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swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

mangian

(v.)
Grammar
mangian, p. ode

To trade ⬩ traffic ⬩ act as a monger

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Hwæt forstent ǽnigum menn ðæt ðeáh hé mangige ðæt hé ealne ðisne middangeard áge gif hé his sáule forspildt what does it benefit any man, though he come to own all this world by his trading, if he destroys his soul, Past. 44, 10; Swt. 333, 9

Linked entry: ge-mang

sund-búend

(n.)
Grammar
sund-búend, es; m.
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Hí (the people of the golden age) hió (acc. ) nánwuht ne gesáwon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 5), 8; 13. Ðæs ðe ǽfre sundbúend ( men ) secgan hýrdon, Exon. Th. 5, 22; Cri. 73. Ðæt ásecgan sundbúendum, 14, 19; Cri. 221

efen-eald

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Lǽswede heó sceápum mid óþrum mægdenum hire efnealdum ( with other maidens of like age with herself ), Shrn. 101, 16. Heó tǽhte þám mægdene hire efenealde mægdenu coaevas ei puellas ostendit, Gr. D. 287, 13.

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.

Bravely, ⬩ manfully, ⬩ like a brave man, ⬩ gallantly

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Bravely, manfully, like a brave man, gallantly Beó ðú gehyrt and hicg þegenlíce to confortare et viriliter age, Jos. 1, 18: Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 248. Heó tó ðám þegnon cwæð: 'Dóð þegnlíce and wel; ábeódaþ míne ǽrende tó ðam gemóte,' Chart.

DREÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DREÓR, es; m.

Blood ⬩ cruor

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Blood; cruor Ic his blód ageát, dreór on eorþan I shed his blood, his gore on earth, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 12; Gen. 1031. Dreóre fáhne stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447. Dreóre druncne drunk with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2005; An. 1005

ge-sǽliglíce

(adv.)
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Þá þá hé þám biscope þá fremdan hǽlo forgeaf, þá becóm hé gesǽliglíce tó his ágenre hǽle, Gr. D. 190, 30

Linked entry: sǽliglíce

bóc-land

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. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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In the Middle Ages, the Scandinavian pirates gave the name of Permia to the whole country between the White Sea and the Ural, Malte-Brun's Univer. Geog. vol. vi. p. 419.

fremming

progress ⬩ advance ⬩ a doing ⬩ accomplishing ⬩ the doing ⬩ operation ⬩ the doing

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Grammar fremming, with gen. of agent 'Gif ic on Godes fingre deófla ádrǽfe' ... Nis ná tó understandenne be ðæs limes micelnysse, ac be ðǽra fingra fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 204, 6.

a-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht

To do ⬩ effect ⬩ facere ⬩ agere

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To do, effect ; facere, agere Riht awyrce let him do right, L. H. E. 8 ; Th. i. 30, 13. Ðæt ðú me gewissige bet ðonne ic awyrhte to ðé that thou wouldest direct me better than I have done towards thee, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 6

beód-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
beód-lǽs, e; f.
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ymb twelf mónað ágefen, Cht. Th. 474, 6. Cf. beód, <b>Ib,</b> beód-ern

Linked entry: lǽs

ge-hádian

(v.)
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Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse hé of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wyrðe sý, and hine gehádian lǽte, 111, 19. Add

riht-híwa

(n.)
Grammar
riht-híwa, an; m.

A legitimate consort

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A legitimate consort Monige beóþ ðara ðe hié gehealdaþ wið unryhthǽmed and swáðeáh his ágenra ryhthíwena ne brýcþ swá swá hé mid ryhte sceolde multi sunt, qui scelera quidem carnis deserunt, nec tamen in conjugio positi usus solummodo debiti jura conservant

Linked entry: híwan

ofer-cuman

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add: to get the better of in a contest Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt, Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.

swilce

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</b> </b> Hafa hine swá swilce ðín ágen lim, Hex. 46, 3. <b>III b.

fýren

composed of fire ⬩ on fire, flaming, burning. ⬩ bearing fire ⬩ burning, red-hot

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H. 43, 31. figurative Is þín ágen sprǽc innan fýren ignitum eloquium tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 140: Ps. Srt. 118, 140

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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Mé míne ágen word sócon swýðe oncúðan verba mea excrabantur, Ps. Th. 55, 5. Ðonne oncúðon impugnabant hié mé bútan scylde, Past. 46, 7; Swt. 355, 15. Hié sylfe be ðdon oncúðon, ðæt hié swá ne dydon, Blickl. Homl. 215, 12.

Linked entries: on-cunness á-cunnan

wil-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-sum, adj.

desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ willing ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous ⬩ devout ⬩ devoted

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desirable, pleasant Ðam bið gæst Godes âgen bearn, wilsum in worlde, Exon. Th. 318, 11; Mod. 81. Eorðan wilsume terram desiderabilem, Ps. Surt. 105, 24. Ðæt willsume weorc onginnan desideratum opus inire, Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 33.

Linked entry: will-sum

ge-wealdan

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Swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, 1199. to control, have power over a person Betra bið sé þe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt ( melior est qui dominatur animo suo ) ... sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, Past. 218, 15-21.