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mere-weard

(n.)
Grammar
mere-weard, es; m.

A sea-wardone who keeps guard in the sea

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A sea-ward, one who keeps guard in the sea Se mereweard ( the whale ), Exon. 97 a; Th. 363, 13; Wal. 53

dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig, dreóreg, dreórg, driórig; def. se dreóriga, dreórega, seó, ðæt dreórige; adj.

bloody, gory, glorious cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsussad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY mœstus

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bloody, gory, glorious; cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsus Wæter stód dreórig and gedréfed water stood gory and troubled, Beo. Th. 2838; B. 1417: Ps. Tb. 135, 20: Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 14; Jul. 482. Hwæt druh ðú dreórega lo thou gory dust! Soul Recd. 33;

Linked entry: driórig

fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOSTfirstprīmus

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FOREMOST, first; prīmus Se ðe wyle betweox eów beon fyrmest, sý he eówer þeów qui vŏluĕrit inter vos prīmus esse, ĕrit vester servus, Mt. Bos. 20, 27: Mk. Bos. 9, 35: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35. Se fyrmesta and se betesta the foremost and the best; præstantissĭmus

Linked entry: formesta

ge-palmtwíged

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-palmtwíged, def. se -twígeda, seó, ðæt-twígede; part. [palm-twíg a palm-twig]

Palm-twigged, adorned with palm-twigspalmæ rāmis ornātus

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Palm-twigged, adorned with palm-twigs; palmæ rāmis ornātus Se gepalmtwígeda Pater Noster the palm-twigged Pater Noster, Salm. Kmbl. 23; Sal. 12. Ðæt gepalmtwígede Pater Noster, 77; Sal. 39

spillan

Grammar
spillan, Dele last passage, and see spillend: <b>-spilledness.</b>

Cofer-flód

(n.)
Grammar
Cofer-flód, Cofor-flód, es; n. m.

The sea of Galilee Galilæum mare

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Ðú gewítest on Wendelsǽ, ofer Coforflód, cýððe sécean thou goest on the Mediterranean sea, over the sea of Galilee, to seek thy country 407; Sal. 204

hilde-setl

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-setl, es; m.

A war-seat, saddle of a war-horse

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A war-seat, saddle of a war-horse, Beo. Th. 2082; B. 1039

hléda

(n.)
Grammar
hléda, hléde; m.

A seat

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A seat Ðes hléda, hléde sedile, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 26

Linked entry: hlýde

eást-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
eást-sǽ, es ; f.

The east sea, sea on the east side of a country orientāle măre

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The east sea, sea on the east side of a country; orientāle măre, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8: 1, 15; S. 483, 40

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mere-candel

(n.)
Grammar
mere-candel, e; f.

The sea-candlethe sun which rises from, or sets in the sea

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The sea-candle, the sun which rises from, or sets in the sea, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 114; Met. 13, 57

Linked entry: heáðu-sigel

bord-stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
bord-stæþ, es; pl. nom. acc. -staðu; n. [stæþ a shore, bank]

The sea-shorelitus

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The sea-shore; litus Eágorstreámas beóton bordstaðu [bordstæðu MS.] the ocean-streams beat the sea-shores, Andr. Kmbl. 883; An. 442

sæ-minte

(n.)
Grammar
sæ-minte, anf.

Sea-mint

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; Sea-mint Sǽminte nereta (cf. sea-minte nereta, Lchdm. iii. 304, col, l), althea, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 39:68, 79

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Gif hé geþeó ðæt hé hæbbe híwisc landes . . . þonne bið his wergild .cxx. sciłł.; and gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde, þonne sí his wer (were, v. l. ) .lxxx. sciłł., L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 14. Wergildes ( v. l. weres) . . . Se wer, 1; Th. i. 186,

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Hú ne witon wé ꝥ nán nearewnes, ne nán earfoþu, ne nán unrótnes, ne nán sár, ne nán hefignes nis nán gesǽlð, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 21. Is him óðer earfeðu . . ., ꝥ hí scoma mǽste dreógað, Cri. 1273. Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum, Gú. 165. Orsorg

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

ár-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
ár-gebland, es; m.

The mingling of the oarsthe sea disturbed by the oarsthe oar-disturbed searemorum commixtiomare remis turbatum

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The mingling of the oars, the sea disturbed by the oars, the oar-disturbed sea; remorum commixtio, mare remis turbatum, Andr. Kmbl. 765; An. 383

a-seárian

(v.)
Grammar
a-seárian, p. ode; pp. od

To become dryto seardry uparescere

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To become dry, to sear, dry up; arescere, Lchdm. iii. 355, 24

dúne-stígende

(adj.)
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descending Mid ðǽm dúnestígendum in seáð cum descendentibus in lacum, Ps. Srt. 87, 5

sǽ-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hengest, es; m.

a sea-horse hippopotamusa sea-steed, ship

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a sea-horse, hippopotamus Sǽhengest ipotamus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 30 . a sea-steed, ship Hú ðú wǽgflotan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, Andr. Kmbl. 975; An. 488

Linked entry: sǽ-mearh

heáh-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-setl, es; n.

A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justicethronethronus, solium, tricliniuma high seat (at table)

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A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice Ðín heáhsetl thronum, Ps. Th. 88, 26. Forðon héhseðil godes is quia thronus Dei est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 34.

Linked entry: heáh-seld