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BRÉMEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉMEL, brémbel, brǽmbel, brémber, es; m.

A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,

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Þornas and brémelas heó asprít ðé spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi, 3, 18: Homl. Th. i. 432, 34. Wið útwærce, brémbel ðe síen begen endas on eorþan for dysentery, a bramble of which both ends are in the earth, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 30.

a-hwylfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hwylfan, -hwelfan; p. de; pp. ed [a, hwylfan to cover or vault]

To cover overoverwhelmoperireobrueredeponere

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To cover over, overwhelm; operire, obruere, deponere Seó sǽ ahwylfde Pharaones cratu aqutæ operuerunt currus Pharaonis, Ex. 14, 27. Alege oððe ahwelf híg cast down [or cover over] them, Ps. Lamb. 58, 12

Linked entry: a-hwelfan

Cwén-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-sǽ, gen. s; m.

The White Sea hyperboreus oceanus

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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære Danais, west óþ Rín ða . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða . . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Eth, vii. 11; Th. i. 332, 1. Biscopes and ealdormannes wér-gyld is viii þúsend þrymsa a bishop's and an ealdorman's wer-gild is eight thousand thrymsas, L.

Cilt-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Cilt-ern, es; n. [ceald cold, ærn place]

The CHILTERN

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The CHILTERN, high hills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; montes quidam excelsi in agris Bucingamiensi et Oxoniensi Námon hí [Þurkilles here] ǽnne upgang út þuruh Ciltern, and swá to Oxena forda, and ða buruh forbærndon they [Thorkell's army] took

ge-scildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scildan, -scyldan; p. de; pp. ed

To shield, cover, protect, defendprotegere, tueri

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To shield, cover, protect, defend; protegere, tueri Ic gescilde ðé mínre swýðran handan I will cover thee with my right hand, Ex. 33, 22. Ic ðé gescilde on drihtenes name I will protect thee in the name of the Lord, Shrn 15, 19.

Linked entries: scildan ge-scyldan

ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

workŏpusŏpuscŭlusa fortfortressarx

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work; ŏpus, ŏpuscŭlus Eue wæs geweorc Godes Eve was God's work, Cd. 38; Th. 51, 6; Gen. 822: Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 4; Cri. 112.

gnornan

(v.)
Grammar
gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To grievemournbe sadbewaillamentmœrere

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Gif hí fulle ne beóþ fela gnorniaþ si non fuerint saturati, et murmurabunt, Ps. Th. 58, 15. Ðæt wíf gnornode the woman mourned, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 4; Gen. 770: Beo. Th. 2239; B. 1117: Elen. Kmbl. 2518; El. 1260.

fiþer-flédende

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-flédende, adj.
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Flowing in four parts, running in four streams Fyþerflédendre quadrifluo amne, Germ. 390, 105

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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Hé mægena gehyld (-heold, -hæld, v. l.) and swíþust sibbe and Godes lufan lǽrde virtutum, sed maxime pacis et caritatis, custodiam docuit, 4, 23; Sch. 468, I.

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, -ferran, -firran, -fyrran; p. de, ode; pp. ed, od

To removetake awayexpelremovereelongareamovereauferre

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Ðú afeorrodyst fram me freónd and nýhstan elongasti a me amicum et proximum, Ps. Spl. C. 87, 19: Cd. 219; Th. 282, 9; Sat. 284

a-spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spyrian, -spyrigan, -spyrigean; p. ede; pp. ed

To searchexploretracediscoverexplaininvestigareindagareexplorareenucleare

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Kmbl. 932; El. 467. Ic aspyrige enucleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 18: Ps. Th. 105, 2

ge-nǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nǽgan, -négan; p. de; pp. ed; c. acc.

To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assaultadire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare

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Kmbl. 769; El, 385. Þeóf ðe eorlas ungearwe yfles genǽgeþ the thief who assaults with evil unprepared men, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 28; Cri, 875.

Linked entries: nǽgan ge-négan

geofu

(n.)
Grammar
geofu, e; gen. pl. -a, -ena, -ona; f.

A gift, gracedonus, gratia

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He hí mid missenlícum geofum gewelgode ille eam [ecelesiam] diversis donis ditavit, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 1: Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 10; Cri. 686: 128 b; Th. 493, 15; Rä. 81, 31. Geofu wæs mid Gúþlác grace was with Guthlac, 40 a; Th. 134, 1; Gú. 501

up-flór

(n.)
Grammar
up-flór, a, e: -flóre, an; f.: es; m.

An upper floor or storyupper chamber

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Ða yldestan Angelcynnes witan gefeóllan of ánre upflóran (solario), Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 10. Sume férde upp on ðone uppflóre, 1083; Erl. 217, 18

Linked entry: flór

mylen-stede

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Se mylenstede and ðæt land benorðan ðe ðǽrtó hýrð, C. D. v. 383, 13. Add

fǽr-ærning

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-ærning, es; f.
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Rapid riding Se here mid fǽrærninge (cursu rapido) becóm tó sumre , Gr. D. 14, 24

Linked entry: ærning

þearf-lic

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Þ[ea]rfli[ce] commoda, An. Ox. 56, 172

fore-wyrdan

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Add: to settle terms, agree Eal swá mín swestar hit ér foræwyrde, C.D. iii. 274, 12

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Etna, the volcano of Sicily; Ætna, æ; f. = Αἴτνη, ης; f. . Etna [MS. Eðna] ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode, dá hit upp of helle geate asprang on Sicilia ðam lande, and fela ofslóh mid bryne and mid stence [Ors. B.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne