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swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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Swylce mannes swaðu, ðon gelícost ðe ðǽr sum mon gestóde; and ða fótlástas wǽron swutole, 203, 35. Alle suæðo omnes semite, Rtl. 81, 20. Forlét úre Drihten his fét on ða eorþan besincan . . . leóhtfæt biþ á byrnende for ðara swaþa weorþunga, Blickl.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Swift, fleet, that does or can move quickly Suift alacer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 76. Swift, 6, 51: expeditus, 145, 36: celer, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 44, 9. Swyft pernix, 9, 64; Zup. 71, 2. Swift scip archiromachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 30.

Linked entry: swyft

æt-sacan

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Gif mon sié dumb geboren, ꝥ hé ne mæge his synna ætsacan, Ll. Th. i. 70, 15. to deny, refuse permission Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá, Hml. A. 157, 147. to deny a person, disown, with gen.

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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Gif hit mon geðyldiglíce áræfnþ, Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32. Wé eall áræfnaþ, Bl. H. 13, 9. Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan, 237, 12. Þú his dómas on þé sylfum áremdest (v. l. geþolodest), Angl. xii. 505, 4.

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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Oft ungemetlico forgifnes bið gelícet, ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes, ond oft ungemetlicu irsung bið gelícet, ðæt menn wénað þæt hit sié ryhtwíslic anda saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, et effrenata ira spiritalis zeli virtus aestimatur

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

ge-fégan

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Ðá stánas wǽron suá wel gefégede and suá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, ǽr hié mon tó ðǽm stede bróhte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 253, 14

híwan

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Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 46, 9. Hí áxodon æt þám híwum hwæðer Petrus ðǽr wununge hæfde, Hml. S. 10, 111.

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Ðá offrunga and ðá lác ( holocausta ) ðe mon bróhte tó ðǽm weóbude, 217, 20. Add Laac elogia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 13: exenium, 69. Lác, 83, 48: munuscula, 55, 16.

nemnan

Grammar
nemnan, <b>. I.</b> add: Monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for ðǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. <b>Ia.</b> with cognate accusative
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Gíf þú swá gewlǽtne mon métst . . . ne miht ðú hine ná mid rihte nemnan man, ac neát (hominem aestimare non possis), Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 13. add: to mention a subject (person or thing) Þonne ðú gehýrst nemnan þone Fæder, þonne understenst ðú þæt hé hæfð

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fallto rain, to fall (of rain)

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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan and rínan meolc of heofonum sanguine e terra, lac visum est manare de coelo, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 7

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

CNEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CNEÓ, cneów, es; n.

a KNEE genua generation,relationship generatio,propinquitatis gradus

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In ðam þriddan cneówe mid Crécum mót man wif niman, in fiftan mid Rómánum in tertio propinquitatis gradu apud Græcos viro licet uxorem ducere, in quinto apud Romanos, L. Ecg. C. 28; Th. ii. 152, note h.

Linked entry: cneów

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Mon onhyreþ dysegum neátum homo comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, Ps. Th. 48, 11. Se ðe hit gehýreþ hé onhyreþ ðam ad imitandum bonum auditor sollicitus instigatur, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 15; Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 5.

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate

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Se tympano biþ geworht of drygum felle and ðæt fell hlýt ðonne hit mon sliehþ in tympano sicca et percussa pellis resonat, Past. 46, 2; Swt. 347, 5. Ðíne fýnd hlýdaþ inimici lui sonaverunt, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 1: Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 14; Cri. 883.

a-heardian

(v.)
Grammar
a-heardian, p. ode; pp. od; v. intrans.

To hardengrow hardbecome inured to anythingto lasthold outenduredurareperdurareindurescere

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To harden, grow hard, become inured to anything, to last, hold out, endure; durare, perdurare, indurescere On swá mycelre geþræstnesse and forhæfednesse módes and líchoman aheardode and awunode he hardened and continued in so great contrition and restraint

bealde

(adv.)
Grammar
bealde, balde; adv.

Boldlyfreelyinstantlyaudacterliberefiducialiterfidenterinstanterpronestatimsine mora

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Boldly, freely, instantly; audacter, libere, fiducialiter, fidenter, instanter, prone, statim, sine mora Of Basan cwæþ bealde Drihten dixit Dominus ex Basan, Ps. Th. 67, 22. Bletsige míne sáwle bealde Dryhten benedic anima mea Dominum, Ps.

Linked entry: balde

driht-weras

(n.)
Grammar
driht-weras, pl. m. [wer a man]

Men, chieftains popŭlāres viri

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Ðú móst heonon húþe lǽdan ealle, búton dǽle ðissa drihtwera thou mayest lead all the spoil hence, save the part of these chieftains, 98; Th. 129, 27: Gen. 2150

Linked entry: dryht-weras

eorþ-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gealla, an; m. [gealla gall]

The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury fel terræ, erythræa centaurium

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Eorþgealla centauria, Mone A. 373. Nim centaurian, ðæt is fel terræ, sume hátaþ eorþgeallan take centaury, that is fel terræ, some call it earth-gall, L. M. 2, 8; Lchdm. ii. 186, 27

Linked entries: curmealle gealla

ge-wyrde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrde, -wyrd[?], es; n.

Speechconversationcollection of wordssentencerule[?]

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Ðæt ic mǽge sum rust on weg adrífan of mínre tungan ðæt ic mǽge becuman to brǽddran gewyrde that I may clear some rust away from my tongue, so that I may attain to more copious speech, Shrn. 35, 22. Wísra gewyrdum by the rules of wise men, Menol.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.

Neighbouringnextvicinus

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Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5

seonu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-bend, (?), e; f.
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Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86.