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méd

(n.)
Grammar
méd, e; f.

Meedreward

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Th. ii. 516, 24: Cd. 19; Th. 130, 29; Gen. 2167. Ðú médum scealt onfón, 141; Th. 176, 24; Gen. 2916. Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 34

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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Th. ii. 346, 29

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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To hear; audīre Ic ne sceal ǽfre gehéran ðære byrhtestan béman stefne I shall never hear the brightest trumpet's sound, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 14; Sat. 171 : 220; Th. 284, 27; Sat. 328.

un-gerím

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerím, adj.

Countlessnumberlessinnumerableincalculableimmense

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Th. ii. 494, 16. S. Anastasius, scs Basilius and ungeríme óðre, L. Ælfc. C. 6; Th. ii. 344, 30: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 46, 14. Óðre ungeríme, 9, 37; Zup. 62, 5: 9, 38; Zup. 63, 8. gefremminge ungerímra tácna, Homl. Th. i. 310, 17.

swíðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðrian, p. ode.

to become or be stronger, to prevailto avail

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Saulus micclum swýðrode Saul increased the more in strength (A. V. Acts 9, 22), Homl. Th. i. 388, 3. Hyra stefna swíðredon invallescebant voces eorum, Lk.

Linked entry: a-swýðerian

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.

ge-frætewian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frætewian, -frætwian, -fretwian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To adorndecktrimornāreredĭmīre

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Fægre gefrætwed neatly adorned, 59 b; Th. 217, 2; Ph. 274 : 64 a; Th. 237, 4; Ph. 585

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10. Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4 ; Ruin. 36. heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59.

aspide

(n.)
Grammar
aspide, es; m.

An aspviperserpentaspisĭdisάσπίsίδοs

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. = άσπίs, ίδοs; f. a sort of serpent remarkable for rolling itself up in a spiral form: a negative, and σπίζω to extend, Scapulæ Lexicon Aspidas aspides, Ps. Th. 139, 3.

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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The Burgundians; Burgundiones. These, in Alfred's time, dwelt to the north-west of the Osti. We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder.

Linked entry: Burgendan

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, cláne, cléne; adv.

CLEAN, entirelypenitus, omnino

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Clǽne biþ beorhtast nesta bǽle forgrunden the brightest of nests is entirely destroyed by the fire, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 18; Ph. 226: Ps. Th. 88, 37. Ðæt mín cynn clǽne [MS. clane] gewíte that my race be clean gone, Cod. Dipl. 235; A.

Linked entry: cléne

gamel

(adj.)
Grammar
gamel, gamol; adj.

Oldagedsĕnexvĕtustus

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Old, aged; sĕnex, vĕtustus Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding the aged Scylding would visit his bed, Beo. Th. 3588; B. 1792. Wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince gyfen the golden hilt was given to the aged warrior, 3359; B. 1677 : Elen.

lást-weard

(n.)
Grammar
lást-weard, es; m.

a successorpursuer

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One who keeps in the steps of another, a successor, pursuer Ðone lástweard, his swǽsne sunu [Isaac], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 7; Exod. 400. Wræcmon gebád láðne lástweard the fugitive awaited the foe that followed, 148; Th. 186, 13; Exod. 138.

be-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þurfan, bi-þurfan, ic, he -þearf, ðú -þearft, pl. -þurfon; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorfton; subj. -þurfe, pl. -þurfen; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorften; gen. or acc. or v. n.

To need, have need, want, to be in want, to requireopus habere, egere, indigere

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To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require; opus habere, egere, indigere Wísdómes beþearf he requires wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 1082; El. 543. Ic árna biþearf I need mercy, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48.

ge-hádod

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hádod, -háded; def. se ge-hádoda; part.

In holy ordersordĭnātus

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P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 16; Wilk. 169, 23. Se gehádoda one in holy orders; ordĭnātus, 42; Th. ii. 382, 23; Wilk. 169, 34. Be gehádedum mannum concerning men in holy orders; de ordinatis, Th. ii. 364, 7; Wilk. 161, 1.

Linked entry: hádod

ge-martyrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-martyrian, -martirian, -martrian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To martyrmarty̆rem făcĕre

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Th. i. 484, 33 : Boutr. Scrd. 18, 8, 10. Wæs heáfde beslegen and gemartyrad se mon decollātus est mīles, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 39. Ðus wearþ gemartirod se mǽra apostol thus was martyred the great apostle, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 24 : 478, 22 : 496, 22

Linked entry: martyrian

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse (wulle added in MS. W.) carpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 13. Carpsit, discerpsit, trahit, evellit, vel tǽst, Wülck.

wiþer-breca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-breca, an; m.

An adversary

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Th. 120, 2; Gú. 265. Ðú forbriccest wiþerbrecan conteruisti adversarios, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 7: Cd. Th. 4, 35; Gen. 64

deóp

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Th. i. 436, 15. Be þám deópestan áðe by the most solemn oath, 324, 19