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fór-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-rídan, p. -rád, pl. -ridon; pp. -riden

To ride beforeinterceptpræequĭtāreintercĭpĕre

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To ride before, intercept; præequĭtāre, intercĭpĕre Fórrád sió fierd hie fóran the force rode before them. Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 25. Ða men hie fóran fórridan mehton bútan geweorce the men they might intercept outside the work, 894; Erl. 93, 11

set-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
set-hrægl, es; n.
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Ic gean tó Cristes weofede ánre lytlere goldenre róde and ánes sethrægles ( an altar-cloth? ], Chart. Th. 564, 10, 18. Án lang healwáhrift and þríó sethrægl, 538, 4

Linked entry: setl-hrægl

sceád-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sceád-wís, adj.
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Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 88

for-wúndian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To wound badlyulcerategrăvĭter vulnĕrāre

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Forwúnded mid wommum wounded with sins, Rood Kmbl. 27; Kr. 14. Ða men wǽron forwúndode the men were badly wounded, Chr. 882; Erl. 83, 11: 897; Erl. 96, 13

ǽrror

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽrror, prep. dot.

Beforeante

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Before; ante Cymeþ eástan up ǽrror [MS. æst ror] sunnan, and eft æfter sunnan on setl glídeþ comes up from the east before the sun, and again after the sun glides to his seat, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 52; Met. 29, 26

ge-mǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽtan, p. -mǽtte; pp. -mǽted; v. impers. acc.

To dreamsomniare, somnium videre

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To dream; somniare, somnium videre Hwæt hine gemǽtte what he had dreamed, Cd. 178; Th. 223, 20; Dan. 122 : Rood. Kmbl. 3; Kr. 2. Swá his man-drihten gemǽted wearþ as his lord had dreamed, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 21; Dan. 157

Linked entry: mǽtan

wǽpen-þrǽge

(n.)

arms

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wǽpen-geþræc), wíge tó nytte, módcræftig smið, monige gefremman, ðonne hé gewyrceþ tó wera hilde helm oððe hupseax, oððe heaþubyrnan, scírne méce, oððe scyldes rond fæste gefégan wið flyge gáres, Exon. Th 296, 34; Crä. 61

Linked entry: -þrǽge

hilde-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-rinc, es; m.

A warrior

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Kmbl. 525; El. 263: Rood Kmbl. 112 Kr. 61: 143; Kr. 72

út-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
út-scyte, es; n.

An out-shootoutletplace where a stream or road runs into another

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An out-shoot, outlet, place where a stream or road runs into another Be bróce óð Pippelriðiges útscyte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 330, 20. 'Faraþ tó wega útscytum' ... Útscytas ðara wega sind áteorung woruldlícera weorca, Homl. Th. i. 526, 11-14

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossomflorere, efflorere, reflorereto be in full vigour or bloomto burst, blossom

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Aarones gyrd greów and bleów and bær hnyte Aaron's rod grew and blossomed and bare nuts, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 18. Bleów flǽsc mín refloruit caro mea, Ps. Lamb. 27, 7.

ærne-weg

(n.)
Grammar
ærne-weg, es; m. [ærnan to run, weg a way]

A running-waya way fit for running ona broad roadvia cursui aptaplatea

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A running-way, a way fit for running on, a broad road; via cursui apta, platea Æt sumes ærneweges ende at the end of some course, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 9. Gescroepe ærneweg via apta cursui equorum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41

ísen

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen, adj.

Iron

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Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen the rod was all iron, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17. Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus, St. And. 38, 8.

féðe-mund

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-mund, e; f.

A foot-handmánus gressus

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Used for the fore-feet of the badger Ic sceal fromlíce féðemundum þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan I [a badger] shall strenuously work a road through a steep mountain with my fore-feet, Exon. 104b; Th. 397, 10; Rä. 16, 17

Linked entry: mund

síd-weg

(n.)
Grammar
síd-weg, es ; m.
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A road that stretches far ; in the plural distant parts Ðá wæs gesamnod of sídwegum mægen unlytel, Elen. Kmbl. 564 ; El. 282. Fugla cynn on healfa gehwone heápum þringaþ sígaþ sídwegum contrahit in coetum sese genus omne volantum, Exon.

binde

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Þæt þú [stríce] mid foreweardum fingrum þín forewearde heáfod fram þám ánum eáran tó bon óþrum on bindan tácne (cf. strícan on róde tácne, 2) trace out a fillet on the forehead with the tips of the fingers from ear to ear, Tech. ii. 129, 20. Add

wrítan

Grammar
wrítan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé Cristes róde tácen þǽr tóweard wrát signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 9

ge-síman

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Se sceaða wæs on róde scyldig and mánfull, mid undǽdum eall gesýmed, Dóm. L. 58. Ge-sýmedum (-sém-, Hpt. Gl. 468, 26) honustis, An. Ox. 2644

Linked entry: ge-sýman

tó-efnes

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-efnes, -emnes; prep. with dat.

On a level with,abreast of,alongside,beside

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On a level with, abreast of, alongside, beside Andlang weges óð tóemnes ðære micelan díc the boundary runs along the road until it comes on a level with the great dike, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 3.

Linked entry: efen

ge-segnian

(v.)
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Hí gesáwon ꝥ hé wæs gemearcod mid þý gerýne Crístes róde tácnes, þá cwǽdon hí: 'Þis is ǽmtig fæt and gesegnod (signatum),' Gr.

eá-streám

(n.)
Grammar
eá-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, a riverrīvus

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Ofer eástreámas is brycgade blace brimráde over the river-streams the ice bridged a pale water-road, Andr. Kmbl. 2523; An. 1263