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drencan

(v.)
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To sink in water, drown Þú Petre ðǽm drencende hond girahtest Petro mergenti manum porrexisti, Rtl. 101, 42

Linked entry: ge-dryncness

hræd-lic

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Add: quick, swift. v. hræd; Hyra hors mid swá hrædlicum ryne ( tanto cursu ) oferférdon þá eá swylce . . ., Gr. D. 15, 28. of time, coming soon to an end.

on-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beódan, p. -beád; pl. -budon; pp. -boden.

to bid, order ⬩ to announce, tell, proclaim, send word

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C.) he sent them home word of it, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 13. Him Pilatus onbeád ymbe Cristes tácnunga Pilatus ad Tiberium repulit de Christi virtutibus, 6, 2; Swt. 254, 23. Word unreht onbudun mandaverunt wið mé, Ps. Surt. 40, 9.

Linked entry: in-beódan

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thought ⬩ thinking ⬩ cogitation ⬩ intent ⬩ mind ⬩ heart ⬩ conscience

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Thought, thinking, cogitation, intent, mind, heart, conscience Seaxes ord and seó swíðre hond eorles ingeþonc and ord somod the knife's point and the right hand, the mind of man and the point combined, Exon. 123 a ; Th. 472. 8 ; Rä. 61, 13.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton ; pp. -sóht; v. a.

to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere

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Ðǽr mín hyht myneþ to gesécenne there my hope thinketh to visit, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 18; Gú. 1062.

Linked entries: ge-sahte ge-soecan

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Þis wundor gedón and gegearwian hoc miraculam exhibere, 166, 18. Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian there is one kindness that you may do me; unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium potes, 182, 6.

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person

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Similar entries v. hors-, hund-, scip-wealh; weale, wilh. a shameless person. Similar entries v. wealian, wealh-word Walana protervorum, Hpt. Gl. 527, 22

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or away ⬩ pull out ⬩ lead out ⬩ pluck ⬩ draw ⬩ abstrahere ⬩ extrahere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ educere ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ to treat ⬩ use ⬩ dispose of ⬩ employ ⬩ tractare ⬩ uti ⬩ adhibere ⬩ to draw to any place ⬩ betake oneself anywhere ⬩ go ⬩ come ⬩ make a journey or expedition ⬩ se recipere ⬩ meare ⬩ proficisci ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ iter facere

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Hú híg sceoldon ðæs Hǽlendes wurþ ateón how they should dispose of the Saviour's price, Mt.

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Little ⬩ few

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Gif hé hwón hnappode if he dozed a little, Hom. Th. i. 86, 18. Ðá hwón onslép, Shrn. 60, 17. Hwónn, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11. Ðám mannum ðe mágon hwón gehýran for those people who can hear but little, L. Med. ex Quadr: Lchdm. i. 362, 20.

morþor

(n.)
Grammar
morþor, es; n. m.

murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery

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Homl. 63, 34-65, 11. Ðara banena byre morþres gylpeþ, Beo. Th. 4116; B. 2055. Ðeáh hié (cannibals) morþres feala gefremed habben, Andr. Kmbl. 1950; An. 977. Morþres on luste, 2282; An. 1142. Draca morþre swealt the dragon perished by the sword, Beo.

Linked entry: morþ

ge-timbran

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For ðǽm búton hé ðæt wóh ǽr tówurpe ne meahte hé nóht nytwyrðlíce ðæt ryht getimbran Past. 441, 30-34. to use as building material Swá hwá swá getimbrað ofer ðisum grundwealle gold oððe seolfor si quia superaedificat super fundamentum hoc aurum, argentum

inne

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Gif hé torngemót þurhteón mihte þæt hé eotena bearn inne gemunde ( that he might remember how his foe had been besieged (see the preceding passage)), B. 1141. inne on, mid, within a region, with a people Gylde lahslitte inne on Deonelage, wíte mid Englum

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. ⬩ to rouse from sleep ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to enliven, stimulate, refresh ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to excite, stir up ⬩ to raise what is depressed ⬩ to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Homl. 51, 21: Exon. Th. 38, 20; Cri. 609. Hí ǽled weccaþ they kindle a fire, 361, 18; Wal. 21. Wec ðú cléne hiortan in mé cor mundum crea in me, Ps. C. 50, 88. Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce ( resuscitet ), Mk. Skt. 12, 19.

hlóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ, e; f.

spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ

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Heó ðæt weorud ágeaf hlóþe of ðam hátan hreþre she gave up that multitude, troops from her hot bosom, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 29; Cr. 1163: 75 b; Th. 283, 6; Jnl. 676.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán

To shine

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His ansýn eal sceán swá swá sunne, and his gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 7. Hwǽr is seó eorðe ðe nǽ fre sunne on ne sceán? In ðære reádan sǽ, Salm. Kmbl. 198, 14. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466.

scín-lác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lác, es; n.

magic ⬩ necromancy ⬩ sorcery ⬩ a particular act of magic ⬩ a sorcery ⬩ delusion produced by magic ⬩ delusion ⬩ superstition ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ a delusive appearance ⬩ a spectre ⬩ apparition ⬩ phantom

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Homl. 61, 25. Scíndlácum, Shrn. 141, 27. delusion, superstition, frenzy, rage Scínlác fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 42.

EARD

(n.)
Grammar
EARD, es; m.

land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio

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Eard gemunde he remembered his home, Beo.

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre

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He eft hám ferde he went home again, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 5: 3, 11; S. 536, 9. Hilde of deáþe ferde to lífe Hilda de morte transīvit ad vītam, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 32. He ferde ofer sǽ he went over the sea, Boutr.

Linked entry: fyran

niman

(v.)
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Jn. 10, 12. to lay hold of with the hand, to seize and hold Ðú nóme (tenuisti) hond ðá swíðran míne, Ps.

un-wénlíc

(adj.)
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un-wénlíc, adj.

Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising

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Not giving grounds for hope, unpromising Ðá ðú ðé selfum ðúhtest unwénlíc when you did not seem to yourself to have much chance of success; cum esses parvulus in oculis tuis, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 9.

Linked entry: wén-líc