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stífian

(v.)
Grammar
stífian, p. ode
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Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 15. Ic stífie obrigesco, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 32. Stífodan rigebant, durescebant, Hpt. Gl. 483, 68

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hreów

Grammar
hreów, sorrow.
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Hæbben wé góde hreówe úra synna, Verc. Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

næftig

(adj.)
Grammar
næftig, adj.
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N[æ]fti[ge] inopes An. Ox. 56, 227. N[æ]f[tige] egenos 231

gyr

(n.)
Grammar
gyr, gyra; m., gyru; f.

Mudfenmarsh

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Mud, fen, marsh Gyr lætamen, Hpt. Gl. 516. On gyran torr[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 8. Gyrwe fenn palus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 29. Gyran, gyras paludes, Lye

lufu

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Lufe wyrcean, Gen. 624. of man towards God Him Dryhtnes lof born in breóstum, brondhát lufu, . 937. Seó lufu . . . byil geéced þonne þæt andgyt byð gefæstnod on Gode ; ne þare lufu ne byð nán ende, Solil. H. 29, 6-8.

wæstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, adj.

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Land ðe ys wæstmbǽre ǽgðer ge on hunie ge on meoluce terram fluentem lacte et melle, Ex. 33, 3. Eletreów westembére oliva fructifera, Ps. Surt. 51, 10. Eorðan westem*-*bére terram fructiferam, 106, 34.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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sonitus Gr.

geár

(n.)
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Wæs folde geblówen, geácas geár budon, . 716. with respect to productivity of the ground, a (good or bad) year Æfter cóm gód gér (geár, v. l. ) and wæstmberende, Bd. 4, 13 ; Sch. 419, 12. Hærfest hæleðum bringeð géres wæstmas, Gn.

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé and hét sceófan mé on cweartern me retrudi jussit in carcerem, Gen. 41, 10. (devils) scofene wurdon fore oferhygdum in éce fýr. Exon. Th. 140, 5; Gu. 605.

lár

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Gl. 1175. <b&gt;IV a.</b&gt; an instance of malicious counsel, a plot :-- Ðá hǽþnan bisceopas ðæt wrégdon . . .

trymman

(v.)

to make firm or strongto construct strongly,of physical health or strengthto give strength tostrengthenof mental or moral strengthto confirmestablishgive strength to mind or heartto confirm,to corroborateconfirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statementto give as suretyto trimto set infirm orderarray troopsto settlearrangeto strengthen with wordsexhortencouragecomfortto become strongto be arrayed.

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Th. 130, 27; Gen. 2166. hyra sefan trymedon on frófre, Exon. Th. 83, 23; Cri. 1360. Swá hý hine trymedon, 110, 7; . 104. Bégen gebróþru beornas trymedon, wordon bǽdon, Byrht. Th. 140, 49; By. 305. Ðíne láreówas, ða ðec tó góde trymmen, Exon.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Th. 137, 35; Gen. 2284. On woruld cenned, 12, 20; Gen. 188: 57, 5; Gen. 923. In worold wacan, Beo. Th. 119 ; B. 60. Worold oflǽtan, 2371; B. 1183. Ðás woruld þurh gást gedál ofgyfan, Cd. Th. 68, 32; Gen. 1126.

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 3, Grammar þrí, used adjectivally Þrié Scottas cuómon, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 5. Ða þreó clystru ðæt sind þrí dagas, Gen. 40, 12. Ða þrí windlas ðæt sind þrí dagas, 18. Ða bróðor þrý, Cd. Th. 122, 28; Gen. 2033.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

GREÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
GREÁT, adj.
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God him send ufan greáte hagolstánas God cast down upon them great hailstones, Jos. 10, 11: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384. Ða wǽron unmetlíce greáte heáhnasse ingenti grossitudine atque altitudine, Nar. 4, 22.

wundrung

(n.)
Grammar
wundrung, e; f.

wonderingwonderadmirationastonishmenta wonderful sighta spectacle

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Gr. 5; Zap. 11, 3. Interjectio getácnaþ hwílon ðæs módes blisse, hwílon sárnysse, hwílon wundrunge, 48; Zup. 278, 6. a wonderful sight, a spectacle Wundrunge spectaculi, Hpt. Gl. 508, 27

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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<b&gt;I a.</b&gt; of land, to lie :-- ꝥ land búeð oð Méda ríce subjacet regionibus Medorum, Nar. 34, 11. Heora landgemǽre búað neáh þám gársecge, 38, 20. trans.

neáh-lǽcan

(v.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-lǽcan, neá-lǽcan; p. -lǽhte, -lǽcte

To draw nighapproach

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Th. 164, 4; . 1006. Deáþ neálǽcte, 170, 16; . 1112. Hé neálǽhte accessit, Gen. 27; 27. On ðære tíde ðe neálǽhte niðða bearnum, Cd. Th. 77, 32; Gen. 1284 : Judth. Thw. 21, 25; Jud. 34.

nytness

(n.)
Grammar
nytness, e; f.

Useutilityadvantageprofit

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Mid allum ðǽm nytnessum ge on fixnoþum ge on médwum ðe ðǽrtó belympaþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 186, 5, 9

un-áblinnendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áblinnendlíce, adv.

Unceasinglyincessantlywithout ceasingwithout intermission

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Gnættas ǽgþær ge ða men ge ða nýtenu unáblinnendlíce píniende wǽron ciniphes nusquam evitabiles, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 36, 31

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hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Substitute: <b&gt;hos,</b&gt; pl. hossas and (?) hosa a shoot, tendril Hos butrus (cf. cyprus, arbor est habens . . . butros sicut erba pratorum, Ld. Gl. H. 90, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 27: ii. 11, 56.