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ýþung

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Yþgung (ýþguncg v.l.) 168, a: 197, 7- Oft gedónre ýþunge (ýðgunge, v.l.) se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius saepe facta inundatione per agros diffundi consueverat, 192, 17.

un-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fród, adj.

not oldnot wiseignorantrude

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not old Ðá wæs gegongen guman(-ū, MS.) unfródum (cf. geongum, 5712; B. 2860) earfoðlíce, ðæt hé on eorðan geseah ðone leófestan bleátne gebǽran, Beo. Th. 5635; B. 2821. not wise, ignorant, rude

scirian

(v.)
Grammar
scirian, p. ede; pp. scired, scirred (v. á-scirred)
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God geond middangeard monna cræftas sceóp and scyrede, 332, 34; Vy. 95. Ðara gifena ðe him tó duguþe Drihten scyrede, Cd. Th. 221, 13 ; Dan. 87.

Linked entries: scerian scyrian swyrige

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

geornan

(v.)
Grammar
geornan, giornan, giornian; p. de, ade, ede; pp. ed

To desire, begdesīdĕrāre

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To desire, beg; desīdĕrāre Gé geornaþ ðæt gé woldon eówerne naman tobrǽdan geond ealle [eallne, MS.] eorþan ye desire that ye should spread your name over all the earth, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 4.

Linked entry: gyrnan

un-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weaxen, adj.

Not grown upyoung

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Hé hét ealle árísan geonge ... Ðá upp ástódon eaforan unweaxne, Andr. Kmb1. 3252; An. 1629

reord-berend

(n.)
Grammar
reord-berend, es; ;m.;

One gifted with speech, a man;

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Ealle reordberend, hæleþ geond foldan, Exon. Th. 18, 4; Cri. 278. Reordberende, earme eorþware, 24, 8; Cri. 381 : 63, 26; Cri. 1025.C Sceall ǽghwylc reordberendra riht gehýran, Elen. Kmbl. 2561; El. 1282. Ðǽr leán cumaþ reordberendum, Exon.

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml.

fágung

a diversity

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Hé áwænde eallre þǽre hýde híw swá ꝥ seó fágung (varietas) wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre .. . sóna swá hine gehrán se hálga wer, hé geflýmde ealle þá fágunge (varietatem) þǽre hýde, Gr.

hreów-lic

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Add: exciting pity, lamentable Him tó hreówlic þúhte ꝥ man swá geongne man cwealde . . . swá hé geáxod hæfde þe man gehwǽr dyde, Ll. Th. i. 240, 25. suffering distress, hapless, miserable Hreówlice calamitosum (uulgus ), An. Ox. 4868

Linked entry: hrýw-líc

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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To hunt Ic wiht (a rake ) geseah . . . seó ðæt feoh fédeþ, hafaþ fela tóþa . . . wǽþeþ geond weallas, wyrte séceþ aa. Exon. Th. 416, 27;Rä. 35, 5. Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2545;El. 1274.

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]

éðel-land

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-land, -lond, es; n.

A native land, a countrypatria, terra

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A native land, a country; patria, terra Ða wæs gúþ-hergum wera éðelland geond-sended then with hostile bands was the people's native land overspread, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 20; Gen. 1968: 69; Th. 83, 14; Gen. 1379.

hwem

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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.)

beáh-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
beáh-gifu, e ; pl. nom. acc. a ; gen. a, ena ; f.

A ring-giftdistribution of rings or braceletsarmillarum largitio

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A ring-gift, distribution of rings or bracelets; armillarum largitio Geongne æðeling sceolan góde gesíðas byldan to beáhgife good companions should exhort a young prince to a distribution of bracelets, Menol. Fox 490; Gn. C. 15

for-lǽran

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Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg hí eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8. Þæt nǽnig eów forlǽre (seducat), Mt. R. 24, 4.

wídgilness

(n.)
Grammar
wídgilness, e; f.
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Wé beóð ful swyfte tó farenne geond ealle wídgylnyssa ( vast expanses ) Godes ríces, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 34

Linked entry: wídgalness

plega

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biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne cnapan geond

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá leorningcnihtas hé tósende geond eall tó ǽlcere birig þider þe hé tówerd wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13. 31

tó-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sciftan, p. te

To divide for the purpose of distribution,to divide and distribute

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Se cyng lét tóscyfton ðone here geond eall ðis land tó his mannon the king had the troops divided and quartered all over the country on his men, 1085; Erl. 218, 8