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óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Wearþ syfan geár se ungemetlíca eorþwela, and hí æfter ðǽm wǽron on ðan mǽstan hungre óðre syfan geár, I. 5; Swt. 32, 26 : Gen. 29, 27.

a-weccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.

to awakearouse from sleepawake from deathe somno excitaresuscitareresuscitareto exciterousestir upcall forthraise upraise up childrenexcitareconcitaresuscitareresuscitare

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Ðá wearþ aweaht Drihten swá he slǽpende excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus, Ps. Th. 77, 65. Ic hine awecce resuscitabo eum, Jn. Bos. 6, 40. Se Fæder awecþ ða deádan Pater suscitat mortuos, 5, 21.

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent adventus

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Wearþ Húna cyme cúþ ceasterwarum the approach of the Huns was known to the citizens, Elen. Kmbl. 82 ; El. 41. He ongeat ðone intingan heora cymes he understood the cause of their coming, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 1.

Linked entry: cime

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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Hí mid hyra fiðrum weardiaþ [MS. wearþ] they protect with their wings, Exon. 13b; Th. 25. 3; Cri. 395: 55a; Th. 195, 23; Az. 160: 60b; Th. 220, 7; Ph. 316: 88b; Th. 332, 21; Vy. 88: Elen. Kmbl. 1482; El. 743.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battlecontestwarstrifequarrelhostilitytumultcertāmenpugnabellumtŭmultuslabourtoilsorrowagonylăbortrībŭlātioăgōniafruit of laborersgainprofitfructus lăbōrumlucrumquæstus

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a battle, contest, war, strife, quarrel, hostility, tumult; certāmen, pugna, bellum, tŭmultus On ða tíde Troiána gewin wearþ the Trojan war happened at that time, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 24; Met. 26, 12.

Linked entry: winn

blissian

(v.)
Grammar
blissian, blyssian, blissigan, blissigean; part. blissiende, blissigende; ic blissie, blissige, ðú blissast, he blissaþ, pl. blissiaþ; p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad

To rejoice, exult, be glad or merrylætari, gaudere, exultare, ovare To make to rejoice, to gladden, delight, exhilaratelætificare

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Hyge wearþ mongum blissad the mind of many was made to rejoice, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 71, 30; Cri. 1163

Linked entry: blyssian

eorl

a hero

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Þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl wearð tó eorle, 334, 8. used of Scandinavians, = Icel. jarl Ælfred gefeaht wiþ þára eorla getruman, and þǽr wearþ Sidroc eorl ofslægen se alda, and Sidroc eorl se gioncga, and Ósbearn eorl, and Hareld eorl, Chr. 871; P

for-drífan

to drive awayoffoutto drive awaycast outto drive outto banishexpelto drive asideto overtask

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Ꝥte of ðǽr somnung néræ fordrifeno ([man] ne fordrife, R.) ut de synagoga non eicerentur, Jn. 12, 42. of a moving object, to drive aside from its course Ðá gestód hine heáh weder; wearþ ðá fordrifan on án íglond út on ðǽre Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A stepfootsteptracktrace

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Ic sume in bryne sende ðæt him lásta wearþ síðast gesýne some have I sent into the fire, so that no trace of them was left, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 33; Jul. 474. Blódgum lástum, 36 b; Th. 119, 25; Gú. 260.

Linked entry: lǽst

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Him eorla mód ortrýwe wearþ, siððan hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis, 187, 22 ; Exod. 155. Wǽron Adames dagas, siððan ( postquam ) hé gestrínde Seth, Gen. 5, 4. Syððan, 18, 12. Syððan Iohannes geseald wæs, com se Hǽland, Mk. Skt. 1, 14.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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Ðǽr wearþ Cirus ofslægen and twá þ úsend monna mid him Tomyris simulat diffidentiam, paulatimque cedendo, hostem in insidias vocat. Ibi quippe, compositis inter mantes insidiis, ducenta millia Persarum cum ipso rege delevit, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 29.

deófol-gild

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Se crístendóm weóx and ꝥ ealde deófolgeld wearþ ádwésced, Jud. p. 162, 4. Ðæt hié Godes ǽ ne gehwierfen tó deófulgielde ne legem Dei in Satanae sacrificium vertant, Past. 369, 4. Ꝥ man hine forhæbbe fram deófolgylde ( ab idolatria ), Ll.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Hé þurh ðæt sóna wearþ hál geworden he was at once by that restored to health, 223, 26. Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 4.

Linked entry: hǽl

hryre

(n.)
Grammar
hryre, es; m.

Falldownfallruindestructionperditiondecaydeclinedeath

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On myclum hryre seó heord wearþ on sǽ besceofen magno impetu grex præcipitatus est in mare, Mk. Skt. 5, 13. Ðone hryre ðe se feallenda deófol on engla werode gewanode the loss which the falling devil had caused in the host of angels, Homl.

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mournbe sadbe anxiousTo mournlamentto care aboutregard

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Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst, Wald. 1, 44; Vald. 1, 24. Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not, Andr.

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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Ðǽr wearþ Heáhmund bisceop ofslægen and fela gódra monna there was bishop Heahmund slain and many good men, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 34.

Linked entry: good

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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Ðá wearþ hit Constantine gecýd it was told to Constantine, H.

geóguþ

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ, geógeþ, giógoþ, geógaþ, gígoþ, iúguþ, e; f.

YOUTH, the state of being youngjuventus, juvenilis ætas vel statusthe youth, young personsjuventus, juvenes

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Ðá wearþ iafeðe geógoþ aféded then to Japhet was a youthful offspring born, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 34; Gen. 1604. Óððæt seó geógoþ geweóx until the youth grew up, Beo. Th. 133; B. 66.

Linked entry: eógoþ

un-dón

(v.)
Grammar
un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To undoto undo that which is closedto opento undo that which is boundto releaseto releaseabsolveto undo that which closesto open a doorto undo that which binds or fastensto undo a bolt, a knotto undo what has been doneto abrogatedestroy

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Ðá wearþ eft Ianes duru undón (andón, Swt. 254, 17) apertus est Janus, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 116, 25. Undónum remmingum apertis obstaculis, Hpt. Gl. 489, 73. to undo that which binds or fastens, to undo a bolt, a knot, etc.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Wearþ him hýrra hyge ðonne gemet wǽre haughtier grew his soul than was meet, 198; Th. 247, 2; Dan. 491, Him wæs geómor sefa hyge murnende mournful was their mind, sorrowing, their soul, Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 24; Cri. 500.