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pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. (tó healfan punde, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 8 ; Th, i. 270, 3. of other money Ánum hé sealde fif pund ( talenta ), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15, 16, 20, 22. Hé sealde týn pund ( mnas ), Lk. 19, 13.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

teran

(v.)
Grammar
teran, p. tær, pl. tǽron; pp. toren
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Ne sceal hé teran ne bítan swá swá wulf, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 9. Tó teorenne lacerandum, Txts. 172, 2. Terende weleras mordens labia, Scint. 78, 14. Teorende hine discerpens eum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 26.

á-bítan

to lacerate with the teeth, mangle, tear to pieces, ⬩ to eat up, devour ⬩ to taste, partake of

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of a serpent Hét hió ðá nǽdran dón tó hiere earme (Cleopatra . . . serpentis morsu in sinistro tacta brachio) . . . ðǽre nǽdran gecynd is ðæt ǽlc uht ðæs ðe hió ábítt scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 24-27. to eat up, devour Se wulf

cræt

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Crætum quadrigis, 149, 14: curricis, 28, 17: carpentis, i. curribus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 12. Creatum curribus, Ps. Srt. 19, 8

or-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
or-þanc, es; m. n.

Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art

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Orþancum ingeniis, Wülck. Gl. 250, 5. a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design Orþanc molimen (cf. searo molimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 29), Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Som. 9, 32.

weorod

(adj.)
Grammar
weorod, werod (-ed); adj.
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Weredre itel wynsumre dulcisone, i. blanda, weredum beóbreáde vel swǽsum dulci favo, Wülck. Gl. 225, 17, 20. Werede ðigene nectareum edulium, Hpt. Gl. 413, 38: mulsum, 417, 56. Werede mulsa, 408, 32 : dulcia, Kent. Gl. 179.

HUNGOR

(n.)
Grammar
HUNGOR, es; m.

HUNGER ⬩ famine

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Hungre heófeþ wulf se grǽga the grey wolf howls for hunger, Exon. 91 b; Th. 342, 30; Gn. Ex. 150. Hungur heaðugrimne heardne, Ps. Th. 145, 6. Manncwealmas and hungras pestilentiæ et fames, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7

hár

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L. 67, 24. grey, of an animal's coat Wulf, hár hǽðstapa, Vy. 13. of bright metal Háre byrnan (cf.

HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum

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Wulf holtes gehléða, Elen. Kmbl. 225; El. 113. Sum sceal on holte of heáhbeáme feallan, Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 21; Vy. 21: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 103, 73; Met. 13, 52, 37. Gewiton áweg tó holte they went away to the wood, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12.

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen

To sweep ⬩ To sweep with a brush ⬩ to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping ⬩ To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop ⬩ to wrap. ⬩ to swing. ⬩ to sweep, stroke; make a sweeping stroke with a weapon; wrap, swaddle.

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Me wule swopen þin hus, Misc. 176, 151: Fragm. Phlps. 7, 6. Heó swopeð þe duste awei, A. R. 314, 6. Clensi and zuope þe herte. Ayenb. 109, 5. Chaucer has swope, swoope.] intrans.

be-scúfan

Grammar
be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Besceofene fraecipitata, Wülck. Gl. 254, 36. to force to something Gif hé hí neédunge tó his ðeówte gebígde, oððe gif hé hí tó yfelnysse bescufe, Hml. Th. i. 112, 7.

býge

Grammar
býge, l. byge,
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Hit bið drifen on swíðe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. of movement (lit. or fig. ) Bigas circuitus, Wülck. Gl. 232, 41. Se hara bígde gelóme, þóhte mid þám bigum ætberstan þám deáðe, Hml. S. 31, 1059. Hé gedyde bigeas (-ias, v.l.) and fleám, Gr.

hóc

a hook ⬩ chain ⬩ dragging ⬩ a fish-hook

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Wülck. Gl. 289, II), 63, 81 (both glosses occur in lists of words connected with ships). a sharp bend or angle in the length of anything

haga

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E. 239, 16. v. bóc-haga, deór-haga, gemǽr-haga (v. gemǽre; ¶), heáfod-haga, imb-haga, mǽr-haga, wulf-haga; hæg

Linked entry: hecge

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum

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[Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1. His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit Rel. Ant. i. 129.

eówde

(n.)
Grammar
eówde, eówede, eówode, es; n: eówd, eówod, e; f.

A flock, herd ⬩ grex

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Hafaþ se awyrgda wulf tostenced, Dryhten, ðín eówde hath the accursed wolf scattered thy flock, O Lord? Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 23; Cri. 257. Ofer ðín ágen eówde sceápa sŭper ŏves grĕgis tuæ, Ps. Th. 73, I: 118, 111.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ofgán exigere, Wülck. Gl. 257, 29. to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort:- Ic wille mid tintreg-um æt ðé ofgán ðises þinges insiht I will extort from thee with torments an account of this thing, Homl. Th. i. 590, 22.

Linked entry: of-eode

mǽr-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽr-líc, adj.

Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious

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Wülck. 254, 11. (of persons) Mǽrlíc (God) on hálignysse magnificus in sanctitate, Cant. Moys. 11. Ðæt wæter feóll ofer Pharaones mǽrlícum riddum the water fell upon Pharaoh's splendid knights, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 31.

ge-deorf

(n.)

labour, toil, work ⬩ trouble, laborious effort, difficulty ⬩ trouble, tribulation, affliction

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On sceortum gedeorfe labore breui, Wülck. Gl. 256, 27. Woldon hremmas hine bereáfian æt his gedeorfum . . . Ðá hremmas flugon . . . and se hálga his geswinces breác, Hml.

hnesce

soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate

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Wring on hnesce wulle, Lch. i. 86, 3. Wyrce him hnesce bedd, iii. 112, 1. Næscum hræglum gegearwæd, Mt. R. 11, 8. Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ hwéne hnescran gecynde; hí bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, 34, 11; F. 150, 27.