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byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Be ðám byrle þe ðone apostol eárplætte, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 13. Ǽlcan gesettan discðegne and gesettan biriele, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30. Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13.

cnyllan

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Cnyllan complodere vel concutere, conlidere, 133, 5. to strike a door, knock Cnyllas gé pulsate . . . ðǽm cnyllende (cnyllenda, p. 15, 7) pulsanti, Mt. L. 7, 7, 8. to strike, ring a bell Þonne þone óðerne cnyll cnylð (þonne mon eft cnylle, R.

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Æðeluuold bisceop sealde mé tó gehwerfe (mutuauit) ðone hám Heart-ingas wið ðám mynsterlande, iii. 60, 30. Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28

ge-leórednes

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</b> the anniversary of a person's death :-- On ðone .viii. an dæg þæs mónþes byþ þæs bisceopes geleórudnes Sc̃i Audomari, Shrn. 127, 20. v. forþ*-*geleóredness

hwer

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Hét hé feccan ǽnne ǽrene hwer, and hine ealne áfyllan mid weallendum leáde and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwer, Hml. 8. 14, 104-107: 25, 117. Hwerum caccabis Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 62 : 19, 71. Hweras lebetes . An. Ox. 4670: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 60. Add

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.
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Ic ǽlcne mínra freónda lufige swá mycele má þonne ðone óðerne swá ic ongyte þæt hé betran willað þonne se óðer and his gesceádwisnesse nyttran willan tó dónne tanto magis amo amicos meos, quanta magis bene utuntur anima rationali, vel certe quantum desiderant

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

gum-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cynn, es; n.

Mankind, men, a race, nationhumanum genus, gens, natio

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Swá hwylc mægþa ðone magan cende æfter gumcynnum whatever matron brought forth this son amongst men, Beo. Th. 1892; B. 944. We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' people, 525; B. 260

hǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlþ, e; f.

Health, healing, curesanitas, salus

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Ealle ða wundra and hǽlþa áwrítan to write down all the miracles and cures, 28, 10

wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey,a wished for, welcome journey

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Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36. Gewát Matheus menigo lǽdan on gehyld Godes, weorod on wilsíð (he was leading them out of prison), Andr.

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Down Ofdúne stígan, gestígan to descend, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 16 : 11, 23: Rtl. 28, 9. Hé gefeóll ofdúne on ða flór, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 3. Nis hire éþre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, 33, 4; Fox 130, 38.

Linked entry: á-dún

of-stician

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix

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Ðá hét hé ðone pápan (Alexander) ofstician, 79, 8. Ofstikian bâr jugulare aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13. Hé swealt ofsticod fram him sylfum. Chr. 2; Erl. 5, 19

Linked entry: of-stingan

on-lútan

(v.)

to lout, bend down, bow

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to lout, bend down, bow Hé onlýtt tó ðissum eorþlícum, suá ðæt neát for gífernesse onlýt tó ðære eorþan, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 157, 2-4. Ǽlc gesceaft ealle mægene symle onlýt wið his gecyndes, Met. 13, 66.

Linked entry: an-lútan

ge-þrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstan, p. -þrǽste; pp. -þrǽst

To twisthurttormentafflictcontĕrĕreafflīgere

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To twist, hurt, torment, afflict; contĕrĕre, afflīgere Gefeóll he semninga on his earm ufan, and ðone swýðe geþrǽste and gebræc repente corrŭens brachĭum contrīvit, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2. Se hǽleþ heortan geþrǽste qui sānat contrītos corde, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-þréstan

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, , hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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Kemble's supposition is borne out by the following passage, in which the word occurs independently Wé ðá fóron forþ be ðæm sǽ and ðǽr ða heán hós and dene and gársecg ðone æthiopia wé gesáwon promuntoria ad oceanum in ethiopia vidimus, Nar. 24, 9

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces,cut in two,cut upto cut off

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Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10. Ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, Lchdm. i. 260, 15. Rammes lungen smæl tócorfen, 356, 21. Tócorfen lacerata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 32. Þeáh ðe se beám beó tócoruen, H.

tollere

(n.)
Grammar
tollere, es; m.

A toll-taker,tax-gatherer

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Ðone se Hǽlend geceás of woruldlícum tollere tó gástlícum godspellere, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 129. Ðæs cáseres tolleras áxodon Petrus ... 'Wyle eówer láreów ǽnig toll syllan?' Homl. Th. i. 510, 27. Ryche Pers þe tollere, H. S. 5816.

tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in twocut in piecescut upto cut awaycut off

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Lev. 1. 8. to cut away, cut off Sum mon tó-snáð (amputauit) him ðone seárliprica. Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 47

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Nǽnigum heora álýfed sí ǽnige sacerdlíce þénunge dón búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe ðe hí on his scíre (parochia) gefeormade sin. Bd. 4, 5 ; S. 573, 5

Linked entry: scýr

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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hwón on ðíne tungan put a little on to your tongue, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 18: 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 7. Genim hwón sealt take a little salt, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 3.