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niþer-hryre

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-hryre, es; m.
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A falling down Mid fylle oððe mid niþerhryre casu vel praecipitatione, Scint. 229, 12

þurh-smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smirwan, þurh-smirian
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to anoint thoroughly Hé mid ele and mid crísman mé þurhsmyrede, Wlfst. 229, 3

Linked entry: smirwan

hreám

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Gif wé þurhwuniað on úrum gebedum, þonne mage wé gedón mid úrum hreáme þæt se Hǽlend stent, Hml. Th. i. 156, 26. Þeáh ðe hé mid hreáme ðæs bǽde, ii. 500, 21. Heó mid hreáme clypode: 'Mǽre is se god . . .,' Hml. S. 22, 116

weorold-camp

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-camp, es; m.
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Worldly warfare Godes þeówas nágon mid wígge ne mid worldcampe tó faren[n]e, ac mid gástlícan wǽpnan campian wíð deófol, L. Ælfc. P. 51 ; Th. ii. 388, 4

gǽste-dóm

(n.)
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spirituality Utan geearwian ús nú mid inneweardum gebedum and mid gǽstedóme, Verc. Först. 96, 8

fela-feald

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Ðeós woruld is gemæncged mid mænigfealdan máne and mid felafealdan fácne, Wlfst. 82, 6. Add

gold-frætwe

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Reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne and mid goldfrætwum and mid gimcynnum ástǽned, Wlfst. 263, 3. Add

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, an; f.

A coverlet [?]

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Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid wahhryfte and mid hoppscýtan, Chart. Th. 529, 12

of-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
of-beátan, p. -beót; pp. -beáten

To kill by beatingto beat to deathto beat to pieces

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Hét se cásere ðone cempan mid saglum ofbeátan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 455. Mid billum ofbeátan, Met. 9, 30. Sume wǽron mid wǽpnum ofslagene óðre mid swipum ofbeátene some were slain with weapons, others scourged to death, Homl. Th. i. 542, 27

ge-byrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-byrian, <b>;
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</b> add: with mid Hwæt gebyraðþe mid wífum? quid tibi cum feminis ?, Chrd. 68, 1. Add Ðá hammas ða ðér mid rihte tó gebyriað, C.D. v. 383, 18

Linked entries: ge-berian ge-byreþ

be-swilian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swilian, (-swillan); pp. ed

To beswill

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To beswill, cover with liquid Hit wæs mid wǽtan bestémed, beswyled mid swátes gange, Kr. 33

Linked entry: be-swylian

strewung

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Add: bedding Hé læg . . . mid fefore gewǽht . . . on stíþre hǽran licgende mid axum bestreówod. Þá bǽdon þá gebróðra ꝥ hí his bed móston mid wáccre streówunge (strewunge, v. l.) húru underlecgan, Hml. S. 31, 1353

on-þræc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-þræc, (-þrǽce?); adj.

Horrible, dreadful

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Horrible, dreadful Iulianus mid anþræcum hreáme forswealt, Homl. Th. i. 452, 16. Mid unásecgendlícum wítum áfyllede and mid anþræcum stencum, 68, 6. Ðá cwæþ ðæt wíf betwux ðám anþræcum wítum, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 191

albe

(n.)
Grammar
albe, an; f.
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Mid gyrdle alban cingulo albe, Angl. xiii. 406, 589. Mid alban gescrýdd, 426, 878. Mid alban ( albis ) gescrýdde, 408, 618. Alpan, 403, 543

cneów-bíging

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-bíging, e; f.
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Bending of the knee, genuflexion Mid cneówbígincge cum genuflectione, Angl. xiii. 417, 743. Búton cneów*-*bigincge, 418, 752. Mið cnéwbéging (mid cneú bégende ł béginge, R.) genu flexo, Mk. L. 1, 40

Linked entry: bíging

met

(n.)
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Add: measure Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige; and hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum ( these means are to be employed

cáma

(n.)
Grammar
cáma, an; m.
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A bit Mid brídle and mid cáman in freno et camo, Ps. Th. 31, 11

colt

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x. mæran mid .x. coltan. . . . vi. mæran mid .vi. coltan, Shrn. 159, 17, 29. Add

dún-hunig

(n.)
Grammar
dún-hunig, es; n.
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Down-honey Mid doran hunige oððe mid dúnhunige, Lch. iii. 4, 24. Cf. wudu-hunig

herung

praiseapprobationpraiselauds

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S. 29, 286 Heofon mid herungum (laudibus) swgéþ, Hy. S. 84, 30. praise in song: Mid swiþ wégum dreámes (ł) herunge sangum dulcisonis melodie concentibus, An.