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þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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Geceósan swá þrymmes þræce swá þrýstra wræce to choose either the power of glory or the misery of darkness, Exon. Th. 37, 14; Cri. 593.

Linked entries: ge-þracen þrece

cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
cristen, def.se cristena; sup. se cristenesta; adj. [Crist Christ]

Christian christianus

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Cristnu gesamnung the Christian church Ps. Th. 44, 11. Gif hwá cristenes mannes blód ageóte if any one shed a Christian man's blood L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 2; Ps. Th. 106, 31.

wer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wer-tihtle, an; f.
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4

Linked entry: tihtle

feórþan-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
feórþan-dǽl, es; m.

a fourth

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Quadrans ys fýrðling oððe feórðandǽl; ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne se feórðandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, Angl. viii. 306, 28-30. Ǽr þon þú ágefe þone nǽhstu feórþandǽl (novissimum quadrantem), Mt. R. 5, 26

Linked entries: dǽl feórþa

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.
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Ne mæg se man him nánre mild*-*heortnesse wénan, se þe nú forleósað þá getǽsan tíde þǽre dǽdbóte, Archiv cxxii. 259, 45

ge-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryttan, p. te
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Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9

Linked entries: bryttan ge-brittan

hell-waran

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Him þá getealdan stówe mid helwarum deputatum sibi apud inferos locum, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 643, 7

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.

Questioninquiry

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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung ( fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning

fúlnes

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Þá fúlnesse (fúlnessa, v. l.) fetorem, Sch. 624, 1. Fúlnesse putores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 63. in a moral sense Fúlnys obscenitas, i. turpitudo, An. Ox. 3674. Fúlnesse obscenitatis, 1727. Fólnesse (but the o is not quite distinct) turpitudinem, Kent.

un-dón

(v.)
Grammar
un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To undoto undo that which is closedto opento undo that which is boundto releaseto releaseabsolveto undo that which closesto open a doorto undo that which binds or fastensto undo a bolt, a knotto undo what has been doneto abrogatedestroy

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Ðæs on .ix. nihton ðæt wed undó hé mid rihtan gylde nine days after let him release the pledge by lawful payment, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 382, 9. to undo that which closes, to open a door, etc. Undóð mé duru sóðfæstra aperite mihi portas justitiae, Ps.

mittan

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þá heó eft cóm, þá mitte heó hire cild lifiende and gesund, Shrn. 32, 15. Add

þearle

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Add Þá Walas flugon þá Englan swíðe þearle (swá fýr, v.l. ), Chr. 473; P. 15, 5

gearo-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gearo-wyrdig, gearu-wyrdig; adj.

Ready in wordsspeaking with ease or fluencyeloquentverbis promptusfācundus

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Ready in words, speaking with ease or fluency, eloquent; verbis promptus, fācundus Se wítga song, gearo-wyrdig guma ðæt gyd awræc the prophet sang, the eloquent man recited the lay, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 19; Mód. 51

Linked entries: gearu-wyrdig wyrdig

incge

(n.; adj.)
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in the phrase incge láfe [a sword], Beo. Th. 5747; 13. 2577, appears to be a proper name. Ing occurs in stanza 22 of the Runic poem, and Ing-winas is a name of the Danes in Beowulf

hreðer-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer-loca, an; m.

The breast

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The breast, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 1; Gú. 1237: 82 a; Th. 309, 17; Seef. 58: 23 b; Th. 65, 17; Cri. 1056: Elen. Kmbl. 173; El. 86

gearwian

(v.)
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H. 10, 5. to make ready a person to do something Gearwa þé and þú on þone síð fére, Guth. 86, 26. for an action Gearwige hé hine tó húselgange, Ll. Th. i. 322, 7: 310, 7. to dress, clothe Gearwæþ uestit, Mt.

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORNa grainseedberry frumentumgranumbaccaa hard or cornlike pimplea cornkernel on the feet pustulaclavus

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Th. ii. 68, 17. Hie wǽron benumene ǽgðer ge ðæs ceápes ge ðæs cornes they were deprived both of the cattle and of the corn Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 18; Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 10, 8; Lchdm. iii. 254, 4.

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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stagan wyle the sign for an eel is to waggle the right hand, and then to put it over the left arm, and then, the left hand being extended, to make strokes with the right hand across the arm as if cutting it in bits as is done with an eel, when it is

Linked entry: stǽcan

eald-geníþla

(n.)
Grammar
eald-geníþla, an; m.

An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus

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An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan; antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus Ðe-læs him ealdgeníþlan scyððan cómon lest the old foes might come to injure him, Andr. Kmbl. 2098; An. 1050 : Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 37.

Linked entry: eald-feónd

healoc

(n.)
Grammar
healoc, healoc, healc, es; m. [diminutive of healh. Cf. holoc]
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A little corner or recess, concavity Hér sint tacn áheardodre lifre ge on þám læppum and healocum and filmenum, Lch. ii. 204, 5. On ðám liferbylum and læppum þe on þám liferholum and healcum (τὰ σιμά), 20. On þǽre lifre healcum and holocum, 206, 7.