ge-þweran
To stir ⬩ beat or mix together ⬩ to churn ⬩ make thick [as butter from cream] ⬩ poetically ⬩ to forge ⬩ cudere
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Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged with the hammer, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285: Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 16; Rä. 87, 1. Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceafum þicre geþruen earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compacted, Bt. Met.
Linked entries: ge-þrofen ge-þuren samod-þyrlíc ge-þruen
tír-fæst
Of assured glory, ⬩ glorious
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Cyning tírfæst cystum gecýþed, Beo. Th. 1848; B. 922. Tírfæst Metod, Cd. Th. 64, 2; Gen. 1044. Tírfæst hæleð, bisceop se góda ... ðam wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 7. Tírfæstne hæleð (Moses), Cd. Th. 181, 19; Exod. 63.
traisc
tragicus
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In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by tróiesc, tróisc (q. v.)
Linked entry: Tróiesc
swógan
to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame) ⬩ to move with violence, enter with force, invade. ⬩ noise ⬩ swoon
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Swógende lég, Beo. Th. 6282; B. 3145. Swógende strepente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 72.
Linked entries: ge-swógen in-swógenness on-swógan swégan
funta
a spring
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In loco qui appellatur be Tefunte, ii. 68, 15. Tó Teofuntinga gemǽre, iii. 414, 14. (?)
Linked entry: fynt
scír-geréfa
A shire-reeve ⬩ sheriff ⬩ 'the judicial president of a shire.' ⬩ of a secular official ⬩ of an ecclesiastic
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Ðonne sceall Cristes scírgeréfan (the bishop) ðæt witan, and ymbe ðæt dihtan and déman, swá swá béc tǽcan, L. I. P. 25; Th. ii. 340, 8
Linked entry: ge-réfa
ymb-standan
to stand about or around ⬩ to surround
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Hí bióþ úton ymbstandene (printed -standende, but see útan ymbestandne, Met. 25, 7) mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna septos tristibus armis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 4
strangian
to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish ⬩ to make strong, confirm, comfort
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to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish Ic strangige oððe geðeó uigeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 14. Strongaþ praevaluít, Ps. Surt. 51, 9. Ic strongade wið him praevalui adversus eum, 12, 5.
sting
a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument ⬩ the wound made by a stab or sting
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Lilla sette his líchoman beforan ðam stynge ante ictum pungentis, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 24. Wið scorpiones stincg, Lchdm. i. 168, 3 : 248, 21.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.
wynsumness
pleasantness ⬩ agreeableness ⬩ delight ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ fairness ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ joyousness ⬩ exultation ⬩ devotion
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Similar entries v. wilsumness Mid wynsumnysse heortan (wilsume heortan, Bd. M. 228, 6) devoto corde, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 22. On micelre wynsumnesse (wilsumnisse, Bd. M. 376, 11) gebeda orationis devotione, 4, 30; S. 609, 5.
a-beág
bowed down
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bowed down,Beo. Th. 1555; B. 775
Ægypte
Egypt
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Egypt, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 11
ændlyfta
eleventh
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eleventh, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 23
a-gól
sang ⬩ cantavit
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sang; cantavit,Beo. Th. 3047; B. 1521;
a-golden
repaid
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repaid, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 37
an-bryrdnes
Compunction ⬩ remorse ⬩ compunctio
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Ben. 70
a-lamp
happened ⬩ occurred
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happened, occurred,Beo. Th. 1249; B. 622;
aldor-bealu
vital evil
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vital evil, Beo. Th. 3356; B. 1676
aldor-burh
metropolis
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metropolis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 20