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ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne som hý sýn of stenge, 63, 3 ; Lchdm. i. 166, 9. Achilles mid ðysse sylfan wyrte (yarrow ) gehǽlde ða ðe mid íserne geslegene and gewundude wǽran, 90, 1 ; Lchdm. i. 194, 8.

gifan

(v.)
Grammar
gifan, gyfan, giefan, geofan, giofan; ic gife; ðú gifest, gifst; he gifeþ, gifþ, pl. gifaþ; p. geaf, gæf, gaf, gef, ðú geáfe, géfe, pl. geáfon, géfon; pp. gifen, giefen, gyfen

To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire

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Gr. 37; Som. 39, 13. Gife ic hit ðé I will give it thee, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 26; Gen. 679. Us drincan gifest potum dabis nobis, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Hwæt gifst ðú me quid dabis mihi, Gen. 15, 2.

acol

(adj.)
Grammar
acol, acul, acl; adj.

Excited ⬩ excited by fear ⬩ frightened ⬩ terrified ⬩ trembling ⬩ agitatus ⬩ perterritus ⬩ pavidus

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Fyrd-leóþ galan aclum stefnum they sung a martial song with loud excited voices, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 4; Exod. 578

Linked entry: acul

cyperen

(adj.)
Grammar
cyperen, adj.

Coppery, belonging to copper ⬩ æreus

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Gl. 26; Som. 60, 83; Wrt. Voc. 25, 23

forþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fór, e; f. [fór a going]

A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors

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Heora gemynde and forþfóre mid mæssesange mǽrsade syndon their memory and decease are celebrated with mass-song, 2, 3; S. 504. 41

freó-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
freó-dóm, frió-dóm, frý-dóm, es; m.

FREEDOM ⬩ liberty ⬩ lībertas ⬩ emancĭpātio

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Gl. 112; Som. 79, 93; Wrt. Voc. 60, 2. Ðám he geaf micle gife freódómes to these he gave the great gift of freedom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 1. Be ðam freódóme concerning freedom, 41, 2; Fox 246, 13.

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fyl, fell, fiell, es; m.

a FALL ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ death ⬩ cāsus ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ a FALL ⬩ case ⬩ inflection in grammar ⬩ cāsus ⬩ inflectio

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Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23

Linked entries: fell fiell fyl

hundred

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundred, pl. u; n.

A hundred

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Gl. 96; Som. 76, 25; Wrt. Voc. 53, 34. Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó though there be a hundred of them, Ps. Th. 89, 10. On lxv and þreó hundræd hi beóþ tódǽlede they are divided into three hundred and sixty-five, Nar. 49, 25.

Linked entry: hund

hwǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
hwǽten, adj.

Wheaten

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Gl. 66; Som. 69, 63; Wrt. Voc. 41, 19. Ic secge eów ðæt hwǽtene corn wunaþ ána búton hyt fealle on eorþan and sý deád dico vobis nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram mortuum fuerit ipsum solum manet, Jn. Skt. 12, 24.

nest

(n.)
Grammar
nest, es; n.

A nest ⬩ the young birds in the nest ⬩ nidus

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Gr. 8; Som. 7. 30. Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse, 'I shall die in my nest,' Exon. Th. 235, 6; Ph. 553 : 212, 25; Ph. 215. Nest timbran, gearwian, getimbran, wyrcan to build a nest, 210, 20, 21; Ph. 189 : 228, 2; Ph. 432 : 229, 6; Ph. 229.

boga

(n.)
Grammar
boga, an; m.

A BOW, an arch, a corner ⬩ arcus, angulus ⬩ arcus

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Gl. 52; Som. 66, 37; Wrt. Voc. 35, 26

Linked entries: bog-timber bogen streng

ge-rím

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rím, es; n.

A number, computation, calendar, diary ⬩ nŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris

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Gl. 82; Som. 73, 51; Wrt. Voc. 47, 55. On getal gerímes by reckoning of numbers, Salm. Kmbl. 184, 7. On geríme by number, 192, 10

Linked entry: gerím-bóc

ge-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlþ, e; f. [sǽlþ happiness]

Happiness, felicity, prosperity, wealth, good, advantage ⬩ fēlīcĭtas, prospĕrĭtas, bŏnum

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Ðú miht ða sóðan gesǽlþa gecnáwan thou mayest discover the true goods, 23; Fox 78, 32

Linked entries: ge-sélþ sǽlþ

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass through ⬩ glide through ⬩ to go through a subject ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ perlustrare

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our Lord's nature according to the flesh ), ne on him gelýfan swylce hé sý ánfeald man búton his godcundnysse, ac wé sceolon gelýfan ðæt hé ys sóð man and sóðlíce God, Anglia viii. 324, 1

on-beódan

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Þá sóna wæs onboden of ðám mynstre þæt hé selfa cóme dum protinus mandatum de monasterio fuisset ut veniret ipse, Gr. D. 130, 24

ridda

(n.)
Grammar
ridda, an; m.

a horseman ⬩ rider ⬩ a mounted soldier

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Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 8. Ridda homo equo portatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 65. Se ridda (cf. sum wegfarende mann, 1. 168) férde forþ on his weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 175. a mounted soldier Hors and ðone riddan hé áwearp on sǽ, Cant. Moys.

sárness

(n.)
Grammar
sárness, e; f.

bodily pain ⬩ mental pain, affliction, grief

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Gr. 5; Som. 4, 1. Helle sárnyssa mé beeodon, and ic on mínre gedréfednysse Drihten clypode, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 17. Ðæt beóþ ða angin, hé cwæð, ðara sárnessa . . . ða sorga and ða sárnessa de on woruld becumaþ, Wulfst. 89, 11-14

wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
wearmian, p. ode

To get warm

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Gif wund ácólod sý ... lege on ða wunda, heó cwicaþ sóna and wearmaþ, Lchdm. i. 194, 26. Wyrta wearmiaþ, Exon. Th. 212, 20; Ph. 213. Wearmode ł gehǽt Wæs ł áhátode heorte mín concaluit cor meum, Ps. Lamb. 38, 4.

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15.

ofer-niman

(v.)

to take by violence, to violate ⬩ to take away, carry off ⬩ to take away

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Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum Gen. 39, 14. to take away, carry off Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 39. [O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.]