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mǽr-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-bróc, es; in.

A brook which forms a boundary

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Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)

Linked entries: bróc mǽr-ác

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio

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Grammar for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd the eternal perdition awaits thee, Homl. Th. i. 598, 9. God forlǽt hí to ðam écan forwyrde God will abandon them to the eternal perdition, i. 112, 23

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

deág

Grammar
deág, is of use, is good, avails, Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 19; Cri. 21: 10 b; Th. 12, 22; Cri. 189; pres.
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of dugan

Linked entry: deáh

ana-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
ana-wyrm, es; m. [ana = an, in in, as in Goth. anahneiwan inclinare; wyrm a worm]

An intestinal worm ⬩ lumbricus

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An intestinal worm; lumbricus Gif anawyrm on men weaxe if an intestinal worm grow in a man, L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm, ii. 114, 13, 18, 23

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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Gif ic þwóh (geðuóg, Lind.: ðwóg, Rush.) eówre fét, Jn. Skt. 13, 14. Ic þwóh (ðwóg, Surt.), Ps. Th. 72, 11. Ic in ða eá ástáh and of ðam wætere míne handa þwóh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 502. Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744.

dear

Grammar
dear, ic, he
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I dare, he dares, Gen. 44, 34: Beo. Th. 1373; B. 684; pres. of durran

ge-man

(v.)
Grammar
ge-man, ic, he

I remember, he remembers,

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I remember, he remembers, Beo. Th. 5259; B. 2633 : Jn. Bos. 16, 21; pres. of ge-munan

ge-mon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mon, ic, he

I remember, he remembers

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I remember, he remembers, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624: Beo. Th. 3407; B. 1701

ufera

Grammar
ufera, uferra. II.
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Þá þá seó lættre tíd cóm, and seó ufere þæs dæges weóx and ágán wæs cum jam hora tardior excrevisset, Gr. D. 128, 13. Seð ufere (lætre, v.l.) tíd hora tardior, 129, 2. Add

ge-þearf

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þearf, ic, he;

I have ⬩ or he has need or necessity

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I have, or he has need or necessity

pearl

Grammar
pearl, (?) The word, which occurs in a list of terms connected with writing, is glossed by enula, which elsewhere glosses
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horselene Pærl enula, bócfel pergamentum, Ælfc. Gr. Zup. 304. 7

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.

Then ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ at that time ⬩ marking sequence ⬩ then ⬩ after that ⬩ thereupon ⬩ of time ⬩ when ⬩ of cause or reason ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ marking time ⬩ when ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ when ⬩ if ⬩ then ... when ⬩ when ... then

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When the word stands at the beginning of a clause and may be translated by then, the verb generally precedes its subject; if it is to be translated by when the subject generally precedes the verb. then, at that time Ic ofstikode hyne.

síþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-fæt, es; in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut.

a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time

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Ðá wæs æfter síþfate ðæt mægen on him weóx in course of time it came to pass that strength grew in him, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 25

Linked entry: fæt

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Th. i. 56, 29.

feferig

(adj.)
Grammar
feferig, febrig (q. v. in Dict.) ; adj.

Feverish

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Feverish Gif hé feforig sý, Lch. i. 334, 21

Linked entry: febrig

smoh

Grammar
smoh, v. ǽ-, in-smoh

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ge-myþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myþe, es; n. [Theform and gender of the word are not quite certain. A dat. sing. fem, occurs once, but it is in a rather late charter with corrupt forms; all other instances are in dat. pl. Corresponding forms in other languages are neuter, so probably the English.]
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, 8-19) de Tamede múðan recto cursu in os wynnabæce . . . transit in ore Temede, C.

be-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gríwan, (only in) pp. be-griwen
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Sé is hýra and ná hyrde ðe bið begriwen (so in MS. printed -gripen) on woruldþingum, Hml, Th. i. 240, 16. For ðám mannum þe beóð begriwene on middan-eardlicum lustum, ii. 368, 2.

Linked entries: gríwan for-gríwan

ge-stice

Grammar
ge-stice, v. stice ; II.
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in Dict

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