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mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain

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Swá unefne is eorþe þicce, syndon ðás móras myclum ásprotene, Ps. Th. 140, 9. Ungeféredra móra inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20. In heágum mórum and in hréðum in arduis asperisque montibus, 4, 27; S. 604, 27: 3, 23; S. 554, 20.

gléd

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Gl. 970. (1 a) in pl. a fire, æt þám glédum at the fire :-- Sum man sæt æt þám (his, v. l.) gledum (sedebat ad prunas) in his húse mid his wífe and mid his lytlan suna . . . ꝥ hé sǽte mid him æt þám glédan . . . se áwyrgda gást þone sunu áwearp in ðá

feówer

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D. iv. 171, 7.

ge-féran

(v.)

to go ⬩ to depart this life, die ⬩ to fare ⬩ of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen ⬩ to go, make a journey ⬩ to travel a road, traverse a surface (land, sea) ⬩ to traverse a (great or small) distance ⬩ to gain, attain ⬩ to bring about, effect ⬩ to meet with, experience, get as one's fate or lot ⬩ to cause to move, to bring, bear.

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L. 25, 15. fig. :-- Þæt ic on þínre gewitnysse wel gefére converti pedes meos in testimonia tua, Ps.

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Th. i. 90, 3. with gen. , cf. nytan Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 4. Hit is earfoð tó witane þára biscopa þe þǽr tó cómon, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 26.

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.

to move in a course, wend, sweep ⬩ of a course of action, to come to take part in a matter ⬩ to be uncertain ⬩ rove, tarn, sweep ⬩ ferri, volvere, incitari ⬩ to cease, leave off

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[Here are added examples of á-swífan omitted in their place :-- Asuáb exorbitans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 74.

Linked entries: a-swífan swefian

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to work ⬩ make ⬩ build ⬩ form ⬩ dispose ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ celebrate ⬩ commit ⬩ to get by working ⬩ gain ⬩ obtain ⬩ merit

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Gif ic godes meahte willan gewyrcean if I could do God's will, Cd. 39; Th. 51, 31; Gen. 835. Ne meahte ic æt hilde mid Hruntinge wiht gewyrcean I could not perform aught with Hrunting in fight, Beo. Th. 3324; B. 1660.

Linked entry: ge-worht

leóf

(n.)
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Th. i. 294, 24. Ic bidde eów leóf ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse obsecro, domini, declinate in domum pueri vestri, Gen. 19, 2. Gefyrn ic hine cúðe leóf ... La leóf nele hé gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah!

reáf

(n.)
Grammar
reáf, es; n.
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Voc. i. 81, 40 : cultus, 39, 70. Heó æthrán his reáfes ( vestimenti ) fnæd. Heó cwæþ sóðlíce : Ic beó hál gyf ic hys reáfes æthríne, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20-21. Tó hwí sint gé ymbhýdige be reáfe ? 6, 28. Twegen weras on hwítum reáfe in veste fulgenti, Lk.

Linked entry: búr-reáf

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak

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Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf may much strife be lifted up for it above the top of its wall; circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, Ps. Th. 54, 9.

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to unclose ⬩ open ⬩ to disclose ⬩ lay open ⬩ solvere ⬩ inhiare

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Th. 72, 5. the word is used to gloss solvere and inhiare in the following Se ðe untýnes ł tóslittes ( solverit ) énne of bebodum ðissum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 19. Hé untýnde ( solvebat ) ðone Sunnadæg, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 5, 18.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

carian

(v.)
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Riht is ꝥ abbodas nǽfre ymbe woruldcara ne ídele prýda ne carian tó swýðe, Ll. Th. ii. 320, 35

for-cúþ

unclean ⬩ worthless

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Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91.

leán

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See examples in Dict. with dat. of person, to speak with disapproval of something to a person, with the idea of dissuading or prohibiting Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I do not tell you that loving both is a bad thing Solil. H. 61, 17.

sǽd

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add: what is sown: in pl. kinds of seeds .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, C. D. iv. 306, 28.

tó-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen

To tear to pieces, ⬩ wrench asunder, ⬩ dislocate ⬩ to root out, ⬩ destroy

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Hwil ꝥ Marherete spec þus, me toleac hire, swa ꝥ te reue fir þe stronge rune of ꝥ blodi stream ne mahte for muchele grure lokin þiderweardes, Marh. 7, ii. Wá is us ꝥ we iseoð þi softe lich toluken swa ladliche, 6, 7. Ȝef mi lich is toloken, 6, 12.

Linked entry: lúcan

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e; f.

Hardness, severity, force ⬩ violentia ⬩ duritia, ⬩ hardness, stiffness ⬩ hardness of heart ⬩ firmness, constancy ⬩ severity, strictness, hardness, rigour

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Th. ii. 86, 12, 26: 374, 15. Gif hwá ða stíðnysse áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcþ si quis austeritatem perferre nequeat, quam confessarius ejus ei praescripserit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 220, 25

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night

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Án ðæra dǽla is crepusculum, óðer is vesperum, þridde is conticinium, feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, fífta is gallicinium, syxta is matutinum vel aurora, seofoþa is diluculum, Lchdm. iii. 240, 10-244, 5.

Súþ-Langbeardan

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Langbeardan, the people (or
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country) of Lombardy In þám dǽlum Súþ-Langbeardena (Suð-Langbeardena landes dǽlum, v. l.) in Campaniae partibus, Gr. D. 169, 30. In Suð-Langbeardum (-Longbardum, v. l.) in Italia, 25, 26: in parte Campaniae, 210, 25

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 12.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt