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hréran

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Ic wæs syxtýne síðum on sǽbáte mere hrérendum . . . eágorstreámas I have been sixteen times on a sea-going boat that ploughed through the waves, An. 491. Add

Sedlingas

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Wédlingum is suggested, as if Æthiopia had been connected or confused with inopia

weorþung-dæg

Grammar
weorþung-dæg, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a festival Swá oft swá hit ǽnige freólsdagas beón, Sunnandagas oððe mæssedagas oððe þyllice wurðingdagas þe wé hátað templhálgunga, forlǽten wé ǽlc óðer wurc, Nap. 68

rétend

(n.)
Grammar
rétend, es; ;m.;

One who cheers; or ;comforts

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; One who cheers; or ;comforts; Wǽron wé oft gemyngode ðæt wé sceoldan beón wudewena helpend and steópcilda árigend and earmra rétend and wépendra fréfriend, Wulfst. 257, 4

Sǽ-Geátas

(n.)
Grammar
Sǽ-Geátas, pl.

The seafaring(?) Geats

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Geats Ða Sǽ-Geátas sélran næbben tó geceósenne cyning ǽnigne, Beo. Th. 3704; B. 1850. Sǽ-Geáta ( Beowulf and his companions ) síðas, 3976; B. 1986

Linked entry: Sǽ-Dene

gryn

(n.)
Grammar
gryn, es; m. n[?]

Lamentation, grief, affliction, evil

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Lamentation, grief, affliction, evil Fela ic láðes gebád grynna æt Grendel much evil have I experienced, many a grief at Grendel's hands, Beo. Th. 1864; B. 930

Linked entry: gyrn

gum-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
gum-dreám, es; m.

The joys of menthis life

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The joys of men, this life He gumdreám ofgeaf Godes leóht geceás he gave up the joy of men, chose God's light, Beo. Th. 4929; B. 2469

heaðu-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-grim, adj.

Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war

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Th. 145, 6: Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548: 5375; B. 2691

brim-wylf

(n.)
Grammar
brim-wylf, e; f. [brim, wylf
a she-wolf
]

a she-wolfA sea-wolfmarina lupa

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An epithet applied to Grendel's mother Hine seó brimwylf abroten hæfde the sea-wolf had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 3202; B. 1599

Linked entry: wylf

wine-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-geómor, adj.

Sad for the loss of friends

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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239

winn-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
winn-dæg, es; m.

A day of labour or of struggle

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A day of labour or of struggle Fela sceal gebídan leófes and láþes se ðe longe hér on ðyssum windagum worulde brúceþ, Beo. Th. 2128; B. 1062

Linked entry: win-dæg

ofer-glenged

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-glenged, part.

Over-ornamented, too much adorned

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Over-ornamented, too much adorned Ne mót nán preóst beón on his girlum tó ranc, ne mid golde oferglæncged, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 10

wuldor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-líc, adj.

gloriousorthodoxus

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Hé wítgode be ðære wuldorlícan ácennednesse Cristes, Ps. Th. 8, arg. Be his ðære wuldorlícan ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 117, 3. Þurh wuldorlícne martyrdóm, Shrn. 30, 32. Hé wæs hæbbende wuldorlícne beág on his heáfde, 106, 10. Wuldorlícne wlite, Salm.

leornung

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Him bið ðearf ðæt hé hine genime simle be ðǽre leornunge háligra gewrita, and be ðám áríse, studere incessabiliter debet, ut per eruditionis studium resurgat, 169, 15. the condition of a learner, pupilage Láreówdóm vel leornung discipulatus, Wrt.

mǽl

(n.)
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Be hyre ( St. Æthelthryð) is áwrytan ꝥ heó wel drohtnode tó ánum mǽle fæstende, bútan hit freólsdæg wǽre (cf. seldon bútan máran symbelnesse má þonne ǽne síðe on dæge (semel per diem ) ꝥ heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 17), 20, 42.

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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so reached will be Septuagesima Sunday), Lchdm. iii. 226, 30-228, 2.

bi-loren

(v.; part.)

deprived

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deprived, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 30; Gú. 1301, = be-loren; Similar entries pp. of be-leósan

un-styrigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-styrigendlíc, adj.

Not to be stirrednot to be carried

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Not to be stirred, not to be carried Byrðenna unstyrendelíco onera inportabilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4

sǽ-waroþ

(n.)

the sea-shore

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the sea-shore Be sǽwaroþe and be æáófrum, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 17 : Met. 19, 21

Linked entries: waroþ sǽ-faroþ