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greát

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On greátan þorn, v. 150, 8. Gif mon óðres wudu bærneð ... forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19

ge-windan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-windan, p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden.

To twistweavebendwindtorquĕreplectereimplĭcāreTo goturnturn aboutrevolverollse vertĕrevolvĕre

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To twist, weave, bend, wind; torquĕre, plectere, implĭcāre Ða þegnas gewundun ðæt sigbég of þornum milites plectentes coronam de spinis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19. 2.

ófost

(n.)
Grammar
ófost, ófest, ófst, e; f.

Haste, speed

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Þorh ófst per anticipationem Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 77. Ófestum hastily Cd. Th. 140, 32; Gen. 2336. Ófestum miclum, 177, 15; Gen. 2930. Ófstum, 153, 8; Gen. 2535 : 161, 29; Gen. 2672

Linked entries: éfest ófest ófst

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn roundabout to go roundpass byavoidto turnpervertseduceto beguiledeceiveto get round a person

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Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes, Laym. 969. Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre, Misc. 46, 324

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

dragan

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Wildu hors hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas, Shrn. 117, 13. Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8.

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Gif þorn stinge man on fót, Lchdm. ii. 336, 20. Gif hine beón stingen, iii. 168, 13. Se lǽce his seax hwæt, ǽrðonðe hé stingan wille, Past. 26 ; Swt. 187, 6. Se cásere hine hét stingan mid írenum gyrdum, Shrn. 115, 24.

hrind

(n.; v.; adj.)

barkyrindedcaudexcodexlibercortexfrozen to deathto destroydead

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Thorpe translates barky, Kemble rinded, but in this case there should be no initial h. In Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 5, 6; Wrt.

ge-hyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hyld, es; n.

Regardobservationkeepingconcealingobservantiacustodia

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Thorpe translates into heaven's vault, Grein has recessus, arcanum? Or could the word have the sense of space, cf. Ger. gehalt, gehaltig? Cf. also geheald subst. and adj. and gehild

Linked entry: ge-heald

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to rollfig.to joincompoundcompose

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Hé wylode hine sylfne on ðam þornum and netelum, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 28. Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,' Jos. 10, 18. Hé hí swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl.

á-lúcan

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Upp álocenum þornum spinis erutis, 103, 17. Hé wæs álocen ( evulsus est ) of ðǽre wununge his líchoman, 326, 14. Se wyrtruma of his heortan biþ álocen and onweg ánumen, Bl. H. 55, 9. Add

Linked entry: lúcan

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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D. 19, 12. the chest, thorax Breóst thorax, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 6 ; 283, 27 : pectus, 28. On iugoðe bið se líchama þeónde on strangum breóste, Hml. Th. i. 614, 11. the stomach, womb Breóst crassum (ventrem, v. l.), Lch. i. lxx, i.

heals-fang

(n.)
Grammar
heals-fang, es; n.

'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'embracingto embrace

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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'

Linked entries: and-fang fang

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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provided with that which is expressed by the root, and is usually considered as a participle, although no verb may exist to which it can be assigned; such words have, therefore, generally ge prefixed to them; as gehyrned horned; gesceód shod, Rask's Gr. by Thorpe

on-tendness

(n.)
Grammar
on-tendness, e; f.

a burning, firefire, that which kindles passionpassion, vehement desireburning sensation, inflammation

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Ic on ðé ádwesce ealle ontendnysse, 4, 171. burning sensation, inflammation He unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðám þiccum bremlum and þornum and netelum ... and swá þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda; for ðan ðe hé áwende ðone

Linked entries: -tendness on-tyndness

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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., cf. 16, where Thorpe prints gewuna) wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 31. <b>I a.</b> accustomed to, with dat. or dat. infin. :-- Sincalda sǽ . . . æflástum gewuna, Exod. 473.

Linked entry: be-wuna

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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Swá þú bærne þornas fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12. Hé ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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Hé barn (from the action of thorns and nettles ) útan, Gr. D. 101, 24. Swá benne ne burnon, Lch. ii. 350, 29. to have ardent, vehement feeling Hé unálýfedlíce barn iunan, Gr. D. 101, 26.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Ðone Denisca leóda lufiaþ swýðost him [Thor] the Scandinavian peoples love most, Wulfst. 106, 23. Beneuentius and Sepontanus hátton ða twá leóde Benevento and Sepontus were the two places called, Blickl. HomI. 201, 22.

ge-lustfulling

(n.)
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Hé forhæfde hine sylfne fram gelustfullunge þysses lífes, Shrn. 12, 22. pleasure as a personification Seó gelustfullung ( voluptas ) gewundedum fótum þurh þá þornas fleáh, Prud. 53. that which produces pleasure, an object or source of delight, a delight

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Oð ðone ánlípigan þorn . . . On ðone ánlípian stán, C. D. iii. 467, 7, 8. Mín swustur lét mé ǽnlípie (solam) þénian, Lk. 10, 40. Ne sculon mæssepreóstas ǽnlípie bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 21.