gifre
Useful ⬩ salutary
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Useful, salutary Niðum to nytte hæleþum gifre of advantage to men, useful to warriors, Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 12; Rä. 27, 28: 113 a; Th. 433, 6; Rä. 50, 3
Linked entry: un-gifre
wrégan
To rouse ⬩ excite
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Th. 386, 33 ; Rä. 4, 71. Hwílum ic (a storm) sceal ýþa wrégan, [streámas] styrgan, 383, 28; Rä. 4, 17
Linked entry: wréhtend
ge-þræc
Press ⬩ crowd ⬩ crush ⬩ tumult
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Press, crowd, crush, tumult Ac wæs flód to deóp atol ýða geþræc but too deep was the flood, the fierce press of the waves, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 13; Rä. 23, 7: 101 a; Th. 381, 26; Rä. 3, 2. Þurh þreáta geþræcu[?], 109 a; Th. 417, 17; Rä. 36, 6.
Linked entries: searu-geþræc ge-þrec
wrǽtlíce
wondrously ⬩ curiously ⬩ wondrously ⬩ excellently ⬩ beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ nobly
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Seó wiht wæs wrǽtlíce, wundrum gegierwed, 418, 8; Rä. 37, 2: 422, 14; Rä. 41, 6: 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: 428, 2; Rä. 41, 102. wondrously, excellently, beautifully, elegantly, nobly Ðǽr wrǽtlíce symle telgan gehladene gréne stondaþ, Exon.
engu
Narrowness, confinement, a narrow place ⬩ angustiæ
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Narrowness, confinement, a narrow place; angustiæ Of enge from confinement, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 23; Gen. 1435: Exon. 101b; Th. 383, 17; Rä. 4, 12. On enge, Th. 383, 3; Rä. 4, 5
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nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Neb ( of a ship ), 392, 1; Rä. 11, 1. Neb ( of a plough ), 403, 1; Rä. 22, 1. Nebb ( of a rake ), 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3. Neb ( of a musical instrument ), 413, 16; Rä. 32, 6. Ic ( a key ) bregde nebbe, 498, 6; Rä. 87, 8.
wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Th. 405, 14; Rä. 24, 2 : 483, ii ; Rä. 69, 1. Wiht wrǽtlícu, 415, 23; Rä. 34, 2. Mé ðæt þúhte wrǽtlícu wyrd, 432, 6; Rä. 48, 2. Wrǽtlíc mé þinceþ, hú seó wiht mæge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan, 414, 11; Rä. 32, 18.
hangelle
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An implement that hangs, Rä. 45, 6
hete-grim
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Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5. Add
cáf-líce
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Voc. ii. 142, 56. of rapid movement Cáflíce cuman velociter pervenire, R. Ben. 23. 3. Hé rád ormǽte cáflíce, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 8. Hí cómon cáflíce rídende, Hml. S. 27, 84.
ge-bildan
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a book) wráh hæleð hleóbordum, Rä. 27, 12
holt
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Add: a wood, copse Hár holtes feónd, Rä. 22, 3. For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml.
ge-wunden
wound
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woundExon. 111 b; Th. 427, 30; Rä. 41, 99;
FÉLAN
FEEL ⬩ perceive ⬩ touch ⬩ sentīre ⬩ tangĕre
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To FEEL, perceive, touch; sentīre, tangĕre Heó féleþ mínes gemótes she perceives my meeting, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 23; Rä. 26, 9. Hí ðæs félaþ they feel it, Exon. 103 a; Th. 389, 16; Rä. 7, 8
gifre
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Ic wát eardfæstne ánne standan, deáfne dumban, sé oft swilged gifrum lácum (the subject of the riddle is a bookcase, the gifre lác are books), Rä. 50, 3. 7u In Rä 270 a book is the subject. Add
and-fenga
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Gif þæs ondfengan ellen dohte, Rä. 62, 7. Add
hilde-gæst
An enemy.
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., Exon. 113b; Th. 436,5; Rä. 54, 9
beado-wǽpen
A war-weapon ⬩ bellica arma
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A war-weapon; bellica arma Ic beadowǽpen bere I bear a war-weapon, Exon. 104b; Th. 396, 11; Rä. 16, 3. Ic swelgan onginne beadowǽpnum I begin to swell with war-weapons, 105a; Th. 399, 8; Rä 18, 8
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múl
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Martinus rád him wið gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá á Ðá cempan þá woldon mid þám cræte forð, ac þá múlas ealle endemes ástifodon tó þǽre eorðan áfæstnode, 985.
be-drǽf
drove
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drove,Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 5; Rä. 30, 9