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þurh-gán

(v.)

to go over or throughto pass throughpierceto penetratepermeatepervade

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to go over or through Fixas þurhgáð ( perambulant ) paðas sǽs, Ps. Spl. 8, 8. Ic wille ðurhgán orsorh ðone here, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 11. of a weapon, to pass through, pierce Hé sette his swurdes ord tógeánes his innoðe, and feól him on uppon, ðæt him

Wealh-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-geféra, -geréfa, an; m.

A count of the Welsh Marches(?) the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)

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A count of the Welsh Marches(?), the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?) Ðý ilcan gére forðférde Wulfríc cynges horsðegn; se wæs eác Wealhgeféra ( other MSS. have -geréfa.Kemble, taking the latter reading, says: 'I am disposed to believe that he was a royal

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sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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O. Sax. O. L. Ger. have acc. sunna); f. the sun:?-On ðam feórðan dæge gesceóp God twá miccle leóht, ðæt is sunne and móna, and betǽhte ðæt máre leóht, ðæt is seó sunne, tó ðam dæge,Lchdm. iii. 234, 6-8. Seó sunne is micle ufor ðonne se móna sý, 242, 10

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þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen. Kmbl. 985;

un-seht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-seht, adj.

Not in agreementin hostilityat variance

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Not in agreement, in hostility, at variance Eádríc cild and ða Bryttas wurdon unsehte and wunnon heom wið ða castelmenn on Hereforda Eadric and the Welsh broke out into hostility (against William. v. Florence of Worcester, who says that Edric summoned

weorc-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
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A slave who works, a bondman, a bondwoman, a slave, a thrall Ðá wearð unblíðe Abrahames cwén hire worcþeówe, Cd. Th. 136, 18 ; Gen. 2260. Nabochodonossor him dyde Israéla bearn, wǽpna láfe, tó weorcþeówum ( si quis evaserat gladium, ductus in Babylonem

andergilde

(adj.)
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Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde, Prov. K. 41. In the passage given under un-andergilde (q. v.), hwæt unandergildes should render quod non vilescat; this would make andergilde; adj. = of little value, for which little is

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be-irnan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to run over, traverse Seó sunne beyrnð ðá twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 262, 23. Ðǽre sunnan geár is ꝥ heó beyrne þone zodiacum, 244, 20. to overrun, cover Drihtnes ród bið blóde beurnen, Wlfst. 183, 17. intrans. of move-ment Sum cild bearn under

grutt

(n.)
Grammar
grutt, es; m. or n.
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an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool. literal Déopnysse, grutte, sweliende uoragine (inferni ), An. Ox. 4340. Grut edwindan barathrum uoraginis (Charybdis ), 4, 9. Grut swelgendes, 7, 41. figurative Swylce betwyx stánhricgum gruttes and stæfleahtres swelgend

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Middel-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Seaxe, <b>Middel-Seaxan;</b> pl.

The Middle-Saxons

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The Middle-Saxons, Saxons who settled in the district west of London, and whose name is preserved in the present Middlesex: they appear to have been an offshoot of the East Saxons. v. Green's Making of England, p. 111, note Hér Middel-Seaxe (but MS.

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óþ-lǽdan

(v.)
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to lead away, carry off Hé Israhélas ealle óþlǽdde eduxit Israel, Ps. Th. 135, 11. Álýs mé and óþlǽd láðum wætrum eripe me et libera me de aquis, 143, 12. Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde.

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es ; n.
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A necklace, collar, band for the neck Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wulfst. 253, 23. Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele ( monile ), Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo. Th.

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ǽwisce

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisce, (and ǽwisc?), es; n.
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Dishonour, shame, foulness Ǽwisce obscenitas , Angl. xiii. 35, 204: An. Ox. 8, 193. Ǽwisc, 7, 265. Ǽwys, 4302: 7, 300. Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such

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cemban

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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18. Stríc

dim

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Add: dark, without light, gloomy Ꝥ under þǽre brygce urne swýþlíce sweart and dim ( niger et caliginosus ) eá, Gr. D. 318, 28. Dimne and deópne hellewítes grund, Wlfst. 48, 2. Of dymmum díglum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 55. dark-coloured

dolg

(n.)
Grammar
dolg, n. and m. (Hml. S. 20, 67).
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Add:to instances given under dolh: a wound Wiþ hundes dolge for a wound made by a dog, Lch. ii. 144, 11. Þú ætýwest þínra honda dolh and þínre sídan and þínra fóta, Angl. xii. 510, 14. a boil, tumour Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ geswell . . . heó gewát

ge-fyrht

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-fyrhtan, ge-fyrhtian;</b> p. te, ode; ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted, ge-fyrhtod. to make afraid. Take here instances under <b>ge-fyrhtian</b> in Dict., and add Ic wæs swíðe gefyrhted and gebréged ( perterritus ), Bd.

ge-cýþnes

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Add: witness, testimony Gewitnes vel gecýðnes testimonium, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 27. Þone áworpenne háliges gewrites gecýþnesse (testificatione ] hí oncnáwaþ, An. Ox. 40, 7. Hí cýþdon ꝥ mid leásre gecýþnesse, Bl. H. 173, 35. of the scriptures, testament

god-webb

(adj.)
Grammar
god-webb, adj.
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of purple or costly material For þám godwebum hræglum ex purpureis vestibus, Gr. D. 13, 18. made of silk or cotton Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus. Perhaps

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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the sense of touch Þá andgitu sint gehátene þus ... tactus, hrepung oððe grápung on eallum limum, ac þeáh gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml. S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne