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tó-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swápan, p. -sweóp

To disperse by a sweeping movementto sweep apart or away

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To disperse by a sweeping movement, to sweep apart or away Se ðone líg tósceáf, tósweóp hine and tóswende þurh ða swíðan miht he thrust back the flame on every side, swept and dashed it away by his strong might, Cd. Th. 237, 23; Dan. 342.

Linked entry: tó-swengan

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Ðaelig-acute;t wæs wíde cúþ, hú hé his dagas geendode, Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 24: Cd. Th. 170, 17; Gen. 2814. Ða eá geond folc monig weras Eufraten wíde nemnaþ, 15, 17; Gen. 234: Met. 8, 51. Ða wíde springaþ crebrescunt, Hpt.

a-hreddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreddan, p. -hredde; pp. -hreded, -hred [a from, hreddan to rid]

To ridliberateset freedeliverrescueliberareeripereeruere

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Ðæt ðú us ahredde that thou deliver us, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 25; Cri. 374. Ðe ðú ahreddest whom thou hast rescued, Cd. 97; Th. 128, 15; Gen. 2127. He hí æt hungre ahredde he rid them of the famine, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 40.

Linked entries: a-reddan a-riddan

ellen-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-róf, adj.

Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis

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Ellenrófe weras the bold men, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 9; Rä. 23, 20: Cd. 94; Th. 122, 33 ; Gen. 2036: Andr. Kmbl. 2284; An. 1143

FARU

(n.)
Grammar
FARU, e; f.

a going, journey, passage ĭter, profectio, ĭtio, transĭtus family, what is movablefămĭlia, cŏmĭtātus expedition, march expĕdītio, agmen migrantium

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Gewít ðú nú feran and ðíne fare lǽdan ceápas begin thou now to depart and lead thy family and thy cattle, Cd. 83; Th. 105 1; Gen. 1746. expedition, march; expĕdītio, agmen migrantium He ðas fare lǽdeþ he leadeth this expedition, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 19;

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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Dǽlan somwist incre [Hagar and Sarah], Cd. 104; Th. 137, 27; Gen. 2280. Fyllaþ eorþan incre [Adam and Eve] cynne, 10; Th. 13, 4; Gen. 197

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Add: Similar entries cf. ést-ful, I Devotio, i. obsequio, bonitas, honor éstfulnes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 51: Scint. 29, 11. Éstfulnese deuotione, i. humilitate, An. Ox. 369: Hy. S. 88, 17. Mid éstfulnysse, Gr. D. 138, 18.

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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.), hiccough Gesca tentigo (cf. extentio, i. tenacitas ventris, tentigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 59), Txts. 101, 1996. Hwonan se micla geoxa cume, oþþe hú his mon tilian scule . . . þonne forstent se geohsa, Lch. ii. 60, 17-23 : 25: 28 : 62, l, 9.

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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Cf. Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9. Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht, 256, 34.)

ge-witleás

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Voc. ii. 150, 51. out of one's mind, mad. v. ge-wit; Ic wénde ꝥ heó gewitleás wǽre (cf. þú forlure þín gewitt, 311), Hml. S. 36, 352.

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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Rómpenegas (cf. seó ǽlc heorþpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæg, 116, 4), Wulfst 113, 11.

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

guma

(n.)
Grammar
guma, an; m.

A manvir, homo

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Gumena gehwylc each man, Exon. 19b; Th. 51, 25; Cri. 821: 32a; Th. 101, 5; Cri.1654. Gumena bearn the children of men, Beo. Th. 1760; B. 878. Geared gumum gold brittade Jared distributed gold to the people, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 3; Gen. 1181

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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folk, Exon. 30 a;E Th. 92, E33;E Cri. 1518E.

a-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hýdan, p. de; pp. ed

To hideabscondereoccuhare

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Rómáne gesomnodon al ða goldhord and sume on eorþan ahýddon the Romans collected all the treasures and hid some in the earth, Chr. 418 ; Th. 18, 6, col. 1

áþ-swaru

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-swaru, e; f.

An oath-swearinga solemn oathan oathjuramentum

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Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath, Beersheba, Gen. 46, 1

án-walda

(n.)
Grammar
án-walda, an; m.

A sole rulerthe sole ruler of the universe

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Ealra Ánwalda, eorþan and heofones ruler of all, of earth and heaven, Exon. 110 a; Th. 422, 10; Rä. 41, 4: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 5; Sat. 642

a-wyrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrgan, -wirgan; p. de; pp. ed

To stranglesuffocatecorruptinjureviolatestrangularesuffocarecorrumperelædereviolare

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Wommum awyrged corrupted with sins, Cd. 169 ; Th. 211, 26; Exod. 532: Exon. 30 b ; Th. 95, 24; Cri. 1562 : 105 b ; Th. 401, 25 ; Rä. 21, 17

Linked entry: a-wirgan

flyge

(n.)
Grammar
flyge, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flyingflightvŏlātus

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A flying, flight; vŏlātus Se fugel flyges cunnode the bird made trial of his flying, Exon. 17a; Th. 40, 28; Cri. 645. Wið flyge gáres against an arrow's flight, 79a; Th. 297, 11; Crä. 66.

freá-wine

(n.)
Grammar
freá-wine, es; m.

A dear or beloved lorddŏmĭnus cārus

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Cf. Grm. D. M. 82, 192

leód-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
leód-mǽg, es; m.

tribepeople

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Leódmágum feor far from my kinsmen [Abraham in Egypt], Cd. 128; Th. 163, 6; Gen. 2694