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DEÓP

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓP, dióp; adj.

DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn ⬩ prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis

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Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum flód elna the flood stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 15; Gen. 1398. Noe oferláþ ðone deópestan drencflóda Noah sailed over the deepest of drowning floods, 161; Th. 200, 29; Exod. 364.

Linked entries: dýp dype dióp

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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On wágum ðæra húsa ðe wið dúna standaþ, Lchdm. i. 124, 16. Wið wágas, 116, 21. Hí heora heáfdu slogan on ða wágas, Blickl. Homl. 151, 5 : Homl. Th. i. 106, 14. [Wahes, O. E. Homl. i. 247, 17. Þare halle wah, Laym. 25887.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

á-stígan

(v.)

downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount

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Of dúne ástiggende (-stígende,v. l.) condescendendo, Past. 101, 14. upward Ástíh up tó mé, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 29. Ástíg up, Bl. H. 87, 22. Þæt hié up ástigen emersisse, Wrt.

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Steápe dúne, Cd. Th. 172, 33; Gen. 2853. Steápe stánbyrig, 133, 17; Gen. 2212. Weallas steápe, Exon. Th. 383, 13; Rä. 4, 10. Beorgas ðǽr ne muntas steápe ne stondeþ, 199, 7; Ph. 22: Beo. Th. 450; B. 222: Andr. Kmbl. 1680; An. 842. <b>I a.

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32. Ǽr sumor on tún gá before summer come, Lchdm. iii. 6, 1.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Niþer stígende, of dúne stígende descendentem, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 16 : Jn. Skt. l, 51. trans. To ascend, mount Heáhlond stigon sibgemágas, Cd. Th. 202, 9 ; Exod. 385. Stealc hliþo stígan, Exon. Th. 498, 18 ; Rä. 88, 3

Linked entry: a-stígend

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain

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Sumra wyrta eard biþ on dúnum sumra on merscum sumra on mórum aliae herbae montibus oriuntur, alias ferunt paludes, 34, 10; Fox 148, 24. Ofer burna and ofer móras super rivos et paludes, Ex. 8, 5. Mistige móras, Beo.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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II. 35. the object a high place, to lower Ælc dún bið geeádmét, Hml.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Dúna staðelas montium fundamenta, Deut. 32, 22. Eorðan staþelas, Ps. Th. 81, 5: 103, 6. Steaðelas, Ps. Surt. 17, 8: ii. p. 194, 9. Staðulas, Cd. Th. 207, 28; Exod. 473. Ða staþolas ðære cyrican, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 16.

Linked entry: scaþel

hring

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IV. the border of a circular object, of land as bounded by the horizon :-- Siððan þú gestígest steápe dúne, hrincg ðæs heán landes, Gen. 2854. <b>IV a.

heáh

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On ánre heáre dúne, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 142, 14. Ofer heánne (heáne, v. l. ) munt, Past. 81, 13. Heáne, Met. 7, 4. Heáhne (héhne, R.), Mk. 9, 2. Muntas heáche (heáe, Srt.), Ps. L. 103, 18.

Linked entry: dynt

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild

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Sumra wyrta oððe sumes wuda eard biþ on dúnum. . . .

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

ídel

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Samson nolde gán ýdel of ðǽre byrig, ac hé ábær ðá gatu úp tó ðǽre dúne, Hml. Th. i. 226, 31. Ðene forleorton geonga ídelne eum dimiserunt uacuum Mk. L.

ród

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Of ðǽre dúne andlang þǽre róde oð hit cymð beneoðan stáncnolle, 248, 16. Of wáddene andlang ðǽre róde innon syx æceres, C. D. vi. 29, 34. On súga róde; andlang róde on huntena weg, iii. 48, 10.

ealdor-dóm

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Mk. p. 4, 8. of things Swylce eác be ðám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, þá hwæðere wíte habbað þæs ealdordómes, þæt heó beóð genehhe mid heofonfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262, 14.

ge-hýdan

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Hié biddaþ ꝥ seó eorþe hié forswelge and gehýde . . . hié cweþaþ tó; þǽm dúnum : ' Feallaþ ofer ús, and ús bewreóþ and gehýdað, ' Bl. H. 93, 27-33. reflex. Se Hǽlend becierde hié and gehýdde hiene Jesus fugit in montem ipse solus Past. 33, 15: Jn.

heáfod

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Of ðére dúne on beran heáfde ; of beran heáfde, 376, 7. Of ðám stáne tó ðám heáfde; big ðám heáfde, 384, 16. On ðam beorge ðat hit sticað on cheotoles heáfde, 434, 14. Tó dúnan heáfde; ðæt tó Hunes cnolle, v. 313, 13.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The prefixed á- is long because it is a contraction and represents the preposition æf of, off, from, away, out of, or the preposition on on, in, upon, into, or as the Lat. in and Eng. un; as á-dúne for æf-dúne, á-wendian for æf-wendian, á-drædan for on-drædan

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weapon ⬩ membrum virile

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Hí wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, Judth. Thw. 25, 33; Jud. 291. Wǽpen and gewǽdu, Beo. Th. 589; B. 292. Wápen healdan, méce, gár and gód swurd, Byrht. Th. 138, 45; By. 235. Wépen and sceldas. arma et scuta, Ps. Surt. 45, 10.

Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned

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