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reótan

(v.)
Grammar
reótan, ;p. ; reát.

to make a noiseto make a noise in grief, to lament, wail;to weep, shed tears

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. ; to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail; Reóteþ meówle, seó ðe hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46. Cerge reótaþ fore onsýne éces déman, 52, 20; Cri. 836.

Linked entries: hrútan wreótaþ reót

wadung

(n.)
Grammar
wadung, e; f.

Goingtravelling

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Going, travelling Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ oððe on wífunge oððe on wadunge (see, for instance, Lchdm. i. 328, 330, where the virtues of various parts of a badger in case of journeying are stated, and

on-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hwirfan, p. de.

to turn (of actual motion),to invert, transposeto change, turn

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Ðú geómrast forðam ðe seó woruldsǽlþ onhwyrfed is, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 9

Linked entry: on-hweorfan

tramet

(n.)
Grammar
tramet, es; m.

A page

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Lá hwylc tramet (pagina) is, oððe hwylc sprǽc ðæs godcundan lareóudómes, áðer oðþe ðære ealdan cýðnesse oþþe ðære níwan, ðæt ne sý seó rihteste bysen úran menniscan lífes, R. Ben. 133, 2. Tramod, R. Ben. Interl. 118, 2.

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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that of one little kernel comes a great tree; but in the kernel we can see neither root, nor rind, nor boughs, nor leaves; but from the kernel God draws forth tree, and fruits, and leaves, Homl.

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

ge-openian

(v.)
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Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, ac se bisceop hí geopenade mid his worde, Hml. S. 3, 485. Geopena ongeán mé lífes geat, Hml.

lufian

(v.)
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Swá se almihtiga ealle gesceafte lufað in líchoman, Gú. 733.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Sege mé hwæþer se ðín wela ðínes þances swá deóre seó ðe for his ágenre gecynde tell me whether that wealth of thine is so precious thanks to thee or from its own nature, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 6.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Ðá befran se sceaða hwæt hé manna wǽre. Homl. Th. ii. 502, 27: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 6; Gen. 1271.

æftera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æftera, æftra; adj. compar. of æfter,—

Hindernextsecondposteriorsequensaltersecundus

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Seó æftre, i.e. eá, Ethiopia land belígeþ úton the next river encompasses the country of Ethiopia, Cd. 12 ; Th. 15, 4; Gen. 228.

Linked entries: æfterra æftemest

feorr

(adv.)
Grammar
feorr, adv.

Farat a distanceprŏcullonge

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Seó sunne gǽþ eall swá feorr adúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufan up astíhþ the sun goes quite as far down under the earth in the night time as it rises above it in the day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 22; Lchdm.

here-gild

(n.)
Grammar
here-gild, es; n.

A war-taxthe Danegild tax to support an army

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Swá fela sýðe swa menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 23. Scotfré fram heregeld free from payment of the war-tax, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 224, 20

rand-burh

(n.)
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Randbyrig ( the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea when the Israelites passed through it) wǽron rofene were riven (when the Egyptians attempted to cross ), Cd. Th. 207, 7; Exod. 463.

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Prov. Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure.

sigel-hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
sigel-hweorfa, an ; m. A plant-name, a word equivalent in meaning to the Greek
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See Lchdm. ii. 404, col. 2

Linked entry: -hweorfa

and-swaru

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Seó góde andswaru (ant-, v. l. ), R. Ben. 55, 8. Hnesce andswore responsio mollis, Kent. Gl. 502. Underfón andswore ( responsum ), R. Ben. I. 112, 6. Ondsuære, Jn. L. 1, 22. Ondsuere (-swore, R.), Lk. L. 2, 26.

be-grípan

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Gif seó sáwul mid leahtrum begripen bið, Hml. Th. i. 122, 24. ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio reprehensam. Jn. p. 5, 8. to reprehend Begripen (increpuerunt) mé lendene míne, Ps. Spl. T. 15, 7 (cf.

cýf

(n.)
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seó ǽmtige kýf ( dolium ) wearð mid ele gefylled, Gr. D. 93, 26. Hig gebróhton Ióhannem binnan þǽre cýfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 19. Wæs geset wearm wæter on cýfe, Hml. S. 11, 150. Cýue dolium (acc.), An. Ox. 2, 236.

feónd-lic

hostilediabolicdevilishoutrageous

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Seó wan þurh geleáfan wið þá feóndlican ealdras, Hml. S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 377. Þínne feóndlican drýcræft, Hml. S. 7, 183. Feóndlicra spiritalium, An. Ox. 762: 856.

ge-þweorod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweorod, (<b>ge-þweórod ?</b>
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gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis (for the prose rendering of this see

Linked entry: -þweorod