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turf

(n.)
Grammar
turf, gen.dat.tyrf ; pl. tyrf and turf; f.

a turfsodpiece of earth with grass on it turfgreenswardthe grassy surface of the earth

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Ne turf ne toft not a sod nor a field (i. e. neither little nor much?), Lchdm. iii. 286, 23. Tyrb cespites, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 69. Tyrf, 23, 18: glebe, 40, 37.

Linked entry: tyrf

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.

Watchful careobservancekeeping of a commandheedcarecare for the safety of otherssafe-keepingcustodykeeping from injuryguarddefenceprotection against attackguard

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Skt. ii. 24, 56, 60. Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.

Linked entry: wer-genga

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Dó swá on ðínum wínearde and on ðínum elebeámon ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo, Ex. 23, 11. Hé gesette him wíneard plantavit vineam, Gen. 9, 20. Wíngeard, Cd. Th. 94, 8; Gen. 1558. Wíngeord, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 1.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Ne frín ðú æfter sǽlum, sorh is geníwod, Beo. Th. 2648; B. 1322. ¶ On sǽlum, sálum in a state of happiness, happy [cf. þu ware a sele gief ich was wroð, O. E. Homl. ii. 183, 17. Heora færð wes on sæle was prosperous, Laym. 1310.

Linked entry: sél

ge-wunian

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

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Ðú in ðære stówe stille gewunadest in that place didst thou dwell quietly, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 7; Hö. 100. Ic mínum gewunade frumstaþole fæst I dwelt fast in my original station, 122 b; Th. 471, 17; Rä. 61, 2.

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Th. i. 6, 10. with the person for whom request is made, (I) given by dat. with construction of III. 1 Wé ús forgifnessa (or acc. ?) biddaþ. Bl. H. 19, 29. Men him forgifnesse biddaþ, 77, 17: 107, 22.

ár-wurþian

(v.)
Grammar
ár-wurþian, -wurþigean; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To give honour toto honourreverenceworshiphonorarehonorificarevenerari

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Geleáfa sóþlíce se geleáffulla ðes is; ðæt ánne God on Þrýnnesse and Þrýnnesse on Ánnesse we árwurþian fides autem catholica hæc est; ut unum Deum in Trinitate et Trinitatem in Unitate veneremur, Ps. Lamb. fol. 200 a, 15.

Linked entry: ár-wurþigean

hring

(n.)
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in the phrase wópes hring. Occurs four times, in poems by the same author Ðá cwom wópes hring þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát út faran weóll waðuman stream, Andr. Kmbl. 2558; An. 1281.

Linked entry: wóp

þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen

To throwTo twistracktortureTo twistturn roundto take a different directionto turn roundrevolveto curl

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Th. ii. 510, 8. to turn round, revolve Þráwende rotante (fusa, Ald. 175, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 78. to curl Þráwendum ł cyrpsiendum loccum crinibus crispantibus, Hpt. Gl. 435, 9

á-fyllan

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Th. ii. 350, 25. Wynsum brǽð þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 111. Áfyl ðá wunde. Lch. ii. 22, 20. Þá hié heora cawelas áfylled hæfdon, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 27. <b>I a.

hleór

a cheeka face

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Ic bidde ꝥ gé wylspringas ontýnan on hleórum . . . dreórige hleór (moestam faciem) drecab mid wópe, Dóm. L. 26-35. Hleór genas Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 20. a face Hleór frons, Txts. 64, 438: facies Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 44. Hleór vel wlita frons 151, 4.

hólunga

(adv.)
Grammar
hólunga, adv.

In vain, to no purpose, without cause, without intent

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P. iv. 68, 22; Th. ii. 230, 27. Ðære tíde wæs ðæt mǽste wæll geworden on Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican.

Linked entries: hól hólinga

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Biþ on hreðre drepen biteran stræle is smitten in the breast with the bitter shaft, Beo. Th. 3494; B. 1745.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

efenlíce

(adv.)
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Voc. ii. 143, 61. Geþyld sóð ys fremede yfelu emlíce þolian, Scint. 10, 3: 12, 5: 114, 16. Emlíce forberan, Hml. Th. i. 526, 33: 534, 5: Hml. S. 13, 291. v. emn-, em-líce in Dict

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Ex. 41. to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything Ic ðé ofteó mînne fultum . . . Ic ofteó mîne rénscúras I will withhold from thee my help . . . I will withhold my rain-showers, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 32-33.

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen

To die a natural or a violent deathto die by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a nounto die to anything, become dead to, have no further concern withto dieto starveto starvehungry

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Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 2. Ðú scealt deáðe sweltan morte morieris, Gen. 2, 17: L. Alf. 14; Th. i. 48, 4. Ic sceal æt ðé sweltan deáðe, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 27. Wundum sweltan, Byrht. Th. 140, 25; By. 293.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

un-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gleáw, adj.

without understandingwithout skillnot sagaciousignorantblinddullnot apt for service

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Voc. i. 55. 49. Ungleu caecus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 14. Synt gé þus ungleáwe (inprudentes)? Ne ongyte gé ðæt...? are ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that...? Mk. Skt. 7, 18. Ungleáwe inertes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 32.

wiþ-metan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-metan, p.-mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten

To compare

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Th. i. 486, 25, 29. Beón wiðmeten ðínre strengðe comparari fortitudini tuae, Deut. 3, 24: Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 21: Ps. Spl. 48, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 200, 33: 456, 13. Grammar wiþ-metan, with prep.

Linked entry: wiþer-metan

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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, mín meregrot, ne ic þé nǽfre ne forlǽte, mín eorclanstán,' Bl.

ge-lǽred

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Voc. ii. 141, 69