gicel-gebland
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A hailstorm Bletsiað gicelgebland and snáw Drihten benedicite pruina et niues Dominum Ps. Rdr. 293, 70. Cf. snáw-gebland
Linked entry: ge-bland
hreóf-ness
Leprosy
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Leprosy Hreófnis swá snáw lepra quasi nix, Num. 12, 10
un-mǽtness
Immenseness ⬩ excess
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Ðá cwom micel snáw ... ðá ic ða unmǽtnisse and micelnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ða ðúhte mé ðæt ic wiste ðæt hé wolde ealle ða wícstówe forfeallan cadere mox ... immense ceperunt nives quarum aggregationem meluens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 14
hreófl
Leprous
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Leprous Ðá brohte hé hig [his hand] forþ hreófle swá hwít swá snáw quam protulit leprosam instar nivis, Ex. 4, 6
sin-cealdu
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Continual cold Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw, ne sunnan hǽtu, ne sincaldu wihte gewyrdan, Exon. Th. 198, 29 ; Ph. 17
Linked entry: cealdu
swipor
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Astute, cunning Reáfaþ se snáw swíðor mycle ðonne se swipra (swíðra, Kmbl., but see Anglia i. 151) níð, Salm. Kmbl. 616; Sal. 307
ceolas
Cold winds, cold ⬩ anræ frigidæ, frigus
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Cold winds, cold; anræ frigidæ, frigus Ðec ceolas weorþian Fæder, forst and snáw thee, O Father, cold winds adore, frost and snow, Exon. 54b; Th. 192, 9; Az. 103
winter-gewǽde
A wintry weed, wintry garment
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A wintry weed, wintry garment Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ wintergewǽdum frost and snow cover earth with winter's weeds, Exon. Th. 215, 8; Ph. 250
beorht
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Heó hæfde seofon síþum beorhtran sáule þonne snáw, Bl. H. 147, 17. Þá beorhtestan wununga, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 32. Add
hagal
Hail ⬩ grando ⬩ hail
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Gesihþ hreósan hrím and snáw hagle gemenged sees rime and snowfall mingled with hail, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 15; Wand. 48
Linked entry: hægel
winter-geweorp
A winter-cast ⬩ storm of snow or hail ⬩ tempest
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Snáw eorðan band wintergeweorpum, weder cóledon heardum hægelscúrum, Andr. Kmbl. 2513; An. 1258
Linked entry: ge-weorp
a-blícan
To shine ⬩ shine forth ⬩ to appear ⬩ glitter ⬩ to be white ⬩ to astonish ⬩ amaze ⬩ dealbari ⬩ micare
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Ofer snáw ic beó ablicen super nivem dealbabor, Ps. Spl. 50, 8
hagal-scúr
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Ne bið þǽr hagulscúras hearde mid snáwe non veniet . . . nix, grando, procella, Dóm. L. 264. Add
ge-tígan
To tie ⬩ bind
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To tie, bind Forhwon fealleþ se snáw wæstmas getígeþ why does the snow fall, bind up the fruits? Salm. Kmbl. 606; Sal. 302. Ðǽr stód án ramm getíged be ðam hornum there stood a ram tied by the horns, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 3: i. 206, 10: Lk.
hægel
hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl
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Hæglas and snáwas hails and snows, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. Heora wíngeardas wráðe hægle néde fornámon occidit in grandine vineas eorum, Ps. Th. 79, 47.
Linked entry: hagal
ofer-mægen
Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force
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Forst and snáw mid ofermægene eorfan þeccaþ, Exon. Th. 215, 6; Ph. 249. Him on swaðe fylgeþ A ofermægene, Salm. Kmbl. 187; Sal. 93
timber-hrycg
A wooded ridge (?); ⬩ as a local name Timber-ridge
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; as a local name Timber-ridge On timberhricges snád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 71, 1. Ofer fild-burnan on timberhrycg, iii. 463, 31. Timberrycg, 393, 27
ac
Why ⬩ whether ⬩ nonne ⬩ numquid
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Ac forhwon fealleþ se snaw why falleth the snow? 603; Sal. 301
fullere
A FULLER ⬩ bleacher ⬩ fullo
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A FULLER, bleacher; fullo His reáf wurdon glitiniende swá hwíte swá snáw, swá nán fullere ófer eorþan ne mæg swá hwíte gedón, Mk.
ge-wyrdan
To hurt ⬩ injure ⬩ lædere ⬩ nocere
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Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw gewyrdan neither rain nor snow can there injure, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 1; Ph. 19. Hæfde hí hungor and þurst heard gewyrded esurientes et sitientes, Ps. Th. 106, 4
Linked entry: ge-werdan