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birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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For þæs fýres bryne eall se feld born, Nar. 23, 27, Ðet ne byrnan ut non ardeant (vestimenta ), Kent. Gl. 164.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

hreód

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Þǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód and beorhgas and treówgewrido crebris insularum nemoribus, Guth. Gr. 113, 5. On þǽre eá ófre stód hreód fluminis ripas harundo vestiebat, Nar. 8. 20.

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word þe nabbað náne fremminge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 24. <b>II c.

gást-lic

Grammar
gást-lic, Add:

pertaining to the spirit, spiritualspiritualspiritualdivine, heavenly, holy, sacred

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Hé is se grundweall þǽre gástlican cyrcan, 22. Hí him þá gástlican lác geoffriað on menigfealdum gemetum, 14.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Íne ǽr timbrede, Chr. 722; P. 42, 23. where and = þæt Þá getímode hit ymbe twelf mónað æfter Agathes þrowunge, and Ethna up ábleów, Hml.

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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þæs geléfað and geare witan ꝥ ..., 13, 22. Gere (cf. swutolor witan, 11), Past. 429, 9. Hé geare nyste hwǽr ..., El. 719. Ne ful geare wiste, 860. Geara, Guth. 70, 4: Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 8.

lof

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Gen. 256. to be praised Á þæs dóm áge, leóhtbǽre lof, sé ús þis líf giefeð, Crä. 112. a hymn Loob ymnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 27. Lof ymnum, i. 289, 72. <b>III a.

rím

(adj.)
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Wæs þæt mǽre cynn mycel on ríme (numerically great), Ps. Th. 104, 11.

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distanceroom

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Similar entries v. fæc-full Ðæt ǽmtige fæc bufon þǽre lyfte, Lch. iii. 242, 17. Hí ne beóð mid ǽnigum fæce fram him sylfum tótwǽmede, Hml. Th. i. 500, 4. Betwux þá cealdan faca þǽre lyfte, Guth. 36, 15. Faco, 88, 15. room: Fec spatium, Kent.

seofon

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Þǽra eádigra seofon slǽpera ðrowung, Hml. S. 23, 1. Ne secge ic þé oð seofon (seofun, R., seofo.

á-gildan

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Th. i. 274, 3. to pay for, make retribution for Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal þæt hí forgímdon. Wlfst. 190, 22. Þá ǽrran þing ágoldene wǽron. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 31

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

cnapa

Grammar
cnapa, cnafa.
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Of þám iungum cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg . . . and of þám cnapum ys þæt kynn git gehwǽr, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 21. a (young) man in service, a servant (take here Coll. M. 19, 27: Gen. 22, 3, 5, 19 given under in Dict.)

geoguþ-hád

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In geogoðháde þæs líchaman costung wealleþ, and þonne fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte, Gr. D. 102, 21. Sé wæs þá gyt on his geogoðháde ( in annis juvenilibus ), 298, 25.

ge-sceádan

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Add: to separate. of material objects, to form a line of separation between Pirifliát and scipfliót, ðá gesceádað þæt land westan and eástan, C.

ge-sceamian

(v.)
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Þæt hý ǽlces unryhtes gescomedon, Cri. 1303. used impersonally, to cause shame to (dat.), shame a person (acc. ). with acc. Eówerne andwlitan ná ne gesceamað vultus vestri non erubescent, Ps. Th. 33, 5.

ge-witleás

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Læg þǽr sum man on his móde gefangen mid ungewittignesse; þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne quidam mente captus jacebat, quem medici phreneticum appellant, Gr. D. 247, 14. <b>I a.

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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Add: used (often as substantive) of persons Seó ealde ǽ bebeád þæt gehwilc hreóflig man gecóme tó þám sácerde . . . Gif se sácerd hine hreófligne tealde . . . Swá sceal sé ðe mid heáfodleahtrum wiðinnan hreóflig bið cuman tó Godes sácerde, Hml.

hón

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Sleá man hine, oþþe hó, swá man þá yldran ǽr dyde, 242, 6. to let droop or bend downward Þæt heáfod hó ofdúne, Lch. ii. 18, 14. to put clothing on Gif þú . . . cláþa þe má on hæfst (héhst, v. l. ) þonne þú þurfe, Bt. 14, l ; F. 42, 15

offrian

(v.)
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Ox. 18, 39. to offer something as a sacrifice Offrian þæt lamb eall Israhéla folc on ǽfen immolabit eum universa multitudo ad vesperum, Ex. 12, 6. Hé wolde offrian his ágenne sunu Gode tó láce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 26.

á-sleán

to strike offremove by a stroketo strike make a mark(cut) by a stroketo strike with the handto strike with a hammer:--to strikeparalyseto strike out a pathmake way

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Add: to strike off, remove by a stroke Him mon áslóg þæt heáfod of, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 14. Hé áslóh of (áslóg, Lind.) ánes þeówan eáre, amputavit, Lind.) Mt. 26, 51. Hé ꝥ heáfod of áslóh, Hml. A. 15, 357. Hé hét his heáfod of ásleán, Hml.

Linked entry: on-áslagen