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stæg

(n.)
Grammar
stæg, es; n.

A staya rope supporting a masta stay

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A stay, a rope supporting a mast Stæg safo (in a list of nautical words), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 60

béc-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽding, e; f.

Reading of books

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Reading of books Se biscop in bécrǽdinge (bóca rǽdinge,v. l. lectioni) geornfull wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 15

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Icel. skjöldr is used of shield-shaped things) Is se scyld ufan frætwum geféged ofer ðæs fugles bæc, 219, 17; Ph. 308

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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of ever proclaiming her Bl. H. 157, 35. On handum þínum hlýta míne in manibus tuis series meae, Ps. L. 30, 16. of death: Þǽre ýtemeste hlýtes sortis suppremę, An. Ox. 2294. Þǽm étemestan hléte suprema sorte, Hpt. GL, 453, 34

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Fricge ic ðé, hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra I ask thee, of which of them is the condition better? Salm. Kmbl. 739; Sal. 369. Hí fricgaþ, hú . . . they ask, how . . . Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Crl. 92.

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðú mé scealt edwítt mín of áwyrpan ðæt mé tó incan áhwǽr gangeþ thou shalt cast from me my reproach, which everywhere goes as a cause of fear to me; amputa opprobrium meum, quod suspicatus sum, Ps. Th. 118, 39.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Edmund Atheling, second son of Edward the Elder, and younger brother of Athelstan, whom he succeeded. Edmund was king of Wessex for six years and a half, from A. D. 940-946 Hér, A.

GÆRS

(n.)
Grammar
GÆRS, gers, græs, es; n.

GRASSa blade of grassherbhaygrāmenherbafænum

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Ðá he hét ða menegu ofer ðæt gærs hí sittan cum jussisset turbam discumbĕre sŭper fænum, Mt. Bos. 14, 19 : Ps. Sp1. 105, 20. Ofer gærsa cíþas sŭper grāmĭna, Deut. 32, 2

Linked entries: græs gers

nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Homl. 67, 13. to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing Ðone wé wifel wordum nemnaþ which we call beetle, when we speak of it, Exon. Th. 426, 14; Rä. 41, 73.

Linked entries: a-nemnan namnian

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening starHesperus

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The evening star; Hesperus; the Grk. ἕσπερος [Lat. vesper], the evening star, is called by Hesiod a son of and Eos, and was regarded by the ancients the same as the morning star, whence both Homer and Hesiod call him the bringer of light, ἑωσ-φόροας,

Linked entry: morgen-steorra

racu

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</b> reasoning, argument :-- Oft gebyreð ðæt ðá lytegan bióð mid líðlicre race gehwyrfde. . .

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &amp;c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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with dat. or with preps, of, fram) Ætbrǽt detorsit, Germ. 397, 368. with idea of deprivation God forgeaf ðá ǽhta, and God hí eft ætbrǽd, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 30.

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Oft mé feala cwǽdon feóndas yfele dixerunt inimici mei mala mihi, Ps. Th. 70, 9

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Gán ofer sǽs ýþa, 177, 18. Geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse, 233, 26 : 235, 1. Hreónesse ðære sǽwe, 235, 5. Monigra ceápstów of lande and of sǽ cumendra, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 19. Bát on sǽwe, Exon. Th. 458, 12; Hy. 4, 99 : Andr. Kmbl. 1029; An. 515.

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrowstraitconfinednot spaciousnarrowlimitedpoorrestrictedstraitoppressivecausing anxietyoppressednot having free actionstrictsevere

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Th. 58, 11; Gen. 944. strait, oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind) Nýd byþ nearu on breóste niða bearnum i need straitens the breast of man, Runic pm. Kmbl. 541, 8; Rún. 10.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

boh

Grammar
boh, l. bóh,

sprig

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Voc. i. 33, 16, and also weak forms of g. pl.] a shoulder of an animal Boog armus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 82. Bog armum, 7, 17. Ðone suíðran bógh, Past. 81, 19. Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i, 290, 10.

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossessbetray

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Birédnae (-raed*-*nae) prodimur, Txts. 89, 1661. with acc. of person and inst.

bryttian

(v.)
Grammar
bryttian, <b>bryttian,</b> brytian.
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Hé ðám útlican tó geleáfan bringan (brytian, v.l.) ne mihte externis prodesse ad fidem non poterat, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 397, 2. to dispose of, have control of, be master of, enjoy, use Sǽda gehwilc þára þe hæleð bryttigað every seed that men use, Exod. 376

furh

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Æfter fúran on turfhleó; of turfhleó æfter heáfdan eft andlang fúr . . .; of ðǽre strǽte andlang fúra . . . á andlang fúran, C. D. iii. 15, 26-31. Andlang fúra on setþorn; . . . of þám heáfodon andlang fúra . . . of hláwe andlang fúre, 436, 14-18.

swefan

(v.)
Grammar
swefan, p. swæf, pl. swǽfon; pp. swefen

To sleep. of natural sleepof the sleep of death to denote lack of watchfulness to denote cessation of activityto sleep

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Swefan on slǽpe, 1695; An. 851. of the sleep of death Se fǽge þegn æfter billes bite swefeþ, Beo. Th. 4127 ; B. 2060. Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256.

Linked entry: sweofot