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middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Ðes middangeard wæs ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men him þurh his wlite, 115, 10. Ðes middangeard daga gehwylce fealleþ and ende éfsteþ, 59, 26: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290; Wand. 62.

Linked entry: middan-eard

a-wǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽstan, p. -wǽste ; pp. -wǽsted ; v. trans.

To wastelay wasteeat upvastarecarpere

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To waste, lay waste, eat up; vastare, carpere Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awǽstenne gærs quo modo solet bos herbas carpere, Num. 22, 4

clipian

(v.)
Grammar
clipian, clipigan,clipiaþ; ode; od

call, address, invokevocare, alloqui

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To make a vocal sound, call, address, invoke; vocare, alloqui We clipiaþ to ǽlcum þinge we address everything, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 25

Linked entries: cleopian clypian

fer-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
fer-scipe, es; m.

Societyfellowshipsŏcietas

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Society, fellowship; sŏcietas To healfnm fó se cyng, to healfum se ferscipe dīmĭdium căpiat rex, dīmĭdium sŏciĕtas, L. Ath. v. 2; Wilk. 65, 19

frioðo

(n.)
Grammar
frioðo, indecl. f.

Peacepardonpaxvĕnia

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Peace, pardon; pax, vĕnia He feóll to foldan, frioðo wilnode he fell to the earth, implored pardon, Andr. Recd. 1839; An. 920. vi freoðo

ymb-spannan

(v.)
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to span round Swyle ðon swíþe áswollen ðæt hine mon ná mid twám handum ymbspannan ( circumplecti ) mihte, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 7

Linked entry: spannan

biter-wyrde

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Bitter of speech, given to bitter words, Ꝥ gé ne beón biterwyrde, ne bealufulle on móde, Hml. A. 48, 576. Substitute: and add

fel-tún

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Hé gecierde inn ðǽm scræfe and wolde him ðǽr gán feltúne ad purgandum ventrem speluncam ingressus est, Past. 197, 15, 24. Add

for-bítan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bítan, p. -bát
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To bite to pieces, destroy by biting Áhleóp án leó and hió swengde on hine and forbát him þone sweoran, Hml. A. 206, 391

hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
hlíwe, an; f.

A shelter

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ðǽre strǽt; on ðá streátan hlýwan; of ðǽre hlýwan, C. D. iii. 229, 28. poshlíwan; ðonne of poshlíwan, 82, 2

mangian

(v.)
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to mix Suá is mon[g]ianne (mengenne, v. l.) ðá liéðnesse wið ðá réðnesse miscenda est lenitas cum severitate Past. 125, 13. (?)

bræsian

(v.)
Grammar
bræsian, brasian, ic bræsige, ðú bræsast, he bræsaþ, pl. bræsiaþ; p. ode; pp. od

ærare"To cover or furnish with brass, to make of brass

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ærare"; To cover or furnish with brass, to make of brass Ic bræsige [MSS. C. D. brasige] æro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39

Linked entries: bracigean brasian

costigend

(n.)
Grammar
costigend, costnigend, es; m.

A tempter tentator

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A tempter; tentator Se costigend eóde to him the tempter went to him Homl. Blick. 27, 4. Se costnigend tentator Mt. Bos. 4, 3

Linked entry: costnigend

ge-þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þerscan, p. -þearsc, pl. -þurscon

To strikebeatthrash

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To strike, beat, thrash Geþearsca cædere, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 65. To geþearscanne, 15, 15. Geþurscon cederunt, 12, 3: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 35

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To writeto give or bestow by writingto write along with othersconscribere

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To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere He létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon he had written how much land his archbishops had, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 29: Th. Chart. 296, 10.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Áscuton þá gástas of ðǽre niwelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 32. trans. of motion, to shoot a missile Án scytta áscét ána flán, Hml. S. 18, 220. Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta est, Gr.

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and <b>ge-dreóg.</b>
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Substitute: <b>ge-dreóg</b>, es; n. a dressing, something used in preparing material for use Ðá hremmas bróhton ðám láreówe lác médes swínes rysl his scón gedreóge ( the passage in Bede's life of Cuthbert is : Corvi digna munera ferunt

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Add: to the examples in Dict. : sometimes, as opposed to never, from time to time, now and again Gehwilce untrumnyssa hwíltídum þǽr wurdon gehǽlede, Hml.

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum tídum middanearde cómon, Hml. S. 5, 275.

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.

Linked entry: hamule