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hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a lowlaw a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound;tumulusthe interior of a mound, a cave

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Icel. haugr a mound, funeral mound; how in local names.] the interior of a mound, a cave Draca sceal on hlǽwe a serpent shall dwell in a cave, Menol. Fox 512; Gn. C. 26: Beo. Th. 5539; B. 2773.

Linked entry: hláw

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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Kmbl. 3018; An. 1512. to draw a figure, Similar entries v. writere, 1 Nim sume tigelan, and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 10.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

hwanan

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, Bt. 40, 6; F. 242, 1. the conditions from which a conclusion may be drawn Cwæð Zacharias: 'Hwanun wát ic þis?, Lk. 1, 18. Hwanon cúðest ðú mé unde me nosti?, Jn. 1, 48. Hwanan sceal mé cúþ beón ꝥ ic mid líchomlicum eágum geseón ne mæg?, Bl.

swá

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Hé læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate swá hé ne æt ne ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges, Shrn. 109, 5. 3. add: the clause contracted Hé læg þǽr swá dǽd lange on þǽre flóra, Hml.

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Ðæt folc sæt and æt and dranc, and árison and plegedon, Ex. 32, 6. Ðæt folc ... eodon him plegean, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 14. Men willaþ binnan Godes húse bysmorlíce plegian, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357, 2 note. Gesión sǽmearh plegan, Elen.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Þá þe nellað þǽra þinga géman þe man heom bodað, ac willað forð on wóh and gewill dráfan those who will not heed what is told them, but will persist in error and do what they wish, Wlfst. 304, 13.

tredan

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

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Ðú trides (canculcabis) lean and dracan, Ps. Surt. 90, 13. Hé trit mid ðæm fét terit pede, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 20. Hwílum mec (an animal's skin) brýd triedeþ fótum, Exon. Th. 393, 27; Ra. 13, 6. Mé man tredeþ conculcavit me homo, Ps. Th. 55, l: Cd.

-ing

(suffix)
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Between such words and genuine patronymics the line must be carefully drawn, a task which requires both skill and experience; the best security is, where we find the patronymic in the genitive plural....

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, Hml. Th. i. 352, 6.

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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The ǽ is found in the following words, which are represented by English terms of the same signification, having ea sounded as in deal, fear; Dǽl, fǽr, drǽd, lǽdan, brǽdo, hǽto, hwǽte, hǽþ, hǽðen, clǽne, lǽne, sǽ, ǽr, hǽlan, lǽran, tǽcan, tǽsan, tǽsel,

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Æt helle duru dracan eardigaþ háte on hreðre at hell's door dwell dragons that send fire from within [firedrakes ], Cd. 215; Th. 271, 1; Sat. 99. Baðu hát on hreðre hot baths, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 16; Ruin. 42; Beo. Th. 6287; B. 3148.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

hǽlan

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Ꝥte haelde ðrael his ut saluaret seruum eius, Lk. L. 7, 3. Críst hié hǽlan wolde, BI. H. 105, 26. Hǽla ðá unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk. L. 9, 2. to cure an infirmity of body or mind, a disease, &c.

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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Draca morðre swealt, Beo. Th. 1789; B. 892: 5558; B. 2782. Hé forneáh hungre swealt, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 170, 30. Hié hungre swultan, Blickl. Homl. 79, 15. Monige for hiora wundum swultan, Nar. 16, 9, Heora mænige máne swultan, Ps. Th. 77, 30.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Violent emotion of anger or grief (cf. teran, and Goth. ga-taura a rent; ga-tauman to be torn). of anger, where there is just cause, anger, indignation, wrath Gewát torne gebolgen dryhten Geáta (Beowulf when the dragon ravaged the country), Beo.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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—Camp, lamb, plante, dranc, lang, etc.

ge-féran

(v.)
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S. 25, 730. (4 a) with clause :-- Hafast þú geféred þæt þám folcum sceal sacu restan, B. 1855. to bring about, effect Biówulfe wearð dryhtmáðma dǽl deáðe forgolden, hæfde ǽghwæðre ( for Beowulf and the fire-drake ] ende geféred lǽnan lífes, B. 2844.

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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., by living creatures Se draca hig swealh, and hig eft áspáw, L.E.I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 40. Hé geféng slǽpendne rinc, bát bánlocan, synsnǽdum swealh, Beo. Th. 1490; B. 743. Hé ( a book-moth ) ðám wordum swealg, Exon. Th. 432, 15; Rä. 48, 6.

Linked entry: swylfende

ge-bígan

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Th. 16, 10. þ ú miht león and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, 90, 13. þá þeówas uneáþe oferwunnene wurdon, and VI M ofslagen ǽr hié mon gebíggiean mehte, ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 29.

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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Án ongan deorcum nihtum draca rícsian, 4429; B. 2211.

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem,be productive.to be with child,bear,bring forth youngto beget, have intercourse with (wið) a womanto have offspring,bring forthto vouch to warranty to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possessionto refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its supportto betake one's self to a place,go to to resort toappeal to in reverence or for help to lead to

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source from which it is derived in its support Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac hé týmde swá ðeáh tó Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse for confirmation he referred to the teaching of Basil as the source from which he had drawn