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drenc-flód

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-flód, drence-flód,es ; m. [drenc II. a drowning, flód a flood]

A drowning-flood, deluge dilŭvium

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Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum se [MS, sæ] drenceflód elna the deluge stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, 69; Th. 84, 16; Gen. 1398

flyht-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
flyht-hwæt, adj.

Flight-promptin vŭlātu strēnuus

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Se fénix ascæceþ feðre, flyhthwate the phœnix shakes its feathers, prompt for flight, 58a; Th. 207, 21; Ph. 145

ge-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. drenced

To drenchdrownsubmergeredemergere

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To drench, drown; submergere, demergere Se wǽg gedrencte [-drecte MS.] dugoþ Egypta the wave drowned the army of the Egyptians, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 16; Exod. 500. Deáþe gedrenced drenched with death, 144; Th. 179, 25; Exod. 34.

fóre-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gilpan, p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen

To boast greatlyvalde jactāre

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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13

mǽþian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽþian, p. ode

To regardrespect

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To regard, respect Hé sylþ árleásnysse ðæt hé ne árige ne eác ne mǽþige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum the devil gives pitilessness, so that the man neither spares nor regards his subordinates or his equals, Wulfst. 59, 17

Linked entry: ge-mǽðian

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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Se hálga man (Benedict) ágeaf þám Gotan þone gelóman (þæt bill, v. l.), and cwæð: 'Hér is þín bill (v. wudubill falcastrum, 113, 18), Gr. D. 114, 17.

grið-brice

(n.)
Grammar
grið-brice, -bryce, es; m. [grið peace; brice, bryce a breach, violation]
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A breach of the peace; pacis infractio vel violatio Griðbrice infractio pacis, L. Th. ii. 531, 12. Béte man ðone griðbryce let a man make amends for a breach of the peace, L. Eth. ix. 4; Th. i. 340, 21: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 12

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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R.] the sixth is matutīnum vel aurōra that is dawn, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt, popl. science 6, 18; Lchdm. iii. 244. 5. Ðis wæs eall geworden ǽr dægréde this was all performed ere daybreak, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466: Homl. Th. i. 508, 32: 592, 22.

a-hýðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hýðan, -híðan, -hiéðan

To destroylay wastedespoilvastareabo-leresubvertere

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Ahíðan, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 9; Vy. 15

fæt

(n.)
Grammar
fæt, fætt, es; n?

A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornamentlāmĭna, bractea

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A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament; lāmĭna, bractea Sceal se hearda helm, hyrsted golde, fætum, befeallen the hard helmet, adorned with gold, with ornaments, shall be fallen off, Beo. Th. 4504, note; B. 2256.

láðian

(v.)
Grammar
láðian, p. ode

hatefulloathed

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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.

on-sécan

(v.)

to require something (gen.) of a person (acc.)

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Ðǽr .xxx. wæs and feówere eác feores onsóhte þurh wǽges wylm then was life required of thirty-four by the rage of the wave (cf. under Similar entries á-sécan, Ps. 118, 95), Exon. Th. 283, 13; Jul. 679

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ðeáh þú wǽre eallra monna fægrost, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 27. of the body and its parts Þæt feax áfealleð þe ǽr wæs fæger on híwe and on fulre wæstme, Wlfst. 148, 5. Þín se fægresta fæþm, Bl. H. 7, 25.

be-wreón

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Th. ii. 226, 22. Take here the examples given under be-wríhan, and add

gyden

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Castalidas nympas þá mánfullan gydena vel dúnelfa, 129, 33 : 61, 19. Add

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Th. i. 108, 23. Geseón and tócnáwan ǽgðer ge gód ge yfel to see good and evil and know the difference between them, 18, 4. Heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce tócnáwan not one of them could understand another's speech, 318, 20.

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

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Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 2: Exon. 19a; Th. 49, 15; Cri. 786

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fellto strike or beat downto overturnsubvertlay lowabolishslaycædereoccidereprosterneredejiceredemoliricomprimereabrogare

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Ath. i. 17; Th. i. 208, 16: L. Eth. vi. 8; Th. i. 316, 26. Ðæt hine man afylle that any one slay him, 38; Th. i. 324, 23 : v. 31; Th. i. 312, 12

a-cwencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwencan, p. de, te, pl. don, ton; pp. ed, d, t

To quenchextinguishput outextinguere

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To quench, extinguish, put out; extinguere Bæd ðæt hí ðæt leóht acwencton prayed that they would put out the light, Bd. 4,8; S. 575, 40, note, MS. B. Úre leóhtfatu synt acwencte lampades nostræ extinguuntur, Mt. Bos. 25, 8.

folc-gestealla

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cf. fyrd-gestealla) Bigstandað mé strange geneátas, þá ne willað mé æt þám stríðe geswícan . . . hié habbað mé tó hearran gecorene . . . mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean, fón mid swilcum folcgesteallan (= -um ?)