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sǽ-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-wérig, adj.

Weary with being on the sea

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[We beoþ sæ-werie men. Laym. 4619.]

ge-þinnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þinnian, -þinngian, -þynnian; p. ode; pp. od

To thinlessendiminishdispelattenuāre

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To thin, lessen, diminish, dispel; attenuāre Ic hie sceal ǽrest geþinnian [geþinngian, MS. Bod.] I must first dispel them, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 19

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

á-stigian

(v.)
Grammar
á-stigian, p. ode

To ascendmount

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Astigedon in scip ascendentes in navi, Mk. L. 6, 32. trans. Ic ástigie mín scyp ascendo navem, Coll. M. 23, 9

Linked entry: stigian

ǽrend-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-gewrit, ǽrend-writ, es; n.

A message or report in writinga letteran epistleletters mandatorya brief writingshort notesa summaryepistola

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Met. Fox 1, 125; Met. 1, 63. Ǽrend-gewrit epistola vel pictacium. Wrt. Voc. 46, 64: 61, 21. Þurh his ǽrend-gewritu by his letters, Bd. pref; S. 472, 22

a-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogode; pp. [ge]-hugod

To devisesearchinventexcogitareperscrutariinvenire

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To devise, search, invent; excogitare, perscrutari, invenire Leóhtor ðonne hit men mǽgen módum ahycgan more clearly than men may in mind devise it, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 20; Cri. 903.

Linked entry: a-hicgan

aldor

(n.)
Grammar
aldor, es; m. [aldor = ealdor an elder] .

an elderparentauthorparensauctora chiefprincepræpositusprinceps

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Met. Fox 26, 14; Met. 26, 7

Linked entry: alder

be-fóran

(adv.)

Beforeat handopenlyanteantea præin conspectu, in conspectum

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Met. Fox 4, 35; Met. 4, 18. Wundor on eorþan he befórancýþde he revealed miracles on earth openly Andr. Kmbl. 1212; An. 606. Wæs se atola befóran the wicked one was at hand Cd. 224; Th. 295, 17; Sat. 487. He befóran gengde he went before Beo.

eásta

(n.)
Grammar
eásta, an; m.

The eastŏriens

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Met. Fox 29, 65; Met. 29, 33: Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 9: 894; Erl. 92, 19

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness sălus, asȳlum

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Safety, security, happiness; sălus, asȳlum Éd monne safety of men, the ark. Cd. 70; Th. 84, 30, Mann. Some think ed signifies a renewing, restoration, regeneration; renŏvatio: then ed monne might be translated, regeneration of men.

folcisc

(adj.)
Grammar
folcisc, adj.

Folkishcommonvulgarpopularrustĭcusplēbēius

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Folkish, common, vulgar, popular; rustĭcus, plēbēius Gif man folciscne mæsse-preóst mid tíhtlan belecge if a man charge a secular mass-priest with an accusation, L. Eth. ix. 21; Th. i. 344, 19: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 16.

FREC

(adj.)
Grammar
FREC, fræc; adj.

Desirousgreedygluttonousaudaciousboldavĭdusgŭlōsusaudaxtemĕrārius

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Met. Fox 8, 30; Met. 8, 15. Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 30; Gen. 2580

Linked entries: frettan freceo fric

eal-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.

ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so simĭlĭter, sīcut

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Ðá cwæþ he ealswá to ðám óðrum dixit simĭlĭter ad altĕrum, Mt. Bos. 21, 30. Gewurþe ðé, ealswá ðu wylle fiat tībi sīcut vis, Mt. Bos. 15, 28

Linked entries: swá al-swá eall-swá

eard-fæst

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Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38.

sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, de

To fall to a person's lot

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Heom (heo, MS.) on riht sceóde (sceo, MS.) gold and godweb Iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasure rightly fell to the share of the Israelites (after the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 215, 21; Exod. 586

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26

hnipian

(v.)
Grammar
hnipian, p. ode

To bow the head

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Met. Fox 31, 26; Met. 31, 13. Ðá wearþ Cain suíðe hrædlíce irre and hnipode of dúne iratusque est Cain vehementer, et concidit vultus ejus, Past. 34, 5; Swt. 235, 6

Linked entry: hnipend

ampella

(n.)
Grammar
ampella, ampolla, ampulla, an; m.

A vialbottleflaskflagonampullalecythuslenticula

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A vial, bottle, flask, flagon; ampulla, lecythus, lenticula Ampella vel ele-fæt an oil-flask, lecythus = λήκυθος [MS. legithum], Cot. 119. Ampella vel crog lenticula, 124

a-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rinnan, p. -ran, pl. -runnon; pp. -runnen

To run outpass byto disappeareffluerepræterire

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To run out, pass by, to disappear; effluere, præterire Ðæt sý [MS. sie] cwide arunnen that the word be run out, Salm. Kmbl. 960; Sal. 479

beado-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
beado-hrægl, es; n.

A war-garmentcoat of mailbellica vestislorica

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A war-garment, coat of mail; bellica vestis, lorica Beadohrægl on breóstum læg the coat of mail lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552

Linked entry: beadu-hrægl

cealdian

(v.)
Grammar
cealdian, ode; od; v. intrans.

frigescere

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To become cold; frigescere Eorþmægen ealdaþ, ellen cealdaþ [MS. cólaþ] earthly power grows old, courage becomes cold, Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 62; Reim. 69, Grn. Gl