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ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Achilles mid ðysse sylfan wyrte (yarrow ) gehǽlde ða ðe mid íserne geslegene and gewundude wǽran, 90, 1 ; Lchdm. i. 194, 8. Ðú swyltst nalles mid íserne ácweald swá ðú wénst ac mid átre morieris, non ferro quod suspicaris, sed veneno, Nar. 31, 27.

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Longa long timefar

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Swá lange swá gé dydon ánum of ðysum mínum læstum gebróðorum swá lange gé hyt dydon quamdiu fecistis uni de his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 40: Blickl. Homl. 169, 21. Genóh lange long enough, Deut. 1, 6.

Linked entries: lencg leng

ge-leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfa, an; m. [leáfa belief]

Belieffaithconfidencetrustfĭdesfĭdūcia

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Habbaþ geleáfan habēte fĭdūciam, Mt. Bos. 14, 27. Ic hæbbe me fæstne geleáfan up to ðam ælmihtegan Gode I have firm trust in the Almighty God above, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 26; Gen. 543 : 205; Th. 256, 19; Dan. 643 : Andr. Kmbl. 670; An. 335.

æt-íwness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwness, e; f.
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Mk. p. 3, 4. <b>III a.</b> shewing by orderly arrangement, argument of a book :-- Æteáuunis argumentum, Jn. p. I.

Linked entries: æt-íwedness -íwness

ést

favourluxuries

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þis hildesceorp Hróðgár sealde, hét þæt ic his ǽrest þé ést gesægde (that I should describe to thee his gracious gift), cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogár cyning, B. 2157.

hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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S. 10, 32. of non-material things, where there is rapid extension, to mount up at a bound Mín unriht hlýpð nú ofer heáfod iniquitates meae superposuerunt caput meum Ps. Th. 37, 4

leóran

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Hwylce men sceoldon beón sweltende and leóriende (leórende, v. l.) qui morituri sunt, 300. 11. <b>II a.</b> of things, to pass away, come to nothing :-- Word mín nǽfre ne leóraþ verba mea non praeteribunt, Mt. R. 24, 35

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Ic sylfa eam sárig þearfa pauper et dolens ego sum, Ps. Th. 68, 30.

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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Ic brede me max plecto mihi retia, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13. Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour [lit. war-garment] joined together lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552: 3100; B. 1548.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

GAMEN

(n.)
Grammar
GAMEN, gomen, es; n.

GAMEjoypleasuremirthsportpastimejŏcusoblectāmentumgaudiumjūbĭlumlætĭtialūdus

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Met. Fox 9, 37; Met. 9, 19. Him to gamene for his sport, 9, 17; Met. 9, 9 : 9, 91; Met. 9, 46. Ic mæg swegles gamen gehýran on heofnum I can hear the joy of the firmament in heaven, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 18; Gen. 675.

Linked entry: gomen

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Ic wille ðæt man frígæ hæalue míne men on élcum túne for míne sáwlæ, and ðæt man déle æal healf ðæt yrue ðæt ic hæbbæ on ǽlcum túne, iii. 273, 4-6. Gif in cyninges túne man mannan ofsleá, .L. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 5; Th. i. 4, 4.

Linked entry: bold

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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Nó hé þigeþ mete, 215, 27; Ph. 259: 357, 28; Pa. 35. Of ðam mete ðe wé þicgaþ, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 35. Ðonue hig mete þicgeaþ cum panem manducant, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2. Hí hyra hláf þicgaþ, Mk. Skt. 7, 5.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

bed-clýfa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-clýfa, bedd-clýfa, bed-cleófa, bed-cófa, an; m.

A bed-chamberclosetcubile hominiscubiculum

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A bed-chamber, closet; cubile hominis, cubiculum Gang into ðínum bedclýfan infra in cubiculum tuum, Mt. Bos. 6, 6

calwer

(n.)
Grammar
calwer, es; m.
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Calwer [MS. caluuær] calmaria? : gabalacrum? Calwer gabalacrum? Cot. 96

cú-migoþa

(n.)
Grammar
cú-migoþa, an; m. [migþa, migoþa urine]

Cow's urine vaccæ urina

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Cow's urine ; vaccæ urina Gesomna cúmigoþan [MS. -migoþa] collect cow's urine, L. M. 1, 38 ; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5

embehtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
embehtsumnes, -nis, -niss, e; f.

A compliance, kind attention obsĕquium

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A compliance, kind attention; obsĕquium He démeþ embehtsumnisse [MS. embehtsumise] oððe hérnisse arbitrētur obsĕquium, Jn. Lind. War. 16, 2

fá-lǽcan

(v.)

to be at deadly enmity, to be at feud

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Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10, MS. L

ferren

(adj.)
Grammar
ferren, ferlen; adj.

Far offdistantremotelonginquus

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Far off, distant, remote; longinquus On ferren [ferlen MS. Rl.] land in regiōnem longinquam, Lk. Skt. Hat. 19, 12

fryccea

(n.)
Grammar
fryccea, an; m.

A crierpreacherheraldpræco

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MS. 19 a, 28

fyligean

(v.)

to followattendfollow or carry out

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Mk. Bos. 5, 37: 8, 34: Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 17