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tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, and ealle his tída tógædere, ǽr hé út eóde, Vis. Lfc. 64. <b>I d.

þencan

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Add Of þám dæge hig þóhton ꝥ hí woldon hyne ofsleán ab illo die cogitauerunt ut interficersnt eum, Jn. ii. 53. Hwilc eówer mæg þencende ( cogitans ) ætéce tó his lengo áne elne?, Mt. R. 6, 27. 1.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Sume men secgen ðæt seó eá síe eást irnende on ðæt sond, and ðonne besince eft on ðæt sand, and ðǽr néh síe eft flówende up of ðám sande, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 12, 20-23.

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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To take the hair and skin from a person's head Ðonne dó man út his eágan and ceorfan of his nóse and eáran and uferan lippan oððe hine hættian then let his eyes be put out and his nose and ears and upper lip be cut off; or let him have the hair and skin

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windywindyflatulent

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Heora wyrtruma bið swá swá windige ysla (ashes blown by the wind, sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet, Is. 5, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 20. Torras stódon, windige weallas, Andr. Kmbl. 1685; An. 845.

ofer-faran

(v.)

To pass, go offto pass, crossto pass through, traverseto pass throughto pass through, penetrateto come upon, come across, meet with

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Siððan ðú ðone up áhafast forþ oferfarenne, Met. 24, 26. to pass through (a danger) Ða hyssas fǽrgryre fýres oferfaren hæfdon, Cd. Th. 245, 15; Dan. 463. to pass through, penetrate Oferfarende penetrans, Hpt.

Linked entry: ofer-féran

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Homl. 91, 28. of emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite Mægen wæs onhréred, Cd. Th. 192, 4; Exod. 226. Wæs merefixa mód enhréred, Beo. Th. 1103; B. 549. Hete wæs onhréred, 5101; B. 2554: Andr. Kmbl. 2606; An. 1304: 2788; An. 1396

Linked entry: hréran

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes; n.

Fat, grease, suet, tallow adeps, arvina, unctura grease, fat, butter

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Ðæt smeru wand út Jud. 3, 22. Smeoruwes Ps. Th. 62, 5. Beran smeruwes (smerwes, MS. B.) Lchdm. i. 216, 15. Mid gáte smeorwe (smerwe,MS. B.) 354, 1. Mid smeorwe adipe Ps. Surt. 62, 6. Of swínes smerwe Lchdm. ii. 66, 7.

Linked entries: smera smeru

á-stellan

To set up,to set an exampleto do something firstto found a placeinstitute an officeto establish a practice doctrine,to establishconfirm

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Add: To set up, to set an example Æfter þǽre bysne þe God on Adame ástealde, Wlfst. 154, 15. Mid his eádmódnysse ástellan ðá bysne, Hml.

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of waterflowflowing waterwavetideFLOODsearunning streamriverflūmenfluctusfluentumæstusaccessusflŭviusthe Flooddelugedilŭvium

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Com flówende flód [m. or n.] æfter ebban . . . se flód [m.] út gewát the flowing tide came after the ebb . . .the tide receded, Byrht. Th. 133, 45, 58; By. 65, 72.

Linked entry: flóde

eáster

(n.)
Grammar
eáster, eástor; gen. eástres; pl. nom. acc. eástro; gen. eástrena; dat. eástron, eástran [ = eástrum]; n: eástre, an; n.

the passover, paschal lamb pascha

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Hence used by Teutonic christians for the rising of the sun of righteousness, the feast of the resurrection, Bd. de Temp. Rat. Works, vol. ii. p. 81: Grimm&#39;s Deut. Mythol. 8vo. 1855, pp. 180-183.]

Linked entries: eóster éster

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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Hí fǽrlíce flet ofgeáfon they suddenly gave up the hall, Exon. 77a; Th. 290, 7; Wand. 61:Beo. Th. 3903; B. 1949: 4039; B. 2017

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HEOFON

(n.)
Grammar
HEOFON, heofen, heofun, hefon, heben, hiofon, es; m.

HEAVENcælum

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Gif ic on heofenas up ástíge si ascendero in cælum, Ps. Th. 138, 6

hyse

(n.)
Grammar
hyse, es; m.

A young manwarrior

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Him be healfe stód hyse unweaxen cniht on gecampe by his side stood a youth not yet grown up, a boy in battle, Byrht. Th. 136, 17; By. 152. Hyse [Beowulf ], Beo. Th. 2438; B. 1217: Andr. Kmbl. 1190; An. 595: 1622; An. 812: Elen. Kmbl. 1043; El. 523.

Linked entries: hós hese hise

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehogporcupinean urchin

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gefangen weorðe mon mæg gesión ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ac sóna swá hiene mon geféhþ swá gewint hé tó ánum cliewene and tíhþ his fét swá hé inmest mæg and gehýt his heáfod ericius cum apprehenditur, ejus et caput cernitur, et pedes videntur ; sed mox ut

Linked entry: iil

irming

(n.)
Grammar
irming, es ; m.

A poormeanwretchedmiserable persona wretch

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Ðá ða iermingas ðe ðǽr tó láfe wurdon út of ðǽm holan crupon ðe heó on lutedan when the wretched people that remained crept out of the holes that they had lurked in, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 29.

Linked entries: earming erming

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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Ðætte ðióstro iuih ne læcga ut non tenebræ vos compræhendant, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 35. Allswǽ tó þeáfe gié foerdon mið suordum and stengum tó læccanne mec tam- quam ad latronem existis cum gladiis et lignis comprehendere me, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 48.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Ðæt wé rídan be eallum tó mid ðam geréfan ðe hit on hismonunge sý, v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 13. the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons Fó se geréfa tó mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.

níten

(n.)
Grammar
níten, niéten, neáten, nýten, es; n.

An animalbeastcattle

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Swá nýten geworden eom ut jumentum factus sum, Ps. Spl. 72, 22. Sum nýten is ðe wé nemnaþ broc, Lchdm. i. 326, 11. Néten, Met. 20, 191. Niéten, Salm. Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. Hé hine on his nýten (nétne, Lind.) sette, Lk. Skt. 10, 34.

bócere

(n.)
Grammar
bócere, es; m.

A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructorscriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus

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Swá ðætte swá hwæt swá he of godcundum stafum þurh bóceras geleornode ita ut quicquid ex divinis literis per interpretes disceret, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 33.

Linked entry: bécere