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hryre

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Se druncena wénð ꝥ hé sum þing gódes dó, þonne hé bið an hryre besceofen ebriosus putat se aliquid obtimum agere, cum fuerit precipitio deuolutus, Chrd. 74, 24. a falling from an upright position (lit. or fig.). a falling to the ground of a building

under

(prep.)
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under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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sceolan under ðæm feówerte[g]oþan geríme syllan ðone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda we must during that forty days give the tithe of our worldly wealth, Blickl.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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. , read aloud singaþ on his lof: 'Hǽl ús on ðǽm héhstan,' Blickl. Homl. 81, 27. Heáhgealdor ðæt snotre men singaþ a charm that wise men recite, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Hí singaþ Metude lof, Exon. Th. 239, 7 ; Ph. 617.

ge-swícan

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Gif wilnigon ðæt hié ðæs wós geswícen, Past. 367, 23 : 304, 5. Hié noldon þæs weall-gebreces geswícan, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 30: 4, 9 ; S. 192, 33. Hé wát ꝥ hé untela ðéð, and nele ðeáh þæs geswícan, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 1 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 19.

lufu

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Hit is nú ðearf ðæt for lufum (caritatis studio) eft cierren, 461, 10. I a. an act of kindness, action prompted by love :-- Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium poles, Gr. D. 182, 5.

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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Mid ðám wordum hé gebícnode ðæt sceolon þolian wiðútan gewinn fram úrum feóndum and eác wiðinnan fram úrum néhgebúrum láðlíce ungeþwǽrnyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 12-17.

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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Æðelwulfes ii suna to ríce; Æðelbald to Westseaxna ríce; and Æðelbryht to Cantwara ríce, and to Eástseaxena rice, and to Súþrigean, and to Súþseaxena ríce then, A.D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the kingdom of the West

Linked entry: Berhte

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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Ealle béc sint fulle-ðara bísna ðara monna, ðe ǽr us wǽron [MS. wæran] all books are full of examples of the men, who were before us, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 12. Onlícnesse oððe bísene a parable; similitudinem, Lk. Rush.

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOTpésthe footpēs

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In Anglo-Saxon times, the people and their rulers were satisfied with the simplest weights and measures, thus a yard was three feet, of twelve inches each foot, while an inch was in length three barley-corns.

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Ðǽr wǽron fíf wucan inne they were in there five weeks, 910; Erl. 100, 15. Seó án inne áwunode, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 627, 16. Béte swá seó dómbóc sæcge gif hit sý hér inne.

Linked entry: innian

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Þuner Jovem, 112, 5. it is mostly in connection with the fifth day of the week that the word occurs On ðam fíftan dæge ðe gé Ðunres hátaþ, Hontl. Th. ii. 242, 23. Ðunres-dæges nama is of Iove, Anglia viii. 321, 16. On ðone Hálgan Ðunres-dæg, L.

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counselill-advised coursebad planfollydisadvantageprejudicehurt

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Ne wend ðú ðé on ðæs folces unrǽd and unriht gewil non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum (Ex. 23, 2), L. Alf. 41; Th. i. 54, 6. Ðæs engles mód ðe ðone unrǽd ( rebellion against God ) ongan ǽrest fremman, Cd. Th. 3, 3; Gen. 30.

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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S. 3, 626. to be or become fluid Weax þe fleúwð ł melteþ caera quae fluit, Ps. L. 57, 9. Flýwð, 67, 3. fig.: Þæt deáde flǽsc rotað leahtorlíce, þonne se deádlica líchama ðeówað þǽre flówendan (fluid, and so capable of rotting ?)

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Seó eá ꝥ land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. l, I; S. 32, 6. the Deluge: Ðæt flód weóx and ábær úp þone arc, Hml. Th. i. 22, 4.

ge-bígan

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Hine gebégean tó beteran wege. Chr. 1067 ; P. 201, 29. to turn, bring to a desired condition, adapt Úre mód gebíg, þanc and þeáwas on þín gewil, Hy. 7, 77. Se bisceop ne mihte gebígan his spraec tó Nordhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe, Hml.

ge-tríwan

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Gitreeudae, getr[é]udæ, Txts. 62, 436. to prove oneself true, clear oneself of a charge Hé be his hláfordes were hine getriówe, Ll. Th. i. 64, 5.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Cwæþ ðæt his hergas hýrran wǽron and mihtigran mannum tó friðe ðonne Israéla éce drihten he said that his idols were greater and more mighty for the protection of men than the eternal Lord of the Israelites, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 25; Dan. 715.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Ða menn ða ðǽr hláfordas wǽron the men that were lords there, Chart. Th. 459, 16. Hláforda wín honorarium vinum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 1; Wrt. Voc. 27, 67. Heó [Hagar] gewát hire hláfordum [Abram and Sara], Cd. 104; Th. 138, 21; Gen. 2295

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

ge-weorþan

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(l a β) above Nú gewearð ús ꝥ þás bóc gedihton, Hml. S. p. 4, 43 : Ll. Th. [1. 414, 22. where two or more persons (things) agree to a course of action, cf.

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.
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Ðæt siþþan forð ða séllan þing móten geþeón on þeóde, 23, 31; Cri. 377: 8, 33; Cri. 127: 208, 23; Ph. 160. Cristes þegnas biddaþ God áre ealre þeóde; ðú him tíðast, swá ðú eádmód eart ealre worlde, Hy. 7, 55. Grécas ... Egiptisce þeóda ...

Linked entries: þeád þeóden