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brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Lch. ii. 212, 3. fig.: Wylm, brǽþ feruorem, i. ardorem (devotionis), An. Ox. 2511

deád

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Add: physical. of an animal or a vegetable Ðá hé onfunde ꝥ hé deád beón sceolde when he found that he must die, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 20. Án cild arn under wǽnes hweowol and wearð sóna deád, Shrn. 32, 12.

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Th. 3, 4. figuratively: Hwæt is ꝥ þǽm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne þonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, ... and hwylce látteówas hé hæbbe, and hwyder hé gelǽded sý ...

clincig

(adj.)
Grammar
clincig, adj.
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[Cf. somer dryeth mareis and mores . . . and maketh hem rouȝe and harde and clynkery. v. N. E. D. clinkery.] Cf. clingan

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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and add: a prayer to a human being, request Miltsa mé, abbud, and gefyl nú óþer gebæd mínre béne, Hml. S. 236, 705. where the person addressed is divine. prayer, praying Hús mín hús gebeddes ( orationis ) is. Lk. L. 19, 46.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhþ, Homl.

ge-biddan

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Se hálga gebæd bilwitne fæder breóstgehygdum, An. 998. Hié God and þone heáhengel gebǽdon, Bl. H. 201, 13. Ðá ongunnan hí . . . deófulgyld weorþian and gebiddan (worþodon and gebǽdon, v. l.) coeperunt adorare simulacra, Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 17.

gadrian

(v.)
Grammar
gadrian, gadrigean

to gather

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to gather, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 232, 2 : Andr. Kmbl. 1562; An. 782

heoru-sweng

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-sweng, es; m.

A blow with a sword,

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Th. 3184; B. 1539: Andr. Kmbl. 1903; An. 954

land-rest

(n.)
Grammar
land-rest, e; f.

A land-couchgrave

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A land-couch, grave Lǽtan landreste to leave the grave, Andr. Kmbl. 1561; An. 782

morgen-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-torht, adj.

Bright with the brightness of morning

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Bright with the brightness of morning (applied to the sun), Andr. Kmbl. 482; An. 241

ge-scildend

(n.)
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ge-scildend, -scyldend, es; m.

A protector

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Th. 27, 8: Andr. Kmbl. 2583; An. 1293

Linked entries: scildend ge-scyldend

wudu-bát

(n.)
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wudu-bát, es; m.

A wooden skip

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A wooden skip Hwá me on wudubáte ferede ofer flódas, Andr. Kmbl. 1810 ; An. 907

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605Augustínus

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Hér com Augustinus and his geféran to Engla lande here, A. D. 597, Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2 : 596; Th. 34, 37, col. 1 ; 35, 36, cols. 1, 2

Linked entry: Agustin

wlite-beorht

(adj.)
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wlite-beorht, adj.

Of splendid beautybeautiful

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Eorþan cyningas monegum and mislícum wǽdum wlitebeorhtum scínaþ, golde gegerede and gimcynnum reges purpura claros nitente, Met. 25, 4. Wlitebeorhte wæstmas, Cd. Th. 94, n ; Gen. 1560

weorold-lust

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lust, es; m.
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Worldly pleasure, pleasure that comes from things of this world Hú ne is ðé genóg openlíce geeówad ðara leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes; ðæt is ðonne ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and woruldlust.

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Gielde sé þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges that he slew the man) pay 'wer' and 'wíte,' Ll. Th. i. 80, 7. Ic þé eom andetta mínra synna, Angl. xiii. 501, 15.

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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On heaftneád and on þeówdóm, Angl. xi. 2, 51. Ic hwílum hæftnýd arære bring about captivity, Rä. 80, 10. ¶ with gen. of person or thing by which one is held captive Hé mancynn of deófles hæftnýde álýsde, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 6.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

ofer-cuman

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add: to get the better of in a contest Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt, Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.