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sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Is ymb ðone sweoran ( the neck of the phenix ) beága beorhtast, Exon. Th. 219, 10; Ph. 305. Óþ mannes swuran, Blickl. Homl. 245, 33: Gen. 41, 42: Deut. 28, 48. Swiran (swioran) cladam, Lchdm. i. lxx, 1 (see note).

Linked entries: swira swyra

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 17.

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earm

(adj.)
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Ox. 3853. poor, destitute Swá earm ꝥ hé næfþ furþon þá neódþearfe áne, ꝥ is, wist and wǽda, Bt. 33, 2; F. 124, 16. Ꝥ hé blíþe þæs earman líchoman gefylle . . . God him worldspéda syleþ, ꝥ hí þæs earman helpan sceolan, Bl. H. 37, 29, 36.

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ðá eáran wǽron hræde tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas, Wlfst. 148, 2. fair, desirable, handsome (of amount) Þín méd is on mé fæger, Hml. A. 167, 99.

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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Substitute: to hold improperly, withhold, keep back what should be paid On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel þæs þe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge; and wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, Wlfst. 157, 12-14: 229, 19.

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ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Þæt héhste gód is nánum men getiohhod, ac is eallum monnum ipsum bonum veluti praemium commune propositum. Bt. 37, 2 ; F. 188, 15.

ge-yppan

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Ox. 2379. where evil is exposed Hé his fæder uncysta ná ne geypte (ámeldode, v. l.)non patris prodebat vitium Gr. D. 22, 28. Geypte prodidit (omnem concinnati sceleris scenam prodidit Ald. 39, 33), An. Ox. 2921.

gréne

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non aurum in viridi quaeritis arbore, Met. 19, 6. where the colour is taken as a sign of a particular condition of a plant, newness or tenderness Píntreówes þá grénan twigu, Lch. ii. 216, 5.

tó-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-foran, prep, with dat., gen.

Before.in front of,in presence of,previous toabove,in a greater degree thansuperior toover and above,beside,beyond

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Assa is stunt nýten and tóforan óðrum nýtenum ungesceádwís, 208, 12. marking position or status, superior to Ðæt hé sý tóforan ððrum mannum þurh his glencge geteald, Homl.

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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Sélre biþ ǽghwám it is better for every one Andr. Kmbl. 640; An. 320 : Ps. Th. 111, 9 : Beo. Th. 2009; B. 1002 : Mt. Bos. 5, 14, 19, 21, 22. Yldo beóþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig age is on earth powerful of everything Salm.

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Device, design, contrivance, art. in the following glosses it is uncertain whether the word is used with a good or with a bad meaning Sarwo adventio. Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 38. Searo molimen, 54, 29. Searwe molimine, 89, 64. Searwe argumenta, 84, 69.

Linked entries: searo siru

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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Icel. skript, skrift, confession, penance.] one who passes sentence, inflicts punishment, a judge (v. scrífan, ) Wá is worulde scriftum, bútan heó mid rihte dómas reccan, Wulfst. 263, 18. <b>II a.

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Ðú hulpe mín ðæt is teala mihte, Ps. Th. 70, 20. Hé hét ðæt teala wunian éce, 77, 68. Æfter ðæm Cartainenses wunnon on.

ge-dréfan

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; as the Latin is ' omnis voluptas stimulis agit firnenteis,' perhaps here the verb is ge-drǽfan to drive; but see next passage, and ge-dréfednes), Bt. 31, 2 ; F. 112, 25.

hrægl

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Swíðe ryhte ðæt hrægl is geháten ðæt se sácerd beran sceolde ðæs dómes racu, 77, 8-23. Hrecgli, hraecli amiculo, Txts. 41, 155. Preóst hine clǽnsie in his hálgum hrægle ( or under <b>II a ?</b> v. mæsse-hrægel) ætforan wiófode, Ll.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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Sidonem, seó wæs welegast (opulentissima) on ðǽm dagum 3, 5: Swt. 104, 30. of places or things which produce abundantly, of seasons in which there is abundance Ðæt wiolie opimum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 64.

Linked entry: wealig

tó-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-berstan, p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten.

to burst asunder,to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces,be rent asunderto break out in sores,to break out

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Sum man feóll on íse ðæt his earm tóbærst his arm was broken, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 34. Seó eorþe tóbærst and ðonan up wæs biernende fýr wið ðæs befones hiatu terrae flamma prorupit. Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 7.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Homl. 205, 19. where the person or thing sent to or for is not stated Hí sendon geond eall ðæt land, and brohton tó him ealle untrume, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 35

hál

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Ox. 3471. (3 b) where the sickness from which a person is freed is given, with gen. Hé byþ þæs sáres hál, Lch. i. 352, 2. with inst. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2. with prep. Hál from februm (ridesohte, R.), Mk. 1, 31.

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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</b> to play (for something), strive after :-- Ðis is se ilca ðe ðú longe for his deáþe plegodest this is the same for whose death thou hast long played, Blickl. Homl. 85, 19. to play on an instrument Plægiendra (plegiyndra, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian