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dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig, dreóreg, dreórg, driórig; def. se dreóriga, dreórega, seó, ðæt dreórige; adj.

bloody, gory, glorious cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsussad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY mœstus

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bloody, gory, glorious; cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsus Wæter stód dreórig and gedréfed water stood gory and troubled, Beo. Th. 2838; B. 1417: Ps. Tb. 135, 20: Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 14; Jul. 482. Hwæt druh ðú dreórega lo thou gory dust! Soul Recd. 33;

Linked entry: driórig

fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOSTfirstprīmus

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FOREMOST, first; prīmus Se ðe wyle betweox eów beon fyrmest, sý he eówer þeów qui vŏluĕrit inter vos prīmus esse, ĕrit vester servus, Mt. Bos. 20, 27: Mk. Bos. 9, 35: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35. Se fyrmesta and se betesta the foremost and the best; præstantissĭmus

Linked entry: formesta

ge-palmtwíged

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-palmtwíged, def. se -twígeda, seó, ðæt-twígede; part. [palm-twíg a palm-twig]

Palm-twigged, adorned with palm-twigspalmæ rāmis ornātus

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Palm-twigged, adorned with palm-twigs; palmæ rāmis ornātus Se gepalmtwígeda Pater Noster the palm-twigged Pater Noster, Salm. Kmbl. 23; Sal. 12. Ðæt gepalmtwígede Pater Noster, 77; Sal. 39

spillan

Grammar
spillan, Dele last passage, and see spillend: <b>-spilledness.</b>

oster-scill

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Genim henne gelyndo and osterscylle, sete on gléda, wyrm hwón, 310, 3. Osterscella, 52, 25. Add

ongeán-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-cyme, es; m.

A return

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A return Útfæreld his fram fæder, ongeáncyme (regressus) his tó fæder, and utrene tó helle, ongeáncyme (recursus ) tó setle Godes, Hymn. Surt. 44, 17, 23

teóðung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-mann, es; m.
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one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15.

cúðe

(adv.)
Grammar
cúðe, adv.

Clearly manifeste

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Clearly; manifeste Ic cúðe gesette I have clearly set, Ps. Th. 88, 3

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-limplíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fitlyseasonablyopportunelyopportúne

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Fitly, seasonably, opportunely; opportúne Ðæt hí oncnáwen hú gelimplíce úre God ða ánwaldas and ða rícu sette that they might know how seasonably our God settle the empires and the kingdoms, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 40, 7.

Linked entry: limplíce

a-gymmed

(adj.; part.)

set with gems

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set with gems Agymmed hringc ungulus, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 30; Wrt. Voc. 40, 59

GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh; jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens Ðeáh ðe he geong sý folces hyrde although he be a young shepherd of his folk, Beo. Th. 3667; B. 1831: Rood Kmbl. 77; Kr. 39. Mǽden, oððe geong wífman puella, Wrt. Voc. 73, 5.

eahta

Grammar
eahta, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> with ordinals
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Th. 38, arg. the abstract number eight Nim viii and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32

bísnian

(v.)

to give or set an example

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to give or set an example, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20: 39, 11; Fox 230, 2

á-rǽfan

(v.)
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to set free, unwrap Árǽfdon expedierunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 37. Árǽfdan (printed árǽrdan) expedierant, 29, 64

Linked entries: á-ráfian rǽfan

býn

(adj.)
Grammar
býn, def. se býna, seó, ðæt býne; adj. [býþ; pres. of búan to inhabit, occupy]
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Inhabited, occupied; habitatus Ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 45. Licgaþ wilde móras on emnlange ðæm býnum lande wild mountains lie along the inhabited land, 1, 1; Bos. 20, 44

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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CLEAN, pure, clear; mundus, purus, merus, serenus Ðonne án unclǽne gást biþ adrifen of ðæm men, ðonne biþ ðæt hús clǽne when an unclean spirit is driven out of a man, then the house is clean, Past. 39, 1; Hat. MS. 53a, 8. Swá swá clǽne nýten eodorcende

Linked entries: cláne cléne

dys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dys-líc, dyse-líc; def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Foolish, stupid stultus

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Foolish, stupid; stultus Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 11: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 11. Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen. Kmbl. 77

god-gesprec

(n.)
Grammar
god-gesprec, gód-gesprec ?. See preceding word, and <b>god-sprec.</b>

Linked entry: god-sprec

a-sáh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sáh, p. of a-sígan.

setsank

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set, sank,Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 30, col. 1; 269, 28, col. 1; 26, col. 2;

býsnigan

(v.)
Grammar
býsnigan, to give or
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set on example, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35: L. Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17