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reáf

(n.)
Grammar
reáf, es; n.
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Hí sǽton on blacum reáfum weán on wénum, Cd. Th. 191, 10; Exod. 212. Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf depositis viduitatis vestibus, Gen. 38, 14

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Meahtig dryhten scyreþ sumum gúþe blǽd gewealdenne wígplegan the mighty Lord assigns to one glory in war, battle under his control, i.e. successful, 88 a; Th. 331, 16; Vy. 69.

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Th. i. 334, 1. of calumny, backbiting Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe tó swýðe, Wlfst. 70, 15. to blaspheme, blame Ná þás gereccende þíne [Dryhten in mé] ic hyrwe gesceafte non haec narrans tuam Domine in me blasphemo creaturam, Angl. xi.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

leán

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Add: pp. lagen, to blame a person or thing.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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</b> of abstract things :-- Ðæt is ðonne suelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge to rush on another openly with blame is as much as to thrust with the point; ex mucrone quippe percutere est impetu apertae

HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELLthe place of souls after deathHadesthe infernal regionsthe place of the wicked after death

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On ðære sweartan helle in the black hell, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 16; Gen. 761. Hig intó helle cuce síðodon they went down alive into the pit, Num. 16, 33. Ic fare tó mínum sunu tó helle I will go down into the grave unto my son, Gen. 37, 35.

á-rásian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 168, 21. to blame, reprehend Hé nyle hié árásian . . . ðǽm synfullan menn bið oftogen ðæt hine mon stíðlíce árásige . . . dá hié suíðe stíðlíce árásigeað and mid ealle ofðrysceað corripere non praesumit . . . correptionis duritia peccanti subtrahitur

Linked entry: rásian

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

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Ða hwítan líchoman beóþ mearuwran and tedran ðonne ða blacan, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 84, 21. Mærwost, 2, 14; Lchdm. ii. 190, 21. On mearwis[tum?] in tenerrima, gracillima, Hpt. Gl. 444, 69. Merewistan gracillima, 521, 29

Linked entry: myrwa

grimetan

(v.)
Grammar
grimetan, grymetan, grimetian; p. ode, ede
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Ecg grymetode loud rang the blade [as it was drawn from the sheath], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 24; Exon. 408. He gristbitade and grymetade he gnashed his teeth and raged, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 15; Jul. 598.

Linked entry: grymetan

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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Norþ tó blacan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 33. On fúlan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 257, 32. On áne ríþe, andlang ríþes (cf. of ðære ríþe, 24), iii. 385, 28-29 : 386, 5.

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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Fýre swǽtaþ blácan líge they sweat fire and flame. Exon. Th. 385, 12; Rä. 4, 43. Mon geseah twegen sceldas blóde swǽtan (sanguine sudare), Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 25. Hí gemétton ðone clúd swǽtende, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 6. <b>II a.

Linked entry: swítan

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Voc. ii. 91, 7. to bring a charge, accusation against, lay blame on Andreas mé on flíteþ wordum for wera menigo Andrew with abusive words lays blame on me before the multitude of men, An. 1201.

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening starHesperus

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Se móna, mid his blácan leóhte, dunniaþ ðone beorhtan steorran, ðe we hátaþ morgensteorra: ðone ilcan we hátaþ óðre naman, ǽfensteorra the moon, with his pale light, obscures the bright star, which we call the morning star: the same we call by another

Linked entry: morgen-steorra

blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown outan inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustulepustula, papulathe BLADDER, receptacle for the urinevesica

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[bláwan to blow; flare] That which is blown out, hence an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule; pustula, papula Be ǽghwylcum uncúþum blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittaþ of all strange blisters which exist on a man's face, Herb. cont. 2, 19

Linked entry: blǽddre

cídan

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On ðæs cídendan monnes móde, Past. 357, 1. to blame unjustly, speak against, speak angrily. absolute Uncer hláford hlýdde þǽrúte and cídde, Hml. A. 207, 395. with prep. Se mann geunrótsað for his ǽhta lyre, and cíd þonne wið God, Hml.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.
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, an epithet of the black alder Fúlae treó (treá, Ep.) alneum, Txts. 39, 117. Fúle treów, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 47. Fúlan beámes rind, Lch. ii. 78, 12. [Cf. O. H.

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to trackgo in a trackfollowmake a journey in search of something to make a trackgoto enquireinvestigateexamineto enquire after or intoseek to know aboutto search afterseek to attainto askinvestigare, indagare, sciscitarito track; to investigate; to ask

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speddropum spyrede geneahhe . . . beám telge swealg stóp eft on mec síþade sweartlást me (a book) throughout the bird's joy (the pen) with drops made frequent tracks, . . . swallowed the tree's dye (ink), stepped on to me, journeyed with footprints black

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

locc

(n.)
Grammar
locc, es; m.

a haira curlringlet

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Ðú ne miht ǽnne loco gedón hwítne oððe blacne non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36. Se scínenda lig his locc up áteáh the shining flame drew up his hair, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 3.

Linked entry: loca

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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Spl. 76, 6. to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping Swápeþ sigeméce mid ðære swíðran hond ðæt deófol gefeallaþ in sweartne lég he shall sweep the victorious blade with the right hand, so that devils shall fall into dark flame, Exon

ge-tǽlan

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Add: to blame, reprehend, condemn. the object a person Cuén súðdǽles áríses in dóm mid cneórisso ðás and getéleð (condemnabit) ðá, Mt. L. 12, 42. Getéleð (condemnabunt), 41. Getéldon hine tó deáðe condemnabunt eum morte, 20, 18.