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wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Th. 461, 28 ; . 42. Hé héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the angels driven from Heaven) bídan, Cd. Th. 3, 22 ; Gen. 39. Ðæt ðú helpe gefremme wérgum wreccan, . . . and ðín hondgeweorc móte cuman tó ðam upcundan ríce, 17, 2 ; Cri. 264.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

DURRAN

(v.)
Grammar
DURRAN, ic, he dear, ðú dearst, pl. durron, durran; p. dorste, pl. dorston, dorstan; pp. dorren

DARE, presumeaudēre

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ToDARE, presume ;audēre Ne dear ic hám faran I dare not go home, Gen. 44, 34: Ex. 32, 30: Cd. 40; Th. 54,1; Gen. 870. Gif ðú Grendles dearst neán bídan if thou darest abide near Grendel, Beo. Th. 1059; B. 527: Andr. Kmbl. 2700; An. 1352.

deófol-gild

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Þǽr wæs þǽre sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde, ond heó wæs on gyldenum scryde, ond æt þám wǽron gyldene hors, Mart. H. 220, 28: 206, 4.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

fremede

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Sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn ðe swyftoste hors habbað on ðǽm lande ... Þonne ærnað hý ealle tóweard þǽm feó ... ðá fremdan tó ærnað anð nimað, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 10.

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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Þus gerád of this kind; hujus(ce)modi, talis JJus gerád huiusmodi, ðus gerád man huius-modi homo, ðus geráde men huiusmodi homines, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 74, 8. Him þúhte þns gerád ungelimp . . . geearnod wǽre. Ll. Th. i. 270, ii.

Linked entry: sam-rád

ge-strangian

(v.)
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Ne bið gestrangad non roborabitur (homo ex impietate), Kent. Gl. 393. Oþ þæt þú gestrangle heora mód on mínne geleáfan, Bl. H. 249, 9.Þá þeóda a of ability to act Þú gestrangodes þíne handa ofer mé, Ps. Th. 37, 2.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Hié tóhlódon hleóðrum gedǽlde . . . siððan metod tóbrǽd monna sprǽce, Gen. 1693. where a thing is personified: Ic (a horn) wæs wǽpenwiga . . . hwílum ic tó hilde hleóðre bonne wilgehléðan, Rä. 15, 4. in song Þæs sealmsanges hleóðor and dreám psalmodiae

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Voc. i. 76, 17-20. of persons (or personifications). not truthful Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse ego dixi, 'Omnis homo mendax,' Ps. Th. 115, 2. not real, false, pseudo- Leáse crístas and leáse wítegan, Mk. 13, 22.

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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MS.) tó gástlicum weorcum, 134, 26. unmarried Gif hwylc ǽmtig man vacuus homo gewemme óðres wíf . . . And gif hwylc man ðe on his rihtan gesynscipe libbe ǽmtigne man (vacuam) gewemme, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 32, 34.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Mé man tredeþ conculcavit me homo, Ps. Th. 55, l: Cd. Th. 56, 15; Gen. 912. Mé tredaþ feóndas mine, Ps. Th. 55, 2: Exon. Th. 119, 23; Gú. 259.

eall

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Þæt is ungeliéfedlic tó gesecganne hwæt þæs ealles wæs ( how much there was of it all ), Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 17. Ealle wé witon, Past. 63, 11.

hǽlu

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Hond geedníuad wæs tó hǽlo (sanitate), Mt. L. R. 12, 13. Swǽ hwá swǽ hæfð fulle hǽlo his líchoman (valeiudinem carports), Past. 250, 3. Waldend him mæg syllan hǽlo on heáfodgimme, Gn.

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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a freeman of the lowest class,CHURL, countryman, husbandman; homo liber, rusticus, colonus Ceorles weorþig sceal beón betýned a churl's close must be fenced, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 13. Se ceorl, 60; Th. i. 140, 8.

Linked entry: ciorl

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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H. 229, 8. to inhale smoke (cf. to drink tobacco) Lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 11. of porous material, to absorb Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déð elephanti corium, cujus ea natura est, ut imbrem tamquam

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Add: beautiful to the eye Swá manega gesceafta and swá micla and swá fægra, Bt. 42; F. 256, 8. of persons Fæger man pulcher homo, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 14. Fæger formosa, An. Ox. 3410.

timbran

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.)constructto instruct,edifyto cut timber

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Wé ceorfaþ treówu on holte, ðæt wé hí eft up árǽren on ðæm botle, ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen, Swt. 445, 1: Cd. Th. 64, 29; Gen. 1057. Weall stǽnenne timbran, 101, 34; Gen. 1692. On ðám telgum timbran nest, Exon. Th. 210, 20; Ph. 188.

gildan

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(l b) used absolutely Ne hæfde hona gulde, Mt. L. 18, 25. Huona guldon, Lk. L. 7, 42. to pay an impost (tax, tribute, &amp;c.)

frignan

(v.)
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L.) hine of ðissum worde interrogare eum de hoc uerbo, Lk.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Ðá he healdan mihte brád swurd when he could hold his broad sword, Byrht. Th. 132, 12;By. 15: 136, 38;By. 163: Beo. Th. 3096;B. 1546. Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas in the world there are broad green regions, Cd. 25;Th. 32, 29;Gen. 510.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

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Þæt is wundres dǽl, hú mec seaxes ord and seó swíðre hond . . . geþýdan, Rä. 61, 12. Hé hæfde him tó gamene . . . hú hé eorðcyningas yrmde, Met. 9, 47: Sat. 196: Exod. 244. qualifying an adj. or adv.