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sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Án wíf mihte gegán bútan ǽlcere sceaþenysse fram sǽ tó sǽ ofer eall ðis eálond ut etiam si mulier vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se laedente valeret, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2. Hé oft stormas fram his sylfes sceþenisse

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Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spaciousvallis, locus silvestrisBREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshiresilvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went

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CEAF

(n.)
Grammar
CEAF, cef, es, ceafu

chaff; palea

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chaff; palea Ceaf palea, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 1; Wrt. Voc. 38,52. Ðæt ceaf he forbærnþ on unacwencedlícum fýre paleas comburet igni inextinguibili, Lk. Bos. 3, 17. Ða ceafu he forbærnþ on unadwæscendlícum fýre paleas comburet igni inextinguibili, Mt

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middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwellingthe abode of menthe earththe worldthe worldmankind

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The middle dwelling, the abode of men, the earth, the world (in a physical sense) De mundo. Middaneard is gehaten eall ðæt binnan ðam firmamentum is ... Seó heofen and sǽ and eorþe synd gehátene middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 254, 6-9. Hé sǽde, ðæt eal ðes

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lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Almost, nearly, within a little Lytesná concedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 49. Lytisná, 14, 65: Ep. Gl. 7 d, 31. Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66

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frox

(n.)
Grammar
frox, es; m.

A frogrāna

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A frog; rāna To ðé and to ðínum folce and in to eallum ðínum þeówum gáþ ða froxas ad te et ad pŏpŭlum tuum et ad omnes servos tuos intrābunt rānæ, Ex. 8, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 25. Ic sende froxas ofer ealle díne landgemǽro I will send

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eard-fæst

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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38. Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani

reód

(adj.)
Grammar
reód, adj.

Red

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Red Se ðe ǽror com, se wæs reód( rufus ) and eall rúh, Gen. 25, 25. Ðonne ðú ( the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic ( the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm.;Th. ii. 398, 14. Ðá Moises hæfde gefaren ofer

ge-sete

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sete, pl. -setu, -seotu; n.

A seat, habitation, housesedes, domicilium, habitatiohabitatio, sedes, domicilium

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A seat, habitation, house; sedes, domicilium, habitatio Ofer eall beorht gesetu over all bright habitations, Exon. 117 b; Th. 452, 7; Dóm. 117: 121 b; Th. 466, 3; Hö. 115. Sun-beorht gesetu dwellings bright with the sun, 59 b; Th. 217, 10;Ph. 278: 62

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hæslen

(adj.)
Grammar
hæslen, adj.

Of hazel

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Of hazel Genim æt fruman hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne wrít ðínne naman on ásleah þrý scearpan on gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman weorp ofer eaxle on yrnende wæter and stand ofer ðone man ða scearpan ásleá ðæt eall swíginde gedó take, to begin with,

for-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bryttan, -brittan; he -bryteþ, -brytt; p. -brytte; pp. -bryted, -bryt

To break in piecessmashbruisecrushconfringtĕrecontĕrĕreconquassāre

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To break in pieces, smash, bruise, crush; confringtĕre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre Tocwysed hreód he ne forbrytt arundĭnem quassātam non confringet. Mt. Bos. 12, 20. Moises forbrytte ðæt celf eall to duste Moyses vĭtŭlum contrīvit usque ad pulvĕrem, Ex.

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wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

ge-ilca

(adj.)
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same Eall þe geilcan gerihta . . . eall þæ geylcan gerihta (cf. þá ilcan 11, þe ilcan 14), Cht. Th. 433, 25, 36

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þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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across as opposed to along, athwart, transversely, crosswise as opposed to lengthways Lege bred þweores ofer ða fét lay a board across over the feet, Lchdm. ii. 342, 6. Ðonon þweores ofér ðone beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 353, 16. Adam wæs on lenge fíf

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byht

(n.)
Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
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A bending, corner, dwelling, an abode, bay, BIGHT; habitatio, dominium, sinus Andlang norþgeardes ðæt hit cymþ in ðone byht along the north yard till it comes to the corner, Cod. Dipl. 538; A. D. 967; Kmbl. iii. 18, 29: Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 308; A. D. 875

for-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To declare an oppositionopposeobject torefusegive upforsakedetrectārerecūsāredesĕrĕre

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To declare an opposition, oppose, object to, refuse, give up, forsake; detrectāre, recūsāre, desĕrĕre Gange án mynet ofer ealne ðæs cynges ánweald, and ðone nán man ne forsace let one money pass throughout the king's dominion, and that let no

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.
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add: very much Þæt orþancum ealde reccað, þá þe mǽgburge mǽst gefrúnon, Exod. 360. Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes and hé mǽst geþah þara þe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe, Víd. 16. Þeáh leahtras bysigen monna módsefan mǽst and swíðost. Met. 22,

untíd-gewidere

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-gewidere, es; n.

Unseasonable weather

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Unseasonable weather Ðises ylcan geáres wǽron swíðe untídgewidera, and for ðí geond eall ðis land wurdon eorðwæstmas eall tó medemlíce gewende, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 35

mynet

(n.)
Grammar
mynet, es; n.

a coincoinagemoney

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a coin Mynet nummisma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 48. Mynit nomisma, ii. 114, 75. Mynete nummismate, 61, 14: 96, 80. Genim pipores swilce án mynet gewege, diles sǽdes swilce iiii mynet gewegen, Lchdm. ii. 192, 14. Ætgýwaþ mé ðæs gafoles mynyt. Mt. Kmbl. 22, 19

riht-full

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-full, adj.
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Good, virtuous Eall þet þe Gode wæs láð and rihtfullan mannan, eall ꝥ wæs gewunelic on þisan lande on his (William Rufus) týman, Chr. 1100; P. 235, 33