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steór-róðor

(n.)
Grammar
steór-róðor, (-er, -ur), es; n.
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God ǽghwæ; wealt mid ðæm helman and mid ðæm stiórróþre his gódnesse Deus omnia bonitatis clavo gubernare credatur, 35, 4; Fox 160, 15. Steórróðre (stiór-, Cott. MS.), 35, 5; Fox 164, 28.

dryge

Grammar
dryge, l. drýge.
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Gítsung gedrinceð tó drýggum welan, Met. 7, 16. Hond drýgi manum aridam, Mk. L. 3, 1, 3. Drúgi, Lk. p. 5, 4. Drýi, Mt. L. 12, 10. Dríu, p. 16, 14. Druige, Mk. L. 11, 20. Ðerh stówa drýia per loca arida, Mt. L. 12, 43

fore-stæppan

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Of wiðmetennysse forestæppendra gódra wera ex praecedentium comparatione, Gr. D. 8, 20. Take here the instances given under fore-stapan, fore-steppan, and add

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geómrian

(v.)
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Hé swýþe weóp and geómrian ongan flens et gemens, Guth. Gr. 162, 33. Gémerian and wépan gemere et flere, Scint. 34, 3. Ðá ic þá ðis leóþ geómriende ásungen hæfde haec dum querimoniam lacrymabilem styli officio designarem, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 16.

glíwian

(v.)
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An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps

hrútan

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Add: to make a noise, rumble, rattle Went hié sió wamb and hrýt and gefélð sár þonne se mon mete þiged, Lch. ii. 216, 20. Ne mé hrútende (v.

sendan

Grammar
sendan, <b>I b.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ne wéne ge ꝥ ic cóme sybbe on eorðan tó sendanne; ne cóm ic sybbe tó sendanne, ac swurd, Mt. 10, 34

stów

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Dele weall in the compounds. add: with reference to material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres

wendan

Grammar
wendan, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Binnan þám wendun gewyrda meanwhile things were happening, Cht. Th. 207, 22. Hwí ðú ǽfre wolde ꝥ sió wyrd on gewill wendan sceolde? cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna vices ?

heard-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
heard-líce, adv.

Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly

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Se Godes man ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan the man of God began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29. Hé heardlíce gewon wið Æþelbald cyning he struggled hard with king Ethelbald, Chr. 741; Erl. 46, 30.

smearcian

(v.)
Grammar
smearcian, smercian; p. ode

To smirk, smile

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Ðonne ðú smercodest and hlóge, ðonne weóp ic biterlíce Wulfst. 140, 28. Ðá smearcode hé Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 17. Smercode (smearcode, Cote. MS.) 34, 12; Fox 154, 8: 35, 4; Fox 160, 31: 40, 2; Fox 236, 22. Smercode Blickl. Homl. 189, 4: Homl.

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hinder

(adv.)
Grammar
hinder, adv.

Back, on the further side, behind, down

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On hinder hé eode he [the devil] went behind, Homl. Th. i. 172, 35. Hé on hinder gǽþ he shall go back, Salm. Kmbl. 254; Sal. 126. On hinder in helle hús down into hell, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 23; Gú. 648

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)
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But may not the verb on which beran depends be gewiton, v. 607, vv. 608-11 be parenthetical, and scionon an adverb, the passage then being translated thus, they went bearing above their faces the boar's shape, fairly [scionon] adorned with gold?

Linked entry: hliét

á-windan

(v.)

To twistplaitweaveto slip awayto become weak (?)

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Ox. 254. intrans. to slip away Út áwundene gylt oþþe út áslidene synne prolapsum nefas, Germ. 388, 58. to become weak (?) Þá handa áwindaþ (-swindaþ? v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Wel déþ se ðe ungewittigum stýrþ mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten: &#39;Ne biþ se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced,&#39; Homl. Th. ii. 532, 11-15. Gif hé him sylfum stýrþ fram eallum stuntnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 22.

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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the Finns generally, including Scride-finnas and Ter-finnas, are the inhabitants of the north and west coast from Halgoland [v. map in Ors.

fóre

(prep.)
Grammar
fóre, = fór; prep. dat. acc.

beforecōramantein conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquoantebeforeante

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before; cōram, ante, in conspectu, præsente vel audiente ălĭquo, ante; with the dative; cum dătīvo Se ár Godes ánne wísfæstne wer gehálgode fóre ðam heremægene the messenger of God consecrated a wise man before the host, Andr. Kmbl. 3299; An. 1652.

wórian

(v.)
Grammar
wórian, p. ode

To wander aboutto wander aboutramblebe a vagabond

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Wer unsnoter and wórigende (errans) þencþ stunte, 138, 18. Wóriende vagi (sunt gressus ejus, Prov. 5, 6) i.vagabunda (rumorum praeconia, Ald. 64), Hpt. Gl. 512, 51. His eágan ne férdon wórigende geond mistlíce lustas, Homl. Th. i. 168, 13.

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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On holan weg, v. 302, 37. <b>IV a.</b> lying in a hollow or depression of a stream, pool, &amp;c. :-- On holan bróc, C. D. iv. 95, 36; : 287, 37. On holan ford, iii. 436, 12. In fontem holan wielle, 379, 10.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Se hálga wer hergende wæs Meotudes miltse, and his módsefan rehte þurh reorde, Exon. Th. 188, 25; Az. 51 : 111, 24; Gú. 131. Ic glidan reorde múþe gemǽne, 406, 23; Rú. 25, 5.

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