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EÁR

(n.)
Grammar
EÁR, es; m.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea

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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea: v. Steph.

eóh

(n.)
Grammar
eóh, = iw; m.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree taxus

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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is

gleng

(n.)
Grammar
gleng, e; f.

An ornamenthonourornamentumdecus

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An ornament, honour; ornamentum, decus Gifu gumena byþ gleng gift is an ornament of men, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 24; Run. 7. Alege nú ðíne glenga now put off thine ornaments, Ex. 33, 5, 6.

óþ-sceacan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif hé óþsceóce (-seoce, MS. ), L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 234, 11

Linked entry: óþ-seóce

forþ-aurnen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-aurnen, part.

Run forthelapsedelapsus

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Run forth, elapsed; elapsus Nalæs micelre tíde forþaurnenre non multo elapso tempŏre, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 37

tó-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rinnan, p. -rann

To run in different directionsdisperse

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To run in different directions, disperse (intrans.) Suelce hit eall lytlum ríðum tórinne, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 13

Linked entries: rinnan tó-irnan

fór-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-yrnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run beforepræcurrĕre

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To run before; præcurrĕre Se óðer leorningcniht fórarn Petrus ille ălius discĭpŭlus præcŭcurrit Petro, Jn. Bos. 20, 4

óþ-hleápan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif hé út óþhleápe, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, ii. Cf. æt-hleápan

Linked entry: hleápan

dreórd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dreórd, pl. dreórdon, dreórdun dreaded, feared, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 8: 19, 25, = dréd, pl. drédon; p.
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of drǽdan

ge-recenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-recenian, p. ode; pp. od

To explainexponere, explanare, interpretari

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To explain; exponere, explanare, interpretari Rún biþ gerecenod a mystery shall be explained, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 12; Exod. 525

Linked entry: recenian

geond-irnan

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., and add: of motion, to run through or over Ǽr þon þá yfelan wǽtan þá limo geondyrnen, Lch. ii. 228, 16.

Linked entry: geond-yrnan

þurh-irnan

(v.)

to run through

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to run through Þurharn cucurrit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 60. Ðæt swurd ðe ðæra cildra lima þurharn, Homl. Th. i. 84, 18

fell

(n.)
Grammar
fell, es; m.

Ruindeathlapsusruīna

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Ruin, death; lapsus, ruīna Ðéh ðe fell curen synnigra cyan though the race of sinners chose death, Andr. Kmbl. 3217; An. 1611

F

At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf five; hæuþ, hæfþ haveth; Euen, efen even. In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

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The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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, Met. 10, 43 as a solid stratum Treów hrúsan fæst, Rún. 13. (2 a) as a place of burial or concealment :-- Hald þú, hrúse, eorla ǽhte, B. 2247. Heard gripe hrúsan, Ruin. 8. Se þeódsceaða heóld on hrúsan hordærna sum, B. 2279.

fiell

(n.)
Grammar
fiell, es; m.

A fallruindestructioncāsuslapsusruīna

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A fall, ruin, destruction; cāsus, lapsus, ruīna He wirþ swíðe raðe on fielle he very quickly falls, Past. 39, 3; Hat. MS. 53b, 17

eh

(n.)
Grammar
eh, es; n.

a war-horse, charger equus bellātor the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter e, but for eh a war-horse, charger, as, — RUNE [eh] byþ for eorlum the war-horse is for chiefs

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Thes. i. 135, 37; Runic pm. 19; Kmbl. 343, 3

Linked entry: eoh

ge-ærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ærnan, he -ærneþ; p. de; pp. ed.

To runcurrĕreTo run forto gain by runningcursu certārepropalma cursu contendĕre

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To run; currĕre Ðá geærndon hí sume þrage and efthwurfon then they ran for some time and returned, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 9. v. trans.

un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsedwith the time of its lease not run out

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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Ealdulf hæfð gerád tó setnesse, ða hwíle ðis land unágán sé as long as the lease of the land runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 22-33.

agén-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-yrnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run against meet withmeetoccurrere

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To run against meet with, meet; occurrere Him agénarn án man oscurrit homo, ME/Bos. 5, 2. Inc agényrnþ sum man oecurret vobis homo. Mk. Bos. 14, 13

Linked entry: agén-arn