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BEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓR, es; m.

BEERnourishing or strong drinkcerevisiasiceraa beverage made of honey and watermeadmetheglinhydromeliĭtisydromellummulsum

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Ðæt mon geselle twelf seoxtres beóras that they give twelve sesters of beer Th. Diplm. A. D. 901-909; 158, 22.

Linked entry: biór

DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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Gif hine dreccean mót ðissa yfla hwæðer if either of these evils can torment it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 80; Met. 5, 40

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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This inconsiderable and now despised race has, therefore, anciently been far more widely spread, and reached along the Kullen [the chain of mountains separating Norway from Sweden] down to the Sound, and eastward over the present Finland,' Petersen, Danmarks

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, e; f.

An ornament a decorationjeweltrappingequipmentarmourimplement

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Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta hionane lǽdan wuhte ðon máre hordgestreóna ðonne hé hiðer brohte defunctum leves non comitantur opes, Bt. Met. Fox 14, 17-22; Met. 14, 9-11.

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elderoldergrandgreatersuperior

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of eald. elder, older, grand [in grand-father, cf. eald-fæder, -móder] Ældra senior, Wrt. Voc. ii.120, 48. Seó yldre hátte Lia and seó gingre Rachel nomen majoris Lia, minor vero appellabatur Rachel, Gen. 29, 16.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to metemeasureto measure outmark offassign the bounds of a placeto measure by pacesto traversepass overto measure one thing by or with anotherto compare

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Tó metenne wið ðæt mód, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 6: 32, 2; Fox 116, 7. Tó mettanne, 18, 1; Fox 62, 4

scyld

(n.)
Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.
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Hafaþ ðæt mód hwylcehugu scyldo habet animus aliquem reatum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 42. Synna, scylda piacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 78. Míne scylde delicta mea, Ps. Th. 68, 6: Ps. Surt. 58, 13. Scylða, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 211, 20. Scelda, Ps. C. 45.

Linked entry: GYLT

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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Hit nis náuht ðæt mon cwiþ ðæt ǽnig þing weás gebýrige it is naught [nothing] that men say that anything happens by chance, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 28 : Ps. Th. 4, 5. Ðás ðing gebyrigeaþ ǽryst oportet primum hæc fieri, Lk. Bos. 21, 9.

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

sin-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gal, adj.
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Se singala ege ne lǽt nǽnne mon gesǽligne beón continuus timor non sinit esse felicem, Bt. 11, 2 ; Fox 34, 28 : 12 ; Fox 36, 28. Mid ðæm sin*-*galum geþohte ab hac cogitatione continua, Past. 11, 7 ; Swt. 72, 6. Geleáfan singalum fides jugis, Hymn.

Linked entry: -gal

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Gif hine mon tió gewealdes on ðære dǽde, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 15: 31; Th. i. 80, 16. Gif man ðone hláford teó, ðæt hé be his rǽde út hleópe, L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 19. Gyf hine þreó men ætgædere teón, Th. i. 392, 23.

á-scirian

(v.)
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Se man þe his mód áwent fram eallum þisum bócum, and bið him swá ánwille, þæt him leófre bið, þæt hé lybbe be his ágenum dihte áscired fram þisum, Ælfc. T.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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Mon geseah swelce se heofen burne coelum ardere visum est, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 22. Swelce se hefon birnende wǽre, 2, 6; S. 86, 23: Chr. 1098; P. 234, 28. of that which is heated (metal, furnace, &c.) Birnendan bærnísene torrido cauterio, An.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

fíf

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Th. i. 394, 5. in a series a member whose number is five or a multiple of five: Hú mon scule blódlǽse on þára six fífa ǽlcum on mónðe forgán, Lch. ii. 146, 19: 148, 2. uninflected and with a multiple of ten where the number is treated as singular On

geó

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. ¶ geára geó (iú) long ago. v. geó-geára :-- Þæt wæs geára iú . . . þætte mid englum oferhygd ástág, Mód. 57: Sch. 11: Wand. 22: Gú. 11: Kr. 28. ¶ Þá (nú) geó already :-- Hwylce geðincðe hé hæfde ætforan Gode ðá giú on his cildháde, Hml.

líc-hama

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Nelle wé ꝥ mon þá Hchoman þe ǽr on cyrcean bebyrgede wǽron út weorpe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 9. Twégen líchaman, twá líc gemína (defunctorum) cadauera, An. Ox. 1870: Ph. 489. <b>I a.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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(la) :-- Beó á getreówra ðonne ðe mon tó wéne, Prov. K. 76. (30) add :-- Hé him wénde from Antigones hámfærelte micelra untreówða, Ors. 3, II; S. 146, 20. Cóm swá mycel unweder him tó ꝥ hí him ne wéndon þæs lífes, Hml. S. 31, 1137.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Hé ús syleþ missenlícu mód, monge reorde, 334, 9; Gn. Ex. 13

Linked entry: ge-reord

sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sowto sowimplant

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lit. to sow (seed in a field) Túncersan ðe mon ne sǽwþ, Lchdm. ii. 22, 13. Weard sáweþ on swæð mín, Exon. Th. 403, 11; Rä. 22, 6. Hig ne sáwaþ non seminant, Lk. Skt. 12, 24. Hláford hú ne seów (seówe, MS.

Linked entries: a-sáwan be-sáwan

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deeda benefitfavourkindnessan officeservice

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Nele God ús witnian for his weldǽdum, oððe his milde mód mannum áfyrran 76, 7. Weldǽda wítes merita (beneficia) martyrii Hpt. Gl. 489, 50. Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Hleótan man mót bútan wiccecrætte . . . gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ; ðis nis nán wíglung, ac bið wissung for oft. Homl. Skt. i. 17, 87. Wígelunge divinatione Hpt. Gl. 467, 69. Deófles bígencg, ne on wíglunge ne on wiccedóme, Homl. Ass. 143, 122.

Linked entry: wílung