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brugdon

(v.)
Grammar
brugdon, p. pl. of bregdan.

laid hold of, drew ⬩ strinxerunt

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laid hold of, drew; strinxerunt, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 8; Gen. 1991;

ge-neálǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neálǽcan, -lǽcean; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To approach, draw near, adhere

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To approach, draw near, adhere [with dat. and acc.] Ne dorstan hie ðære stówe geneálǽcan they durst not approach the place, Blickl. Homl. 199, 26.

wíd-nett

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-nett, es; n.
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A drag-net Wídnyt (wíd nyt?) funda, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 21

mixen-duncge

(n.)
Grammar
mixen-duncge, an; f.
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Dung from a mixen Myxendincgan út drag-an, Angl. ix. 261, 9

ge-dreópan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreópan, p. ge-dreáp
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To drop Lǽt gedreópan on þá eágan ǽnne dropan. Lch. ii. 34, 25

á-sécan

Grammar
á-sécan, <b>. I.</b>
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., exquisierat) from drýum, Mt. L. 2, 16. Add

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium

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Yrnþ dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter, ðæt gecígdon ða ðe on ðære stówe wunodon stillam, ðæt is dropa very pure water runs [there] drop by drop, which those who dwelt in the place called stilla, that is drop, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1.

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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He him rehte hwylce searwa se drý arefnde. Bl. H. 173, 8. Árefna exerce, An. Ox. 46, 42. Se líchoma geunlustaþ þá geoguðlustas tó fremmenne, þá þe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne. Bl. H. 59, 10

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: to compounds ælmes-lác (Nap. 5), bríw-lác, drý-lác, sib-lác, word-lác, wróht-lác, wund-lác

pihment

(n.)
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a pigment, drug Of óþþrum pybmentum, Lchdm. iii. 136, 29. Cf next word

drífan

Grammar
drífan, driéfan (v. á-drífan, á-driéfan.);
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Add Ranulf ealle his gemót dráf and bewiste, Chr. 1099; P. 235, 1

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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Gyt mid gástlicum gecampe winnað ongeán ðone drý, Hml. Th. i. 374, 22. God sette gecamp geleáffullum sáwlum, 64, 19

ge-dropa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dropa, a kind of date (cf.
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drop as the name of a kind of plum) Gedropa nicolaum, An. Ox. 474

bismerian

(v.)
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He arn ... bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 26

mis-bregdan

(v.)

to remove ⬩ draw aside

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to remove, draw aside(?) Misbroden [ic eom?] disto i. differo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 50

sumer-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
sumer-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte
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To draw near to summer Wite gé ðæt hit sumorlǽhþ, Homl. Th. i. 614, 5

ge-iht

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-iht, adj.
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Yoked together On twá geiht biiugus, on ðreó geiht triiugus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 289, 2

Linked entry: iht

fram-a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-a-teón, p. -ateáh, pl. -atugon; pp. -atogen

To draw away from ⬩ abstrăhĕre ⬩ extrăhĕre

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To draw away from; abstrăhĕre, extrăhĕre Framatuge extraxisti, Ps. Vos. 21, 8. Framatogen detractus, ablātus, Cot. 69

for-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sencan, p. te

drop

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To let fall, drop Forsencð hé ðone wæsðm his gǽstes ferre fructum spiritus recusat, Past. 347, 13

Linked entry: sencan

under-scyte

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Add: a drag-shoe or scotch placed below the wheel, brake Underscyte sufflamine, An. Ox. 50, 15

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