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dúru

Grammar
dúru, l. duru, dele dure, an; and add: gen. a; dat. u, dyru (-e), and a wk. duran; pl. nom. e, u; gen. a; dat. pl.
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Duru hostium, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 11: valva, 290, 12: limen (olympi ), ii. 93, 36: 52, 5. Þǽre forscytlican dura vectiferae valvae, 90, 56. From ðǽre dura selfre ðisse béc in ipsa locutionis nostrae janua, Past. 25, 11. Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura (duru,

béna

(n.)
Grammar
béna, an; m.

A petitionerdemanderrogatorsupplex

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Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107; Th. 142, 6; Gen. 2357

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' a clearing in a wood.

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Ðet firhde bituihu longanleág and ðem suðtúne and ða snádas illuc pertinentia i. 261, 10. Tó Óswaldingtúne hiérþ holenhyrst . . . cyrþring- hyrst, triphyrst, and insnádis(-as?) intó Óswaldingtúne ii. 228, 4

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)
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Grein and Heyne take hleor beran as a compound, the former explaining 'was auf dem Gesicht getragen wird, Helmvisier? [oder faciei munimentum?]'; the latter rendering it cheek.

Linked entry: hliét

Egiptisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Egiptisc, Egyptisc; def. se Egiptisca, Egiptiscea; seó, ðæt Egiptisce; adj.

Belonging to Egypt, EgyptianÆgyptius

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Belonging to Egypt, Egyptian; Ægyptius Hér is ides Egyptisc here is an Egyptian woman, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 19; Gen. 2227. Fram ðære Egiptiscan eá from the Egyptian river, Gen. 15, 18. Hine gebohte Egiptisc man an Egyptian man bought him, 39, 1: Ex. 2,

Linked entry: Egyptisc

feðere

(adj.)
Grammar
feðere, feðre; def. se feðera, feðra; seó, ðæt feðere, feðre; adj.

Featheredpennis prædĭtus

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Feathered; pennis prædĭtus

ge-dyrstig

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Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man be ágnum gewyrhtum gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus, ibi meritis confidit judice praesens, Dóm. L. 170.

a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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Ic déme oððe ic asmeáge censeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som. 28, 51

up-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
up-rodor, (-er), -rador, es; m.

the firmament on highthe visible heavensthe skyheaven

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Hwílum cerreþ on uprodor ælbeorhta lég, Met. 29, 51. heaven Wæs Gúðláces gǽst gelǽded in uprodor fore onsýne éces Déman, Exon. Th. 148, 34; Gú. 754. Hé lǽdeþ eádige gástas on uprodor, Cd. Th. 212, 25; Exod. 544. In uprodor, 177, 33; Exod. 4.

Linked entry: up-heofon

wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrongperversityinjusticeerrorwrongfullywrongly

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Se déma ðe óðrum wóh déme, L. Edg. ii. 3 ; Th. i. 266, 15. Hé ðæt mǽste wóh dyde wið ða Godes þeówas, Ors. 6, 34 ; Swt. 290, 18. Ne dó wé eác nán wóh, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 21. Se ðe wilnaþ wóh tó dónne, 19; Swt. 145, 12 : Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 19: Ps.

dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily diurnus, quotidianus

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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk. Bos. 11,

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc

ahsian

(v.)
Grammar
ahsian, p. ode; pp. od.

to askdemandcallsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

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to ask, demand, call, summon before one; interrogare, postulare, exigere He ongan hine ahsian he began to call him, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 18; Gen. 863: Deut. 4, 32: Ps.

fǽhþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþ-bót, e; f.

Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrelinimīcĭtiārum compensātio

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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L.

hengen

a crossa rack

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Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene, and hét hón þone bisceop þǽron, and hé swá hangigende þone Hǽlend bodode, swá swá Andreas dyde (cf. Ses Andreas wæs áhangen on róde, Shrn. 153, 12). Þáhét se déma dón hine of þǽre hencgene, Hml.

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to buryto bearbe pleased withto apply oneself earnestly to somethingto be urgent with a personto press to persistpersevere with something to persist incontinue

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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.] to bear, be pleased with Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.

to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animateto excite to a feeling of compunction

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Hí se héhsta Déma mid elne onbryrde inspired her with courage, Judth. Thw. 22, 37; Jud. 95. Git mid fullwihte onbryrdon ealne ðisne middangeard, Exon. Th. 467, 10; Hö. 136. Onbryrdan beorman míne to leaven with my leaven, 266, 10; Jul. 396.

ge-árian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-árian, p; ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To give honourto honourhonōrārehonorĭfĭcāreTo have mercy or compassion upon any onebe merciful topitypardonpropĭtium essemisĕrēriparcĕreTo endow

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Ðæt se Déma us geárige that the Judge may have compassion on us, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 13.

Linked entry: gearod

up-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-líc, adj.

on highloftysublimecelestial

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God mid ðǽm uplícum and mid ðǽm diéglum ðingum hira mód onliéht mid ðæm scíman his giefe, Past. 35; Swt. 243, 20. celestial Se uplíca Déma, Blickl. Homl. 95, 33: Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 17.

seld-guma

(n.)
Grammar
seld-guma, an ; m.
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Heyne says 'seldguma ist hier offenbar der gemeine Mann, der nur ein seld besitzt, im Gegensatz zu dem edeln, der einen hof zu eigen hat.'

Linked entry: guma

æt-dón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-dón, ic æt-dó; p. -dide; subj. ic, ðú, he -do; pp. -dón, -dén

To take awaydepriveeripere

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To take away, deprive; eripere Ðæt nán preósta óðrum ne ǽtdé ǽnig ðara þinga that no priest deprive another of any of those things, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 246,10