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wǽpned-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-cyn, wǽpned-cynn, es; n.

The male kind or sex

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Wið ðon ðe mon oððe nýten wyrm gedrince; gyf hit sý wǽpnedcynnes . . ., Lchdm. iii. 10, 11. Hwylce wihta beóð óðre tíd wífcynnes, and óðre tíd wǽpnedcynnes, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 13: Exon. Th. 419, 22; Rä. 39, 1.

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre

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Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361

Linked entry: trahtian

strangian

(v.)
Grammar
strangian, p. ode.

to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish ⬩ to make strong, confirm, comfort

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Ic strongade wið him praevalui adversus eum, 12, 5. Word unrehtwísra strongadun (praevaluerunt) ofer ús, 64, 4. Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, 46, 49. [Þet eower heorte erȝian and eower feond strongian, O. E.

here

(n.)

an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging

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Penda teáh here and fyrde wið Eástengle, Bd. 3, 18; Sch. 274, 9.

fela-geonge

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-geonge, adj.

Having travelled much ⬩ valde peregrīnātus

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Having travelled much; valde peregrīnātus Wilt ðú fricgan felageongne ymb forþgesceaft wilt thou ask one who has travelled much about the creation? Exon. 92 b; Th. 346, 23; Sch. 3

blód-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-fág, adj.

Stained with blood ⬩ sanguine tinctus

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[fág tinctus] Stained with blood; sanguine tinctus Is me bánhús blódfág my body [lit. bone-house] is stained with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2809; An. 1407: Beo. Th. 4127; B. 2060

slíþ-heard

(adj.)
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With baleful hand, animal, with fell paw Bera bið slíþhende deór (see Mod. Lang. Rev. xv. 70), Gn. Ex. 177

breodwian

(v.)
Grammar
breodwian, ic breodwige, ðú breodwast, he breodwaþ, pl. breodwiaþ; p. ode; pp. od

To prostrate ⬩ prosternere?

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Beóþ ða gebolgne, ða ðec breodwiaþ, tredaþ ðec and tergaþ they are enraged, they will prostrate thee, will tread and tear thee, Exon. 36 b; Gú. 258

blinnan

Grammar
blinnan, [= be-linnan].

to cease

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Blan se wind cessavit ventus, Mt. R. 14, 32

fæt

(n.)
Grammar
fæt, fætt, es; n?

A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament ⬩ lāmĭna, bractea

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A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament; lāmĭna, bractea Sceal se hearda helm, hyrsted golde, fætum, befeallen the hard helmet, adorned with gold, with ornaments, shall be fallen off, Beo. Th. 4504, note; B. 2256.

fliés

(n.)
Grammar
fliés, es; n.

A fleece ⬩ vellus

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Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése óþ midne sumor, oððe gilde ðæt fliés mid twám pæningum of a sheep's going with its fleece. A sheep shall go with its fleece until midsummer, or let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9-11

irsian

(v.)
Grammar
irsian, p. ode.

to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke

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His gebróðru yrsodon swíðe wið hine invidebant ei fratres sui, Gen. 37, 11. Ne yrsa ðú wið mé, Nar. 43, 7. Yrsiaþ irascimini, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5. Ic bidde ðæt ðú ne yrsie obsecro ne irascaris, Gen. 18, 32.

Linked entry: eornigende

deornunga

(adv.)

secretly

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In. 27; Wilk. 19, 12

ge-hýd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýd, part. p.

Provided with a skin

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Provided with a skin, Nar. 50, 5

ge-sam

(prefix)

in composition, denotes together, with ⬩ simul, con

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in composition, denotes together, with; simul, con

berendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
berendlíce, adv.
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With fecundity Berendlíce fecunditate, Rtl. 32, 15

bracigean

(v.)
Grammar
bracigean,

to dress, mingle ⬩ counterfeit with brass ⬩ ærare

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to dress, mingleor counterfeit with brass ærare

for-clýsan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clýsan, he -clýseþ, -clýst; p. de; pp. ed [clýsan to close, shut]

To close ⬩ shut up ⬩ occlūdĕre

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To close or shut up; occlūdĕre Ðis sceal to ðám eárum [MS. ðan earen] ðe wind oððe wæter forclýst this shall [do] for the ears which wind or water closes up, Lchdm. iii. 92, 24

Linked entry: clýsan

leán-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
leán-gifa, an; m.
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23

norþan

(adv.)
Grammar
norþan, adv.

From the north

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From the north Se wind se ðe ǽr súþan bleów, hine norþan áwearp, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 28. Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súþan oððe norþan, Cd. Th. 50, 11; Gen. 807