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meornan

(v.)
Grammar
meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen

To carefeel anxietytrouble one's self about anythingreck

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To care, feel anxiety, trouble one's self about anything, reck Nalles for ealdre mearn he recked not of life, Beo. Th. 2889; B. 1442. Nalas for fǽhþe mearn for fear of the feud was not troubled, 3079; B. 1537.

óþ-lǽdan

(v.)
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Beo. Th. 4288 under óþ-ferian), Cd. Th. 214, 15; Exod. 569. Cf. æt-lǽdan

bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruellyamare, acriter, atrociter

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[biter bitter] Bitterly, sharply, cruelly; amare, acriter, atrociter Ic eom bitre abolgen I am bitterly vexed, Exon. 119 b; Th. 458, 31; Hy. 4, 109: 120 b; Th. 463, 4; Hö. 65: Beo. Th. 4651; B. 2331.

Linked entries: bitere bittre

ge-bytlu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, indecl. f.

A building

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He eów sylþ micle burga and ða sélnstan gebytlu he will give you great cities and the best buildings, Deut. 6, 10

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽnsian, -clǽnsigan, -clǽsnian, -clánsian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clǽnsian to cleanse]

To cleansepurifymundārepurgāre

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Ic beó geclǽnsod mundābar, 50, 9 : Mt. Bos. 8, 3 : Mk, Bos. 1, 40, 41 : Bt. 38, 4; Fox 202, 29. Geclǽnsedra castīgātior, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 1

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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On gemonge in the throng, Beo. Th. 3290; B. 1643. On clǽnra gemong in the company of the pure, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 24; Jul. 420: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 193: 12; Thw. 26, 1; Jud. 304. Wyrta gemong aromata, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 56.

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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Ben. 35, 2: 42, 15: Wulfst. 305, 23

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

þweor-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-tíme, adj.

given to oppositioncontentiousgiven to evilwickeddepraved

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Ben. 13, 20

þyrs

(n.)
Grammar
þyrs, es; m.

A giantan enchantera demon

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Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 856; B. 426. Ealdum þyrse (þyrre, MS.), Exon. Th. 425, 29; Rä. 41, 63. Þyrsa oððe wyrmgalera Marsorum, þyrsas ł wyrmgaleras Marsi, Hpt. Gl. 483, 13-15. Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 9. Áníge þyrsas Cyclopes, Wrt.

weorþfullíce

(adv.)
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Ben. Interl. 42, 6

cum-líþness

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Ben. 109, 17. On þǽre cumlíðnesse, 21

eáge

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Ben. 12, 4. Fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hit cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Wiþ eágna ece, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Égna occellorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 44. Ǽgna (ætna, MS.), 92, 27. Þá súrigan eágan lippos oculos, 22

ge-hírsumnes

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Ben. 96, 17. as a technical term, the order given to a monk by his abbot; (obedientia quidquid ab abbate monachis injungitur, Migne) Gif þú tó hwilcere gehírsumnesse scapulares beþurfe, Tech. ii. 127, 18

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, 254, 6. to beg Hé gesaet æt woeg giornade sedebat juxta uiam mendicans, Mk.

heard-heort

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Ben. 13, 12

híg

haymown grass

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'Hé máweþ heig (gærs, v.l. fenum) on þissere dene' . . . þá geseah hé ꝥ hí ealle meówon ꝥ heig . . . ' Ber þis gréne híg (gærs, v.l.) þám horsum tó mete,' Gr. D. 36, 2-29. Take here heg (l. hég) in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hefung

ǽlc

Grammar
ǽlc, <b>. I</b> 1.
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Ben. 53, 16. (2 a) :-- On ǽlcum ánum geáre, Shrn. 63, 28. (2 b) :-- Ǽlcum his cempum, Hml. Skt. 31, 97. add: — Ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr. D. 160, 9

weá-láf

(n.)
Grammar
weá-láf, e; f.

A remnant spared by calamity those who remain after evil times the survivors of calamity

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Ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde, Beo. Th. 2200; B. 1098: 2172; 1084

hamer

(n.)
Grammar
hamer, homer, hamor, es; m.

A hammer

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Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged by the hammer, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285. Carcernes dura hamera geweorc the doors of the prison, the work of hammers, Andr. Kmbl. 2155; An. 1079. Homra, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 25; Jul. 237.

Linked entries: scip-hamer hamele homer

clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSINGinclosureconclusion of a sentenceperiodclaustrumperiodusπερίοδος

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Ben. Interl. 67. Periodos is clýsing oððe ge-endung ðæs ferses a period is the conclusion or ending of a sentence [lit. verse], Ælfc. Gr. 50, 14; Som. 51, 18

Linked entry: clýsung