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æt-íwness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwness, e; f.
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On ðone sextan dæg þæs mónðes bið se mǽra dæg þone Grécas nemnað epiphania . . . ꝥ is on úre geþeóde Drihtnes aetýwnessedæg.

Linked entries: æt-íwedness -íwness

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.

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were

Linked entry: fór-faran

rárian

(v.)
Grammar
rárian, p. ode.
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Th. i. 66, 18. of other than human beings, to roar, bellow Hwílum dióflu him ráredon on swá hrýðro, Shrn. 141, 10. Rárende ł bellende rugiens, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 14. Ðære rárigendan bombosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 8

wrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽstan, p. te.

to wresttwistto move the strings of the harp in playingplectrum.

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to wrest, twist RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt.

Linked entry: a-wrǽstan

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, p. ode.

to drawto writecompose

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to draw a figure, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Ðonne wercaþ hió of weaxe, wrítiaþ Fénix, metaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, and drawings and paintings. Engl.

glæs

(n.)
Grammar
glæs, es; n.
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Án wurðlic weorc of glæse and of golde, Hml. S. 5, 252. Hwylce þinc gelǽdst þú ús? Mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs ( vitrum ), Coll. M. 27, 11.

ge-sibsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sibsumnes, -sibbsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [sibsumnes peacefulness]

Peacefulnessconcordreconciliationpaxconcordĭarĕconcĭliātio

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Peacefulness, concord, reconciliation; pax, concordĭa, rĕconcĭliātio We mágon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational

Linked entry: ge-sibbsumnys

beorhte

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Add: of light (lit. or fig.) Þú gedést ꝥ hé scínaþ swíþe beorhte, . . . sume beorhtor, sume unbyrhtor, swá swá steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 20.

brigdan

(v.)
Grammar
brigdan, (?); p. de
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The oath of the other party from whom a man seizes his (stolen) cattle . . . The oath of him who seizes his (stolen) property, Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 8

folcisc

popularin commonsecular

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Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo) þrostle geháten, Gr.

heáfod-lic

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Þás feówer heáfodrícu (heáfodlicu rícu, v. l.) quatuor regnorum principatus, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 20. of sins, deadly, mortal Heáfod[licra] principalium (vitiorum ), An. Ox. 773. [Heáfod]licra, 671. Ne wé heáfodlice leahtras ne lufian, Wlfst. 253, 9

niht

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, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 30.

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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the last part of the night, the time just before daybreak Þis wæs on úhtan eall geworden ǽr dægréde, Cd. Th. 294, 2; Sat. 465. On úhtan mid ǽrdæge, Beo. Th. 252; B. 126: Andr. Kmbl. 469; An. 235: 2775; An. 1390: Elen. Kmbl. 209; El. 105.

a-rǽman

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽman, p. de; pp. ed.

To raiselift upelevateexcitareerigereelevareTo raise or lift up one's selfto arisese erigerese elevaresurgere

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To raise or lift up one's self, to arise; se erigere, se elevare, surgere Dæges þriddan ord arǽmde the beginning of the third day arose, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 10; Gen. 2876: 162; Th. 203, 29; Exod. 411

hyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrnan, p. de
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To project in the shape of a horn or wedge Andlang ðæs streámes on ðone mǽdham ðe hyrnþ into Scylftúne and fram Scylftúne andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere ðe nymþ intó duceling dúne along the stream to the meadow-enclosure that projects wedge-shaped

Linked entry: ge-hyrned

tún-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scipe, es; m.
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.

ge-hergian

(v.)
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</b> with on, to make predatory attacks upon :-- Se here oft gehergode on Pehtas and on Strætlæd-Wealas, Chr. 875 ; P. 75, 2.

ród

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Of ðǽre dúne andlang þǽre róde hit cymð beneoðan stáncnolle, 248, 16. Of wáddene andlang ðǽre róde innon syx æceres, C. D. vi. 29, 34. On súga róde; andlang róde on huntena weg, iii. 48, 10.

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, es; m.

DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditchvallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est

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On ðone díc to the dike, 494. 37

Linked entry: fæsten-díc