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gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Ne beó ðú ælþeódegum gram thou shalt not ... oppress a stranger, Ex. 23, 9. Ne beó ðú me gram noli mihi molestus esse, Lk. Skt. 11, 7: 18, 5

Linked entry: grom

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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Meanwhile Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, nalles fácnstafas Þeód-Scyldingas þenden fremedon, Beo. Th. 2043; B. 1019. Dǽdum mildheort, þenden geðyldig, Ps. Th. 85, 14: 91, 13. v. preceding word

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster

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a monastery, a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunian, ðæt is wæterscype, mylen, wyrtún and gehwylce misenlíce cræftas ðe synd góde tó begánne, R

frófor

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Frófras ( solacia ) him beón gesealde, R. Ben. I. 62, 14: 65, 11

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Þ frýnd móton beón bóte nýhst that the friends may be most nearly concerned with the 'bót', Ll. Th. i. 256, 4. Godes grið is ealra griða sélast, . . . and þǽr néhst þæs cynges ( and next to that the king's ), 330, 3.

ge-þeón

(v.)
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S. 35, 10. of highly developed powers Ðá ðe ðonne giét tó ðǽm gewintrede ne beóð ne geðiegene (-þigene, v. l.)

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Kmbl. 3129 ; An. 1567 : Beo. Th. 518 ; B. 256. Hwæt sélest wǽre tó gefremmanne, 351 ; B. 173 : Elen. Kmbl. 2328 ; El. 1165. Ellen biþ sélast ðam ðe sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, Exon. Th. 183, 4 ; Gú. 1322. Biþ andgit ǽghwǽr sélest, Beo.

Linked entry: sélost

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe

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Wé beóþ for eów and eów orsorge gedóþ (cf. wé gedóþ eów sorhleáse securos vos faciemus; we will secure you, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 14), Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 23

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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In the dragon's hoard are 'dýre swyrd,' Beo.

Linked entry: swyrd

for-glendrad

(v.)
Grammar
for-glendrad, for-glendran.

To devour ⬩ consume

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Ealle heora snytru beóð yfele forgledred omnis sapientia eorum devorata est, Ps. Th. 106, 26. Seó grániende neowelnys and seó forglendrede (-iende(?): -glændrede, -gleddrede, v. ll.) hell, Wlfst. 187, 1.

full-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
full-boren, adj.
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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. (1 a) figuratively Ðonne

leó

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God geworhte . . . ðá réðan león ðe hér on lande ne beóð, Hex. 14, 32

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Fremmaþ gé leóda þearfe, Beo. Th. 5594; B. 2801. Ic wát ðæt ðú sécst míne ðearfe I know that you seek my good, Shrn. 182, 32.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

á-bǽdan

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S. 23b, 130. where the object is something due, a tax, or the like Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, ðá de ábǽdde beóð from ðaem nédbáderum, C. D. i. 114, 20.

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Swylce, Beo. Th. 226; B. 113. End suelce (suilcae, suilce) atqueve, Txts. 37, 75. Ic God herige and on God swylce gelýfe, Ps. Th. 55, 4. Ge swylce, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258. Hié hæfdon manige glengas; eác swylce hié hæfdon wíf, Blickl. Homl. 99, 20.

Linked entry: swálíce

CUMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUMAN, part. cumende; ic cume, ðú cymst, cymest, he cumeþ, cymþ, cymeþ, cimþ, pl. cumaþ; p. ic, he com, cwom, ðú cóme, pl. cómon, cwómon; imp. s. cum, cym, pl. cumaþ; subj. indef. ic cume, cyme, pl. cumon, cumen, cymen; p. cóme, pl. cómen; pp. cumen, cymen.

COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire

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Ðonne wíg cume when war happens, Beo. Th. 46 ; B. 23. Ðonne his fyll cóme when his fall has happened, Cd. 200 ; Th. 248, 15; Dan. 513. Cumaþ ðonne mid cumendum venientes autem venient, Ps.

Linked entry: aweg-cuman

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Before ⬩ fore ⬩ ante ⬩ cŏram ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ præ ⬩ priusquam

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He for eaxlum gestód Deniga freán he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes, Beo. Th. 72256. 358. Fór horde before the hoard, Beo. Th. 5555; B. 2781.

Linked entries: foor fóre

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans

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Fromum feohgiftum with rich money gifts, Beo. Th. 41; B. 21. Fromra præstantior, Cot. 154

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

hróðor

(n.)
Grammar
hróðor, es; m.

Solace ⬩ comfort ⬩ benefit ⬩ pleasure

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His sunu hangaþ hrefne tó hróðre his son hangs a solace for the raven, Beo. Th. 4887; B. 2448: Apstls. Kmbl. 190; Ap. 95. Ðú ðe cwóme heánum tó hróðre thou (Christ) who hast come for a comfort to the humble, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 7; Cri. 414.

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandman ⬩ a native

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Ic ðæt londbúend leóde míne secgan hýrde I heard the land's inhabitants, my people, say, Beo. Th. 2694; B. 1345

Linked entry: búend

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