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ge-dreccan

to vex, afflict ⬩ to vex, annoy, provoke ⬩ to injure, destroy

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Add Gedrehte contractor, strictos, Germ. 401, 14. the object a person, (i) the subject a person. to vex, afflict ÞÁ heÁfodmen fyrde sendon, and mænig man mid þám swíðe gedrehtan, Chr. 1096 ; P. 233, 8.

beám

a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light

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Man þá beámas gelegð and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9. v. sýl-, wín-beám. a beam as part of an implement:-- Borige hé on þám beáme (of the plough) Lch. i. 402, 1.

a-cerrednes

(n.)
Grammar
a-cerrednes, -ness, e; f.

An aversion

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An aversion

æfen-lǽcend

(n.)

an imitator

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an imitator

ærce-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
ærce-diácon, es; m.

An archdeacon

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An archdeacon

forðung

(n.)

an armament

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an armament

fyrd-cræft

(n.)

an expedition

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an expedition

eal-myrca

(n.)

an Ethiopian

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an Ethiopian

gecele

(n.)

an icicle

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an icicle

ge-fáhmon

(n.)

an enemy

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an enemy

ge-frætwodnes

(n.)

an ornament

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an ornament

ge-lymp

(n.)

an accident

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an accident

ge-mal-mægen

(n.)

an assembly

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an assembly

hinend

an accuser

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an accuser

oxa

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Exen, calfero boves, vitulos, Rtl. 119, 28. ¶ oxan gang an ox-gang (v. N. E. D. s. v.), an eighth of a carucate or plough-land, a bovate.

má-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
má-cræftig, adj.

Very (?) skilled ⬩ powerful

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skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472

sǽ-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-wérig, adj.

Weary with being on the sea

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Weary with being on the sea Sǽwérige slǽp ofer*-*eode, Andr. Kmbl. 1651; An. 817: 1723; An. 864. [We beoþ sæ-werie men. Laym. 4619.]

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ haughtiness ⬩ insolence ⬩ distinction ⬩ splendour ⬩ pomp ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ wealth ⬩ greatness

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Ðone naman ic sceolde habban, ðæt ic wǽre wela and weorþscipe; ac hié hine habbaþ on mé genumen, and hine habbaþ gesealdne heora wlencum and getehhod tó heora leásum welum, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 30: Blickl. Homl. 53, 9.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci

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. = Δακoί A celebrated warlike people in Upper Hungary, in Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and in Bessarabia. They were originally of the same race as the Getæ. Trajan crossed the Danube and conquered the country in A.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species

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Gr. 139, 4: 140, 4. a form, shape, something formed by carving, writing, &c.: Hér ámearcod is háligra híw þurh handmægen áwriten on wealle, An. 725. Híwe simulacro, i. statua, An. Ox. 2285. Híw (híf, An.