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nǽp-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
nǽp-sǽd, es; n.

Seed of turnip or of rape

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Seed of turnip or of rape Genim senepes sǽdes dǽl and nǽpsǽdes, Lchdm. ii. 24, 15. Nim senepsǽd and nǽpsǽd, iii. 88, 15

niþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-weard, adj.

Downward ⬩ turned downwards

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Th. 403, 1; Rä. 22, 1 : 416, 24; Rä. 35, 3. Niþer-wearþ, 413, 15; Rä. 32, 6

ge-heort

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Ꝥ hí hí gereordodon, and ꝥ hí wurdon þegeheort-ran wið þám áwyrgedan strangan and þone ealdan wiðerwinnan, Hml. S. 23, 241. Add

hyse-byrþre

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-byrþre, an;
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One who bears a (male) child Ácende hyse-berþre þæne þe (Gabriel) foresǽde enixa rat puerpera quern Gabriel praedixit, Hy. S. 50, 34

Linked entry: byrþre

wiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
wiþþe, an; f.

with ⬩ a thong ⬩ cord

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Wiððe circus vel circulus, ráp funiculus vel funis, i. 15, 18-19: 75, 3-4. Hé hét hí ( Agatha ) on hencgene ástreccan, and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113.

nát-hwæt

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nát-hwæt, pron. indef.

Something unknown

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Th. 479, 17; Rä. 62, 9 : 436, 23; Rä. 55, 5 : 499, 25; Rä. 88, 21

leóhtian

(v.)
Grammar
leóhtian, p. ode
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To give light Leóma leóhtade leóda mǽgþum a ray gave light to the tribes of men, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 10; Cri. 234

Linked entry: líhtan

óþ-irnan

(v.)
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to ran away, escape Hé ðære eorþan ǽfre ne ó;þrineþ, Met. 20, 138. Gif hé óþierne, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 7

Linked entry: óþ-yrnan

grorn

(adj.)
Grammar
grorn, adj.
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Troubled, sad Warð gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom the whale got sad when he ran ashore, Txts. 127, 6. Cf. gnorn; adj

stealc

(adj.)
Grammar
stealc, adj.
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Th. 384, 11; Rä. 4, 26. On stealc hleoþa, 382, 6; Rä. 3, 7. Stealc hliþo stígan, 498, 17; Rä. 88, 3

camp-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
camp-wudu, gen. -wuda; m.
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War-wood, a shield; lignum pugnæ, clipeus Ðonne rand dynede, campwudu clynede then rang the shield, the war-wood sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 101; El. 51

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Th. 485, 2; Rä, 71, 7. Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?) se cwealm ne þeáh, Exon.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

nát-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
nát-hwǽr, adv.

In some place unknown

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Th. 480, 8; Rä. 63, 8: 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5

Linked entry: hwǽr

selden

(adj.)
Grammar
selden, adj.
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Rare, infrequent Seldene synd frýnd þá þe oð ende wuniað leófe rari sunt amici qui usque ad finem existant cari, Scint. 197. 18. v. N.E.D. seldom; adj.]

mearc-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-þreát, es; m.

A band of men occupying the frontier of a country

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A band of men occupying the frontier of a country Manna þengel mearcþreáte rád (cf. Th. 187, 33: 188, 14), Cd. 151; Th. 188, 25; Exod. 173

weall-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
weall-geweorc, es; n.

Wall-work, ⬩ wall-building ⬩ the destruction of walls

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Hé gesette hí tó his weallgeweorcum, ðæt hí worhton his burga ( in aedificationibus urbium suarum ),Anglia x. 91, 96. the destruction of walls Aries byð ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 5

Linked entry: weall-weorc

hrut

(adj.)
Grammar
hrut, or hrút

balidus ⬩ balidus

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Ettmüller suggests balidus = balans animal, and compares Icel. hrútr a ram: Ducange has the following balidus fortasse pro validus, ad coitum aptus.; See hryte

Linked entry: hryte

or-mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
or-mǽte, adv.
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Add: immensely Hé rád tó ormǽte caflíce, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 28. Hé (Job) hæfde ormǽte micelne híred, 446, 14. Se móna is ormǽte brád, Lch. iii. 242, 24

swengan

(v.)
Grammar
swengan, p. de
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To cause to swing, to cause rapid movement, to swing, fling, dash, strike Ðá áhleóp án leó of ðæs eorðscræfes þýstrum and hió swengde on hine . . .

hilde-píl

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-píl, es; m.

A dart, ⬩ bolt, ⬩ javelin

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A dart, bolt, javelin, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 5; Rä. 18, 6: 104 b; Th. 397, 33; Rä. 16, 28

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