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nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample uponcrushsubdue

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To trample upon, crush, subdue Oft ic cwice bærne nǽte mid níþe oft the living I burn, painfully oppress them, Exon. Th. 389, 7; Rä. 7. 4.

un-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerím, es; n.

A countless numberan immense number or quantity

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Hire olfendas bǽron ungerím goldes, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 11. Ungerím feós syllan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 101

bedding

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bǽron micel streáw tó his beddinga. . . . Þá tówearp hé ꝥ streáw of þǽre beddincge, Hml. S. 31, 849, 852. Him wearð gebeddod mid hnescre beddinge, 37, 191: 205. Uppan mínre beddincge super stratum meum, Ps. L. 62, 7.

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.

bledu

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Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. On bleda in pateras (fialas), Germ. 389, 17.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Þá bær man þám cyninge cynelice þénunga on ánum sylfrenan disce . . . þá sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle (cf. dapes sibimet adpositas rex deferri pauperibus praecepit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 95.

sáwel-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sáwel-leás, adj.

without lifewithout soul

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Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406. Sáwulleásne, 6059; B. 3033 . Sáwelleásne, Exon. Th. 329, 21 ; Vy. 37. Héht ðá ásettan sáwlleásne, lífe belidenes líc on eorþan, Elen. Kmbl. 1751; El. 877.

beán

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Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml. S. 23 b, 128. Beána sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 7. Add

ge-sundful

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Hé gesundful síðode on fótum, sé ðe on bǽre þider geboren wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 14: 136, 5. Ysle gesundfullum asello sospite, i. sano, An. Ox. 3664. of things. Cf. ge-sund; 2 His swíðre hand is gesundful oð þis, Hml. S. 26, 103. prosperous, happy.

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]

To make triumphantcrowncorrōbŏrārecŏrōnāre

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We gesigefæstan ðíne bǽre let us crown thy bier, Blickl. Homl. 149, 19: 151, 9. Ðæt ic mid Criste gesigefæsted wǽre ipse cum Cristo coronandus, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 21.

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streáw

(n.)
Grammar
streáw, streów, stréu, stréw, es; n.
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Bærne streúw, Lchdm. iii. 114, 7

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wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes. Jos. 9, 27. Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

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fox

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His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær and ábát án fox cumende of þám neáhlande ... Þá cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne, Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Heó bær drincan and ús eallum þénade and scencte óð ðæt ðæt gereorde gefylled wæs obtulit poculum, coeptumque ministerium nobis omnibus propinandi usque ad prandium completum non omisit, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 26.

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.
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The jaw, CHEEK ; maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena Ðæt tácen ðære bærnesse he on his ceácan bær signum incendii in maxilla portavit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 16. He gehrán his ceácan contigit maxillam ejus, 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Ceácan malæ; maxillæ, Wrt.

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.
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Ðá þwóh man ða hálgan bán, and bær intó ðære cyrcan on scríne, 100, 158.

æx

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bær him æcse and adesan on handa, tácnode on ðám ꝥ hé nales tó ídelnysse on ꝥ mynster eóde, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Angl. ix. 263, l. Æxa bipennes , An. Ox. 2, 71. Æcssa, 2231. Mid ęcesum securibus , Ps.

hafela

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Men hafelan bǽron . . . Grendles heáfod, B. 1635 : 1614. Hí Æscheres heafelan métton, 1421. Hé hafelan onhylde, Gú. 1244. Hí woldon on þám hysebeorðre heafolan gescénan, An. 1144.

inne-weard

(n.; adj.)
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Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, ðearmas and inneweard, Hml. S. 23, 81

bed-reda

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Hé læg bæddryda sume nigon geár and of þám bedde ne mihte, búton hine man bǽre, 21, 339. Beddryda, 24, 84. Gemétte hé ánne bædrydan (bed-,v. l.) for eahta geárum lama.