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geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyondper, trans, inter, post, ultraκατά

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Hí ealle beweópon Aarones forðsíþ geond ðrítig daga they all mourned Aaron's death during thirty days, Num. 20, 29. Ðé we þanciaþ geond ungeendode worulde we will thank thee to all eternity, Homl. Th. i. 76, 7.

á-fédan

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L. 48, 15 áfédan glosses depascere Ðeáþ áfédeþ hig mars depascet eos

crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them tumulus

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Ðonan on morþcrundle; of morþcrundle on ðone brádan herpæþ [MS. herpaþ] thence to the death-barrow [to the tumulus of the dead]; from the tumulus of the dead to the broad military road Cod. Dipl. 543; A. D. 968; Kmbl. iii. 23, 34, 35.

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

þreá

(n.)
Grammar
þreá, þrawu; gen. þreá; pl. þreá; f.: þreá; gen. þreán, also þreás(?); m.; also neuter.

rebukereproofthreatchastisementcorrectionpunishmentan infliction that has been deservedjustifiable severityan infliction (where no idea of correction is implied)evilillpangplaguecalamityaffliction

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Þreám forþrycced þurh ðæs þeódnes word grievously oppressed by the prince's words (which announced his death), 174, 1; Gú. 1171. Hí beág ymb mín heáfod þreám ( painfully or with reproaches? ) biþrycton, 88, 26; Cri. 1446.

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To sufferto suffer as opposed to to actto suffer what is painfulto suffer martyrdomto make to sufferto crucifyto suffer for somethingpay foratone for

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Grammar þrowian, with gen. of instrument inflicting death : -- Hé sceolde deófolgeldum geldan, oððe sweordes þrowian suffer death by the sword, Shrn. 129, 3. to suffer for something, pay for, atone for Ic ðrounio persolvio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 16.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

æt-wítan

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Ðý lǽs him ætwite ( exprobrarent ) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege ðæs deáþes ðá ðing dyde, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 23. Mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, Hml. S. 23, 599

mann-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cynn, es; n.

mankindmenthe human racea race of mena peoplemen

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Drihten of deáþe árás mancynne tó bysene, Blickl. Homl. 83, 21. Hió sceoldan geond ðysne middangeard mancynne bodian. 121, 4. Hine on woruld tó moncynne módor brohte, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 23; Gen. 2770.

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj.
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Þone deáþ þe eallum monnum gecynde is, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 9.

DEÓP

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓP, dióp; adj.

DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis

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Ðú míne sáwle ofer deópum deáþe gelǽddest eripuisti anĭmam meam de morte, Ps. Th. 114, 8. Deópne áþ Drihten aswór jurāvit Domĭnus solemne jurāmentum, 131, 11.

Linked entries: dýp dype dióp

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

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Ǽr Pendan deáþe, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 29. Ǽr ðǽre costunge, Past. 103, 25. Ǽr ðæs monnes hryre, 299, 18. Ǽr anginne, Hml. S. 1, 17. before the proper time. Similar entries v. ǽr-ǽt :-- Ðæt men ǽr tíman ne gereordige, Hml. S. 16, 316. Ǽr mǽle, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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of persons, sound, whole, uninjured Sum cild wearþ tó deáþe tócwýsed. Seó móder bær ðæs cildes líc tó ðam gemynde ðæs hálgan Stephanes, and hit sóna geedcucode and ansund æteówode, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Onsund, Exon. Th. 278, 5; Jul. 593.

Linked entry: án-súnd

of-þryccan

(v.)

to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly

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Ofþriccetan mé grynu deáþes praeoccupaverunt me laquei mortis, Ps. Lamb. 17, 6. Feónd úrne ofþrece (comprime), Hymn. Surt. II, 33. Ofþrice reprime, 13, 7. Ofþreccan comprimant, 17, 32. Wé ofþriccan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. M. 94, 4.

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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Ðæs mǽran wítegan deáþ ðære lyðran hoppestran [the daughter of Herodias] tó méde forgeaf, Homl. Th. i. 484, 3. Lyðerne earhscype base cowardice, Wulfst. 53, 12. Þurh lyðre yahþe, 166, 26. Ða seofon hlyðran ear septem spicæ tenues, Gen. 41, 27.

Boétius

(n.)
Grammar
Boétius, nom. acc; g. Boéties, Boétiuses; d. Boétie; m. [βoηθόos warlike]

Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524

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Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524 Ðá wæs sum consul, ðæt we heretoha hitaþ, Boétius wæs háten.

wiga

(n.)
Grammar
wiga, an; m.

one who fightsa (fighting) mana warriora noble, strenuous man

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Ia. used of that which destroys :-- Wiga wælgifre (death ), Exon. Th. 162, 7; Gú. 972: 231, 8; Ph. 486. Wiga unlæt láces, 164, 4; Gú. 1006. Fýr swearta lég, weallende wiga, 61, 15; Cri. 985. Wiga ( a dog? fire?

Linked entry: wihgena

eorþ-lic

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Tó þǽm eorþlican ðeáþe, Bl. H. 145, 10. Ǽgþer ge eorþlice méde ge heofenlice, 49, 33: Hml. Th. i. 82, 21. Hí þone eorðlican egsan forsáwon, and hé him forgeaf éces lífes hyht, Bl. H. 137, 7. Þyses lǽnan welan ne þyssa eorþlicra geofa, 21, 11.

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick vivus

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Samson miccle má on his deáþe acwealde, ðonne he ǽr cucu dyde Samson multo plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat, Jud. 16, 30: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 11: Homl. Th. i. 52, 20: ii. 212, 33: Cod. Dipl. 897; Kmbl. iv. 233, 5, 13.

lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodilycorporealmaterialcarnal

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Hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes ... wið ðan écan lífe, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 36, 3; Blickl. Homl. 103, 10. Se hálega gást ástáh líchamlícre ansýne corporali specie, Lk. Skt. 3, 22.