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sméðian

(v.)
Grammar
sméðian, p. ode; pp. od

to become smoothto make smooth

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to become smooth Ðonne sméðaþ ðæt neb and hálaþ Lchdm. i. 86, 8. to make smooth Ic sméðie polio Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 74. [ He wile foxliche smeþien mid worde O. E. Homl. i. 31, 8. Rihteð and smeðeð þe heorte A. R. 4, 23.]

trég

(n.)
Grammar
trég, (treg ?), tríg (cf.? hég, híg hay, for the form), es; n.

A traytrough

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A tray, trough Trég alueolum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 70. Nim ðæt reáde ryden, dó on tríg; hǽt stánes swíþe háte, lege on ðæt trig innan, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5-6. Bye us vessel . . . Dysschys, cuppys, and sawsers, Bolles, treyes, and platers, Rich. 1490

Linked entry: tríg

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Add: Hoc caelum þeós heofen, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 86, ii. the overarching vault of sky, the sky, firmament, Similar entries v. heofon-hróf, -hwealf Hé cwæð, 'Geweorðe heofen', and þǽrrihte wæs heofen geworht (cf. Gen. I. 6, 8),Hml. Th. i. 6, 1-2. Heofon biþ

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

Deór-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Deór-hám, es; m. [deór a wild beast, hám home, dwelling]

DERHAM, Gloucestershire, DEREHAM, Norfolk lŏcōrum nōmen in agris Glocestriæ et Norfolciæ

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DERHAM, Gloucestershire, DEREHAM, Norfolk; lŏcōrum nōmen in agris Glocestriæ et Norfolciæ Hí iii ciningas ofslógon in ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Deórhám they slew three kings at the place which is called Derham, Chr. 577; Erl. 19, 21. On ðysum geáre Wihtburge

here-wæsmun

(n.; adv.)
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Nó ic méan herewæsmun hnágran talige gúþgeweorca ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1358; B. 677. Thorpe reads wæstmum [see the use of wæstm in the plural] and translates 'in martial vigour.' Grein translates by vis bellica and refers the word to a nominative

Linked entry: wǽsma

lǽce-hús

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-hús, es; n.

A hospital

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A hospital, a house where the sick are tended by a leech Hé hine gelǽdde on his lǽcehús [Lind. lécehús] and hine lácnude And brohte óðrum dæge twegen penegas and sealde ðam lǽce and ðus cwæþ Begým hys illum duxit in stabulum et curam ejus egit. Et altera

un-ágen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágen, adj.

Not one's ownnot in a person's possession or under his control

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Not one's own, not in a person's possession or under his control Gehiéren ða eáðmódan hú éce ðæt is ðæt hié wilniaþ, and hú gewítende and hú unágen ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniaþ audiant humiles, quam sint aeterna, quae appetunt, quam transitoria, quae contemnunt

drohtnian

(v.)
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Of cyrliscum lífe ... men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ ( live as monks ), swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe hé drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44

flís

fleecewooldown

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Take here flýs in Dict. and add: fleece of a sheep Swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feóll cadere in modum uellerum immense ceperunt nines, Nar. 23, 13. Flýs uellera, An. Ox. 5192. Flýss, 5207. Uullan fliásum, Txts. 150, 3. used of other animals Twégen

ge-bǽran

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Gebǽrað gestiunt, Scint. 181, 12. Hé ongan biterlíce wépan . . . þá ꝥ his geféra geseah, hé hine ácsade, hwæt him wǽre, and for hwon hé swá gebǽrde (quod intuens comes, quarefaceret, inquisivit), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 498, 8. Hé hreówlíce beforan Gode gebǽrde

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Add: to equip, dress, attire Wé úrne líchoman gefrætwiað. Bl. H. 99, 7. Gefratwode conficit, Germ. 401, 122. On swylcum heówe swá hié ǽr hié sylfe gefrætwodan. Bl. H. 95, 19. On his lífes þeáwum hé wæs swíþe gefrætewod, Hml. S. 23 b, 20. Mid golde and

ge-þúf

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Substitute Growing luxuriously, leafy, bushy :-- Fæste geþúf luxoriante, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 28. of trees, having foliage, of plants, having leaves, leafy, bushy Geþúf fícbeám frondea ficus, i. frondosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 15. Geþú[f] uiriscens (ramosa

ge-týn

(v.)
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Take here ge-týan and ge-týdan in Dict., and add: p. -týde, -tydde; pp. -týd, -tydd Tó þǽm ꝥ hé ús getýde tó eádmódnysse wege ut nos ad viam humilitatis instrueret, Gr. D. 59, 30. Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren, Past. 35, 12. Wæs se blaca Heáwold

hǽþen-dóm

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Add: the belief and practice of a heathen people Hǽþendómes gentilitatis (Gregorius nostris parentibus errorem tetrae gentilitatis abstulit, Ald. 74, 13), An. Ox. 5156. Hú hé of hǽþendóme mæge tó crístendóme ðurh rihtne geleáfan and ðurh fulluht cuman

Linked entry: hǽþen-nes

híred-preóst

(n.)
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a domestic chaplain. Similar entries v. hírd-preóst in Dict. a member of a religious house, Similar entries v. híred; VI. Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde ... on Wynstánes gewytnysse mæssepreóstæs and on ealra þára híredpreósta, Cht. E. 255, 14

Linked entries: hírd-preost híréd

pyll

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On brádan bricge; and of brádan bricge ðæt on holan pyl; and of holan pylle on pincanhammes díc: and of pincanhammes díc innan miclan pyl; and of miclan pylle ðæt æft on Sæferne, C. D. iii. 406, 2-6. Andlang streámes tó holan pylle ; of holan pylle úp

beadu-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
beadu-róf, adj.

War-renownedbold in warin pugna strenuus

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War-renowned, bold in war; in pugna strenuus Beadurófes beácn a beacon of the war-renowned, Beo. Th. 6301; B. 3161. He hǽlo and frófre beadurófum abeád he offered safety and comfort to the bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 191; An. 96

Linked entry: beado-róf

cyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn-líc, adj. [cyn suitable, fit]

Becoming, fittingdĕcōrus

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Becoming, fitting; dĕcōrus Suilce iów cynlíc þynce as to you may seem fitting, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 461, 36. Swá him rihtlíc and cynlíc þince as to them may seem just and becoming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 493, 12

earm-cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-cearig, adj.

Miserable and sadmĭser et tristis

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Miserable and sad; mĭser et tristis Hú ic, earm-cearig, íscealdne sǽ, winter wunade how I passed a winter, miserable and sad, on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 27; Seef. 14: 76 b; Th. 287, 26; Wand. 20

ece

(n.)
Grammar
ece, æce, ace, es; m.

AKE, pain dŏlor

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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

Linked entries: ace æce