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á-þriéttan

Grammar
á-þriéttan, l. -þriétan,

'loathe any one,

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Hié ðæt folc áþrýtton þæt hié him on hond eódon they tired out the people so that they yielded to them, Ors. 5, ll; S. 238, 10

alewe

(n.)
Grammar
alewe, aluwe, alwe, an; f.

The aloebitter spicealoesaloe

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Gedó alwan gódne dǽl ðǽron put a good deal of aloes therein, L. M. 12, 14; Lchdm, ii. 192, 5: 194, 25. Aluwan gegníd rub up aloes, Lchdm, iii. 2, 15. Nim alewan [MS. alewen] take aloes, 104, 26: 134, 9

Linked entries: aluwe alwe

mapulder

(n.)
Grammar
mapulder, (-dur, -dor); m.(?) f.(?)

A maple tree

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On ðære (ðæne?) ealdan mapolder, Chart. Th. 146, 26. Tó ðon reádleáfan mapuldre; of ðam mapuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 298, 16. The word is found in several place-names in the Charters v. Cod. Dip. vi. 313, and still occurs, e.g.

Linked entry: mapul-treów

ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To namenominare

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To name; nominare On ðære ceastre, ðe is genemned Nazareth in civitate, quæ vocatur Nazareth, Mt. Bos. 2, 23: 5, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 27; Gen. 130: 217; Th. 277, 16; Sat. 205: 221; Th. 287, 13; Sat. 366.

wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Wyrgendras, ðæra múð bið mid wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) áfylled, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 43. Hé fordéð his sáwle mid ðære mánfullan wyriunge . . . Úre tunge is gesceapen tó Godes herungum, ná tó deófollícum wyriungum Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3-6.

Linked entry: wergung

be-hreówsian

(v.)
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Behreówsian heora yfelan dǽda, Hml. A. 8, 206. with clause Hé behreówsode ꝥ hé swá dyslice dǽde gedyde, Gr. D. 143, 19. to pity, compassionate Heora earfeða behreówsian, Hml. S. 23, 90. Behreówsiendes compatientis, An. Ox. 5267

mǽrsung

Grammar
mǽrsung, <b>. II.</b>
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Wé on lofsangum hyre mǽrða cýðað, ꝥ heó ús þingige tó hyre suna, ꝥ hé ús miltsige for ðǽre mǽrsunge þe wé hyre gedóó, Hml. A. 25, 34. ' v. sealmsang-, wíd-mǽrsung

wíf-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hád, es; m. 1.

womanhood

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Se ðreát ðæra Godes ðeówa in wífháde ancillarum Dei caterva, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 34

AC

(con.)
Grammar
AC, ach, ah, oc; conj.

butsedforbecausenamenimquiabut alsobut yetsed etiamsed etsed tamen

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Ac swylce tunge mín ǽlce dæge smeáþ rightwísnysse ðíne sed et lingua mea tota die meditabitur justitiam tuam, Ps. Spl. 70, 26

Linked entries: ach ah oc

DEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.

An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEERfĕra, bestia

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Ðæt is wrætlíc deór, hiwa gehwylces that is a curious beast, of every hue, 95 b; Th. 356, 29; Pa. 19.

Linked entries: dýr diór

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bowbow down oneselfbendsubmitturnturn awayrevoltse flectĕreinclīnārecurvāredeclĕnāretransfŭgĕreTo bow toturn towardsinclīnāre ad

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Ne ðú ne gebúh fram ðære ǽ on ða swíðran healfe ne on ða wynstran ne declīnes ab lēge ad dextĕram vel ad sinistram, 1, 7. Ðæt ðú to sǽmran gebuge that thou should bow to worse, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 9; Jul. 361.

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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Ðæt stǽnna fæt alabastrum, Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 14, 3. Be ðære stǽnenan strǽte the paved way, Blickl. Homl. 189, 13. Stǽnen weofod altare lapideum, Ex. 20, 25. Weall stǽnene, Cd. Th. 101, 33; Gen. 1691.

ge-ildan

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Ne lata þú ꝥ þú tó Gode gecyrre, ne geyld þú hit ( neque differas ) of dægedæge, Archiv cxxii. 258, 34. Add

á-dón

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L. 15, 36. onweg Hé ádyde ðæt heáfod onweg, Bl. H. 183, 24. Onweg ádónum dempto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 66. up Ðæt hé hine up ádyde that he should take up the body from the tomb, Hml. S. 21, 138.

spryttan

(v.)
Grammar
spryttan, p. te

To sproutspringgerminateTo put forth a shootbring forth fruitto incite

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Ðá sprytte se deófol ðæt folc tó his (Christ's) siege, Homl. Th. i. 216, 14. Ðæt hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrðrian wolde, and his bearn tó ðam ylcan sprittan wolde, Chart. Th. 116, 22

Linked entries: tó-sprytting sprýtan

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, propertydomus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessioa villagea dwelling-placean abode, world, this worldhomedomus, domicilium, patria

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Mínre yldstan déhter ðæne hám æt Welewe and ðære gingestan ðone hám æt Welig to my eldest daughter the vill at Wellow, and to the youngest the vill at Welig, Th. Chart. 488, 29-33.

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turnrevolvemove aboutgoreturndepartto turnchangeto exchangebarter

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Hwý ðú woldest ðæt seó wyrd swá hwyrfan sceolde cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna vices? Bt. 4; Fox 8, 12. to exchange, barter [with gen.]

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Ic wilnige ðæt ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeðonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre, Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 16. Ǽrðon up stige áncenned sunu, Exon. Th. 29, 17; Cri. 464. Sweart racu stígan onginneþ, Cd. Th. 82, 1; Gen. 1355.

Linked entry: a-stígend

onweg-álǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-álǽdness, e; f.

A taking away, removal

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A taking away, removal Ond for ðære gelómlícum onwegálǽdnesse ( frequenti ablatione ) ðære hálgan moldan wæs mycel seáþ geworden, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 31

Linked entry: á-lǽdness

feorh-ner

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.

Life's preservation or salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishmentfoodvītæ servātiorefŭgiumălĭmentumcĭbus

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Fuglas heora feorhnere on ðæs beámes blédum náme[ = námon] birds took their refuge on the tree's branches, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 3; Dan. 507.