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ge-hyngran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyngran, p. -hyngerde

To be hungry

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To be hungry Mec gehyncgerde esurivi, Mt, Kmbl. Lind. 25, 42. Ic gehwyncgerde esurivi, 25, 35. Hine gehyngerde esuriit, 12, 3. Gihyncrede esuriit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 12. Eádgo ða ðe nú gehyncres beati qui nunc esuritis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21.

Linked entry: hyngrian

ofer-wreón

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'Awyrp mé hyder þínne scyccels . . . ꝥ ic mæge þá wíflican týddernysse oferwreón'. . . Héé Oferwreág cooperuit, Ps. L. 43, 16. Oferwrigen ꝥ ne beó geopenad, An. Ox. 61, 11 : Mt. L. 8, 24. Add

wæl-gim

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-gim, wæl-gimm, es; m.
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The word seems to be an epithet for the sheath of a sword, which is called in the riddle the sword's byrne Byrne is mín (a sword's) bleófág, swylce beorht seomað (-d, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, ðe mé waldend geaf, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4

min-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
min-dóm, es; m.

Smallness ⬩ abjectness ⬩ pusillanimity

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Smallness, abjectness, pusillanimity Ic bíde ðæs beornes ðe me bóte (? béte) eft mindóm expectabam eum qui me salvum faceret a pusillo animo, Ps. Th. 54, 7

riht-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-wirþe, adj.
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Fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe þé lícwyrðe sí, and mé for þám lýfum best and rihtwyrðost sí, Solil. H. 13, 25

DRENCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRENCAN, part. drencende; p. ic, he drencte, ðú drenctest, pl. drencton; pp.drenced ; v. a.

DRENCH, make drunk ⬩ potum vel potiōnem dāre, potāre, inebriāre ⬩ to drown ⬩ submergĕre

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On þurste mínum hí drencton me mid ecede in siti mea potavērunt me acēto, 68, 26. Drencende inebrians, 64, 11.

Linked entry: dryncan

ge-dréfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dréfan, p. de; pp. ed

To disturb ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ offend ⬩ turbare ⬩ conturbare ⬩ confundere ⬩ scandalizare

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To disturb, trouble, vex, offend; turbare, conturbare, confundere, scandalizare Hwí gedréfe gyt me quare [vos duo] conturbatis me, Ps. Th. 41, 5. Se Hǽlend gedréfde hyne sylfne Jesus turbavit seipsum, Jn. Bos. 11, 33 : Lk. Bos. 24. 37.

Linked entries: ge-drǽfan ge-dréfedlic

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Mid freónda fylste, Ll. Th. i. 248, 3. Mid biscopes filste, ii. 290, 3. Hé gehét ꝥ hé him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18. Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378

brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
brǽd, e; f: brǽdo,brǽdu; indecl. f. [brád
broad; latus
]

broad ⬩ latus ⬩ BREADTH, width, latitude ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo

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Drihten me gehýrde on heáre [ = heáhre, MS. hearr] brǽdu exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus, 117, 5. Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan habet ingressum amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13;S. 583, 11

Linked entries: hrycg-brǽdan brǽdo brǽdu

on-león

(v.)
Grammar
on-león, p. -láh, -leáh; pl. -ligon; pp. -ligen.

to grant the loan of something (gen. of loan) ⬩ to grant, bestow

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Ungelíc ðam óðrum stede ðe mé men hearra onlág, 23, 12; Gen. 358. Hé mé láre onlág, Elen. Kmbl. 2489; El. 1246. God hyre sigores onleáh, Judth. Thw. 23, 16; Jud. 124

Linked entries: á-león león on-lǽnan

dǽlend

(n.)
Grammar
dǽlend, es; m. [dǽlende, part. of dǽlan to divide]

A dealer, divider, distributor ⬩ divīsor

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A dealer, divider, distributor; divīsor Hwá sette me déman, oððe dǽlend, ofer inc quis me constituit judĭcem, aut divisōrem, super vos? Lk. Bos. 12, 14

mód-swíð

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-swíð, adj.

Strong of mind or soul

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Strong of mind or soul Wec ðú in mé módswíðne geþanc crea in me spiritum rectum, Ps. C. 50, 89; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 89

un-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
un-wyrd, e; f.

Bad fortune ⬩ misfortune

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Ðæt mé nú þyncþ ðætte ic ðás unwyrd áræfnan mæg ðe mé on becumen is ut jam me imparem fortunae ietibus non arbitrer, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 13

bennian

(v.)
Grammar
bennian, bennegean; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ben a wound]

To wound ⬩ vulnerare

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To wound; vulnerare Mec ísern bennade iron wounded me Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 7; Rä. 88, 12. Ic geseah winnende wiht wído bennegean [benne gean, Th.]

mǽg-hand

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-hand, a; f.

A relation ⬩ kinsman

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Wes hit becueden his bróðar suna and siððan néniggra méihanda má ðes cynnes, 465, 20. Cf. ða nýhstan hand mé, 491, 13

wiþ-gangan

(v.)

to go against ⬩ to go off ⬩ withdraw ⬩ fail

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to go against Ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte gúðe wiðgongan (I could not go and meet the foe in fight ), ac ic sceal sécan cempan sǽmran, Exon. Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393. to go off, withdraw, fail Byð mé eágon wiðgangen defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 68, 3

folc-gestealla

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cf. fyrd-gestealla) Bigstandað mé strange geneátas, þá ne willað mé æt þám stríðe geswícan . . . hié habbað mé tó hearran gecorene . . . mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean, fón mid swilcum folcgesteallan (= -um ?)

fierst

(n.)
Grammar
fierst, es; m.

A space of time ⬩ time ⬩ tempŏris spătium ⬩ tempus

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A space of time, time; tempŏris spătium, tempus Forgif ðú me fierst and ongiet give me time and understanding, Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 28; Hy. 4, 21

teónian

(v.)
Grammar
teónian, p. ode.
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Ne teónian mé ða módigan non calumnientur me superbi, Ps. Lamb. 118, 122. Teóniendum mé calumniantibus me, 121

Linked entry: tínan

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Ealle bysmrodon me omnes deriserunt me, Ps. Spl. 21, 6. Hí bysmeredon hí on ðone reádan sǽ irritaverunt eos in rubrum mare, Ps. Th. 105, 8. Ongunnon hí on ðám wícum Moyses bysmrian they began to irritate Moses in the camps, 105, 14.

Linked entries: bysmorian bysmrian bysmrigan beosmriende bismærian bismerian bismiriende bismrian

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