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ge-hroden

(v.; part.)
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ge-hroden, [pp. of ge-hreóðan to adorn]

adornedornatus

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adorned; ornatus Biþ seó módor hordum gehroden the mother is adorned with treasures, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 17; Rä. 81, 17. Eoforlíc gehroden golde a boar's likeness adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 614; B. 304.

regollíce

(adv.)
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regollíce, adv.

Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)

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Riht is ðæt mynecena mynsterlíce macian . . . and á regollíce libban, L. I. P. 15;Th. ii. 322, 35. Ðæt gehádode menn regollíce libban, and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, 18;Th. ii. 324, 26 : Wulfst. 160, 1.

steóra

(n.)
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steóra, stiéra, styra, an; m.
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God is steóra and steórróþer, forðæm hé reht and rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá god steóra (stióra, Cott. MS.) ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25

Linked entries: steórere stiéra

súþan

(adv.)
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súþan, adv.
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Th. 55, 18; Cri. 885: 220, 23; Ph. 324. marking position, to or in the south Asia is befangen mid ðæm gársecge súþan and norþan and eástan, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 7. Ne dohte náðer ðisse leóde ne súðan ne norðan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 27.

swangor

(adj.)
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swangor, adj.
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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis hé (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac hé is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus

Linked entry: swenge

treów-leás

(adj.)
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treów-leás, adj.
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Simon cwæþ: 'Ðis is ðæt mennisc ðe ealle míne dǽda mid heora wordum onwendan.' Ðá cwæþ Neron tó Petre: 'For hwonwǽron gyt swá treówleáse?' 175, 26. Treówleásra perfidorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 54: Wulfst. 186, 3.

trúð

(n.)
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trúð, es; m.
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As an illustration of the character of the trúð see Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, Bk. iii. c. 3, § § 4, 7, where one picture is given of dancers accompanied by trumpeters, and another of a dancing bear attended by a trumpeter

weorold-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíse, an ; f.
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What is usual in the world, a fashion of the world Hé bæd ðæt Godes yrre ofer hí ne cóme, ne him wǽre hwæs (hwæt ?) gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .

wyrm-cyn

(n.)
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wyrm-cyn, wyrm-cynn, es; n.

the genus reptilereptilesserpentsa species of reptileserpent

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On ðam fíftan dæge hé gesceóp eall wyrmcynn, and eall fisccynn, Lchdm. iii. 234, 11. a species of reptile or serpent Scorpio, ðæt is án wyrmcynn, Lk. Skt. 11, 12. Wyrmcyn, Nar. 13, 10.

be-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gríwan, (only in) pp. be-griwen
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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

biter

(adj.)

painfulacrimonious ill-natured

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Hwæt is ðienga ðe bietere (biterre, v.l.) sié on ðæs láreówes móde?, Past. 165, 1. Þú mé ne syle on þone biterestan deáð, Bl. H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7

Linked entry: biter-nes

bledu

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Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll.

carful-nys

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Add: care, anxiety (v. carful, 1) Is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó þám gástlicum rihte be-tweoh þás eorðlican carfulnysse (ymbhigdo, v. l. ), Gr.

cyrten

(adj.)
Grammar
cyrten, adj.
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Add: comely in person Se seofoða heáfodleahter is geháten ídel wuldor . . . þonne se man gewilnað þæt hé sý cyrten, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó duste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29. Heó ( Esther ) wæs on wæstme cyrten, Hml.

deór-wyrþe

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M. 26, 33. ꝥ is ꝥ eallra deórweorþeste feoh pretiosissimum divitiarum genus, Bt. 20; F. 72, 26. v. diór-, dýr-wurþe in Dict

eald-lic

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Mid ealdlecre (printed -letre, but for -lec = -lic v.ll. l, 12 on same page) autentica veterum (the passage glossed is: Authentica veterum auctoritate, Ald. 35, 26. Cf. An.

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
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for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Where position is only vaguely determined, somewhere Him geþúht ꝥ hí behýddon ꝥ heáfod on þám holte forhwega (-hwæga, v. l.) it seemed to hiim that they hid the head in the wood somewhere, Hml. S. 32, 141.

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
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ge-hende, adv.
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Add Sume adverbia syndon frumcennede . . . prope gehende is frumcenned, and propius gehendor cymð of ðám, Ælfc. Gr.

ge-blówan

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Is þæt æðele lond blóstmum geblówen, Ph. 21.

for-swíþan

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[The Latin original of Past. 50, 1 (Swt. 387, 22) is: Prosperitatem apud judicium cordis non reprimit.]

Linked entry: fore-swíþan