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græf

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Dele last passage, and add: a pit, place dug out. v. hyl-, ísen-, stán-grsef. a grave Græf sceal deadum men a grave is the place for a dead man, Gn. Ex. 149. On brádnysse scræfes, græfes in superficie antri, i. monumenti, An. Ox. 1889.

hríman

(v.)
Grammar
hríman, to shout.
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Take here <b>hrýman</b> in Dict. (with the exception of Dan. 756: Æðelst. 39, for which see <b>hréman</b>) and add Is gewriten ðætte swíðe wǽre gemanigfalðod Sodomwara hreám and Gomorwara.

segnian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 244, 30

rúnian

(v.)
Grammar
rúnian, ode

To talk low, whisper, mutter

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Voc. ii. 54. 72 . Rúnigendum stefnum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin, 36, 1. note. His egen to sen, his muð to runien, O. E. Homl. ii. 107, 19. Ræden and runan (rouni, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2331

Linked entries: rún rúnere

Sæfern

(n.)
Grammar
Sæfern, e; also indecl. f.

The river Severn

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Kmbl. iii. 393, 10. Of Sæfern, 405, 29. Westweardes on Sæferne, Latin forms in the charters are Saberna, i. 64, 11: Sabrina, 84, 2: Saebrina, ii. 59, 18. ii. 150, 9, 14

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 superintendence over them in some one or all of the royal domains,' Saxons in England, ii. 179.

Linked entry: Wealh-færeld

ofer-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-wist, e; f.

Excess in eating

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I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 24

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ set as the sun ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ occĭdĕre ut sol

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To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne before it [the sun] begin fully to sink, Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21.

frécne

(adj.)
Grammar
frécne, adj.
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., ne biþ þeós ádl hwæþere tó frécne, Lch. ii. 46, 13. Ðý lǽs ðá gongen on suá frécne stíge ne in praecipiti pedem ponant, Past. 41, 7. Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas cum pastor per abrupta graditur, 29, 23.

á-teorigendlic

getting exhausted ⬩ wearied ⬩ failing ⬩ transitory ⬩ perishable ⬩ defective

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Th. i. 56, 16. Þá ðing ðe wé geseóð on ðisum lífe sind áteorigendlice, 252, 6. Sé ðe forlǽt ðá áteorigendlican ðing, hé underféhð þá gástlican méde, 398, 4 : Hml. A. 46, 536. in grammar, defective þæt is áteorigendlic, Reor is defectivum, Ælfc. Gr.

bed-reáf

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Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid ðám hryfte and mid hoppscýtan and mid eallum ðám ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð . . . and ic geann mínum suna ánes beddreáfes, C. D. iii. 294, 4, 35. Hió becwið eal ðæt bedréf ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, vi. 133, 10.

wull

(n.)
Grammar
wull, e; wulle, an; f.

Wool

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Voc. ii. 112, 44. Wul, i. 66, 29: 82, 7. Wull, ii. 51, 61. Unáwaxen wul lana sucida, 54, 6. Unáwæscen wul, i. 61, 8. Rammes wul (wull, v.l.), Lchdm. i. 356, 11. Ða loccas hire heáfdes wǽron swá hwíte swá wull, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 177.

Linked entries: wul wyll

feor

(adj.)
Grammar
feor, adj.
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In ðone firran in citeriorem (alvei marginem ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 82. Add

Linked entry: feor-land

fylgean

to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time

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Se cleweþa bið suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgð (lets it have its way), hé wundað, Past. 71, 20. to try to gain Hé in þissere byrig fylgeþ þám wraðum þises hwílendlican lífes mid lǽcecræfte ipse in hac urbe per medicinae artem temporalis

cwíðan

(v.)
Grammar
cwíðan, cwýðan; he cwíðeþ; p. de; pp. ed

To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre

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To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ; lamentāre, plangĕre Wópe cwíðan with weeping to lament, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 13; Gen. 996. Ic sceolde ána míne ceare cwiðan I must alone mourn my care, Exon. 76b; Th. 287, 4; Wand. 9.

Linked entries: cwýðan un-cwíd

FEARR

(n.)
Grammar
FEARR, es; m.

a bull, an ox ⬩ taurus, bos ⬩ the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac ⬩ taurus

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Lamb. 49, 13: 67, 31: Gen. 32, 15. the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac; taurus Óðer ðæra tácna ys geháten taurus, ðæt is fearr the second of the signs is called taurus, that is a bull, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 4; Lchdm. iii

Linked entry: fear

stíman

(v.)
Grammar
stíman, stéman, stýman ; p. de
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Voc. ii. 150, 35

Linked entries: stéman stýman

and-weard

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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local Hé is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . hé is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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&sect;&nbsp;70), and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H. Ger. pfluogide a pair of plough-oxen : but gesylhðe above with plural in e seems to be feminine: oxan seems to be an instance of a gen. pl. in an instead of (e)na.]

ge-untrumian

(v.)
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To weaken Hwá bið geuntrumod ðæt ic ne sié eác geuntrumod quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor?, Past. 101, 3. Ic hopige tó Drihtne, and ic ne weorðe geuntrumod, Ps. Th. 25, 1. Geuntrumod wæs mín mægen, 30, 12. <b>I a.