ferþ-friðende
Life-saving ⬩ vītam servans
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Life-saving; vītam servans Forlét ferþfriðende wellan on gesceap þeótan he let his life-saving fountains be poured into a vessel, Exon. 109 b; Th. 419, 25; Rä. 39, 3
Linked entry: ferhþ-friðende
flint-grǽg
Flint-grey ⬩ cánus
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Flint-grey; cánus Ic sceal to staðe þýwan [MS. þyran] flintgrǽgne flód I shall impel the flint-grey flood to the shore, Exon. 101b; Th. 383, 31; Rä. 4, 19
fyrd-sceorp
A war-vest ⬩ bellĭcus ornātus
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A war-vest; bellĭcus ornātus Hwílum hongige on wage freólíc fyrdsceorp sometimes I hang on the wall a goodly war-vest, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 25; Rä. 15, 13
un-soden
Unsodden ⬩ unboiled
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Th. 488, 18; Rä. 76, 8
fleótig
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, fleótgan lyfte swift was it (a dragon) in its course, outstripping the birds and the nimble air, Rä. 52, 4. For passage substitute
hlóþ-gecrod
A press of troops or bands
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A press of troops or bands: — Biersteþ hlúde heáh hlóþgecrod with loud noise breaks the press of [cloud-] troops on high, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 17; Rä. 4, 63
Linked entry: gecrod
bǽr
A pasture (?)
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Ðis synt ðá gemǽra ðá[ra] bǽra ðe hiérað tó Hwítancirican, Fisces-burnan, and Felghyrste, 173, 25
bi-worpen
cast about, surrounded ⬩ cinctus
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cast about, surrounded; cinctus Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; Rä. 1, 5, = be-worpen; pp. of be-weorpan
ge-dwolen
Erroneous ⬩ wrong ⬩ perverse
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Erroneous, wrong, perverse Dǽdum gedwolene in deeds perverse, Cd. 91; Th. 116, 14; Gen. 1936 : Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 19; Jul. 13 : 103 b; Th. 393, 8; Rä. 12, 7
ge-mǽdan
To madden, make foolish
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To madden, make foolish Swá gemǽdde m-ode bestolene dǽde gedwolene so foolish bereft of mind erring in deed, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 6; Rä. 12, 6. Gemǽded vecors, Lye
Linked entries: ge-mád wíf-gemǽdla
wæl-hwelp
A dog that slays ⬩ a dog for hunting
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Th. 397, 21; Rä. 16, 23
snyðian
to go as a dog with its nose to the ground ⬩ to go sniffing like a dog, but applied also to the going of ships, and other things
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Th. 403, 12; Rä. 22, 6
stincan
To spring, leap, move rapidly
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Th. 412, 10; Rä. 30, 12. Se wyrm stonc æfter stáne, Beo. Th. 4565; B. 2288. Add:
a-þrintan
To swell up ⬩ tumere
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To swell up; tumere Ic ða wiht geseah, womb wæs aþrunten I saw the creature, its belly was swollen up, Exon. 109 b ; Th. 419, 7 ; Rä. 38, 2
Linked entry: aþrunten
BELLAN
To BELLOW ⬩ to make a hollow noise ⬩ to roar ⬩ bark ⬩ grunt ⬩ boare ⬩ latrare ⬩ grunnire
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To BELLOW, to make a hollow noise, to roar, bark, grunt; boare, latrare, grunnire Bearg bellende a roaring [grunting] boar Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 10; Rä. 41, 106
eorp
Dark, dusky, brown, swarthy ⬩ fuscus, badius
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Dark, dusky, brown, swarthy; fuscus, badius Eorp werod the swarthy host [the Egyptians ], Cd. 151; Th. 190, 4; Exod. 194 : Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11
Linked entry: earp
folc-scipe
People ⬩ nātio ⬩ pŏpŭlus
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People; nātio, pŏpŭlus Fere fóddurwélan folc-scipe dreógeþ [a ship] brings [lit. performs the bearing of] abundance of food to people, Exon. 108b; Th. 415, 13; Rä. 33, 10
Linked entry: folc-rǽden
ge-hréfan
To roof ⬩ cover ⬩ tĕgĕre
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Holme gehréfed covered with water, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 12; Rä. 2, 10
Linked entry: hréfan
geóguþ-cnósl
A youthful family, young progeny ⬩ novella famĭlia, libĕri
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A youthful family, young progeny; novella famĭlia, libĕri Ic bíde ðǽr mid geóguþcnósle I abide there with my young progeny, Exon. 104 b; Th. 396, 25; Rä. 16, 10
stæððan
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Th. 387, 4; Rä. 4, 74