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DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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Bos. 11, 15. Sum mæg ofer sealtne sǽ sundwudu drífan one can drive a vessel over the salt sea, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 24; Cri. 677. For hwan ðú us, God, woldest fram ðé drífan ut quid repulisti nos, Deus? Ps. Th. 73, 1.

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

honourgloryrankdignitymagnificencerespectreverencehonordignitasgloriamagnificentiahonestasreverentiakindnessfavourmercypitybenefitusehelpgratiafavormisericordiabeneficiumauxiliumpropertypossessionsan estatelandecclesiastical livingbeneficebonapossessionesfundusbeneficium

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Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 3: Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 32. Hwílum be áre, hwílum be ǽhte sometimes in estate, sometimes in goods, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 11: L. C. S. 50; Th. i. 404,18.

Linked entry: árra

horn

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</b> each end of a bow. Cf. horn-boga Hé forbricþ hornas bogana confringit cornua arcum Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 75, 4. See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle

CWELAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWELAN, ic cwele, ðú cwilst, he cwelþ, cwilþ, cwylþ, pl. cwelaþ; p. cwæl, pl. cwælon; pp. cwolen

To die mori

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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36

forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Brokenweakenedvoidfractuslăbĕfactus

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Gif ða earmscancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, 55; Th. i. 94, 26. Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1

teón-word

(n.)
Grammar
teón-word, es; n.
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33

þrym-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-full, adj.

Gloriousmagnificentillustriousmighty

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Wǽre ðú ( the body ) ðé wiste wlonc..., þrymful, Exon. Th. 369, 12; Seel. 40. Ic ( a storm ) ástíge strong, stundum réþe, þrymful þunie, 380, 42; Rä. 2, 4: 386, 25; Rä. 4, 67. Ic bidde ðínne þrymfullan cynescype, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 793.

cystig-ness

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Ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.

grytt

(n.)
Grammar
grytt, es; n.
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Ox. 3872, boen glosses of Ald. 53, 28), ii. 83, 66

Linked entry: gryt

hwæt-hwoegno

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hwæt-hwoegno, l. hwæt-hwegno, hwæt-hwegnu
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, Lk. 22, 35. with an adjective, v. hwæt-hwega; 3 Mæge hwætwoegnu gód ( aliquid boni ) wosa?, Jn. R. 1, 46. Ðætte ne wyrsa ðé hwæthwoegnu bilimpe, 5, 14. ꝥ án gihwelc lytel hwæthwoegno onfóe, 6, 7. <b>II a.

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

út-irnende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-irnende, adj.

Running out of the body.purgingpurgativediarrhoeicsuffering from diarrhoea or dysentery

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Running out of the body. of medicine, purging, purgative Wyrtdrenc ðe ne bið útyrnende, Lchdm. ii. 282, 9: 170, 25. Sele him wyrtdrenc útyrnende, 280, 17. Útyrnendne, 336, 1.

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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[Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]

healfunga

(adv.)
Grammar
healfunga, adv.

By halves, partially, imperfectly

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Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clearplaina manifestationdeclaration

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A making clear, plain, a manifestation, declaration Ðæt sum tácn wǽre on heora líchaman to geswutelunge ðæt hí on God belýfdon that there might be some token on their body as a manifestation that they believed on God, Homl. Th. i. 92, 32: Cod.

Linked entry: sweotolung

ge-rihtan

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Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 15. to correct. a person, to reform, amend Ðonne ic man geryhtan ne mæg and hine gelǽran quos corrigere nequeo, Past. 153, 11.

rǽdan

(v.)
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B. to read a book; legere Ic rǽde lego, ðú rǽtst legis, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 1. Rǽtt legit, 44; Som. 45, 49.

BEORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.

BRIGHTlightclearlucidsplendidexcellentsplendidusluciduscoruscusclarusformosusbrightbrilliantmagnificentnobleglorioussublimedivineholyclaruspræclaruseximiusaugustusdivussanctus

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Bos. 6, 22. Beorht éðles wlite the land's bright beauty Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 32; Cri. 1347. Beorht sumor bright summer 54 b; Th. 191, 29; Az. 95. To ðære beorhtan byrg to the bright city 15 a; Th. 33, 1; Cri. 519.

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Bos. 24, 28. Cómon earnas on flyhte eagles came in flight, Andr. Kmbl. 1725, An. 865. He sende blódige earnas he sent bloody eagles, Salm. Kmbl. 943; Sal. 471

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat upgnawFRETdevourconsumedevŏrāreconsūmĕrecomĕdĕreto breakburstfrangĕrerumpĕre

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Bos. 4, 4; frétun, Rush.: fréton, Mt. Lind. 13, 4: Gen. 37, 20. We hine frǽton obsorbuĭmus eum, Ps. Th. 34, 23: 104, 30.

Linked entry: gefrett