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ge-smyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyltan, p. te; pp. ed [smylt serene]

To appeasequietplācāre

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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8

Linked entry: smyltan

twelf-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-nihte, adj.
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Twelve days old On xii-niht[n]e mónan byþ gód tó féranne ofer , Lchdm. iii. 178, 26

wearg

Grammar
wearg, <b>. I.</b>
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Þá cómon on sumne sǽl ungesǽlige þeófas. . . se hálga wer hí wundorlíce geband . . . ꝥ heora nán ne mihte þanon ástyrian . . . Men þá þæs wundrodon hú þá weargas hangodon, Hml. 8. 32, 211. Add

Burgendan

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendan, pl. m.
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The Burgundians; Burgundiones Burgendan habbaþ ðone ylcan sǽs earm be westan him the Burgundians have the same arm of the sea to the west of them, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 19, 19

swígan

(v.)
Grammar
swígan, p. de.
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Hé oft ána sæt swígende múðe saepe solus residens ore tacito, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 13. Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde, Blickl.

ég-clif

(n.)
Grammar
ég-clif, es; n.

A water-cliff or shore scŏpŭlus [= σκόπελος măris, lītus

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A water-cliff or shore; scŏpŭlus [= σκόπελος a look-out place ] măris, lītus Ofer égclif [MS. ecgclif] ðæt eorl-werod sæt the warrior band sat on the ocean's shore. Beo. Th. 5778; B. 2893

be-solcen

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Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe for hira monnðwǽrnesse ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 15: 239, 3. Add:

Linked entry: be-sylcan

sǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽdere, es; m.

A sower

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Sum sǽdere férde tó sáwenne his sǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 12: Mk. Skt. 4,3 . Be sǽdere, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 8

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

withoutoriginal, early

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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

efen-blissian

(v.)
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Is sǽd þæt se cining wǽre swá efenblissiende (efnblissende, v. l.) ita congratulatus esse rex perhibetur, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 59, 4. Efenblissiende hyre wuldres ejus gloriae congaudens, Gr. D. 169, 10. Add

fót-setl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-setl, es; n.
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A footstool Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde. Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer wið ðæs fótsetles sprǽce benumen (cf. mutus in ipsa sede declinavit, Florence of Worcester), Chr. 1053; P. 182, 21

ofer-líðan

(v.)

to cross

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to cross (water), sail across Ástígende on scipe oferláð transfretavit ðone sǽe. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 1: Shrn. 88, 28: Cd. Th. 200, 26; Exod. 362. Oferlíðan transire, transfretare, Hpt. Gl. 492, 50

strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, n. (not m.).
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Wé gesáwon þá muntas ymbe ðǽre sealtan strande, Angl. viii. 299, 39. Stranda sablonum, An. Ox. 2, 286. Add

forþ-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weardes, adv.
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Forwards, on Volosianus hym þá wæs forðwerdes farende and on ánes dæges færelde tó becóm, Hml. A. 188, 203

Linked entry: forþ-werdes

fésian

(v.)
Grammar
fésian, he féseþ; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To drive awayput to flightfŭgārein fŭgam ăgĕre

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To drive away, put to flight; fŭgāre, in fŭgam ăgĕre Ðæt oft on gefeohte án féseþ tyne ut in pugna ūnus sæpe dĕcem in fŭgam ēgĕrit, Lupi Serm. i. 14; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 20

ge-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dwínan, p. -dwán, pl. -dwinon; pp. -dwinen

To dwindle or vanish awaydisappearevanesceredisparere

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To dwindle or vanish away, disappear; evanescere, disparere Ðæt hálige sǽd gedwán and gewát the holy seed has wasted away and departed, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29. His drýcræftas gedwinon his magic vanished, Shrn. 135, 1

swéging

(n.)
Grammar
swéging, e; f.
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sǽs sonitus maris, Lk. Skt. 21, 25. Swégincga beátendra slecgea sonitus tundentium malleorum, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 7

a-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon; pp. -lumpen

To happenbefallevenireacciderecontingere

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To happen, befall; evenire, accidere, contingere Óþ-ðæt sǽl alamp until occasion offered, Beo. Th. 1249; B. 622. Ðá him alumpen wæs wén then hope had occurred to him, Beo. Th. 1471; B. 733

Linked entry: a-lamp

sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Án wíf mihte gegán bútan ǽlcere sceaþenysse fram ofer eall ðis eálond ut etiam si mulier vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se laedente valeret, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2.

Linked entry: sceþeness

hæft-noþ

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Ofer ðíére reádan eóde Israéla folc of Egipta hæftnoðe, Sal. K. 198, 18. Hæftnoð captiuitatem. Ps. L. 52, 7. Add