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druncen-læt

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen-læt, lentus, Cot. 12.
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This seems to be the gloss given as Lent, ... dru ... dryncwírig, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 9

for-scytlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-scytlic, adj.
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That may be shut or bolted Þǽre forscytlican dura vectifere valve, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 55

Linked entry: -scytlic

ge-sigfæstnian

(v.)
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For 'crown' read 'be crowned,' and for 'Mt. Kmb.,' 'Jn. Skt.' read 'Mt. p.,' Jn. p.'

ge-edyppol

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-edyppol, adj.
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That should be brought up again for examination Geedyppole recensendos, Germ. 396, 280. Cf. yppan, yppe

Linked entries: -yppol ed-yppol

gryllan

(v.)
Grammar
gryllan, p. de
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To gnash the teeth, rage, be angry Grylde frendit, Germ. 399, 393. Gryllendum stridentibus, 398, 173

Linked entry: grillan

lár-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
lár-bodung, e; f.
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Preaching Dó man þá lárbodunge ( predicationem ) be þám þe ꝥ folc understandan mage, Chrd. 50, 10

Linked entry: bodung

on-byrgan

(v.)
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to be surety Ambyriendum sequestra, An. Ox. 11, 142. Onbyrgedum, 7, 99. Cf. on-borgian; byrgen

Linked entry: -byrgan

scín-lic

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Be þám ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wið þá scýnlican híwinga deófla prættes, Chrd. 98, 32. Add

út-fór

(n.)
Grammar
út-fór, e; f.

A going out from the bodyan evacuation

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A going out from the body, an evacuation Be drencum and útfórum, Lchdm. ii. 14, 30

geaflas

(n.)
Grammar
geaflas, pl. m.

The jawsfauces

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Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 1; Ph. 300.

BERSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BERSTAN, part. berstende; ic berste, ðú birst, he birsteþ, biersteþ, birst, byrst, bierst, pl. berstaþ; p. ic, he bærst, ðú burste, pl. burston; pp. borsten.

to BURSTbreakfailfallcum fragore dissilirecorruererumpifrangito make the noise of a bursting or breakingto crashdashcrackfragorem ederesonarecrepare

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Fingras burston his fingers cracked, Beo. Th. 1525; B. 760

Linked entries: bærst biersteþ

eácen

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
eácen, adj. [pp. of eácan]

Increased, great, vast, powerful auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus

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Se wæs æðele and eácen who was noble and vigorous, Beo. Th. 398; B. 198: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 20; Cri. 205. Eald sweord eácen an old, powerful sword, Beo. Th. 3330; B. 1663: 4286; B. 2140. Eácne eardas the vast dwellings, 3246; B. 1621.

hrémig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrémig, hreámig; adj.

Clamorousexultantlamentingboastingvaunting

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Hrémge [so the MS.], Beo. Th. 4715; B. 2363

Linked entry: hreámig

ge-reording

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Ben. 1. 57, 7

lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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Beón eówer lendena ymbgyrde ... On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægþhád tó understandenne let your loins be girded ... By the girded loins virginity is to be understood, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 25.

a-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
a-cuman, p. -cam, -com, pl. -cámon, -cómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen

To comebearvenireferresustinere

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To come, bear; venire, ferre, sustinere Wæs of fere acumen he had come from the vessel, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 12; Gen. 1544. Ðæt land híg ne mihte acuman non sustinebat eos terra, Gen. 36, 7. Ge hyt ne mágon nú acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn.

fæder-æðelo

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-æðelo, indecl. n. [æðelo nobility, origin]

Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honoursgĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria

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He scolde fæderæðelumonfón he should succeed to his father's honours, Beo. Th. 1826; B. 911

feorh-lást

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lást, es; m.

A life-stepstep taken to preserve one's lifeflightvītæ vestīgiumgressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātusfŭga

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taken to preserve one's life, flight; vītæ vestīgium, gressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātus, fŭga He onweg ðanon on nicera mere, fǽge and geflýmed, feorhlástas bær he bore his life-steps away thence to the monsters' mere, death-doomed and put to flight, Beo

leód-gebyrga

(n.)
Grammar
leód-gebyrga, an; m.

a prince chief man

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Hláford ðínne, leódgebyrgean [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 543; B. 269. Leódgebyrgean the chief men of the city [cf. ceastre weardas applied to the same persons in v. 767], Elen. Kmbl. 1108; El. 556

Linked entry: ge-byrga

máðum-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-fæt, es; n.

A costly vessel

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A costly vessel Máððumfæt mǽre, Beo. Th. 4801; B. 2405. Ðá genam hé ða máðmfatu, gyldene and sylfrene, binnon Godes temple, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 25. Ða mádmfatu ðæs temples ungeríme, gyldene and sylfrene, mid óðrum goldhordum, 66, 7.