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mund-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
mund-byrd, e; f. (v. mund, mund-bora).

protectionpatronageaidthe fine paid for a violation of mund

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Surt. 111, 44. the fine paid for a violation of mund (v. mund, IV. a. b; mund-bryce, II.) Cyninges mundbyrd .L. scillinga, L. Ethb. 8; Th. i. 6, 1: 15; Th. i. 6, 12. Ciricean mundbyrd .L. scill. swá cinges, L. Wíh. 2; Th. i. 36, 17.

beorgan

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Wið helle bryne beorhgan his sáwle, 30. Hí fleón woldon and heom beorgan wið þone here, Hml. S. 25, 658. to abstain from injury to an object (dat.), to spare Þæt mód ongiet ðæt him mon birgð mentes parci sibi sentiunt, Past. 297, 17.

ge-þafa

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Hí ealne þone bryce uppon þone cyng tealdon, ac hé nolde þæs geþafa beón, Chr. 1094; P. 229, 9. with clause Hé geþafa beón nolde þæt hé untela dyde. Ps. Th. 9, 35.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Leóda lífgedál Lothes gehýrde brýd Lot's wife heard the death of men, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 25; Gen. 2561. Leóda ǽnigum nytte of use to any man, Beo. Th. 1591; B. 793. Láþ leóda gehwam, Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 31; Cri. 194. Hæleþa éðel, leóda gesetu, Andr.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determinenŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre

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Hí hæfdon ǽlce scire on West-Sexum stíðe gemarcod mid bryne and mid hergunge they had severely marked every shire of Wessex with burning and harrying, Chr. 1006; Erl. 141, 2. Gemearca hú hý ǽr stódon mark how they stood before, Lchdm. i. 398, 5

Linked entry: ge-mercian

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Utan scyldan ús wið ðone hátan bryne ðe wealleþ on helle, L. C. S. 85 ; Th. i. 424, 15. Without an object: — God, se ðe wið ofermægnes egsan sceolde, Cd. Th. 127, 28; Gen. 2117. Wé lǽraþ ðæt man wið heálíce synna scylde georne, L. C.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
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Sweðriende, 75, 20. in reference to concrete things Se bryne sweþraþ the burning ceases, Exon. Th. 213, 24; Ph. 229. Swég swiðrode the sound ceased, Cd. Th. 197, 18; Exod. 309. Cyre (cyrr?) swiðrode sǽs æt ende ( the sea no longer ebbed (?)

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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His hýd is brýce eallum fiþerfétum nýtenum wið wóles gewinne on tó ðónne, Lchdm. i. 330, 4. Ǽlcum fiþerfétum neáte ðe on wóle winne, 328, 13. For ðæm wóle (pestis) ðe on ðæt lond becom, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 15.

ge-frédan

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Hé þæs fýres bryne gefrédde him onbútan, 31, 884. to be sensible of an action (gen. ) Ðæt feax gréwð ofer ðǽm brægene and his (the growing] mon ðeáh ne gefréd (-frét, v.l.) capilli super cerebrum insensibiliter oriuntur . . .

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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Grammar wirnan, with the constructions of (a) and (b) Gif ðú ðam frumgáran brýde wyrnest, Cd. Th. 161, 4; Gen. 2660. Eal hit him wyrþ tó teónan ðæm ðe his Gode wyrneþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 10. Ðá wyrnde him mann ðera gísla, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 13.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Æfter gástlicum andgite Drihten cóm tó giftum on ðissum middanearde, for ðan ðe hé dá hálgan gelaðunge him tó brýde geceás . . . Críst is se brýdguma, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 11-16.

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Ne mæg him bryne sceþþan wlitigne wuldorhoman, Exon. Th. 196, 23; Az. 178. without a case Ic sceþþu nocebo, Ps. Surt. 88, 34. Regnþeóf ne lǽt on sceade sceþþan, Exon. Th. 453, 15; Hy. 4, 15: Beo. Th. 492; B. 243. Sceþþende nocens, Wrt.

Linked entry: sceaþan

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Brym, sǽ aequor, 53, 50. Sǽ latex (latex?), ii. 53, 17, Ðæs ýþiendan sǽs fluctivagi ponti, 149, 61. And sǽ et salis, 32, 28. Mid sǽ cum pelago, 21, 27. Ofer sǽ citra pontum, 18, 68. Ða hǽwnan sǽs marmora glauca, 57, 7.

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Bret- (Bryt[t]-), Corn-, Norþ-, West-Wealas (-Walas). a Roman Weala sunderriht jus Quiritum (cf. Rómwara sundorriht, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 11, reht Rómwala, Rtl. 189, 13, which translate the same phrase), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 64. [O. H.

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Eðna] ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode, dá hit upp of helle geate asprang on Sicilia ðam lande, and fela ofslóh mid bryne and mid stence [Ors. B.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm, wurm, weorm, es; m.

a reptileserpenta creeping insecta worm

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Wyrmum bewunden in helle bryne, Judth. Thw. 23, 10; Jud. 115. Ic sende wildera deóra téð on hig mid wurmum and næddrum dentes bestiarum immittam in eos atque serpentium, Deut. 32, 24. Wurmum tó ǽte, Wulfst. 145, 10. Aspidas, ǽtrene wyrmas, Ps.

Linked entries: weorm wurm

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Mid þǽm mannum þe beóþ Críste tó brýdum gehálgode, Bl. H. 61, 15. Wearþ þæt ríce tódǽled on .v., and .v. kyningas tó gehálgode, Chr. 887; P. 80, 20. to honour as holy, reverence Sí þín nama gehálgod, Mt. 6, 9.

ge-wunelic

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Th. i. 60, 26. in accordance with a general practice Ond monnum bið ðonne gewunelic ðæt hí líðað ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88, 1. Þæt sý undeóror geseald þonne hit woruldmannum gewunelic sý, R.

hearde

firmlytightly

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Hwílum mé bryne stígeð, hyge heortan neáh hearde (hædre. v. l.) wealleð, Sal. 62. of painful physical sensation, e. g. thirst, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 31 (in Dict.). of painful, violent, intense emotion Hé (St. Martin) cóm tó húse hearde gedréfed (cf.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Wið þone weallendan bryne þe weallað on helle, Ll. Th. i. 364, 13. In helle (in inferno) áhóf ðá égo his mið ðý wére in tintergum, Lk. L. 16, 23. Ne sceal nán man wénan ꝥ æalla þá þe on helle beóð habban gelíc wíte. Solil. H. 65, 21.