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be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, (i, y, u), -tuh.

between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among

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Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes, 133, 33. temporal Betweoh (-twyh, v. l.) þám þe hine man lácnode inter medendum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 509, 18. of mutual relation For ðǽre dǽde ðe hié dóð betwuh him, Past. 399, 27. marking

fǽr

a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident

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Hé sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24. Preóstas magon bútan fére (without ill result?) þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46.

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folc-lic

public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous

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Án his þeówa his gesíða wæs. . . and samod hí gereordoden swá swá gelican. Þreo geár hé férde mid þám folclicum cempum, Hml.

ge-limp

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Hé wæs suíde úpáhafen on his móde for his anwalde and for his gelimpe successu suae potestatis elevatus. Past. 39, 14. <b>II b.

ge-méting

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(l a) a hostile meeting :-- Heora gemétting wæs æt Trefia, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 31. Geméti[n]g, 5, 7; S. 228, 24. Somnite æt óþran gefeohte mid máran fullume tó Rómána gemétinge cóman, 3, 8 ; S. 120, 25.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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Sax. góma; pl. a marriage feast; nuptiae Hé at them gómum was (= se Hǽlend geceiged wæs tó ðǽm færmum ł hǽmdum (ad nubtias), Jn. L. 2, 2), Hél. 2002]:-- Gémung nuptias (a gloss on Mt. 22, 2. Cf. sé ðe dyde ðá færmo ł brýdlópa qui fecit nubtias Mt.

hálgung

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<b>I a</b>. consecration of a person to an office. v. hálgian ; <b>II a</b> :-- Hér forðférde bisceop Aðelwold, and seó hálgung þæs æfterfilgendon bisceopes . . . wæs xiii. Kt. Noú, Chr. 984; P. 124, 3.

here-gild

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The following passages give instances of the amounts paid to secure peace: On þám geáre man gerædde ꝥ man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs ǽrest .x. þúsend punda; þæne rǽd gerǽdde Síríc arceb., Chr. 991; P. 127, 2-6.

ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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Felix wæs his (Gregory's ) fífta fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9), Gr. D. 286, 12. Sió gifu hiora fæder and heora eldran (eolldran, v. l.) fæder vel paterni vel aviti specimen ingenii, Bt. 10; F. 28, 32. Yldran fæder avitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 61.

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.
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Þá wæs hé swá feor norþ swá þá hwælhuntan firrest faraþ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 11. Ne bið nán niht. . . for ðám ðe seó sunne byð þonne swá feorr norð ágán, Lch. iii. 260, 6. Wǽron norð of ðǽm stáne áwexene bearwas, Bl. H. 209, 32.

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the sea ⬩ æstus aquæ, mare, pelagus ⬩ πέλαγος ⬩ æquor

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Wæs þrim blóde fáh the sea's surface was stained with blood, Beo. Th. 3192; B. 1594: 1699; B. 847. Ic of fæðmum cwom brimes I came from the bosom of the sea, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 13; Rä. 11, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442: Beo. Th. 5599; B. 2803.

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snell

(adj.)
Grammar
snell, snel; adj.

Quick, active, strong ⬩ of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift ⬩ active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold ⬩ keen, severe; sharp ⬩ acute ⬩ firm, determined ⬩ bold, active ⬩ alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix ⬩ valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent

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Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mægnes hæfde celeritate magis quam virtute fretus Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 27. Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra regnwyrm Exon.

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]

THOUGHT ⬩ thinking ⬩ mind ⬩ determination ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens

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THOUGHT, thinking, mind, determination; cōgĭtātio, mens Ðæt wæs þreálíc ge-þoht that was a guilty thought, Elen. Kmbl. 851; El. 426: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 6; Kl. 43.

tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
tirgan, tirwian, tirigan, tirian; p. tirgde, tirwede, tirigde

To vex, ⬩ irritate, ⬩ provoke ⬩ exasperate

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Hé ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 2, Mǽgþ tyrwiende generatio exasperans, Ps. Lamb. 77, 8. Tirgen to get weary, Misc. 12, 362. Tariento fatigue, Chauc. Terren to wraþþe provocare ad iram, Wick. Deut. 4, 25.

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,

to injure ⬩ destroy with heat ⬩ to consume ⬩ burn up ⬩ to scorch ⬩ pain ⬩ damage with fire ⬩ singe ⬩ To flame ⬩ burn

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L. 120, 6. of the effect of disease Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs, Hml. Th. i. 86, 5. uncertain Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34.

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.

Splendour ⬩ brightness ⬩ light

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Ðæs leóhtes scíma wæs swá mycel cujus radius lucis tantus exstitit, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 17: 5, 10; S. 625, 9. Se scíma gástlícre beorhtnysse, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 22: Exon. Th. 44, 4; Cri. 697. Wuldres scíma scán, 179, 12; Gú. 1260.

Linked entry: scímian

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Abram wæs swíðe welig on golde Abram was very rich in gold. Gen. 13, 6.

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animal ⬩ wild beast

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Hé mid wilddeórum ( cum bestiis ) wæs, Mk. Skt. l, 13: Cd. Th. 256, 34; Dan. 650. Wildeorum, Exon. Th. 146, 21 ; Gú. 713. Wildiórum gelícran ðonne monnum, Bt. 38, 5 ; Fox 208, I. Ic áfyrre yfel wilddeór ( malas bestias ). Lev. 26, 6.

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will

(n.)
Grammar
will, well, wyll, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)

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Ðǽr wæs Iacóbes wyl (wyll, v. l.). Se Hǽlend sæt æt ðam wylle, Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Bið on him will (wyll, v. l. ) forðrǽsendes wætres, 4, 14. Wyl, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27. Hió áweóll of ánum wille (welle, Cott.

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wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.

a wort (e.g. St. John's wort), plant, herb ⬩ a garden herb, herb for food ⬩ a root

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Th. 29, 11: 34, 27. a root Wudubeám wæs wyrtum fæst, Cd. Th. 247, 19; Dan. 499: Beo. Th. 2732; B. 1364: Exon. Th. 209, 18; Ph. 172: 417, 2; Rä. 35, 7

Linked entries: blód-wyrt candel-wyrt