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féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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Féða eal gesæt the band all sat, Beo. Th. 2853; 8. 1424. Iudisc féða the tribe of Judah, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 25; Exod. 312. Se féða com up to earde the company came up to their home, 223; Th. 293, 19; Sae. 457.

Linked entry: féðu

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Eálá ðú ðe eart sió héhste frófer eallra wérigra móda O! summum lassorum solamen animorum, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 9. that expresses sadness, weary, grievous Hé wépende wéregum teárum his sigedryhten sárgan reorde grétte, Andr. Kmbl. 118; An. 59.

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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eác wénan ne þurfon, ac witod witan, ðæt hig yfel leán habban scylan, 270, 26. Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt ic ðé meahte áhwyrfan from hálor, Exon. Th. 264, 1; Jul. 357. Him tó wǽron witode geþingþo, Cd. Th. 30, 30; Gen. 475.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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ne mæg eald and infród ǽnige gefremman, B. 2448. Hí æt him helpe gemétton, G. i. 894: El. 1032: Ps. Th. 105, 24: 117, 13.

Linked entry: helpe

wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.

a weedan article of dressa garmentclothingdress

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Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda, Prov. Kmbl. 80. Mið ðý gewearp woedo (giwédo, Rush.) his proiecto uestimento suo, Mk. Skt. 10, 50. Hé sette uoedo (giwédo, Rush.) his ponit uestimenta sua, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7. Se wind strongra geswinca ... se wind ðara earfoþa, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18, 28. Wæs mycel ýst windes geworden, Mk. Skt. 4, 37.

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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, as in the tail of a comet Se bróðor geseah eall ðæt hús mid heofonlícre bryhto geondgoten, and hé ðǽr geseah fýrenne topp (a stream of light (?); cf.

lócian

(v.)
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Gé nú eágum tó on lóciað . . . fǽrwundra sum, Exod. 278. Eall engla cynn lóciaþ þurh þá ontýnnesse on manna cynn, Bl. 93, 23. Ða welan ðe hié on lóciað, Past. 183, 7. Hé úp lócade þurh wolcna gang, Dan. 623. Hé lócade geond þæt láðe scræf. Sat. 727.

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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For each finger-nail a shilling (cf. L.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Eall þás þing of endebyrdnysse (ex ordine) gefyllede wǽron, Bd. 3, 15; Sch. 263, 2. course of life: Hé him mid sóðe wítegunge his lífes endebyrdnysse sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 14: Hml.

scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Syððan ( after the overflow of the Nile) tó twelf mðndurn ne cymþ dǽr nán óðer scúr, óð ðæt seó eft up ábrece, Lchdm. iii. 254, 2. Ðonnesceór cymeþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1024; An. 512.

Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór

seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.
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Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. (2 a) to reduce by pain or disease :-- Heó swá swýðe mid ða untrumnysse soden wæs ðæt ða bán án tó láfe wǽron in tantum ea infirmitate decocta est, ut vix ossibus haereret, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 15. to prepare food for the mind, to make

Linked entry: for-seóþan

samnian

(v.)
Grammar
samnian, ode. v. trans.

to collect, assemble, bring together, gather to draw together, join, uniteto get materials together for a poem to composeto collect, assemble, come togetherto draw together, join, uniteto glean

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Wé somnadon ł geadredon ða colligimus ea, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 28. Sommas (somnigas, Rush. ) ða ðe hiá gelǽfdon. Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 12. Swylce man fyrde trymme and samnige. Blickl. Homl. 91, 32. Fyrde somnian, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 2. Folc somnigean.

Linked entry: samode

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Eft gegadorode micel here hine of Eást-Englum, Chr. 921; P. 101, 23. Þá Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið þá Frencisce . . . gewinn úp áhófon, 1094; P. 230, 1: 1093; P. 228, 26. <b>II b.

ge-bídan

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Mín heorte gebád hearmedwít feala, and yrmðu mænig eác áræfnede, Ps. Th. 68, 21. Hí gebidan myccle earfoðnysse þá hí hámward fóran, Chr. 1061; P. 189, 36. Yrmða gebídan, Wlfst. 26, 12. Ellen gefremman oððe endedæg gebídan to do or die, B. 638.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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</b> of bodily conditions producing the sensation of heat :-- Se ece of mínum earme, ðǽr hé háttra wæs and byrnendra, eall áweg álǽded wæs dolor omnis de brachio, ubi ardentior inerat, funditus ablatus est, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 566, 10. denoting one of

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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Sául, 282, 23: ii. 7, 75. the soul, the animal life Ic secge mínre sáwle: &#39;Eálá sáwel, ðú hæfst mycele gód . . . gerest ðé, et, drinc, and gewista.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Lightbrightcheerfulshiningclear

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Eác wǽre ðam earman leóhtne on móde gif hé ðæs rícan mannes welan ne gesáwe also the poor man would have been more cheerful, if he had not seen the rich man's wealth, Homl. Th. i. 330, 11.

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatnesshonourgloryfamea greathonourableglorious actiona wonderful thingmighty work

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Eálá mín drihten . . mǽrþum gefrǽge, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 4; Met. 20, 2. Hine God trymede mǽrþum and mihtum him God confirmed with glory and with might, Elen.

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urgepressto oppressafflictvextroubleexerciseharassto urge a person to somethingpress for somethingforce to do somethingto reproverebuketo threaten

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MSS.) leniter arguenda, Swt. 151, 11. to threaten Hé þreátaþ ðone earman mid his eágum oculi ejus in pauperem respiciunt, Ps. Th. 9, 29. Hí þreátiaþ eall moncynn mid hiora þrymme ore torvo comminantes, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 6: Met. 25, 13

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung