racente
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Restart on racentum, Cd. Th. 28, 11 ; Gen. 434
Linked entry: racete
GRÉNE
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Gréne folde the green earth, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 14; Gen. 1561. Of grénum áre geworht wrought of green copper, Blickl. Homl. 127, 7. On grénum treówe in viridi ligno, Lk. Skt. 23, 31. Gréne eorþan green earth, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 18; Gen. 1921.
Linked entry: groene
searu-níþ
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Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670, and is called inwitgest, 5333.
bletsung
A BLESSING ⬩ benedictio
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Spl. 128, 7: Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 12; Cri. 100. He onfón sceal mínre bletsunge he shall receive my blessing, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 22; Gen. 2331. Cyn his on bletsunge byþ semen illius in benedictione erit, Ps. Lamb. 36, 26.
Linked entry: bledsung
ge-nóg
ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant ⬩ satis, sufficiens, abundans
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Hwæt druge ðú dugeða genóhra what madest thou of the abundant blessings, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 3; Gen. 888. Hí mágon geseón on him selfum synne genóge they may see in themselves sins enough, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 32; Cri. 1265.
stær-blind
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Blind from giddiness, purblind, quite blind Stæ[r]-blind scotomaticus (cf. scotomaticorum, cecorum, 78, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 81.
Linked entries: stare-blind blind
stóc-líf
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Cf. cot-, mynster-líf for words in which líf is similarly used ; and see stóc
Linked entry: stóc
swefel
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Skt. 17, 29: Cd. Th. 153, 19; Gen. 2541. Hwylce þinc gelǽdest ðú ( the merchant ) ús ? . . . mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11: Lchdm. i. 200, 2. Swefl, ii. 56, 10
wræc-lást
An exile-track
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Hé wunode wræclástum he lived in exile, Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 36. Hé wræclástas trsed he wandered an outlaw, Beo. Th. 2709; B. 1352. Ic sceal hweorfan ðý wídor, wadan wræclástas, wuldre benémed, duguþum bedéled. Cd. Th. 272, 17; Sae. 121.
brún
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Brún furvum, i. nigrum, 36, 17: badius, 11, 39: burrus, rufus, 126, 77: purpurea (cf. ðý brúnan oððe þý brúnbasewan punicio , Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 26), An. Ox. 526: 3, 36. Ýð sió brúne (cf. Dante's onda bruna ), Rä. 61, 6.
fágian
to vary
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Similar entries v. ge-fágod, and cf. fágettan
for-irþ
A headland
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A headland (heáfod-land, q. v.) in the case of land whose furrows are at right angles to those of the adjacent land [cf. forera (other Latin forms are forertha, -erda, -erdum, v. Philol.
Linked entry: for-yrþ
ge-neah
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Cf. Ge-nyhtsumian.)
sceard
notched, hacked ⬩ gashed, mutilated ⬩ deprived
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notched, hacked having gapsor rifts Ic geann Ælmǽre ðæs sceardan swurdes the hacked sword (cf. Icel. með skarða skjöldu with hacked shields), Chart. Th. 561, 1, 23. Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen, Cod. Dip.
hǽs
A command, hest, behest
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Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52 : Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Be his hláfordes hǽse by his lord's command, Gen. 24, 10 : Ex. 18; 23 : Cd. 46; Th. 59, 18; Gen. 965 : 69; Th. 82, 31; Gen. 1370 : 85; Th. 106, 35; Gen. 1781.
Linked entry: be-hǽs
on-hweorfan
To change, reverse ⬩ To change, turn, revert
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Hé ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft onhwearf wódan gewittes, Cd. Th. 255, 21; Dan. 627
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ǼÐM
A vapour ⬩ breath ⬩ a hole to breathe through ⬩ a smell ⬩ halitus ⬩ spiritus ⬩ vapor
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Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how vast the black vapour may be, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704
a-slúpan
To slip away ⬩ elabi
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To slip away; elabi Lǽt ðé aslúpan sorge of breóstum let sorrow slip away from thy breast, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 7; Gen. 2796. Ðæt hí ǽfre him of aslépen [ = asleópen] that they may ever slip from them, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 18 ; Met. 13, 9
baldor
A prince ⬩ ruler ⬩ princeps ⬩ dominus
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A prince, ruler; princeps, dominus thus, Gumena baldor a ruler of men, Cd. 128; Th. 163, 4; Gen. 2693: Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 8; Jud. 9. Rinca baldor, 12; Thw. 26, 21; Jud. 339. Wígena baldor a prince of warriors, 10; Thw. 22, 5; Jud. 49
Linked entry: bealdor
bég
A bracelet ⬩ ring ⬩ crown ⬩ armilla ⬩ corona
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A bracelet, ring, crown; armilla, corona Hie feredon brýd and bégas they conveyed bride and bracelets Cd. 90; Th. 112, 25; Gen. 1876. Hí on beorg dydon bégas [MS. beg] and siglu they placed in the mound rings and jewels Beo. Th. 6308, note; B. 3164
Linked entry: béh