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brenting

(n.)
Grammar
brenting, es; m.

A ship; ⬩ navis

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A ship; navis Hí brentingas ofer flóda genípu feorran drífaþ they drive ships from afar over the mists offloads, Beo. Th. 5607; B. 2807

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weapon ⬩ membrum virile

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Hé wǽpen hafenade be hiltum, Beo. Th. 3151; B. 1573. Nolde ic sweord beran, wǽpen tó wyrme, 5031; B. 2519: 5367; B. 2687. Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 9.

Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

our ⬩ ours

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Úrum sceal sweord and helm ... bám gemǽne, Beo. Th. 5312; B. 2659. Similar entries v. úser

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death

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Could this be the meaning in the phrase se metoda drihten used of Christ in the following passages?

genge

(adj.)
Grammar
genge, adj.

Going, current, prevalent, valid ⬩ usual

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Ðæt his sóþ fore us genge weorðe that his truth be current before us, Exon. 43 b; Th. 147, 35; Gú. 737. Á ðín dóm sý gód and genge ever be thy judgment good and valid, 54 b; Th. 192, 20; Az. 109.

sam-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-mǽle, adj.

Agreed, come to an agreement

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Agreed, come to an agreement Gif hý ðonne ǽlces þinges sammǽle beón if they then be agreed in everything, L. Edm. B. 6 ; Th. i. 254, 19. Ðæt dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón, L. Eth. iii. 13 ; Th. i. 298, 3.

Linked entry: sam-

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February ⬩ placenta ⬩ panibus sol ⬩ sun ⬩ mire ⬩ spurcalia

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Bede says, 'Solmónaþ dici potest mensis placentarum, quas in eo diis suis [Angli] offerebant;' but there is no word sol = placenta, unless it be found in the gloss panibus sol, Epinal Glossary, ed. Sweet, p. 21 a, 11.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

feá

(adj.)
Grammar
feá, adj.

Few ⬩ pauci

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Feá worda cwæþ he said few words, Beo. Th. 5318; B. 2662. He feára sum befóran gengde he with a few went before, Beo. Th. 2828; B. 1412. Ealle nemne feáum ánum all save a few only, Beo. Th. 2167; B. 1081. Nales feám síþum not a few times, Elen.

lácnung

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Ben. 52, 12

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian swelgan swígan swigian swíðan syngian trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes

Fresan

(n.)
Grammar
Fresan, gen- Fresena, Fresna; pl. m.

The Frisians ⬩ Frisii ⬩ Fresōnes

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The Frisians; Frisii, Fresōnes He mid Wilbrord done hálgan bisceop Fresena wæs wuniende ăpud sanctissĭmum Fresōnum gentis archiepiscŏpum Vilbrordum morābātur, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 8: Beo. Th. 2191; 8. 1093.

under-smúgan

(v.)
Grammar
under-smúgan, p. -smeáh, pl. -smugon; pp. -smogen

To creep under ⬩ come upon unawares ⬩ surprise

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Ben. Interl. 95, 7. Ðæt ǽnig þinc ne undersmuge on wege gesyhðe ne quid forte subripuerit in via visus, 113, 11. Swá hý nǽfre mid oferfylle undersmogene and beswicene ne weorðan ne subrepat satietas aut ebrietas, R. Ben. 64, 19

ymb-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-sittend, es; m.
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Ymbesittendra, Beo. Th. 5461; B. 2734. Wé synd gewordene eallum edwítstæf ymbsittendum facti sumus in opprobrium vicinis nostris Ps. Th. 78, 4:88, 34

biter-nes

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Ben. 22, 19. Þes middangeard flýhþ from ús mid mycelre biternesse, Bl. H. 115, 17. Similar entries cf. biter, III. Biternes accedia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 9. Yfel biternesse anda, R. Ben. 131, 12

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, l. for-dílgian,
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Ben. 76, 6. Se hindsíð mancynnes and ꝥ heáflice gewrit ꝥ wearð þýs dæge fordílegod, Bl. H. 123, 7. Sýn ealle þá ǽhta þe þám cilde gebyrien swá fordýlegade and tódǽlede ita omnia obstruantur, R. Ben. 105, 2. and add

smittian

(v.)
Grammar
smittian, p. ode

To smear, pollute, defile ⬩ illitus, unctus

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As reignes shall ben flitted Fro folk to folk, or whan they shal ben smitted Chauc. T. and C. v. 1544 Ismittet (smeared) wið smirles H. M. 13, 23. Bismitted (-smuddet, MS. T.) and bismeoruwed A. R. 214, 22.

Linked entry: be-smittian

hálsung

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Ben. 37, 1 : 38, 12. Hálsunge bén, þæt is Kyrieleison supplicatio letanie, id est Kyrieleism, 34, 2. (1 a) where the appeal is emphasized by an oath. Cf. hálsian; 1 b α Heó þus cwæð and mid áðe geswór . . .

a-breátan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breátan, p. -breót, pl. -breóton

To break ⬩ kill ⬩ frangere ⬩ concidere ⬩ necare

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To break, kill; frangere, concidere, necare Abreót brim-wísan, brýd aheorde slew the sea-leader, set free his bride, Beo. Th. 5852; B. 2930

a-sprincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sprincan, p. -spranc, pl. -spruncon ; pp. -spruncen

To spring up ⬩ arise ⬩ oriri ⬩ exoriri

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Ben. 7

Linked entry: a-spruncen

áter-tán

(n.)
Grammar
áter-tán, es; m.

A poisonous rod ⬩ twig ⬩ vimen venenosum

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A poisonous rod, twig; vimen venenosum Ecg wæs íren, átertánum fáh the edge was iron, tainted with poisonous twigs, Beo. Th. 2923; B. 1459

Linked entry: átor-tán

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