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blǽst

(n.)
Grammar
blǽst, es; m.

A blowing, BLAST or gust of wind, a breezeflatus

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[bláwan to blow; flare] A blowing, BLAST or gust of wind, a breeze; flatus Sǽgrundas súþwind fornam, bæþweges blǽst the south wind, the sea breeze, dried up the depths of the sea, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 11; Exod. 290

Linked entry: blǽd

méce

(n.)
Grammar
méce, es; m.

A swordfalchionblade

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Scírne méce a bright blade, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 8; Crä. 65. Heardne méce, Byrht. Th. 136, 47; By. 167. Mécea gemánan, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6; Æðelst. 40. Mécum mylenscearpan, Erl. 112, 24; Æðelst. 24

eówer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
eówer, YOUR; vester, vestra, vestrum ὑμέτερ-ος adj.
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pron Biþ eówer blǽd micel your prosperity shall be great, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 3; Exod. 563. Sceal eall éðel-wyn eówram cynne leófum alicgean all joy of country shall fail to your beloved kindred, Beo. Th. 5763; B. 2885

seowian

(v.)
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add

ge-týn

(v.)
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Wæs se blaca Heáwold má on wísdóme háligra gewrita getýd Niger Heauald magis sacrarum litterarum erat scientia institutus, Bd. S. 10; Sch. 600, 3. Galdre getýdum necromantia freto, An. Ox. 4133.

tó-sceád

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Wæs þis tósceád ( distinctio ) hwæðere þætte fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe óðer wæs cweden se blaca Heáwold, óðer se hwíta Heáwold, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference in material objects Æteówde seó hand swutole ... and wǽron fægere fingras

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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Sax. rekón to make ready, set in order.] swift, quick (cf. recene) Blác rásetteþ recen reáda líg réðe scríþeþ geond woruld bright and swift rushes the red flame, fierce strides through the world, Exon.

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

wuldor-hama

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-hama, an; m.

A glorious garb

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Him is engel mid, hafaþ beorhtne blǽd, ne mæg him bryne sceþþan, wlitigne wuldorhaman, 196, 24; Az. 179

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, es; m.

A beetlehammer

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Þá blacan bétlas nigro colore (the noun is unglossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 61. 58

fnæst

Grammar
fnæst, l. fnǽst,

breathblast

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Deóres fuǽstum bestiae flatibus, 2472. blast of frost, fire Ne forstes fnǽst, ne fýres blǽst, Ph. 15

Scede-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scede-land, Sceden-íg.

all

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.): the former (in pl.) seems to denote all l Blæd wíde sprang Scyldes eaferan Scedelandum in, Beo. 38 ; B. 19

ECG

(n.)
Grammar
ECG, e; f.

EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum

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Ecg grymetode the blade rang. Cd. 162; Th. 203, 24; Exod. 408. Ecga [MS. ecge] mihton helpan æt hilde swords might help in battle. Beo. Th. 5360; B. 2683: 5649; B. 2828. Mid gryrum ecga with terrors of swords, 971; B. 483.

flígan

Grammar
flígan, flían.
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Hé ðone windes blǽd áweg flígde, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 26. Ðá fuglas wé ne onweg flégdon quas nos aues non fugare ausi eramus, Nar. 16, 22. Add

Linked entries: fleón flían

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

eafoþ

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Nú is þínes mægnes blǽd; eft sóna biþ þæt þec ádl oððe ecg eafoðes getwǽfeð, 1763. Wé frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes; úðe ic þæt þú hine selfne geseón móste, 960. Hine God mægenes wynnum, eafedum stépte, 1717. Cf. afol. Add

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.
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of colour, swart, swarthy, black, dark Sweart ater, teter; ceruleus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 32, 53 (in a list of colours): furvus, ii. 34, 39, 40: fuscus, 38, 27: luridus, 53, 15: pullus, 57, 10: niger. Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 : caeruleus, Hpt.

Linked entries: swart swertling

Sigel-hearwa

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-hearwa, (Síl-), an ; m.
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Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285. Sigylhearwan (Sielhearwæn, MS. T.) Aethiopes, Ps. Spl. 71, 9. Sigel*-* hearwena (Sýl-, Ps. Spl.) folc, Ps. Surt. 73, 14 : ii. p. 189, 36. Ethiopia, ðæt is ðæra Sílhearwena ríce.

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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Ne bláu þú béman (nelle ðú béma ł stocc singa, L.) noli tuba canere, Mt. R. 6, 2. Gebreces and biémena dæg dies tubae et clangoris, Past. 245, 6. Býmum classibus, Hpt. Gl. 467, 27. a tablet, billet Beeme thessera, Txts. 101, 2015

Linked entries: býme beám

brún

(adj.)
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Brúnne brerd the black rim of the inkhorn , Rä. 27, 9. Swearturn, brúnum beaduwǽþnurn, 18, 8. Brúne helmas, Jud. 318. [For brún applied to metal v. N. E. D. brown, 4.] Add

hyge-leás

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persons, (i) senseless, Gen. 51 (in Dict.). spiritless (f), without courage Be milte wærce . . . tácn ðǽre ádle hú higeleáse hí beóð (cf. the section to which this heading refers: Tácn þǽre ádle hú híwleáse hié beóð . . . þá men beóð mægre and unróte, bláce