sweðrian
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Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn sweðrade whether the delight in the plain was abating with him, 123, 16; Gú. 323. Hild sweðrode, earfoð and ellen, Beo. Th. 1807; B. 901. Gif mægen swiðrade, Cd. Th. 193, 7; Exod. 242. Nó swiðrode ríce, 256, 12; Dan. 639.
Linked entries: swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian ge-sweðerian
swán-geréfa
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood.
á-scirian
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Grn. 20, 8. with idea of exclusion, expulsion Gítsung and unrihtlice welan ðé áscyriað and ásyndriað fram Gode, Hex. 52, 18. Áscyrige man hig fram þǽre þénunge abscidantur a ministerio, Ll. Th. ii. 198, 3.
ferian
to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct
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Th. i. 66, 14. the object moving itself, to lead, conduct Fergað swá and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead the child and walk with it (?), Vy. 7. Hé færode folc his þurh ꝥ wésten traduxit populum suum per desertum, Ps.
ge-swincfull
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Th. ii. 322, 20. full of trouble, that has to contend with difficulties, that endures hardships. Cf. ge-swinc; Cild ácenned gímeleás, geswincful (or under3.?)
hæleþ
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. §29, Sievers Grammar § 281]. used with complimentary force of both temporal and spiritual persons; implying excellence in worldly matters David wæs háten diórmód hæleð, Israéls brega æðele and ríce, cyninga cýnost, Ps. C. I.
hreód
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In heáhmórum and hreódum (hreódeum, hréþum, réþum, v. ll.) in high mountains and in rough places covered with reeds (? cf. Guth.
hungor
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</b> with gen. of food :-- Nee Hié lǽtað ðá sáwla ácwellan for hungre hira worda fame verbi animaepereant, Past. 377, 11.
leóht
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Mid þá leóhtan gedryht with the band in shining robes, El. 737. Dryhtnes onsién sunnan leóhtre, Cri. 1652. Sceán leóht inn. . . þá wæs hit swá leng swá leóhtre, Vis. Lfc. 54. <b>I a.
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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Gl. 370. to sow (a field with seed) Hí seówon æceras seminaverunt agros, Ps. Spl. 106, 37. Ne sáw ðú ðínne æcyr mid gemengedum sǽde agrum tuum non seres diverso semine, Lev. 19, 19.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
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Wiþ ðá ðe habbað ætstandene ǽdran, swá ðæt ðæt blód ne mæg hys gecyndelican ryne habban, Lch. i. 90, 11. a sinew Tólǽtenum ǽddrum laxis fibris, Hy. S. 102, 22.
Linked entry: héþir
ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Sume ða ýða hé hecerþ mid ðý scipe sume hit oferstígþ some of the waves the steersman avoids with the ship, some it surmounts, Past. 56, 3; Swt. 433, 3.
crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 301, 35 Professor Leo says, — 'A crundel or crundwel is a spring or well, with its cistern, trough, or reservoir,' and cites, — Ðonon eft on crundwylle then again to crund-spring Cod. Dipl. 1188; Kmbl. v. 354, 20, 28.
Linked entry: morþ-crundel
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Gif wé mid hlýsan gódra weorca úrne Drihten sécaþ if we come to our Lord with the fame of good works, Homl. Th. i. 222, 4: Exon. 34 b; Th. 111, 17; Gú. 128: 33 a; Th. 105, 31; Gú. 31.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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Búan to dwell, with the part. búende dwelling, and the noun búend, es; m. a dweller, is quite a distinct word with its own numerous compounds, Similar entries v. búende, búend, es; m
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gearcian
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Þysum is tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wíta, Hml. S. 24, 21. Éce brynas gearcigendum eterna incendia preparanti, Angl. xi. 116, 18. <b>I a.
rówan
to row or sail
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Ðá wit on sund reón, 1083; B. 539. Ðonne mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige, L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 24. Seó sǽ is hwíltídum smylte and myrige on tó rówenne Homl. Th. i. 182, 32
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a-sécan
to search or seek out ⬩ to seek for ⬩ to require ⬩ demand ⬩ eligere ⬩ requirere ⬩ petere aliquid ab aliquo ⬩ to seek ⬩ go to ⬩ explore ⬩ adire ⬩ explorare
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Th. 118, 95. to seek, go to, explore; adire, explorare Ðæt fýr georne aséceþ innan and útan eorþan sceátas the fire shall eagerly seek the tracts of earth within and without, Exon. 22 b ; Th. 62, 20; Cri. 1004
Linked entry: a-sóht
be-hófian
To have need of ⬩ to need ⬩ require ⬩ egere ⬩ indigere ⬩ Impersonally ⬩ it BEHOVETH ⬩ it concerns ⬩ it is needful or necessary ⬩ oportet ⬩ interest
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Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse Engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien though the sharp-minded wise men may not have need of this English translation MS. Cot. Faust A. x. 150 b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 32. Behófaþ oportet Jn. Lind. War. 3, 7
Linked entries: a-behófian hófian be-héfe bi-hófian
ciric-griþ
Church-peace, right of sanctuary ⬩ ecclesiæ pax
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Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá abrece, ðæt he binnon ciricwagum mannslaga weorþe, ðonne síg ðæt bótleás if any man so break God's church-peace, that he be a homicide within church-walls, then let that be bootless, L. C.
Linked entry: cyric-griþ