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ge-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen

To wreakavengerevengepunishulciscivindĭcārepūnīre

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Ic ðæt eall gewræc I have avenged all that, Beo. Th. 4015; B. 2005: 215; B. 107. Ðæt mǽg-winas míne gewrǽcon my kinsmen avenged that, 4952; B. 2479: Cd. 94; Th. 123, 1; Gen. 2038.

norþan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþan-weard, adj.

Northward

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Ða Pyhtas geférdon ðis land norþanweard the Picts occupied the north of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13

Linked entry: súþan-weard

geong

(n.)
Grammar
geong, sighs.
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For geong another MS. has gnornung, which seems the right reading. Perhaps geong has come from the error of a copyist whose eye was caught by forðgeonge that follows almost immediately?

ge-sceatwyrpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceatwyrpan, p. te
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Voc. ii. 25, 72. [ The O.H.Ger. scaz-wurf (v. Grmn. R. A. 332) manumissio seems to shew that the word is connected with sceatt not sceát, though the phrase in sceát álecgan (v. sceát; ) desponsare might seem to point to sceát.] Cf. be-sceatwyrpan

Linked entry: be-sceatwyrpan

syn-bryne

(n.)
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sinful passion Deófol þe ús on lífe mid þǽre synbryne (mid þǽre synne bryne onǽlþ?. The Latin is: Spiritus qui ad peccandum succendit, and the English version is imperfect.

of-sendan

(v.)

to reach by sending, send for, summon

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Ðá sende se cyng æfter ðám scypon ðe hé ofsendan mihte the king sent after the ships that his summons could reach 1049; Erl. 172, 39

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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auctor this augmenter, and hæc auctrixthis augmentress, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ícestre

BOLLA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLLA, an; m.

Any round vessel, cup, pot, BOWL, a measurevas, cyathuscaput, globusa punch-bowlthe brain-pan, skullbowl

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Ðǽr wǽron bollan steápe boren æfter bencum there were carried deep bowls behind the benches, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 14; Jud. 17

be-seón

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Add Hine ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Add Þá ðing þe gé beseóð and betst on gelýfað ea quae uera et optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 6.

for-beran

(v.)
Grammar
for-beran, p -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [for for; beran to bear]

To FORBEARabstainrefrainrestrainbear withenduresufferabstĭnēresustĭnērecomprĭmĕrereprĭmĕretŏlĕrārepătiferre

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Th. 3759; B. 1877. Hí firenlustas forberaþ in breóstum they restrain sinful lusts in their breasts, Exon. 44b; Th. 150, 9; Gú. 776.

ge-nyht

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Þú wunast on þére héhstan genyhte ubi summa plenitudo, Solil. H. 9, 9. Gebeorh bringeð tó genihte wæstme montem uberem, Ps. Th. 67, 15, 16: 91, 13. Hé sende on heora múþas mete tó genihte misit saturitatem in animas eorum, 105, 13.

fremede

ultraalienaaliaplus praeterof another familystrangerof another race or country not natural or native foreignexternalunknownnot friendlyestrangednot in the society offree fromnot participating indeprived of

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Th. 68, 8, free from, not participating in deprived of. Grammar fremede, with case Þý lǽs hé þæs heofenlican lofes fremde wǽre, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 26. Hé wearð fremde þǽre costunge alienus extitit a tentatione, Gr.

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Ðás twelf tácna ( the signs of the Zodiac ) synd swá gehiwode on ðám heofenlícum roderum (rodere, MSS. R. L. P.), Lchdm. iii. 246, 6. mostly as a poetical term, the heavens, sky, upper regions Rodores candel the sun, Beo. Th. 3148; B. 1572.

Linked entry: rador

flint

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Seó clǽnnes þá fulnesse mid flinte torfað (saxo percutit), Prud. 12 a. God hét þæt Abraham náme scearpecgedne flint, Hml. Th. i. 92, 34: Wlfst. 195, 9.

BÆC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆC, g. bæces; pl. nom. acc. bacu, bæc; g. baca; d. bacum; n. A

BACKdorsumtergum

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Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15. Ǽr hí bacum tobreden before they turn their backs to each other, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 20; Gn. Ex. 192. ¶ On bæc retro, Jn.

CLÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁÞ, cláðes; m.

CLOTH,pannusvestirnenta

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Th. 44, 10: Exon. 18b; Th. 45, 27; Cri. 725: 28b; Th. 87, 12; Cri. 1424. Ruben tær his cláðas Reuben tore his clothes, Gen. 37, 29: Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10

Linked entry: clǽþ

bold-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
bold-getæl, es; n. [bold a house, getæl a number, tribe, register]

A dwelling-place, mansion, habitation, housedomicilium, mansio, vicus, domus

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Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 2; that is, If a person who had commended himself, wished to take his name off the manor-roll of one lord, etc. Thorpe's Laws, vol. i. p. 86, note a

ofer-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, occupy, take possession ofto desist from, abstain from

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Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond. Laym. 8035.] to desist from, abstain from Ic ofersitte supersideo Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 45.

hús-bonda

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þonne gé tó gereorde gelaðode beóð, ne sitte gé on þám fyrmestam setlum, þe lǽs ðé árwurðra (honoratior te. Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, v. l. ) háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28. Add

ád-loma

(n.)
Grammar
ád-loma, -lama ? an; m.

One crippled by the flame?cui flamma claudicationem attulit?

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One crippled by the flame? cui flamma claudicationem attulit? Earme ádloman poor wretches, i. e. diaboli, Exon. 46a; Th. 156, 33; Gú. 884. —

Linked entry: lama