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un-geswége

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geswége, adj.

Dissonantdiscordant

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Ungeswége sang diaphonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 34. Ungeswégre dissona, Hpt. Gl. 505, 76. Ungeswéga vel ungehleóþre dissona, i. discordantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 36. Ungeswégium absonis, Germ. 392, 12

Linked entries: ge-swége ge-swége

un-seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
un-seldan, adv.

Not seldomfrequently

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Not seldom, frequently Ðone sang wé sungon unseldon mid heom, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 264. Oft and unseldan, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 9: Btwk. 222, 2. Oft and unseldon, L. Pen. 2; Th. ii. 278, 5

Linked entry: seldan

cisil

(n.)

sand, gravelglarea

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sand, gravel; glarea, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 157, 12

rid

(n.)
Grammar
rid,

a swingingswayinga quicksand

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a swinging, swaying; in sand-rid a quicksand.

Linked entry: sand-rid

ge-hléða

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hléða, an; m. [hlóþ]

A companioncomradesŏcius

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A companion, comrade; sŏcius Wulf sang ahóf, holtes gehléða the wolf uplifted his song, the companion of the forest, Elen. Kmbl. 225; El. 113. Se ðe ǽr bær wulfes gehléðan who ere bore the wolf's companion, Exon. 130 b; Th. 499, 30; Rä. 88, 23

ǽfen-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-rǽding, e; f.

An evening readingcollatio (apud monachos sacrorum librorum lectio quae maxime post coenam coram iis fiebat, Migne)

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Niht-sang aefter æfterrǽdincge (l. ǽfen-) completorium post collationem 423, 828

Linked entry: æfter-rǽding

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson's Dict.
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Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand. Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8.

Linked entries: wároþ sǽ-wár waar

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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μαρσύπιoν Dó on swylc fætels swylce ðú wille put [it] into whatever vessel thou wilt, Lchdm. iii. 16, 26. Ðeáh man asette twegen fætels full ealaþ oððe wæteres, hý gedóþ ðæt óðer biþ oferfroren if a man set two vats full of ale or of water, they cause

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

-heáfda

(suffix)
Grammar
-heáfda, v. efen-heáfda [cf. O. Sax. obar-hobd(i)o]

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óþ

(con.)
Grammar
óþ, conj. l. oþ,
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Hé wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Séc hyne oð þú hyne finde, Solil. H. 3, 15: 59, 9. Ic þat wilnode oð mé nú áðreáð, 35, 22

a-galan

(v.)
Grammar
a-galan, he -gælþ; p. -gól, pl. -gólon; pp. -galen [a, galan to sing]

To singchantcanerecantare

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To sing, chant; canere, cantare He fúsleóþ agól he sang the death-song, Exon. 52b; Th. 183, 1; Gú, 1320. Fyrdleóþ agól wulf on walde a war-song sung the wolf in the wood, Elen. Kmbl. 54; El. 27: Beo. Th. 3047; B. 1521

Linked entries: a-gælende a-gól

dreámnes

(n.)
Grammar
dreámnes, -ness, e; f.

A singing cantio

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A singing; cantio Word dreámnessa oððe sanga verba cantiōnum, Ps. Lamb. 136, 3

cweden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cweden, spoken, said, called, Exon. 15b; Th. 34, 24; Cri. 547: Chr. 455; Erl. 13, 23: Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 45; pp.
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of cweðan

ge-settendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-settendlic, adj.
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Canonical Mid. sange gesettendlices rynes cum decantalione canonici cursus, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. Cf. ge-settan; 2

be-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wrecan, bi-wrecan; p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen.

to exile, send forthpellere, propellereto strike or beat around, afflictcircum pulsareto drive or bring toappellere

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Kmbl. 537; An. 269. to drive or bring to; appellere Ceólas léton sande bewrecene they let the keels [ships] be driven to the sand [shore], Elen. Kmbl. 502; El. 251

ge-beorgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beorgan, to -beorganne; p. ic, he -bearg, -bearh, ðú -burge, pl. -burgon; pp. -borgen [ge-, beorgan to save]

To saveprotectdefendsecuresparepreserveservāresalvāretuēridefendĕrearcēreparcĕre

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To save, protect, defend, secure, spare, preserve; servāre, salvāre, tuēri, defendĕre, arcēre, parcĕre Ne mæg nán man óðerne wyrian and him sylfum gebeorgan no man may curse another and save himself, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3 : Gen. 19, 19, 20 : Boutr. Scrd

Linked entries: ge-bearg ge-borgen

stán-ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
stán-ceosel, es; m.
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Sand Hí getimbrode hys hús ofer stánceosel, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24 MS. A. Stáncislas glareas, Hpt. Gl. 449, 16

Linked entry: ceosel

leóþian

(v.)
Grammar
leóþian, p. ode

To singsound

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Folcum ic leóþode to peoples I sang, 94 b; Th. 354, 4; Reim. 40

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]