬩ virtūtis factum

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A deed of valour, bold or valiant deed; virtūtis factum Sceolde hine yldo beniman ellendǽda age should deprive him of bold deeds, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 13; Gen. 484: Judth. 12; Thw. 35, 22; Jud. 273. He secgan hýrde ellendǽdum he heard tell of valiant deeds