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a-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þindan, p. þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden

To puff up ⬩ swell ⬩ inflate ⬩ intumescere

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Gif he aþunden sý if he be swollen, Herb. 1, 21 : Lchdm. i. 76, 27. Aþindaþ occurs in Ps. Th. 106, 25 as a translation of tabescebat;

Linked entries: a-þindung a-þunden

bend-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
bend-feorm, e; f.

A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn ⬩ a harvest-feast ⬩ firma ad congregandas segetes ⬩ firma messis

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S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26

for-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen

To blow away ⬩ inflate ⬩ inflāre

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Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4

frǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
frǽcne, adj.

Grievous ⬩ dire ⬩ dangerous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ perīcŭlōsus

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Grn. ii. 149, 10. Ðæt hí ne þorftan in swá frǽcne síþfætt feran ne tam perīcŭlōsam peregrīnātiōnem adīre dēbērent, Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 37

hwæg

(n.)
Grammar
hwæg, hwæig, hweg, es; n. [?]

Whey

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Ðeówan wífmen hwæig on sumera to a servant maid shall be given when in summer L. R.S S. 9; Th. i. 436, 32 Sceáphyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe ... blede fulle hweges oððe syringe ealne sumor 14; Th. i. 438, 25

Linked entry: hweg

palm

(n.)
Grammar
palm, es ; palma, an (?) ; m. : pælme, an ; f.
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Voc. i. 32, 61. Se palm is sigebeácen, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10 : i. 218, 10. Swé swé palma ut palma, Ps. Surt. 91, 13. Swælce pælme quasi palma, Rtl. 65, 33. Pælmana palmarum, 95, 8. Palmana, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 13

Linked entry: pælme

ge-cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cræftan, p. -cræfte; pp. -cræfted, cræft [cræftan to build; cræft art]

To contrive ⬩ build ⬩ molīri ⬩ machināri

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Th. ii. 574, 29

gerela

(n.)
Grammar
gerela, gierela, an; m.
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Apparel Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíc[e] gerela hwelc weorðmynd síe if you suppose that wonderful apparel is any honour, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 18.

Linked entry: gyrla

ge-rípian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rípian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [rípian to ripen]

To ripen, grow old ⬩ mātūrāri, sĕnescĕre

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Th. i. 84, 5. On wintrum gerípod ripe in years, ii. 24, 23. Mín hláford gerípod ys dŏmĭnus meus vĕtŭlus est, Gen. 18, 12. Geríped mātūrus, C. R. Ben. 43

Linked entry: rípian

un-gemetgung

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

Want of moderation ⬩ excess ⬩ intemperance

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Efne hér is foresǽd manna líchamana ungemetegung and geswencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 30.

word-gerýne

(n.)
Grammar
word-gerýne, es; n.

A mystery expressed in words, a deep saying

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A mystery expressed in words, a deep saying Him tácna fela tíres brytta onwráh wordgerýnum, Exon. Th. 29, 16 ; Cri. 463. Sum biþ listhendig tó áwrítanne wordgerýnu, 299, 3; Crä. 96. Ic ðæt ongiten hæbbe þurg wítgena wordgerýno on Godes bócum, Elen.

æt-hrine

(n.)
Grammar
æt-hrine, es; m.
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Voc. i. 42, 55. ꝥ ne e On æthrine in tactu, Angl. xi. 116, 14. Mid hys æthrine hý onweg gewítað at a touch from it they will go away. Lch. i. 336, 14. Hnesce on æthrine soft to the touch, 108. 1: 110, 5

Linked entries: hrine on-hrine

blǽce

(n.)
Grammar
blǽce, bléce, es; n.
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An itching skin-disease Wiþ blǽce on andwlitan, Lch. ii. 52, 15, 18, 20, 23. Wið dám micclan líce and wið óðrum giccendum bléce, iii. 70, 28. [Take here passages from Lchdms. given in Dict. under blǽco.]

eówestras

(n.)
Grammar
eówestras, eówestre, es; m.: an; f.

A sheepfold

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Se þeóf eóde in ðá eáwestran (locu, v. l.), Gr. D. 224, 16-20. Tó éwestrum ad caulas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 38. Eóuuistras mandras, 113, 48. Eówestras, 81, 21. Substitute:

feoh-gód

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gód, es; n.

cattle

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Th. i. 73, 13

Linked entry: gód

ge-scirian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 138, 35 (O.H.Ger. ge-scerian privare, impendere.) Cf. ge-scearian

grínu

(adj.)
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Voc. i. 46, 42. (The word occurs in a list with the title 'Nomina colorum'.) Hwít albus, grionu avidius, giolu aureus, ii. 10, 29

hafenian

(v.)
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Ger. hebinóa tractare, inthepinót pin sustentor, but in later English heven means to raise, a sense which would suit the passages. v. N. E. D. heven (where is quoted Noe hiuened up an auter, Allit. Pms. 53, 506)

hrícian

(v.)
Grammar
hrícian, p. ode
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Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An. Ox. 46, 49), Germ. 398, 144

Linked entry: hrycigan

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, to meet.
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Th. ii. 414, 20. Mid þǽm ðú geearnode Godes irre, ðǽr ( if) ðá gódan weorc ǽr nǽren ( had not been) on ðé métte ( inventa ), Past. 355, 5. Add