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tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, fall away, decay

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To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Swá swá lamb sicut agni, Ps. Spl. 113, 4. Swá sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Lambra, Ps. Spl. 113, 6. Mid lamba rysle cum adipe agnorum, Deut. 32, 14. Abram gesette seofon lamb on sundron statuit Abram septem agnas seorsum, Gen. 21, 28.

Linked entries: lemb lomb

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, adv.
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17. of mental operations Þú hyt séest hwílum swá heá, hwílum swá deópe.

man

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Þæt man drince swá swá him ne derede, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 36 : Past. 189, 9. Swá swá scyp brincð man ofer sǽ; syððan hé tó lande cymð, þonne forlǽt hé ꝥ scyp, Solil.

þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.
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Hwílum hí ðuton eall swá wulfas, Shrn. 52, 29: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36. Sume hí tó wulfum wurdon ... hió þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Ðeótende swá swá wolf, Homl. Th. i. 374, 9.

móna

Grammar
móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Swá hwǽr swá þe móna byð feówertýne nihta eald, Lch. iii. 244, 11

astíðian

(v.)
Grammar
astíðian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [a intensive, stíðian to become hard]

To become harddrydry upwitherindurarearescere

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To become hard, dry, dry up, wither; indurare, arescere Astíðude swá swá tigle miht mín my strength dried up as a tile, Ps. Spl. 21, 14. Hit astiðaþ and drugaþ induret et arescat, 89, 6

steóre

(n.)
Grammar
steóre, an: f.
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swá beón nelle swá ic beboden hæbbe and on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 11; Th. i. 240, 17

wertacen

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Ióhannis sóðum wordum wíslíce and wærlíce swá se wertacen (a later rendering of the passage has swa se wyrhte cann, 476, 66, as if the word = werhta cann), Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 75

blǽc-ern

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Þǽra eágan scínað nihtes swá leóhte swá blǽcern (lucernae), Nar. 34, 14. Blǽcernum lichinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 75. Add:

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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Ðæt hí heora clǽnnesse healdan be heora háde, swá werhádes swá wífhádes, swá hwæðer swá hit sý, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 11

be-irfeweardian

(v.)
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Þí lǽs hé ús beyrfewerdige (-weard-, v. l. ), swá swá fæder déþ his bearn, R. Ben. l, 16

un-gebyrded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebyrded, adj.
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Unpolluted, uncorrupted Wæs geméted se líchama swá gesund and swá ungebyrded (-geonbyrded, v.l.) swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide sanum atque intemeratum corpus inventum est, ac si nulla hoc incisio ferri tetigisset, Gr. D. 199, 4

Linked entries: ge-byrded un-geonbyrded

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, Dele: asse, es; m. , and add
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.: onagri) býð ákende, þá habbað swá micle hornas swá oxan, Nar. 34, 15

EFES

(n.)
Grammar
EFES, e; f.

Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side margo, lătus

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swá hwaðerre efese [MS. efes] on whichever side, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13

Linked entry: æfesc

mægen-strengþu

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-strengþu, indecl.: <b>-strengþ,</b> e; f.

Great strengthpower

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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19

tó-foran

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add: marking relation Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne the pasture is open to all, C.D. iii. 419, 21. add Swá micele swá se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, swá micele mára bið ðín wurðmynt tóforan ðám woruldlican

willendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
willendlíce, adv.

Diligently

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[In the fallowing passage the better reading is hwílwendlíce Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gehyhte swá swá hé on his ðeóde willendlíce (hwilwend-líce, M. 248, 22) rícsode, ðæt hé swá on tóweardnesse écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste sperans ut sicut in sua gente regnat

cym-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cym-líc, adj.

Comely, convenient, lovely, beautiful, splendid aptus, commodus, splendidus

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Comely, convenient, lovely, beautiful, splendid; aptus, commodus, splendidus Hierusalem, ðú wǽre swá swá cymlíc ceaster getimbred Jerusalem, thou wert built as a beautiful city, Ps. Th. 121, 3: Exon. 108b; Th. 415, 24; Rä. 34, 2

ge-hagian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hagian, p. ode; pp. od; v. impers.

To please

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To please Swá hwylc swá ðæt sió ðæt hine to ðan gehagige ðæt he ða óðoro lond begeotan wille whoever it be that is ready to take the other lands, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. ii. 120, 24

Linked entry: hagian