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hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar

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P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 10.

Linked entry: hrýman

el-þeódignes

exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage

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Voc. i. 51, 37. literal: In forsetenesse elþeódignesse proposito peregrinandi, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 465, 15. Tó elðeódignesse ad incolatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 47. Tó ælþyódinessa, An. Ox. 11, 25.

ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

Language, speech, tongue, voice

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Grn. ii. 287, 19: 293, 43. Ðæt ys on úrum gereorde that is in our language, Thw. Hept. 155, 37: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 55. To Norþhymbriscum gereorde to the Northumbrian speech, 58.

Linked entries: reord reord

æt-wítan

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Mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, Hml. S. 23, 599

flód

flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent

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Cf. platissa flóc id(em) it bubla, i. 65, 70, 71 bubla, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 36. Flód, II, 43

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later

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Ðá hét ic hí hwæthwega ufor gán I bade them retire somewhat from the spot, Homl. Th. ii. 32, 22: i. 70, 35. of position, higher, at or to a more honourable place Lá freónd site ufur amice ascende superius, Lk.

Linked entries: uferor yfemest

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Hé ne mihte on his móde áfindan ( he could not find it in his heart ) þæt hé þone nacodan ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25. Gif ǽnig mǽden mihte beón áfunden, Hml. A. 94, 72. Ðǽra sceápa hláford com hám áfundenum sceápe, Hml.

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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what is certain. certain information Ðá úþwitan þe sǽdon þæt nǽfre nánwiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga, Solil. H. 20, 22. Ne mæg ic nán gewis bringan tó mínum geférum, Hml. S. 23, 577.

dweorge-dwosle

(n.)
Grammar
dweorge-dwosle, -dwostle, an; f. [dweorg a dwarf]

The herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulēgium

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Lege dweorge-dwostlan gecowene on lay on chewed pennyroyal, 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 19: 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 236, 10: 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 304, 29: iii. 74, 5

CÓL

(adj.)
Grammar
CÓL, comp. ra; sup. ost; adj.

COOL ⬩ cold ⬩ frigidus

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Hrér mid sticcan óþ-ðæt hit cól síe stir it about with a spoon till it be cool L. M. 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 324, 1; 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 270, 2; 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 326, 6; 3, 31; Lchdm. ii. 326, 15.

eald

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Th. ii. 258, 26. On ealdum dagum, II.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> where the state is named On Cantwara lage, Ll. Th. i. 330, 17. On Engla lage, Wlfst. 311, 4. <b>I b.</b> </b> Ic (Cnut) wylle ꝥ eal þeódscype Eádgáres lage healde, Cht. E. 231, 3. <b>I c.

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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Th. i. 298, 7: ii. 202, 20: Ll. Th. ii. 370, 27. v. Læden-gereord, scop-gereord

ge-regnian

(v.)
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Voc. i. 25, 55. Geafum gehríned (ornatum), Lk. L. 21, 5. Ꝥte þú sié gihrínad exornari, Rtl. 105, 19. Ic ann Æðelwerdæ ánæs gerǽnodæs drincæhornæs, C. D. iii. 361, 8. Sittan on gerénedum scridwǽne in curuli sedere Bt. 27, 1 ; F. 96, l.

blǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.

to blow ⬩ rush

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Voc. ii. 30, 23. Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336), Bl. H. 243, 11

Linked entry: on-blǽstan

fǽge

fey ⬩ damned

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Add: doomed to death, fey Þonne ꝥ wíf seó mid bearne . . . cweþe heó: ' Ic gonge . . . mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan (with one that will be born alive, not with one that is to be still-born), Lch. iii. 66, 30

fore-lǽrende

(adj.)
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than I; it is for thee to take the lead when the apostles pray, Bl.

ge-widlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-widlian, l. ge-wídlian,
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Voc. ii. 66, 47. Ꝥte hiá nére giwídlad (-æd, L. ) ut non contaminaretur, Jn. R. 18, 28. Mánfulles, gewidledre fanatice (superstitionis) An. Ox. 4428. Ic míne ciricean oft sóhte mid gewídlode líchoman and mid unclǽne gegierelan, Angl. xi. 99, 82

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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According to the Protevangelion, when a new veil for the temple had to be made, it fell to Mary's lot to spin the true purple, c. ix. 4

Linked entry: tow-hús

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ath. i. proem. ; Th. i. 198, 7. in other cases where money is to be paid Gif mon óðrum wongtóð of ásleá, geselle .iiii. sciłł. tó bóte. Monnes tux bid .xv. sciłł. weorð, L. Alf. pol. 49; Th. i. 94, 13.