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smiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
smiþþe, an; f.

A smithy, a smith's workshop officina, fabrica

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Hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 16. Gáþ tó smiððan and fandiaþ ðises goldes and ðissera gymstána Homl. Th. i. 64, 6.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Swylce ic tódǽle ǽnne penig on twá, þonne hæbbe ic healfne, and mín cleric healfne, and mín dǽl byð semis, and his semis, Angl. viii. 335, 28. adverbial use of instrumental.

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láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Kmbl. 14, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484

Linked entries: lǽf

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary force

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Án mægen and án wundor of monegum ásecgan unum e pluribus virtutis miraculum enarrare, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 38. Monige mægen and hǽlotácen gefremede wǽron innumeræ virtutes sanitatum noscuntur esse patratæ, S. 524, 28. On him synd mægenu geworht, Mk.

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rǽdan

(v.)
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Hé reht anð rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá gód steóra ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25. God ðe him stiórde and racode and rǽdde, 34,12; Fox 154, 6. Ðætte God rǽdde and weólde ealles middaneardes, 35, 2; Fox 156, 31.

herung

praiseapprobationpraiselauds

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Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on heorunge, Hml. S. 29, 272. Herunge favorem (nisi Deorum favorem repropitiarent. Ald. 67, 13), An. Ox. 4723. Herunga opinionum (oujus vitam tantis opinionum rumusculis extollit.

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Mid beclýsedum eágum, 408, 22. to close, put an end to:-- Þænne beclýsþ dæg dimnyss nyhta cum clauserit diem caligo noctium, Hy. S. 3, 1. to shut up in a place Beclýsde includit, An. Ox. 3148.

ge-sund

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Hé eóde cucu and gesund intó his byrgene, i. 74, 25. Ne swelte ic mid sáre, ac ic gesund lifige, Ps. Th. 117, 17: Bl. H. 245, 14. Hé is git hál and gesund viget incolumis, Bt. 10 ; F. 28, 14: Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 5.

flǽm

(n.)
Grammar
flǽm, es; m.

Flightfŭga

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Flight; fŭga He deófla afyrseþ and on flǽme gebringeþ he sends away devils and puts them to flight, L. C. E. 4; Wilk. 128, 15

fyorh

(n.)
Grammar
fyorh, gen. fyores; dat. fyore; n.

Lifevīta

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Life; vīta Fíf and hundteontig on fyore lifde wintra he passed a hundred and five years in life, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 10; Gen. 1184

Ealleríca

(n.)
Grammar
Ealleríca, an; m.

Alaric, king of the Goths

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Alaric, king of the Goths Rædgota and Ealleríca Rómáne burig abrǽcon Rhadgast and Alaric broke into the city of Rome, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 2

in-fóster

(n.)
Grammar
in-fóster, es; n.

Rearingbreeding

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Rearing, breeding Hit mín ágen ǽht is and mín infóster it is my own property and my rearing, L. O. 3 ; Th. i. 180, 7

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innan-burhware

(n.)
Grammar
innan-burhware, pl.
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Those living within a town- Ða geférscipas innanburhwara and útanburhwara the fellowships of the in-townsmen and of the out-townsmen, Chart. Th. 510, 31

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ge-wridian

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

To flourish

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To flourish Unarímed mengeo on manigfealdum ceápum geweóx and gewridode the innumerable multitude of all sorts of cattle grew and flourished, Blickl. Homl. 199, 2

blonca

(n.)
Grammar
blonca, an; m.

A grey horseequus albus

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A grey horse; equus albus Beornas and bloncan mid warriors and their grey horses with them, Exon. 106 a; Th. 405, 5; Rä. 23, 18

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be-lutian

(v.)
Grammar
be-lutian, p. ode
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To lie hid Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and þǽr belutode and hine sylfne áhýdde fugiens in cava arbore latebat, Gr. D. 293, 15

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
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Great age Samuhel and Danihel cildgeonge forealdedum mæssepreóstum démdon. For þig . . . ǽlc, forylde (oferylde, v. l.) and iugoðe, healde his endebyrdnysse, R. Ben. 114, 11

gryndan

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Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]

lǽþettan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþettan, p. te
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To make hateful Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, and his sáwle Gode lǽðetteð, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 6

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sárgung

(n.)
Grammar
sárgung, e; f.

Lamentation, grief

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Lamentation, grief Ðǽr is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 5. Beó ðú forþloten tó sárgungum esto pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 6

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