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á-líman

(v.)
Grammar
á-líman, p. de.
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to come forth brilliantly Up álýman emersisse (the passage is: Illaesa venustate virgines e thermis emersisse leguntur Ald. 68, 9), Hpt. Gl. 516, 52. (In An. Ox. 4784 the form is álýmdan. In two other glosses emergere is rendered by ámýlan (?

Linked entries: á-mylþ líman

cyne-helm

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Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R.

mearcung

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Gl. 468, 1) constellationem (cf. constellatio, notatio siderum, Corp. Gl. H. 33, 517), An. Ox. 2631

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick vivus

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Th. i. 52, 20: ii. 212, 33: Cod. Dipl. 897; Kmbl. iv. 233, 5, 13. Ne sécþ seó cucu [turtle] nǽfre hire óðerne gemacan the quick [living turtle-dove] never seeks to itself another mate, Homl. Th. i. 142, 14.

DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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Com hæleða þreát to ðære dimman ding the troop of heroes came to the dark dungeon, Andr. Kmbl. 2541; An. 1272: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 27; Sat. 111. On ðære dimman ádle in the hidden malady, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 31; Gú. 1135.

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightenedtremblepăvēretrĕmĕretrĕpĭdāreformīdāreTo fearbe frightened atdreadtĭmēre

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Ne sý eówer heorte gedréfed, ne ne forhtige gé non turbētur cor vestrum, neque formīdet, Jn. Bos. 14, 27. Ðæt óðre forhtian that others may fear, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 15. v. trans.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen

To closeconcludefastenlock

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Ðǽr com flówende flód æfter ebban lucon lagustreámas there came flowing flood after ebb, the streams intertwined or closed up [the surface of the water shewing a network of lines from the varying currents, as the tide flowed up the river], Byrht.

Linked entry: lýcþ

ge-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cweðan, he -cweðeþ, -cwyþ; p. ic, he -cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To sayspeakcallpronounceagreeresolveorderdīcĕrelŏquiprofāripronunciārepangĕrestătuĕre

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On ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Creacan ford in the place which is called Crayford, Chr. 456; Th. 22, 5, col. 2, 3 : H. R. 105, 9. Éce Drihten gecwyþ the Lord eternal shall speak, Cd. 227; Th. 304, 9; Sat. 627.

ge-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-riht, es; n.

What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, directionrectum, jus, ratio, officium

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On gerihte fram ðam scipe to ðam ancre right from the ship to the anchor, Shrn. 175, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 172, 20

Linked entry: ge-ryht

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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He com to Bethfage, swo hatte þe prop, O. E. Homl. ii. 89, 13. Ther stod a throp ... in which that poure folk hadden her bestes and her herbergage, Chauc. Cl. T. 199. Thorp, litell towne or thoroughfare oppidum, Prompt. Parv. 492.

Linked entry: þrop

ge-hál

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Wyrc swá hit man gehál forswelgan mæge, Lch. i. 354, 6. healthy Hé ( a leper ) wearð hál and cóm tó Martine mid gehálre hýde, Hml. S. 31, 568. safe Sé ðe gehálne ( salvum ) gedó, Ps. Spl. 7, 2

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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Notes and various readings, p. 28, col. 2, § 4, 41h, MS. C. wífe; L. ciefese. Ðáwæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes then was the sixth year of Constantine's imperial power Elen. Kmbl. 15; El. 8.

CEALC

(n.)
Grammar
CEALC, es; m.

Plaster, cement, chalk;calx arenata, calx

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Ðá ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod Jovian was one night in a newly-plastered house: then he ordered a great fire to be lighted therein, because it was cold weather.

Linked entry: calc

fóre-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stapan, he -stæpþ; p. ic, he -stóp, ðú -stópe, pl. -stópon; impert. -stape, -stæpe, pl. -stapaþ; pp. -stapen

To step beforepreventcome or go beforeprecedeprægrĕdiprævĕnīrepræīrepræcēdĕre

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To step before, prevent, come or go before, precede; prægrĕdi, prævĕnīre, præīre, præcēdĕre Forðan ðu fórestópe hine on blætsungum quŏniam prævēnisti eum in benedictiōnĭbus. Ps. Lamb. 20, 4.

Linked entry: fór-stapan

mirring

(n.)
Grammar
mirring, e; f.

hinderingleading astraywastesquandering

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Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott.

mis-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-líce; adv.

diverselyvariouslyin different waysin an irregular manner

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Hí his mistlíce (Cott. MS. mislice) willnigen, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 26. in an irregular manner (v. mis-líc, II.)

óþ-ferian

(v.)
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to bear off Ic unsófte ðonan feorh ðþferede næs ic fǽge ðágyt not easily thence (the conflict with Grende's mother) did I bring away life, but not then had my hour come (cf. last passage under óþ*-*lǽdan), Beo. Th. 4288; B. 2141.

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Prov. Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure.

belg

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R. 9, 17. bellows Swégincga bláwendra byliga (follium), Coll. M. 31, 7. Ðeáh man þone gársecg embsette mid byligeon . . and tó ǽghwylcum þǽra byligea wǽre man geset. . . ond man bleówe mid þám byligeon. Wlfst. 146, 27-147, 6.

feorran-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorran-cumen, adj.

stranger

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Come from far, stranger Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, Ll. Th. i. 42, 23. Gif freóndleás man oþþe feorrancuman geswenced weorðe . . . Sé þe freóndleásan and feorrancumenan wyrsan dóm démeð þonne his geféran, 396, 25-29.

Linked entry: feorren