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elpend-bán

(n.)
Grammar
elpend-bán, es; n.

ivory

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Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5, 5

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ge-cípe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cípe, adj.
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For sale Ðǽr ( in the temple ) wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép and culfran. On ðám dagum ... man offrode hrýðeru ...; ðá tihte seó gítsung þá sácerdas þæt man ðillic orf þǽr tó ceápe hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 17: 412, 1

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mæsse-dæg

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Se cyng hét ofsleán ealle ðá Deniscan men þe on Angelcynne wǽron on Bricius messedæg, 1002 ; P. 135, 2. Add

or-treówe

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Add: distrustful, without confidence Þá nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende oððe ortreówe be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ut neque hi qui bona ejus viderant de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione fallerentur, Gr.

spora

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at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.
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Siþþan Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard

hleahtor-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor-smiþ, es; m.

One who causes laughter, mirth, joy

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One who causes laughter, mirth, joy Wóp wæs wíde worulddreáma lyt wǽron hleahtorsmiþum handa belocne widespread was the wailing and little of this world's joys, the hands of those who wrought laughter were closed, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 10; Exod. 43

land-ágend

(n.)
Grammar
land-ágend, es; m.

A land-ownera native

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A land-owner, one of those to whom a country belongs, a native Hí wǽron on myclum ege ðám sylfan landágendum ðe hí ǽr hider laþedon ipsis qui eos advocaverant indigenis essent terrori, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 34 note

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martyr-hád

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-hád, es; m.

Martyrdom

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Ne heora martyrháda wona wǽron heofonlícu wundru nec martyrio eorum cælestia defuere miracula, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 4

ge-feaxode

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxode, -fexode; adj.

Having hairhairedcŏmātus

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Having hair, haired; cŏmātus Ða wǽron hwítes líchoman and fægres andwlitan men, and æðelíce gefeaxode [gefexode, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 19] they were men of white complexion and fair countenance, and having noble hair, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 12, 1

Linked entries: ge-feaxen ge-fexode

ge-fyrht

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted; part. p.

Terrifiedaffrighted

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Hie wǽron to ðæs swýðe gefyrhte they were so greatly terrified, Blickl. Homl. 221, 34

ele-tredde

(n.)
Grammar
ele-tredde, an; f.
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2

ge-íwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-íwian, ge-íwian.
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Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18

eáster

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'Arís . . . nú tó dæg wǽron Eástran' . . . 'Ic wát ꝥ hit Eástron wǽron,' 99, 27-29. Hé wæs gefullod on Eástrum . . . þá wæron Éstran on .ii. idus Apr̃., Chr. 626; P. 25, 16. Þá wǽron Eástron on .iii.

be-nǽman

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wǽron benǽmode (-ede, -de, v. ll. ) lífes, Hml. A. 69, 92. with dat. (inst.) of thing Hí wǽron heora ǽhtum benǽmede (-némde, v. l.) possessiunculis suis ejecti. Bd. l, 12; Sch. 35, 14. with dat. of person Seó nǽdre him (hí ?)

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Se Hǽlend bodade sibbe ús ðe feorran wǽron, and sibbe þám ðe, gehende wǽron ( iis, qui prope Eph. 2, 17), Hml. Th. i. 106, 17

nicor

(n.)
Grammar
nicor, es; m.

a hippopotamusa water-monster

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a hippopotamus Him wǽron ða breóst gelíce niecres breóstum hypopotami pectore, Nar. 20, 29.

a-meldian

(v.)
Grammar
a-meldian, p. ode; pp. od

To betraymake knownprodereindicare

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Ðá wǽron hí ðǽr ameldode proditi sunt, 4, 16; S. 584, 26: Jos. 9, 17

BERE

(n.)
Grammar
BERE, es; m.

Barleyhordeum

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Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31

heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6