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gripe

(n.)
Grammar
gripe, es; m.
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Gripe méces oððe gáres fliht the falchion's clutch or the javelin's flight, Beo. Th. 3534; B. 1735: Andr. Kmbl. 373; An. 187: Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 10; Jul. 125.

Linked entries: greóp hilde-frófor

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes miseryaffliction that comes from punishment

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Wé ðec for þearfum and for þreánýdum árena biddaþ we pray thee for mercy on account of our needs and afflictions, 186, 4; Az. 14: Beo. Th. 1668; B. 832.

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.

and-sǽte

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Ben. 25, 7. Þá ansǽtan execranda, An. Ox. 1897. of that which is good Beóð láðe and tó andsǽte þá þe God lufiað, Wlfst. 89, 17

ang-sumnes

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Þæs weges ongin þe tó Críste lǽt ne mæg beón begunnen bútan sumre ancsumnysse (ang-, v. l. ) via salutis non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4.

ge-hirwan

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THORN;us gerád gód beón gehyrwed huiuscemodi dehonestari (i. deturpari ), Hpt. Gl. 420, 26. On gemǽnum naman muneca ingehýd byð gehyrewed sub generali nomine monachorum propositum blasphe-matur R. Ben. 136, 5

Linked entry: ge-hyrwan

ríp

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D. 290, 20. v. bed-, bén-ríp

ge-wis

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S. 23, 631. (1 b) certain, about (be) :-- 'Ic wolde witan swá be Gode . . . þæt mé nán þing meahte on nánum tweónunga gebringan.' 'Gelýfst þú þæs þæt ic þé mæge dón gewisran be Gode þonne þú nú eart be ðám mónan?,' Solil.

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moorwaste and damp landhigh waste grounda mountain

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Mistige móras, Beo. Th. 326; B. 162: 207; B. 103. high waste ground, a mountain Licgaþ wilde móras wið eástan . . . on ðǽm mórum eardiaþ Finnas . . .

wíd-scriþol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scriþol, (-el, -ul); adj.
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Ben. Interl. 10, 16) genæm*-*ned, R. Ben. 9, 21. Hit is yfel, ðæt sume (munecas) synd to wídscriþole, L. I. P. 14; Th. 11. 322, 13.

Linked entry: scriðol

weorold-mann

Grammar
weorold-mann, <b>. II a.</b>
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beóð feor ofdúne gelǽded, þonne wé gemengde beóð tó þysum woruldmannum mid úre gelómlican sprǽce . . . eác ful oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruldmannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge multum deorsum ducimus, dum locutione continua secularibus admiscemur

ǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽne, adv.

Oncealonesemelsolum

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Beo. Th. 6030; B. 3019. Ǽne on dæge once in the day, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 35 ; Met. 8, 18. Ic ðé ǽne abealh, éce Drihten I alone angered thee, eternal Lord, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410

án-dæge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-dæge, adj. [án one, dæg a day]

For one daylasting a daydiurnusunius diei

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Ðe hire ándæges eágum starede who daily gazed on her with his eyes, Beo. Th. 3874; B. 1935

DENN

(n.)
Grammar
DENN, es; n.

DEN cubīle, lustrum?

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Se légdraca gewát dennes niósian the fire-dragon went to visit his den, Beo. Th. 6082; B. 3045. Geseah he wundur on ðæs wyrmes denn he saw wonders in the dragon's [lit. worm's] den, 5512; B. 2759

Linked entries: dænn den

feor-weg

(n.)
Grammar
feor-weg, es; m.

A far or long wayvia longinqua

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Drihten asent þeóda ofer éow of feorwegum addūcet Dŏmĭnus sŭper te gentem de longinquo, Deut. 28, 49: Beo. Th. 73; B. 37: Ps. Th. 67, 26. On feorwega in distant ways, Andr. Kmbl. 1855; An. 930: Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 1

ful-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-oft, full-oft; adv.

Full oftvery oftensæpissĭme

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Fox 4, 71; Met. 4, 36: Beo. Th. 964; 8. 480: Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24: Cd. 216; Th. 274, 11; Sat. 152: Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347

Linked entries: oft full-oft

ge-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽtan, p. -bǽtte; pp. -bǽted, -bǽt [ge, and bǽtan to bridle]

To bitbridlecurbfrēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕrefrēnāre

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To bit, bridle, curb; frēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕre, frēnāre Ðá wæs Hróþgáre hors gebǽted then a horse was bitted for Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 2803; B. 1399. He gebǽtte his ágen weorc he curbed his own work, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 152; Met. 11, 76.

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Áwergode beón heora tungan and lippan, Wanl. Catal. 137, 51. Wið lippe sár. Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

ge-cringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cringan, p. -crang, -crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To sinkfalldieoccumberemori

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To sink, fall, die; occumbere, mori Heó on flet gecrong on the ground she sank, Beo. Th. 3141; B. 1568 : 5003; B. 2505 : 2679; B. 1337 : Apstls. Kmbl. 120; Ap. 60 : Exon. 124 b; Th. 477, 30; Ruin 32. Gárulf gecrang Garulf fell, Fins.

ceáp-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-strǽt, e; f. [ceáp = saleable commodities, strǽt = a street, public place, market]

a marketvicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus;

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Ben. Lye