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rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Scyldes rond fæste gefégan wið flyge gáres to join together firmly the shield's disk against the flight of javelin, Exon, Th. 297, 11; Crä. 65. Beorhte randas, Beo. Th. 468; B. 231. Rondas regnhearde, 657; B. 326.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

horn

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Srt. 117, 27. each of the pointed extremities of the moon in her first and last quarters, Rä. 30, 2 (in Dict.]. <b>VI a.</b> each end of a bow. Cf. horn-boga Hé forbricþ hornas bogana confringit cornua arcum Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 75, 4.

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm. iii. 218, 4 (and often on this

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

éðian

(v.)
Grammar
éðian, éðigean; p. ode; pp. od.

to breathe, inspire hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāreto smell ŏdōrāre

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Dial. 2, 21. Hý ealle éðiaþ they all breathe, 4, 3. Éðode him on ðone múþe inspīrāvit ei in as, Martyrol. ad 28 April. to smell; ŏdōrāre Habbaþ opene nóse, ne mágon éðian nāres hăbent et non ŏdōrăbunt, Ps. 113, 14

Linked entries: éðgiende éþung

BEORHT

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

BRIGHTlightclearlucidsplendidexcellentsplendidusluciduscoruscusclarusformosusbrightbrilliantmagnificentnobleglorioussublimedivineholyclaruspræclaruseximiusaugustusdivussanctus

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BRIGHT, light, clear, lucid, splendid, excellent; splendidus, lucidus, coruscus, clarus, formosus Eall ðín líchama biþ beorht totum corpus tuum lucidum erit Mt. Bos. 6, 22.

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Biþ ge-edniwad swylce earnes geógeþ ðín renŏvābĭtur ut aquĭlæ juventus tua, Ps. Lamb. 102, 5. Earnes brid an eagle's young, Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 7; Ph. 235. Earnes mearh an eagle's marrow, Lchdm. iii. 14, 24.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Ðú lutodest óþ ðis on ðam láðum cristendóme thou host skulked until now in that detestable Christianity, Homl. Skt. 5, 413.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

ge-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To knowperceiveunderstandrecognisenoscereagnosceresentirecognoscere

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Ðæt ðú gecnáwe ðæt ðis is sóþ that thou may know that this is true, Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 27; Jul. 356. Hí hine gecneówon cognoverunt eum, Mk. Bos. 6, 54. Gif mín fæder me handlaþ and me gecnǽwþ if my father handleth me and knows me, Gen. 27, 12.

Linked entry: ge-cneów

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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in Dict.). to permit Álýfde concessit, i. permisii, concedit, Wrt.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

blinnan

Grammar
blinnan, [= be-linnan].

to cease

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.; Bd. 1, 11; 8. 480, 13 (in Dict.), with clause Ne blinnis ðú ꝥ ðú gisceáwia non desinis intueri, Rtl. 64, 33. Ne blan (blonn; geswác, v. ll.) hé ꝥ hé his geongran ne manode nec discipulos suos admonere cessabat, Gr. D. 27, 4.

elcian

(v.)
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Our Saviour did not delay to meet death, Hml. Th. i. 308, 2-7.

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Similar entries v. fǽr-fill; ge-fill; and see fell, fyl, fyll in Dict. for other passages

Linked entries: fiell fyll

firding

Grammar
firding, (-ung).

military servicefightingmarchingan expeditionmilitiatroopsarmamentmilitary forces

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Nán man ne haue nán onsting ne geold ne feording, Chr. 975; P. 36, 10.] militia, troops, armament, military forces Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde, and seó fyrding dyde þǽre landleóde ǽlcne hearm the Danes went as they pleased, and the English levies did

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Ðá ðis gesprecen wæs, þá geswigode (-sugode, v. l. ) ꝥ Mód. 18, 1 ; F. 60, 18. Geswugode, 24, 1; F. 80, 5. Gesweogode (-swugode, v. l. ), 39, 2 ; F. 212, 10. Geðreádon hine þte gesuigade, hé micle mára cliopade, Lk. L. 18, 39.

gebyrd-tíd

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Ðis wæs gedón ðý geáre ðe wæs ágán fram Crístes gebyrdtíde nigon hund wintra and hundnigontig wintra, C.D. iii. 255, 22. Gebyrðtíde, 256, 18.

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.
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Take here <b>ge-þuild</b> in Dict., and add: es; n.:&nbsp;<b>ge-þyldu</b>;&nbsp;f. indecl. &nbsp; ge-þyld;&nbsp;f. &nbsp; Sió geðyld, Past. 218, 22. Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21.

ge-weorpan

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Gif égo ðín geondspornað ðec geworp ( eice ) hine, Mk. L. R. 9, 47. Ðú gesiist geworpe ðone mot, Mt. L. 7, 5. Geworpa diówblas, Lk. L. R. 11, 18.

hírsum-ness

obedienceobediencehumilityservice

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Take here hýrsumness in Dict., and add: obedience Hé (Peter) eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geðafode he refused to allow Jesus to humble himself by the washing of feet, and yet in order that he might be obedient he consented, Hml.

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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Take here heáhþu in Dict., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu