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ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bring ⬩ lead ⬩ produce ⬩ bear ⬩ ferre ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre

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MS: Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176; Sal. 87: 296; Sal. 147. Gif dfi gebrengest if thou bringest, Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 178; Sal. 88. Iudith gebrohte heáfod on ðám fætelse Judith put the head into the sack, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 17; Jud. 125.

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

deór

(adj.)
Grammar
deór, diór, dýr; adj. [deór an animal] .

brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens

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Ðone deóran síþ the severe journey, Salm. Kmbl. 723; Sal. 361. Swenga ne wyrnaþ deórra dynta they are not sparing of strokes, severe blows, Salm. Kmbl. 245; Sal. 122

bald

(adj.)
Grammar
bald, adj.

BOLD ⬩ audacious ⬩ adventurous ⬩ confident ⬩ audax ⬩ confidens

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BOLD, audacious, adventurous, confident; audax, confidens Bald breóst-toga a bold chief, Salm. Kmbl. 369; Sal. 184: Hilde calla bald bord upahóf the bold war-herald raised his shield, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253.

Linked entry: baldra

blédan

(v.)
Grammar
blédan, p. de; pp. ed

To BLEED, emit blood ⬩ sanguinem emittere

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[blód blood] To BLEED, emit blood; sanguinem emittere Blédaþ ǽdran the veins shall bleed, Salm. Kmbl. 290; Sal. 144. Se blédenda fíc the bleeding fig or disease, Wanl. catal. 305, 4.

þreó-tíne

(n.; num.; adj.)

thirteen

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thirteen Ðreóténo, Salm. Kmbl. 581; Sal. 290. Ðreótýne, Menol. Fox 229; Men. 116. Þreottýne tredecim, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 11: Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 23. Ðǽr syndon betweónan ðám twám mynstrum ðreottýne míla ámetene, 4, 23; S. 596, 26.

a-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded

To restrain ⬩ repel ⬩ compel ⬩ avertere ⬩ repellere ⬩ cogere ⬩ exigere

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Salm. Kmbl. 957; Sal. 478. Ðæt oft wǽpen abǽd his mondryhtne which often repels the weapon for its lord, Exon. 114a; Th. 437, 24; Rä. 56, 12

ge-fleógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fleógan, p. -fleág, -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen

To fly ⬩ fly over ⬩ volare ⬩ transvolare

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Ne mæg ǽnig ðone mearcstede fugol gefleógan nor may any bird fly over the boundary place, Salm. Kmbl. 435; Sal. 218

óm

(n.)

rust

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Yldo ábíteþ íren mid óme, Salm. Kmbl. 601; Sal. 300

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Þú gesihst weallas blícan, Sal. 234. Hé freán gesihð faran, Cri. 925. Mon geseah hine hreófe clǽnsian, Bl. H. 177, 15. Þǽr hé þæt wíf geseah stondan, Gen. 547: Ho. 50. Geseah hé rinca manige swefan, B. 728.

geap

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.

crooked ⬩ bent ⬩ curved ⬩ curvus ⬩ pandus ⬩ not straightforward ⬩ deceitful ⬩ crafty ⬩ cunning ⬩ shrewd ⬩ astute ⬩ fallax ⬩ callĭdus ⬩ astūtus

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Geap stæf a crooked letter, Salm. Kmbl. 250; Sal. 124 : 269; Sal. 134. Geapum, gebígedum pando, Mone B. 90. not straightforward, deceitful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, astute; fallax, callĭdus, astūtus Geap callĭdus, Wrt. Voc. 49, 11.

Linked entries: gæp gep

sealmian

(v.)
Grammar
sealmian, p. ode
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To play on the harp (and sing) Ic singe and sealmige cantabo et psallam (I sal sing and salme, Ps.), Ps. Spl. M. 107, 1

be-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-brecan, he, heó -briceþ, -bricþ; p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon ; pp. -brocen

To break off deprive by breaking ⬩ to break to pieces ⬩ consume ⬩ carpendo spoliare ⬩ confringere ⬩ consumere

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To break off deprive by breaking, to break to pieces, consume; carpendo spoliare, confringere, consumere Beám heó abreóteþ and bebriceþ telgum it crusheth the tree and deprives it of its twigs, Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295.

Linked entries: be-briceþ be-brocen

mearc-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-stede, es; m.

Desolate ⬩ border-land

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Hé on ðam felde geslóg xxv dracena,.. forðan ðás foldan ne mæg fira ǽnig, ðone mearcstede, mon gesécan, fugol gefleógan, ne ðon má foldan neát, Salm. Kmbl. 418-436; Sal. 209-218. v. preceding word

égesa

(n.)
Grammar
égesa, égsa,an ; m. [ékso; m. possessor: O. Sax. Heli. ágan to own]

An owner ⬩ possessor

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An owner; possessor Égesan ne gýmeþ heeds not the owner, Beo. Th. 3519: B. 1757

Linked entry: égsa

sealt-wille

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wille, -welle, an; f.
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A salt spring or well; hence Saltwell In saltwyllan ; of saltwyllan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 70, 24. Ða saltwælla ł of sæltwælla a saliua (translator seems to have read salina), Mt. Kmbl. P.1. 5

calend

(n.)
Grammar
calend, es; m.
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Fox 62; Men. 31. the appointed time or day of life; dies, terminus vitæe Ǽr se dæg cyme, ðæt sý his calend arunnen ere the day come, when his appointed time be run out, Salm. Kmbl. 959; Sal. 479

for-yldan

(v.)
Grammar
for-yldan, p. -ylde; pp. -ylded

To put off ⬩ defer ⬩ differre ⬩ sŭpersĕdēre

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To put off, defer; differre, sŭpersĕdēre Ne mæg mon foryldan ðone deóran síþ no one may put of the severe journey, Salm. Kmbl. 721; Sal. 360.

BYRÐEN

(n.)
Grammar
BYRÐEN, berðen, byrðyn; gen. byrðenne; f. A
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Sorh biþ swǽrost byrðen sorrow is the heaviest burthen, Salm. Kmbl. 623; Sal. 311. Seám oððe byrðen onus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 14. Byrðen fascis, 9, 28; Som. 11, 44: Mt. Lind. Stv. 13, 30

Linked entries: byrden byrðyn berðen

fugol

(n.)
Grammar
fugol, es; m.

A bird ⬩ fowl ⬩ ăvis

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A bird, fowl; ăvis Friteþ wildne fugol it eateth the wild bird, Salm. Kmbl. 597; Sal. 298. Fugole gelícost most like to a bird, Andr. Kmbl. 994; An. 497.

scíre

(adv.)
Grammar
scíre, adv.
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Kmbl. 1671; An. 838: Salm. Kmbl. 679 ; Sal. 339. of the voice, clearly Saga hwætt ic hátte ða (ðe ?) swá scíre nige (cíge ?), sceáwendwísan hlúde onhyrge, hæleþum bodige wilcumena fela wóþe mínre. Exon. Th. 390, 29; Rä. 9, 9

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