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CWACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, trembletremere, contremere

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Heard ecg cwacaþ the hard edge shaketh, Elen. Kmbl. 1513 ; El. 758 . Céne cwacaþ the bold shall quake, Exon. 19b ; Th. 50, 8; Cri. 797 . Ða téþ cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cýle their teeth shall quake in the intense cold, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27: 530, 35.

ge-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwéme, adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing]

Pleasantpleasinggratefulacceptablefitjŏcundusgrātusplăcĭtuscomplăcĭtusacceptus

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Seó wæs Criste gecwéme she was acceptable to Christ, Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 2; Jul. 259 : Elen. Kmbl. 2097; El. 1050. Gecwéme sý him spræc mín jŏcundum sit ei elŏquĭum meum, Ps. Spl. 103. 35.

ge-fér-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-rǽden, -réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e; f.

companionshipfellowshipcongregationchurchsocietascomitatuseeclesiasynagogafamiliarityfriendshipfamiliaritasamicitia

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Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 5 : Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 23. He hæfde on his geférrǽdene cratu and rídende men habuit in comitatu currus et equites, Gen. 50, 9.

Linked entry: ge-fǽrréden

þider-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-weard, adv.
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Thitherward, in that direction, towards that place or point Iosue férde mid his fyrde þiderweard ascendit Iosue et omnis exercitus cum eo, Jos. 10, 7. Ðá hé þiderweard seglode as he sailed towards that port, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 24.

HREÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÁW, hrǽw [also written hreów]; adj.

RAWuncooked

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RAW, uncooked Ne ne eton gé of ðam nán þing hreówes non comedetis ex eo crudum quid, Ex. 12, 9. Ne ete gé of ðam lambe nán þing hreáw, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 5.

Linked entry: hreów

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettleruinfrustratedegeneratedeteriorateperderedegenerare

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Hic et hæc et hoc nugas ðæt is abroðen on Englisc Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2

Linked entry: a-bruðon

hird

(n.)

retinue, court

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retinue, court Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30.

Linked entry: in-hirdmann

bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr, e; f.

a BIERferetruma couchpalletlittergrabatus

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Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre they brought a dead man on a bier, Elen. Kmbl. 1742; El. 873. a couch, pallet, litter; grabatus On his þegna handum on bǽre boren wæs manibus ministrorum portabatur in grabato, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 22

be-líðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-líðan, p. -láþ, pl. -liðon = -lidon; pp. -liðen = -liden [be from, líðan to go, sail]

To go fromto leaveeffugererelinquere

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To go from, to leave; effugere, relinquere Lífe belidenes líc the body of the left by life, i. e. the body of the lifeless Elen. Kmbl. 1752; El. 878 : Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 18, note; Gú. 1312 : Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 280.

Linked entries: líðan bi-liden

líf-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
líf-fruma, an; m.

ChristGodChristGod

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Kmbl. 2570; An. 1286: [Christ] 1124; An. 562: Elen. Kmbl. 670; El. 335: Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 31; Cri. 504: 42 a; Th. 140, 13; Gú. 609: [God], Cd. 208; Th. 256, 20; Dan. 643

lorh

(n.)
Grammar
lorh, lorg, e; f.

A pole

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Loerge amites, Ep. Gl. 1 b, 3

ge-fulwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fulwian, -fulgwian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To baptize

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Homl. 213, 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 2085; El. 1044. Gifulgwado baptizati, Rtl. 26, 9

ge-leódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leódan, p. leád, pl. -ludon; pp. -loden

To springgrowdescendcresceregerminare

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Óþðæt ða geongan leomu geloden weorþaþ till the young limbs be grown, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 20; Vy. 6 : Elen. Kmbl. 2451; El. 1227 : Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 343, 1; Hick. Thes. i. 135

Linked entry: ge-ludon

wrǽþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþu, (-o); indecl.: wrǽþ, e; f.

Wrathanger

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Hí wǽran intinga ðare wrǽðe ðe wæs betwyx him and ðan cinge, Chr. 1051; Erl. 182, 28. Hæfþ eal folc micele wrǽþe æt Gode þurh his ǽnne gilt, þe hé nolde healdan ða þincg. Wulfst. 174, 27. From tóweard wuráðo a futura ira, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 7

Linked entry: wrǽþ

be-smiþian

(v.)
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Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175. The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel, H.

be-reccan

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Of ðære scylde ðe hé hine berecc(e)an ne mæge ex eo quod defendere nequeunt, Past. 209, 23

Ebréisc

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On Ebréisc (Ebr[e]isc) geðióde, Past. 6, 1. On Ebréisc, Bl. H. 245, 4. On Ebresc, Jn. L. 19, 20: Cri. 133. On Ebrisc Hebraice, Jn. R. L. 5, 2: 19, 13, 17. Weras Ebréisce, Jud. 241. Ebresce, El. 559. Ebriscum stafum, Mt. p. 2, 8. Add

Linked entry: Hebréisc

sceand-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-full, adj.

Shameful, infamous, vile

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[Him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he scal al aȝeuen and seodðan bisechen milce et þan ilke monne þe he haueð er istolen, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 2.]

hearm-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-loca, an; m.

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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Kmbl. 189; An. 95: 2058; An. 1031: Elen. Kmbl. 1386; El. 695

neáh-gebúr

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-gebúr, néh-gebúr, néhche-, néhhe-, néche-, néhe-búr, es; m.

A neighbour

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Edg. S. 7; Th. i. 274, 20 : Ps. Th. 30, 13. Ne laða ðú ðíne welegan neáhgebúras, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 21

Linked entries: freónd dún