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hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Helle hlínduru nágon hwyrft ne útsíþ ǽfre never is there return or passage out through the grated doors of hell, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 30; Wal. 78. Náhton máran hwyrft they could go no further, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 6; Exod. 210.

Linked entry: hwearft

ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Þurh ðæt ísern ðæt mægen ðara þreátunga is getácnod per ferrum increpationis fortitudo signatur, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 163, 24.

mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mixminglecombineto mingle togetherstir updisturb

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Of sexual intercourse :-- Is eác bewered ðæt mon hine menge wið his bróðor wífe cum cognata misceat prohibitum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 16, 10. intrans Hát and ceald hwílum mencgaþ, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 6; Sat. 132. to mingle together, stir up, disturb

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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The riddle is given on p.4. Ða clamme ðe ða rǽdellan(rǽdelsan ?) wið rýnemenn heáld, Exon. Th. 423, 31; Rä. 43, 13. Ic sprece tó him openlíce næs þurh rédelsas ( per aenigmata; dark speeches, A. V.), Num. 12, 8

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Nis ðæt nó be eallum démum gelíce to secgenne that is not to be said of all judges alike, 63, 16. Ne wǽron ðás ealle gelíce lange these were not all alike long, 119, 3.

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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cf. shrouds of a ship : Icel. skrúð the shrouds of a ship, standing rigging; tackle, gear) Is ðeós bát fulscríd, Ardr. Kmbl. 992 ; An. 496

Linked entry: -scrid

teran

(v.)
Grammar
teran, p. tær, pl. tǽron; pp. toren
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. :-- Hé is swíðe biter on múþe and hé ðé tirþ on ða þrotan ðonne ðú his ǽrest fandast talia sunt, ut degustata mordeant, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 29. figurative Ne ðú hine ne tǽl ne ne ter mid wordum do not backbite, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 11

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.

þweál

(n.)
Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.

washingwhat is used in washingointment

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[Forhabbe hé hyne wyð ǽlc þweald, Lchdm. iii. 134, 25.] what is used in washing, ointment. (Cf. Icel. þvál a kind of soap, þvæla to wash with soap: Swed. twål hard soap.) Similar entries v. þweán, II Pund ðuahles librum ungenti, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3

Linked entry: þweán

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Leófre mé is ðæt hé (the king) mé tó deáþe gesylle ðonne unæþelra (ignobilior ) man, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. as regards character Wæs se cyning æþelre gebyrde ðeáh ðe hé on dǽde unæþele wǽre erat rex natu nobilis quamlibet actu ignobilis, Bd. 2, 15; S

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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H. 181. 17. to read what is written Næs ꝥ wel ꝥ þú self árǽddest þá stafas ofer hire birgene, Ap. Th. 26, 10. Se biscop orationem ofer me árǽdde, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 566, 4. Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs.

dǽd-bétan

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Be ðám ðe . . . wið ðá dǽdbétendan ðeódað de is qui . . . junguntur excommunicatis, R. Ben. 50, 9, 17. Úre Drihten gelǽt þá dǽdbétendan ( the penitent ) æfter sóðre dǽdbóte tó ðǽre úplican Hierusalem, Hml. Th. ii. 68, 24

ést

favourluxuries

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D. ii. 58, 21. where favour is shewn by gifts, gracious, liberal gifts, Similar entries cf. II. Ic eów góda gehwæs ést áhwette, An. 339.

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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Add: beauty that is visible. of a person. Similar entries v. fæger, I, 1 Se líchoma ealdaþ and his fægernes gewíteþ, Bl. H. 57, 29. Fægernesse venustate (membrorum), Hpt. Gl. 516, 50. Wlitig mǽden*-*mann on wundorlicre fægernysse, Hml.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Biscope is forbod ꝥ hé onfóe níwe cumenum preóst and tó gehǽlgenne férunga, Mt. L. 10, 14 note. Hit fǽringa fýre byrneð, Ph. 531. by chance; forte Man slǽtte ǽnne fearr fǽringa (fér-, v. l.) þǽrúte, Hml. S. 12, 72.

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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Ox. 4164 the word is glossed by færelde), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 74. a journey Gif þé fór (foor, v.l.) gelimpe on Gallia mǽgðe si contingat ut ad Galliarum provinciam transeas, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 74, 9. Fóre bóc itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 19.

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Lch. i. 70, 3. to protect from a feeling of (superstitious) reverence, where sanctity is attributed to a place or object, v. friþ-geard, -splott Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ gefriðed, swíde hálig geteald on þá hǽþenan wísan, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

ge-warenian

(v.)
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hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.</b> to warn a person against something :-- Folc wið synna gewarnian, Ll.

hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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S. 10, 32. of non-material things, where there is rapid extension, to mount up at a bound Mín unriht mé hlýpð nú ofer heáfod iniquitates meae superposuerunt caput meum Ps. Th. 37, 4

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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Th. ii. 150, 33. a guard, watch, persons or things that guard Neorxnawanges get is gehealden þurh engla þénunge and fýrene hyrdrǽdene, Angl. vii. 30, 288. Sete, Drihten, heordrǽdene mínum móðe. Hml. S. 30, 209.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden