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Hé foreliórað iówih (eów, R.) praecedit nos Mt. L. 28, 7. Iúc uos . Jn. L. 3, 7. Þæt gé healdan eów sylfe (uosmet) ǽnlíce, Coll. M. 35, 37. Gé dóþ eów sylfe wyrsan þonne eówre ágne ǽhta, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 36. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe, Bl. H. 99, 3. Add

íren

(n.)
Grammar
íren, es; n.

Irona swordblade

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Áres and írenes æris et ferri, Bd. 1, I ; S. 473, 23, note. Heardes írenes grindlas gratings of hard iron, Cd. 19 ; Th. 24, 25; Gen. 383. Ðeáh hé wǽre mid írne ymbfangen, 224; Th. 297, 15; Sat. 513. Héht his sweord niman, leóflíc íren, Beo.

lengu

(n.)
Grammar
lengu, indecl. f.

Length

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Tele nú ða lengu ðære hwíle, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6 note

Linked entries: leng lenge leng lengeo

un-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-synnig, adj.

innocentguiltlesswithout sinundeserved

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Lind. 5, 3 note. Ða unsuinnigo innocentes, 12, 7. undeserved Seó his unsynnige cwalu wæs gewrecen, Shrn. 93, 13

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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Fornumen mid onsígendre ylde with declining years, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 20. of violent movement Gif hí oncneówon ða geniðerunge ðe him onsíhþ, Homl. Th. i. 408, 8.

æt

(prep.)
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Cf. oþ. temporal, until Hé hit ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cuman, Gr. D. 206, 22. Seó is nú get æt þysne andweardan dæg mid wuldrum geweorþod, Bl. H. 125, 17. Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen, 91, 34: 93, 3.

sóþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-fæst, adj.

true, without deceptiontrue in deedjustrighteouspiouswithout wickednesstrue in speechveracious

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Sóðfæst sunu, ðam wæs Seth noma, Cd. Th. 67, 25; Gen. 1106. Sóþfæst eart ðú, Drihten, and rihte syndon ðíne dómas, Blickl. Homl. 89, 6. Ánra gehwylc, sóðfæst ge synnig, Exon. Th. 233, 11; Ph. 523.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
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se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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In phrases such as for . ðam ðe the pronominal element was represented later by that, as in Shakspere, and is now usually omitted altogether, (i) (nalses, nallas no) ðæt án ðæt . . . ac not only . . . but also, Bt. 21 ; Fox 74, 17 : 22, 1; Fox 76,

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing armsbrachia amplexa, circumdăta A lap, bosom, breast quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectusFATHOM = six feet spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentumAn embrace, protection amplexus, complexus, protectioGrasp, powerpŏtestas, dĭtio An expanse, abyss, deep expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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Heó losaþ ne on foldan fæðm she shall not escape into earth's bosom, Beo. Th. 2790; B. 1393. To Fæder fæðmum in his Father's bosom, Beo. Th. 378; B. 188.

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Wé nellaþ be ðám ná swíðor áwrítan we will not write further about them, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 20. Wé willaþ furðor ymbe ðás emnihte swíðor sprecan . . . Embe ðis wé sprecaþ eft swídor we will say more about it later on, Lchdm. iii. 240, 1, 7.

Linked entry: swíðor

spell

(n.)
Grammar
spell, es; n.

a storynarrativeaccountrelationa historical narrativehistorya false or foolish storya fablean instructive talkdiscoursea philosophical argumenta sermonhomilya sayingremarksentencestatement of a single pointdictuma saying that is to be repeated to anothera messagean announcementspeechlanguage of prosea fable, talefabulatio, parabolasermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythusa saying

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swylce nǽfre ǽr on men ne becom ne naht oft siððan the man told such a dismal story of the journey to hell as never before had come to men, and not often since, Shrn. 49, 10: Cd. Th. 66, 31; Gen. 1092.

Linked entry: spel

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Mé ne lyst mid glase geworhtra wága non requiro comptos vitro parietes Bt. 5, l ; F. 10, 16. to make, (i) the subject a person, to form an object out of material Hé gewyrceð helm oððe hupseax, Crä. 63. Gewyrcean wígbord, B. 2337.

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Nis ðǽr láð geníðla ine wóþ ne wrac weútáen nán, yldu ne yrmðu . . . ne sár wracu non huc exangues morbi, non aigra senectus . . . ludus acerbns abest, 201, 2-11; Ph. 50-54.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 8-13. used adjectivally. alone with a noun Eal þes middangeard, and þás windas, and þás regnas, Blickl. Homl. 51, 19.Ðes eorl, Beo.Th. 3409; B. 1702. Þes Paulinus, Chr. 627; Erl. 25, 5. Ymbhwyrft þes, Exon. Th. 424, 21; Rä. 41, 42.

Linked entries: þás þis

gód

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Noe wæs gód . . . dómfæst and gedéfe (cf. Noe wæs rihtwís, Gen. 6, 9), Gen. 1285. Ic þé gódne wát, fæsthýdigne, 1346. Oft þá gódan déman (cf. þá unrihtwísan déman, 21) habbað yfele gingran, Ll. Lbm. 475, 28.

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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Ðá wearð eft Ianes duru andón, þéh ðǽr nán gefeoht þurhtogen ne wurde though no battle had actually been fought; nulla bella sonuerunt, 6, 1; Swt. 254, 19. Ne biþ ðǽr sin ðurhtogen peccatum perpetratum non est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 21: Exon.

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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in a physical sense, heaven, sky Ðætte súð ne norð, be sǽm tweónum, ofer eormengrund, óþer nǽnig, under swegles begong, sélra nǽre. Beo. Th. 1724; B. 860: 3550; B. 1773. Under swegles gang. Andr. Kmbl. 415; An. 208: 910; An. 455.

FLEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FLEÓT, fliét, es; m: fleóte, an; f.

a place where vessels floata baygulfan arm of the seaestuarythe mouth of a rivera riverstreamsĭnusæstuāriumrīvusa raftshipvesselrătisnāvis

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of places, as Northfleet, Soulhfleet, Kent; and in London, Fleetditch; sĭnus, æstuārium, rīvus Se Abbod Petrus wæs besenced on sumne sǽs fleót, se wæs háten Am-fleót abbas Petrus demersus est in sĭnu măris, qui vŏcātur Amfleat, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 6, note

hweogul

(n.)
Grammar
hweogul, hweowol, hweohl, hweól, es; n.

A wheel

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Swá swá yrnende hweowol, Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 29. Ðære sunnan hweogul solis rota, Hymn. Surt. 22, 25. Hweól rota, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 48; Wrt. Voc. 16, 20. Ðæt hweól hwerfþ ymbútan. Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29.

Linked entries: hwǽl hweowol

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
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Man worhte Noes earce of ðam treówcynne ðe is genem-ned Sem, Salm. Kmbl. p. 184, 16: Nar. 10, 13. Ðá ætýwde Drihten Moise án treówcyn and hét dón ðæt treów on ðæt wæter, Ex. 15, 25