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plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Ðá pleogede mid his wordum, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 25. wiernaþ úrum cildum úrra peninga mid plegianne, Past. 50; S. 361, 27. <b>II c.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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a foundation (lit. or fig.) (cf. staddle the bottom of a hay-stack, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. 15, 19) Staþol fundamen, Wrt. Voc. ii, 152, 15. Se fruma and se staþol eallra góda ðe of him cumaþ, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 4.

Linked entry: scaþel

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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P. ii. 4 ; Th. ii. 184, I. Hig swingaþ eów flagellabunt vos. Mt. Kmbl. 10, 17: Mk. Skt. 10, 34. Ǽrest hiene mon swong primo virgis caesus, Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 168, 4: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 13. Ða nam Pilatus ðone Hǽlend and swang (flagellavit) hyne. Jn.

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Menigo ðreád (monige ðreátas, Rush.) multa turba, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 7: 5, 21: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 40. Þreát chorus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 33: i. 291, 13. Se ðreát ( caterva ) ðara Godes ðeówa, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 34. His ðegna ðreát ministri ejus, Ps.

á-hebban

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Grammar á-hebban, Add: <b>A.</b> as a strong verb. literal, to raise from a lower to a higher position Heora nǽnig þá bǽre ne áhóf. Bl. H. 153. 3. Þá áhóf Drihten hié up, 157, 21. Áhóf Paulus up his heáfod, 187, 35.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

eald

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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94.

ge-ícan

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Add: pp. ge-íht. to add. with the idea of supplementing or completing, to put to something already placed. of a material object Ofgif þǽre eorðan hire is, and dúst þám dúste geíc, Hml. S. 23 b, 751.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283.

hund

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Th. i. 26, 9. Mid twám hunde scipa, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 27: 176, 10: 180, 5. Fór mid siex hund monna, 3, 9; S. 128, 13.

hring

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Lye' in ll. 4, 5, and add: a ring as ornament encircling a finger, an arm, a neck Bewrít ðá wyrte mid ánum gyldenan hringe, Lch. i. 112, 22. Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne, B. 2809. Ne ne sceolon beón rance mid hringgum geglengede, Ll.

hwanne

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Add: in direct questions Hwænne (huoenne, L., hwonne, R.) gesáwe þé hingrigendne?, Mt. 25, 37. Huonne, L., hwanne. R., 38. Hwænne (huoenne, L., hwenne, R.) beóð þás þing?, Lk. 21, 7: Jn. 6, 25. Hwenne gewyrð þæt?, Solil.

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1 c. Add sylf intó þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 31. add: Þú cwǽde ic ne þorfte máre áwendan þǽre béc búton Isaace, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1. 9.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Gr. Z. 93, 13-14. Ille , illius his, 96, 15 ( and often pp. 96-119). <b> A.</b> masculine and feminine forms.

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Wǽron réðe forebécna cumene ofer NOrðanhymbra land, and folc earmlíce brégdon, Chr. 793; P. 55, 33. Út on elþeódig folc bebycganne, Ll. Th. i. 46, 14. bihaldað gié folco (populi), Rtl. 55, 28. Beforan ansýne eallra folca, Lk. a. 31.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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him sǽde his síð be ændebyrdnysse, 107, 159: Hml. Th. ii. 486, 4: Hml. S. 7, 344. Mid endebrednisse áwríta ex ordine scribere, Lk. R. 1, 3. Þurh (be, v. l.) endebyrdnesse, Gr.

on-fón

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Add: <b>A.</b> the subject a person. add: to take on one's own initiative. to take hold of an object Cornelius hine gebígde Petres fótum, ac his onféncg Petrus (Petrus elevavit eum, Acts 10, 26), Hml. S. 10, 129.

lǽtan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to leave, allow to remain, abstain from taking away. with noun object on fæstre stówe lét sum his folc, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 1. Hié þone óþerne dǽl þǽr léton þæt lond healdonne, 1, 10 ; S. 46, 21.

DREÁM

(n.)
Grammar
DREÁM, es; m.

joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus

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Ic eam ealles leás écan dreámes I am bereft of all eternal joy, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 8; Sat. 168: 217; Th. 276, 2; Sat. 182: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 24; Cri. 1343: Rood Kmbl. 28 5; Kr. 144. In dolum dreáme in foolish joy, Exon. 39 a; Th. 130, 8; . 435.

húsel

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Add: a sacrifice; sacrificium Miltheortnisse ic willo, and nis húsul misericordiam volo, et non sacrificium, Mt. L. 12, 7.

hund

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Add: a dog Hund canis, bicce canicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 7. Hwílum ic beorce swá hund, . 25, 2. ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiénd þe þe wédende hund, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 8.