róðer
An oar, a rudder
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Róðres blæd palmula, 48, 15. Ne mæg scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió (pull against the stream with oars), Past. 58; Swt, 445. 13
æt-wítan
To reproach ⬩ blame ⬩ upbraid ⬩ imputare ⬩ improperare ⬩ exprobrare
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To reproach, blame, upbraid; imputare, improperare, exprobrare Ne sceolon me on ðære þeóde þegenas ætwítan the thanes of this people shall not reproach me. Byrht. Th. 138, 15; By. 220.
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in-dryhto
Nobleness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory
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Nobleness, honour, glory Blǽð is gehnǽged eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ glory is laid low, earth's honour grows old and withers, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 8; Seef. 89.
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for-þrǽstan
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Woruldcara forsmoriað ðæs módes ðrotan ... swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12
gin-fæst
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Substitute: ample, liberal, noble (an epithet of God's gifts) Þú glǽm hafast, ginfæste giefe, geoguðhádes blǽd, Jul. 168.Hé gemunde mægenes strenge, ginfæste (gim-, MS. ) gife, þe him God sealde, B. 1271.
singan
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1 a. add: of the reciting of a charm Þis gebed man sceal singan on ðá blacan blegene, Lch. iii. 40, 8: 42, 7: 294, 7. of playing on an instrument Wé sungon eów be hearpan and ge ne saltadun cantavimus uobis tibiis, et non saltastis, Lk. 7, 32. 3.
tó-þindan
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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.
tóm
Empty; ⬩ figuratively, ⬩ free from.
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Cf. leás Ðæt hý móstun mánweorca tóme lifgan and tíres blǽd écne ágan (cf. the man farid imu an giwald Godes tionono tómig, Hél. 2490), Exon. Th. 74, 26; Cri. 1212. Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9.
hring
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Occurs four times, in poems by the same author Ðá cwom wópes hring þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát út faran weóll waðuman stream, Andr. Kmbl. 2558; An. 1281. Ðá wæs wópes hring hát heáfodwylm ofer hleór goten nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen.
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clawu
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Him ( birds) wǽron þá cleá blace (pedibus nigris ), Nar. 16, 16. Clawa ungularum, An. Ox. 8, 385. Seó culfre is unréðe on hire clawum, Hml. Th. ii. 44, 26.
a-bláwan
To blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ flare ⬩ efflare
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God ðá geworhte mannan and ableów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd God then made man and blew into his face the breath of life, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 25
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splott
a plot of land ⬩ a spot
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B. iii. 336, 23. a spot Is se finta fægre gedǽled sum brún sum basu sum blácum splottum searolíce beseted cauda porrigitur fulvo distenta metallo, in cujus maculis purpura mista rubet Exon. Th. 218, 18; Ph. 296
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wann
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Da wonnan lividas, 53, 1. blue-black, livid Ðonne se dǽl ðæs líchoman, sié gewended blæc oþþe won oþþe swilces hwæt, Lchdm. ii. 82, 12. Gif ðæt blód swíðe reád sié oþþe won, 254, 10.
wíd-wegas
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Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, ofer þeóda gehwylce, 3412 ; B. 1704. Cf. síd-wegas
feor-cund
Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus
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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway
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linnan
To cease ⬩ leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ lose
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To cease, leave off, desist, part from, lose Blǽd his blinniþ blisse linniþ [-aþ MS.] listum [lissum?] linneþ his glory comes to an end, he ceases from joy, desists from delights, Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 30; Reim. 53.
flint
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Hét se ealdorman heora neb beátan mid blacum flintum . . . þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, wearp tó þám hálgum, ac hé wand tó þám heáhgeréfan and his heáfod tóbræc. Hml.
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
on-bryrdan
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Hé þurh gǽstes blǽd breóstum onbryrded beald reordade, Ph. 550. Add Mid onbryrdum móde andettan compuncto animo confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 20
for-scrífan
to condemn
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Eggjar ek deyfi mínna andskota, bítað þeim vápn an velir, Hávamál 58) Áwríteð hé on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstáfas, bill forscrífeð méces mǽrðo he (an evil spirit) writes on his weapon a number of deadly marks, baleful letters, he blunts the blade