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brym-streám

(n.)

the sea, a river

Entry preview:

Rush. Stv. 8, 18: Chr. 942; Th. 209, 38, col. 1; Edm. 5

wrǽþþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþþu, (-o); indecl. : wrǽþþ, e; f.

wrath ⬩ anger ⬩ injury

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Rush. 21, 23: Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 36: indignatio, Rtl. 12, 35. Uráðdo iracnndiae, 8, 37. Mið wrǽððo cum ira, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 5. Hæbbe hé Godes curs and wrǽððe ealra hálgena, Chart.

gyrdels

(n.)
Grammar
gyrdels, es; m.

A girdle

Entry preview:

Rush. 3, 4, 10, 9: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 6: 6, 8 Rtl. 79, 7. Gelíc gyrdelse sicut zona, Ps. Th. 108, 19; Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4: 114 a; Th. 436, 34; Rä. 55, 11

Linked entry: gyrdel

tó-worpness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpness, -wyrpness, e;

dispersion ⬩ a throwing out ⬩ ejection

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Rush. Lind. 7, 35. a throwing out, ejection, v. tó-weorpan, IV. Salde him mæhte gémnisse tó untrymnissum and tóworpnisse (-wyrpnise, Lind.) diówla dedit illis potestatem curandi infirmitates et eiciendi daemonia, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 15. [O. H.

Linked entries: -worpness tó-wyrpness

ár-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-líce, adv. [ = ǽr early]

Early ⬩ diluculo ⬩ mane

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 8, 2

emetig

(adj.)
Grammar
emetig, adj.

Empty, vacant ⬩ văcuus, văcans

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Rush. 12, 44

món-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
món-seóc, adj.

Lunatic ⬩ epileptic

Entry preview:

Rush. 15. Mónsékæ lunaticos, 4, 24

Linked entry: mónaþ-seóc

morþor-slagu

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-slagu, (?), e; f.

Murder ⬩ homicide

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Rush.) homicidia, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 21

cnídan

(v.)
Grammar
cnídan, p. cnád, pl. cnidon; pp. cniden

To beat ⬩ cædere

Entry preview:

Rush. 21, 35

ge-sníðan

(v.)

to lie down

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to lie down Ðætte gesniða [Rush. gesnide] gedydon alle ut accumbere facerent omnes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. [?]

sprǽc-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc-ærn, ern, es; n.

A place for speaking, court-house

Entry preview:

Rush. 18, 28: 19, 9

Linked entry: sprǽc-hús

racent-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
racent-teáh, gen. -teáge ; f.
Entry preview:

.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4. Gebundenne on heardum raceteágum vinctum catenis, Jud. 16, 21

Linked entry: raceteáh

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful

Entry preview:

Rush. 6, 50

mé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mé, dat.: mé, mec, meh, mech; acc. of pronoun of first person.

Me

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Ǽlcne ðe mé (Lind. meh; Rush. mec) cýð omnis qui confitetur me, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 32. Ða ðe swencaþ mec qui tribulant me, Ps. Surt. 3, 2, 5, 6. Hálne mé dóa salvam me fac, 3, 7; 4, 2. Se ðe geléfes on mech (mec, Rush.) qui credit in me, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: mec meh

sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnung, e; f.

plot, snare ⬩ seditio

Entry preview:

Rush. 11, 54. Similar entries v. sǽtung in the following passages the word glosses seditio. On setnuncge (setnong, Lind. ) in seditione, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 7. Fore sétnunge propter seditionem. Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 19, 25. Similar entries v. sǽtnere

Linked entries: sétnung sǽtnere

dern-geliger

(n.)
Grammar
dern-geliger, e; f: dern-geliger-scipe,es ; m.

A secret lying, adultery ⬩ clandestīnus concubĭtus, adultĕrium

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 8, 3

forðor

(adv.)

further ⬩ more

Entry preview:

Rush. 22, 71

in-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drincan, p. -dranc

To imbibe ⬩ drink

Entry preview:

Indrungno [Rush. indruncne] inebriati, Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 10

Linked entries: on-drincan in-drencan

lám-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
lám-wyrhta, an; m.

a potter

Entry preview:

Rush. 27, 7. Lámwyrhtæ [-wrihtæs, Lind.], 10

pís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pís-líc, adj.
Entry preview:

Rush. 14, 40. v. next word and pís

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