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dréfan

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sceal dréfan dimne and deópne hellewítes grund he shall be plunged into hell's dim and deep abyss, Wlfst. 48, 2: Ll. Th. ii. 320, 5. Dréfende turbulentus, R. Ben. I. 61, 6: R. Ben. 120, 12. Dréfende turbida (aequora turgida, Ald.), Wrt.

fǽr-haga

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Calamity that compasses about Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled . . . leomu hefegedon sárum gesóhte . . . his módsefan wið þám fǽrhagan fæste trymede the body was inflamed with disease . . . the limbs grew heavy attacked by pains . . . he fortified his mind

ge-rípian

(v.)
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Add: of vegetables, to get ripe: — him bringan bere tó sǽde . . . Hit weóx . . . and wel gerípode, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13. of non-material objects to get mature Se mynstres hordere si . . . wis, on gerípedum þeáwum (maturis moribus), R.

heonane

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Ne mót hionane lǽdan of þisse worulde wuhte þon máre hordgestreóna þonne hider bróhte, Met. 1. 4, 9. from existence Gedwínað heonone þysse worulde gefeán (hujus cessabunt gaudia saecli) . . . wrǽnnes eác gewíteð heonone, Dom. L. 231-235

hrícian

(v.)
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hrícian, p. ode
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To cut open man holdode and ealle hrícode ( the MS. has the accent ); swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód, Hml. S. 23, 73. Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An.

Linked entry: hrycigan

lencten-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíma, an ; m.
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Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman, þonne wífes brúce, Hml, Th. ii. 608, 18

mis-tucian

(v.)
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mis-tucian, l. mis-túcian,
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and add beót Liberlinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne, oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod. Ðá þá swá swíðe mid geþersce mistúcod wæs (vehementer caesus), Gr. D. 20, 33.

stæþ-hlípe

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Sóhte ðone Godes wer geond ealle þá stæþhlýpan (abrupta) þára munta, 99, 22

un-sceþþigness

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noldon feohtan on þám freólsdæge, ac léton ofsleán on unscæððignysse (cf. They said, We will not come forth. . . to profane the Sabbath . . . Let us die all in our innocency, I Macc. 2, 34-37), Hml. S. 25, 239.

wín-tredd

(n.)
Grammar
wín-tredd, wín-tredde, an; f. ?. l. wín-tredde, an; f.
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þone cniht ásette on þá ylcan wíntreddan ( in eodem calcatorio), and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena, Gr. D. 58, 9-18, 34: 59, 4

wæter-þísa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þísa, (?),an; m.

A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale

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(the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50

on-drǽding

(n.)
Grammar
on-drǽding, e; f.

Dread, terror

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Dread, terror Hié selfe wǽron on ðære on-drǽdinge hwonne hié on ða eorþan besuncene wurden, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 14. sume hwíle wénde ðæt hine mon gefón sceolde, and for ðære ondrǽdinge ðæs ðe swíðor on ðæt weorod þrong, 5, 12; Swt. 244, 12

trumian

(v.)
Grammar
trumian, p. ode

To become strongrecover from illness

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Hine gestód sumu untrymnis . . . sóna swá trumian (convalescere ongan,) 4, 1; S. 564, 46

elpend

(n.)
Grammar
elpend, es; m. An elephant; ĕlephas = ἐλέφας
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He hæfde xx elpenda he had twenty elephants, 4, 1; Bos. 77, 5: 5, 7; Bos. 107, 8. To ðám elpendum [MS. elpendan] to the elephants, 4, 1; Bos. 77, 26.

Linked entries: ylp ylpend

gísel

(n.)
Grammar
gísel, gýsel; gen. gísles; dat. gísle; m.

A pledgehostageobses

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Hió genam ðone ǽnne to gísle she took the one as hostage, Elen. Kmbl. 1196; El. 600. He him áðas swór and gíslas salde he swore oaths to them and gave hostages, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 28.

Linked entry: gýsel

ster-melda

(n.)
Grammar
ster-melda, an; m.
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of the theft, let him make his charge against the thief when the latter is present; let him (the thief) clear himself if he can, L.

Linked entry: melda

cæppe

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Placidus cwæð þæt gesáwe bufon his heáfde Benedictus cæppan (kæppan melotem, Gr. D. 116, 12), and him wæs geðúht þæt seó cæppe him átuge of ðám streáme, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 18. geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17.

Eást-land

(n.)
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Maximianus gesette on þá eástlond Maximium in Oriente constituit, 6, 30; S. 280, 33. begeat ealle þá eástlond, 3, 11; S. 144, 1. [Cf. O. H. Ger. óstar-lant oriens: Icel. austr-lönd; pl. the East.] Esthonia Eástan of Eástlande . . .

freóndscipe

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H. 195, 25-28. ꝥ Git mé freóndscipe cýðað, 2515: An. 478. cf. freónd, gemyndgade Iónas þǽre fǽhðe þe Xersis him tó geworht háfde ... bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.