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stodl

(n.)
Grammar
stodl, a post. v. dur-stodl [O. H. Ger. turi-studil, -stuodil, -stodal limen, postis : Icel. stuðill a prop, stay]
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v. stod, studu, and next word

Linked entry: dúr-stodl

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre

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To bend from, pass by, decline, avoid, shun, eschew; recēdĕre, prætĕrīre, declīnāre, evītāre, devītāre He mæg forbúgan ða þegnunga he can decline the ministrations, Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a. 14: Wald. 25; Vald. 1, 15. Hú man sélost mæg synna forbúgan

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a man ⬩ vir ⬩ a prince ⬩ nobleman ⬩ chief ⬩ general ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ princeps ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ dux ⬩ miles ⬩ rich ⬩ dives

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a man; vir Se beorn on waruþe scip gemétte the man found a ship on the strand Andr. Kmbl. 478; An. 239 : 1203; An. 602. Boétius wæs beorn bóca Boethius was a man skilled in books Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52 : Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 22; Mód. 4. Beornes

CYTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYTEL, citel, cetel,es; m. A kettle, brazen or copper pot, cauldron; cācăbus = κάκκαβος , lĕbes = λέβος
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Hwer vel cytel lebes: cytel cacăbus, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 84, 85; Wrt. Voc. 25, 24, 25. Cytel cacăbus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 57. On niwum cytele in a new kettle, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 2. On cyperenum citele in a copper kettle, 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 19.

Linked entries: cetel citel citil

EOLH

(n.)
Grammar
EOLH, cole; gen. eolhes, eolces, eolcs, eolx; m. [eolx vĭdētur genĭtivus ab eolc, eolh, Ettmül. Poet. 288, 15, note]

ELK ⬩ alces

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An ELK; alces. The Rune RUNE = x seems to stand for the genitive of this word in the Runic poem, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter x, but for eolhx = eolcx = eolcs = eolces of an elk, as, — RUNE [eolhx = eolces] secg eard [seccard MS.]

Linked entries: elch elh eóla

dryngc

(n.)
Grammar
dryngc, es; m.

Drink ⬩ potus

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Drink; potus Dryngc mínne [MS. min] mid wópe ic gemengde potum meum cum fletu tempĕrābam, Ps. Spl. 101, 10

be-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-geótan, bi-geótan; he -gýt; p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten, -geten [be, geótan to pour].

to pour out ⬩ to cast upon ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ cover ⬩ aspergere ⬩ to pour into ⬩ infundere

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to pour out, to cast upon, to sprinkle, cover; aspergere Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed, begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood, poured from the man's side Rood Kmbl. 97; Kr. 49. Mid blóde begoten sprinkled with blood Chr. 734; Th. 76, 18 : Herb.

luh

(n.)
Grammar
luh, (a borrowed word apparently, Welsh llwch; cf. pól and Welsh pwll]; n.

A loch ⬩ lough

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A loch, lough Ofer ðæt luh trans fretum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 22. Ofer luh ł lytel sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 22: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1

bráddra

(adj.)
Grammar
bráddra,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 14, 14
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 264, 26
= brádra comp. def. m. of brád.

broader, larger

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broader, larger

hwer

(n.)
Grammar
hwer, es; m.

A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel

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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance

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Not far off. marking position, at no great distance off, Grammar un-feor, where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb Ðǽr wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30.

drinc-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
drinc-wérig, adj.

Drink weary, satisfied with drinking ⬩ potu defessus, temŭlentus

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Drink weary, satisfied with drinking; potu defessus, temŭlentus, Cot. 124

drync

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Take here examples under drinc, and add: drink, liquid taken as nourishment Be drinces gemete de mensura potus, R. Ben. 64, 9.

DRINC

(n.)
Grammar
DRINC, drync, es; m: drinca, an; m: drince, an; f.

DRINK, a drink, draught ⬩ potus, haustus

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DRINK, a drink, draught; potus, haustus Mín blód ys drinc sanguis meus est potus, Jn. Bos. 6, 55. Ic ofþyrsted wæs gǽstes drinces I was thirsty for the soul's drink, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 15; Seel. 41.

Linked entries: drænc drync dryngc

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, The Latin original of the passage is: Si pueritia, si adolescentia, si iuuentus eorum exstitit sine querela . . . qualis esse potuit eorum senectus?, Archiv cxxii. 247, 10-13.

móraþ

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Add: — Drinc mórað (-eð, v. l.) pota diamoron, Hpt. 31, 11, 240; Lch. i. lxii. 10

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drink ⬩ pōtus, pōtio ⬩ a drowning ⬩ demersio, submersio

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a DRENCH, dose, draught, drink; pōtus, pōtio Wið útsiht-ádle drenc a dose for diarrhœa, L. M. cont. 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 300, 23. Drenc pōtus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 16: Wrt. Voc. 82, 46: pōtio, 74, 7. Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl.

Linked entry: drenge

fléring

a flooring ⬩ a stratum ⬩ layer

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Th. i. 392, 13. a stratum, layer Dó on ǽnne pott án fléring of ðá hárhuna, and óðer of ysopo and ðridde of fersc buter, Lch. i. 378, 21.]

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A shard, sherd, pot-sherd, tile

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A shard, sherd, pot-sherd, tile Scearda testarum, Germ. 398,257

Linked entries: scirdan scirden

greofa

(n.)
Grammar
greofa, greaua
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a pot; olla, Cot. 146, 173, Lye

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