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úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

our ⬩ ours

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Úrum sceal sweord and helm ... bám gemǽne, Beo. Th. 5312; B. 2659. Similar entries v. úser

wé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince

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Homl. 115, 28. by a prince Beówulf maþelode : ' Wé ðæt ellenweorc fremedon', Beo. Th. 1920; B. 958: 3308; B. 1652

Linked entry: ús

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion

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to sit upon, press down by sitting Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst she (Grendel's mother) pressed down the hall-guest (Beowulf, who had fallen) Beo. Th. 3094; B. 1545.

Linked entry: of-setenness

sóþlíce

(adv.)

Truly, really ⬩ certainly ⬩ verily ⬩ Now ⬩ then ⬩ for ⬩ autem ⬩ ecce ⬩ enim ⬩ ergo ⬩ nam ⬩ vero

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Kmbl. 633; El. 317: Beo. Th. 284; B. 141. Hí ðý sóðlícor ongeáton ðæt hit wæs sóðlíce his ágen líchoma, Shrn. 68, 33. Ic sóðlícost wéne, 164, 28. as conj.

Linked entry: sóþ-líc

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run

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Hwílum hleápan léton on geflit faran fealwe mearas at times they made their fallow steeds run, contend on the course, Beo. Th. 1733; B. 864, Hé á wæs gangende and hleápende ambulans et exsiliens, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 23.

tó-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to

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Beo. Th. 1095; B. 545. to scatter, disperse Se wulf tódrífþ (tódrífeð, Lind. Rush.) ða sceáp lupus dispergit oves, Jn. Skt. 10, 12. Wulfas tódrífaþ dine heorde, Blickl. Homl. 225, 18. Ðú hí wíde tódríf disperge illos, Ps. Th. 58, 11.

Linked entry: tó-drǽfan

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.

Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,

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Kmbl. 2875; An. 1440. marking hostile meeting Ðá hí tógædere gán sceoldon ðá onstealdan ða heretogan ǽrest ðone fleám when the battle should have been joined, the leaders were the first to fly, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 15: 998; Erl. 134, 18: Beo.

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode

To journey ⬩ go ⬩ travel

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Scolde se ellorgást on feónda geweald feor síðian, Beo. Th. 1621; B. 808. Ðæt mín sáwul tó ðé síðian móte, Byrht. Th. 136, 65

streám

(n.)
Grammar
streám, es; m.

A stream, current, flowing water

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Streámas wundon, Beo. Th. 430; B. 212. Wǽgas grundon, streámas styredon, Andr. Kmbl. 747; An. 374. Reáde streámas the waters of the Red Sea, Cd. Th. 196, 23; Ex. 296. Sealte streámas, Exon. Th. 206, 2; Ph. 120.

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together]; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. trédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon): (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong)strogden: (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd

To strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle ⬩ to strew ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ To scatter, disperse ⬩ to lay in order

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Wæs him morþorbed stréd, Beo. Th. 4864; B. 2436. to sprinkle a place with something Ðú strédest (ástregdest, MS. T.) mé mid hysopon asperges me hysopo, Ps. Spl. 50, 8. Stréde man hit mid háligwætere aspergatur aqua benedicta, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: strédan strégan

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Early ⬩ former ⬩ preceding ⬩ ancient ⬩ prior ⬩ præcedens ⬩ antiquus

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Th. 142, 5: Beo. Th. 1819; B. 907. Weorpe ǽrest stán primus lapidem mittat, Jn. Bos. 8, 7. Se hér-búendra hearpan ǽrest hlyn awehte who first of dwellers here awoke the sound of the harp, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079.

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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Finwood, between Gothland and Smöland, in the south of Sweden Ða Beówulf sǽ óþbær, flód æfter faroþe, on Finna land then the sea bore Beowulf away, the flood along the shore, on the Fins' land, Beo. Th. 1165; B. 580.

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior

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Mín yldra mǽg my elder brother, Beo. Th. 940; B. 468. Yldra bróðor, 2653 ; B. 1324. Óþ ðæt hé yldra wearþ until he got older, 4746; B. 2378. Ic eom micle yldra I am much older, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 20; Rä. 41, 42.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

sea ⬩ water

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Lagu, wæter under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630. Lagu lácende the tossing water, Andr. Kmbl. 873; An. 437. Lyft and lagu [cf.

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare

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Férdon forþ ðanon, féðelástum foldweg mǽton, Beo. Th. 3271; B. 1633: 1032; B. 514: 1838; B. 917. Forþ gesáwon lífes látþeów lífweg (liftweg?)

wer-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
wer-þeód, e; f.
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Kmbl. 30; Ap. 15: Beo. Th. 1802; B. 899: Exon. Th. 243, 12; Jul. 9: Lchdm. iii. 36, 24. Werþióde, Met. 9, 21. Ofer ealle werþeóde inter gentes, Ps.

ge-wiht

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Ǽghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 8. Ne sceall hé geþafian fals gewihte, 312, 18. Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, bright.
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Hé onféng leóhtne geleáfan, El. 491. cheerful, untroubled Beó leófwende, leóht on gehygdum, Fä. 92. of appearance, fair Wáláwá ! ꝥis sárlic ꝥ swá fæger feorh and swá leóhtes andwlitan men (cf. swá fægeres híwes menn, Hml.

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> of a narrative, bare, without amplification or comment :-- Seó bóc is swíþe deóp gástlíce tó understandenne, and wé ne wrítaþ ná máre búton þá nacedan gerecednisse; þonne þincþ þám ungelǽredum ꝥ eall ꝥ andgit beó belocen on þǽre ánfealdan gerecednisse

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Stefn in becom under hárne stán . . . hordweard oncneów mannes reorde, Beo. Th. 5103; B. 2555. Hí gehýrdon hlúde reorde, ðínes múþes ða mǽran word, Ps. Th. 137, 5. Hé reorde gesette eorþbúendum ungelíce, Cd. Th. 101, 19; Gen. 1684.

Linked entry: ge-reord