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þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

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Hé siwode scós and ðurhþíde his hand, Homl. Skt. i. 15. 24. Ðurhðýde, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14. Hí þurhðýdon (ðurhðýgdon, Ps. Lamb. 21, 17) míne handa foderunt manus meas, ii, 16, 23. Dauides þegnas hine ( Absalom ) þurhðýdon, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 223.

Linked entry: þurh-þýn

á-cwelan

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Ealle fiscas ácwǽlan for ðǽre hǽte, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 7. Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe, Ll. Th. i. 30, 3. Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen ne ipsi moriantur, Past. 371, 11. Ðæt hé þurh hungres scearpnesse ácwǽle, Hml. Th. i. 58, 32.

ge-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, es; n.
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Næfð hé náht men gelíces de homine nihil habet, Gr. D. 46, 28. Næfdon hé máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc, Met. 26, 93. Nánne mon ne lyst nánes ðinges búton goodes, oððe hwæshwegu ðæs þe goode gelíc biþ.

ge-sundful

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Cf. ge-sund; 2 His swíðre hand is gesundful oð þis, Hml. S. 26, 103. prosperous, happy. Cf. ge-sund; Hwíl*-*tídum þeós weorold is gesundful, hwílon heó is mid mislicum þingum gemenged, Hml. Th. i. 182, 34.

ge-deorfan

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Substitute: to labour, do hard work Oxanhyrde, hwæt wyrcst þú ? Eálá, hláford mín, micel ic gedeorfe (laboro), Coll. M. 20, 25. to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.), of a person Gedurfan naufragauerunt (duae faeminae a fide), Wrt.

snǽd

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The word seems defined in the following passage Unus singularis silva ad hanc terram pertinens quem nos theodoice snád nominamus, C. D. B. ii. 18, 17.

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Sca hylda wæs xxxiii geára on lǽwedum háde and xxxiii geára under háligryfte St. Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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to beset, press hard, oppress Hé hig ofsette and geswenct he oppressed and afflicted them servierunt ei Jud. 3, 8. Fearras fǽtt ofsetton ł ymbsǽton obsederunt mé, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13. Feónd úrne ofsete comprime Hymn. Surt. 11, 33.

on-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bregdan, -brédan; p. brægd, -brǽd, pl. brugdon, -brudon.

To move quicklyTo move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)

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Onbrǽd recedes múþan raþe æfter ðon on flór treddode Grendel opened the door violently and stepped on to the floor of the hall, Beo. Th. 1450; B. 723. intrans.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Hál wæs ðú aue Mt. Kmbl. 27, 30. Hál westú, Blickl. Homl. 143, 17. Westú gearo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44. Hále wese gé (wosaþ gié, Lind.) auete Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Wesaþ hále valete Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 61. Wesaþ þancfulle, Blickl. Homl. 169, 16.

-a

(suffix)
Grammar
-a, affixed to words, denotes

A personan agentactor

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denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m. a star: Gewuna, an; m. a custom, habit

burne

(n.)
Grammar
burne, an; f.
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Abene ðíne hand ofer ealle ódas, ge ofer burnan, ge ofer meras, and ofer ealle wæter-pyttas extends manum tuam super omnes fluvios, et rivos, ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum. Ex. 7, 19.

Linked entries: BURN byrne

searwian

(v.)
Grammar
searwian, p. ode
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If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal, let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10. Sine searwade treasure played the traitor (left its possessor (?)), Exon.

stǽr

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr, stér, steór, es; n.
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ...

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, p. stealde, and stillan, styllan, stiellan; p. de
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Ðonne hí ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan hǽto áræfnan ne mihton ðonne stealdon hí eft on middan ðæs unmǽtan cyles and mid ðý hí ðǽr nǽnige reste gemétan mihton stelldon (stældon, MS.

sworettung

(n.)
Grammar
sworettung, e; f.
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 201. breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting Wið nearwre sworetunge, Lchdm. i. 340, 11. Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13.

ymb-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-habban, p. -hæfde.
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Embhæfþ continet, i. habet, tenet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 16. Seó séleste gesǽlþ ðe ða óþra gesǽljia ealle oninnan him gegaderaþ and hí útan ymbhæfþ, Bt. 24, I ; Fox 80, 21

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii. 335, 2: 303, 26. Drihtne bihoefe is Domino necessarius est, Mk. R. II, 3. Sýn gehwám behéfe þing (necessaria) gesealde, R. Ben. 57, 17: 132, 4.

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr hwít oððe blacc, Hml. Th. i. 482, 20. Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62. Him wǽron þá nebb and þá cleá ealle blace rostro pedibusque nigris, Nar. 16, 16.

Linked entries: blac blec

Pater-noster

(n.)
Grammar
Pater-noster, m. n.
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The Lord's Prayer Se Paternoster hé mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand . . . geðýn, Sal. K. 150, 32. Se gepalmtwigeda Paternoster, Sal. 12. Þæt gepalmtwigede Paternoster, 39. Húlic is ðæs Paternosters seó wlitige heorte?