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eorl

a hero

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Óslác se mǽra eorl, 975; P. 122, 6. Óslác eorl and eal here þe on þís (his, f. v. l.) ealdordóme wunað, Ll. Th. i. 278, 5.]: Se cyng and Þúrkyl eorl (cf.

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Of manna múðum þín mǽrð ne áteorað, 112, 337. Lufu nǽfre ne áteorað, Hml. Th. ii. 564, II. Se dægÞonne ealle dagas áteoriað, þonne þurhwunað hé (Sunday) aa 310, 29. Hí (unexpected guests) nǽfre áteriað minstre mmquam desunt monasterio, R. Ben.

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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Habbaþ we to ðæm mǽran ǽrende Deniga freán we have an errand to the famous lord of the Danes, Beo. Th. 547; B. 271. Ðis is hold weorod freán Scyldinga this is a band attached to the lord of the Scyldings, 587, B. 291.

triumpha

(n.)
Grammar
triumpha, an; m.
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Ac ðonne hié hwelc folc búton gefeohte on heora geweald geniéddon, ðonne hié hámweard wǽron, ðonne sceolde him man bringan ongeán of ðære byrig crætwǽn, se wæs mid seolfre gegiered, and ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án, hiora consulum tó mǽrþe, Ors. 2

heáh-fæder

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Þurh þá mǽran wítegan and heáhfæderas, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 10. (1 a) in a special sense, one of the twelve sons of Jacob : — Twelf tída beóð on ðám dæge, and twelf mónðas on geáre; twelf heáhfæderas sind, twelf wítegan, twelf apostoli, Hml.

hwettan

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Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, micel módes hiht tó þǽre mǽran byrig, An. 286. Hweteð on [h]wælweg, Seef. 63. Ic hig hwette tó fleánne, Shrn. 41, 25

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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On ðone middel ðære mǽran byrig, Elen. Kmbl. 1724; El. 864. Hié gegripan on hire middel laid hold of her waist (cf. Laym. 28069, Þa leo iueng me bi þan midle: Piers. P. 5, 358, B. text), Blickl. Homl. 141, 29

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waroþ

(n.)
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waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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Óð ðone mǽran wearoð ( of Sicily ), Met. 1, 14. Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearoð (-od, MS.) nec nova littora viderat hospes, 8, 30. Weroþ, Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 13. Ðǽr ( at the Red Sea ) wǽron ða wareðas dríge, Ps. Th. 105, 9.

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æþele

(adj.)
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Mǽran, æþelan illustris (Agathae) , 4362. Þone æþelan geongan indolem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. Iosue þone æþelan, Jos. 4, 14. Þæs æþelran láreówes egregii dogmatist&e-hook;, An.

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gearcian

(v.)
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Hé hét gearcian tó heora gyftum mænigfealde mǽrða, Hml. A. 95, 103. Þysum is tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wíta, Hml. S. 24, 21. Éce brynas gearcigendum eterna incendia preparanti, Angl. xi. 116, 18. <b>I a.

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently softly, quietly, without disturbancecalmly, at ease, without troublegently, not harshlywithout discordeasily, without opposition facile

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Hí willniaþ manifeald earfoþe tó þrowianne, for ðam ðe hí willniaþ mǽran áre mid Gode tó habbanne, ðonne ða habbaþ ðe sóftor libbaþ Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 17: Shrn. 163, 20.

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díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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Kings i. 242), Chr. 905; P. 94, 2. v. mǽr-, mearc-, weall-díc. See also Leo, A. S. Names. pp. 123-6, Midd. Flur. s. v. díc

ge-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element; creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft all this great creation, Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12: 162; Kr. 82: Salm. Kmbl. 60; Sal. 30. Gesceaft plasma, Ælfc.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
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þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Fela mǽrra manna of manegan þeódscipan, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 24. Æfter sumum þeódscipum byþ ðes saltus on .xv. kl. Decembris, Anglia viii. 309, 18. Cf. folc-, leód-scipe

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CEARU

(n.)
Grammar
CEARU, caru, cearo, e; f.

CARE, sorrow, griefcura, dolor, mæror

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CARE, sorrow, grief; cura, dolor, mæror Cearu wæs geniwod geworden in wicum care was become renewed in the dwellings, Beo. Th. 2611; B. 1303: Exon. 22b; Th. 62, 7; Cri. 998: 119b; Th. 459, 10; Hy. 4, 114. Nis ðé nán caru non est tibi curæ, Lk.

Linked entries: cara care caru cearo

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Se ðe ðone mǽran noman abbodes underféhþ hé sceal mid twyfealdre láre ða wyldan and týn ðe him underþeódde synt cum aliquis suscipit nomen abbatis dupplici debet doctrina suis preesse discipulis, R. Ben. 11. 12.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Seó mǽre burh ðe ic geworhte tó wurðmyndum Babylon magna quam ego aedificavi in gloria decoris mei (Dan. 4, 27), Cd. Th. 254, 12 ; Dan. 610. Hwæt wit tó willan and tó worðmyndum árna gefremedon, Beo.

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dreórig

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Substitute: dreary, mournful, sad, sorrowful Dreórig maestus vel maerens, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 2: 83, 38. Se mann ðe bið dreórig, hé behófað sumes frófres, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 20: Wand. 25. Begann se wer dreórig wépan, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 13.

ge-hwæþer

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Ic gemyndige þá mǽran Raab and Babilonis, bégea gehwæðeres memor era Rahab et Babylonis Ps. Th. 86, 2.

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ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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Geþinga us intercede for us, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 29; Cri. 342. to determine Hafaþ nú geþingod to us þeóden mǽra the great prince hath determined [to come] to us, Cd. 226; Th. 302, 12; Sat. 598