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BEALO

(n.)
Grammar
BEALO, bealu, balu; gen. bealowes, bealwes, bealuwes, baluwes; dat. bealuwe, bealwe, baluwe, bealo; acc. bealu, balu, bealo; instr. bealwe, bealuwe; pl. gen. bealwa, bealuwa, baluwa; dat. instr. balawum; balawun; n.

BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia

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Oft heó to bealwe bearn afédeþ often she nourisheth her child to woe, Salm. Kmbl. 745; Sal. 372. Him to bealwe to their own harm, Exon. 24 a ; Th. 68, 19 ; Cri. 1106. Bealwe gebǽded by calamity compelled, Beo. Th. 5644; B. 2826.

Linked entries: balewe balo balw bealu

DUST

(n.)
Grammar
DUST, es; n.

DUST ⬩ pulvis

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Fox 20, 207; Met. 20, 104: Salm. Kmbl. 630; Sal. 314: Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 4 ; Seel. 16: Bd: 4, 30; S. 608, 30. Hí beóþ duste gelícran, ðonne hit wind toblǽwþ tamquam pulvis, quem projĭcit ventus a făcie terræ, Ps. Th. 1, 5: 89, 6.

DRACA

(n.)
Grammar
DRACA, an; m.

a dragon ⬩ draco ⬩ a serpent ⬩ serpens ⬩ the serpent = the devil ⬩ diabŏlus

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Kmbl. 52; Sal, 26: Exon. 96 a: Th. 359, 4; Pa. 57

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINT ⬩ a rock ⬩ sĭlex ⬩ petra

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Ðæt ðú gesomnige flint unbrǽcne that thou unite the unfragile flint, Exon. 8a; Th. 1, 11; Cri. 6: Salm. Kmbl. 202; Sal. 100. Flintum heardran harder than flints, Exon. 25a; Th. 73, 13; Cri. 1189.

eall

(adj.)
Grammar
eall, adj.

All ⬩ tōtus

Entry preview:

Th. 4091; B. 2042: 4181; B. 2087: Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 5; Cri. 965: Salm. Kmbl. 2; Sal. 1: Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 9: Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35: 1, 26; S. 487, 37: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 15

Linked entries: eal ealles

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
Entry preview:

Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tóslítaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 696; Sal. 347. Lá wísan menu, gáþ on ðone weg ðe eów lǽraþ ða foremǽran bisna ðara gódena gumena and ðæra weorþgeornena wera ðe ǽr eów wǽron ( ite nunc fortes, ubi celsa magni ducit exempli via ).

sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
sceamol, es; m.

A bench, stool.

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I sal set þe faas of þe schamel of þi fete to be, Ps. 109, I

Linked entry: sceamel

Æl-mihtig

(n.)
Grammar
Æl-mihtig, -mihti

Almighty

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Fox 187; Men. 95 : Salm. Kmbl. 68; Sal. 34: Ps. Th. 69, 6: Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 19: Gen. 17, 1: 35, 11: 48, 3; Ex. 6, 3: Job Thw. 167, 27. Ælmihti, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 144; Met. 13, 72 : Th. Dipl. 125, 20.

Linked entry: eall-mihtig

FORST

(n.)
Grammar
FORST, es; m.

FROST ⬩ gĕlu

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Th. 3222; 6. 1609: Salm. Kmbl. 708; Sal. 353. Forste gefeterad fettered with frost, Menol. Fox 407; Men. 205: Homl. Th. i. 84, 15. Forstas and snáwas frosts and snows, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 31; Dan. 378

Linked entry: frost

eácen

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
eácen, adj. [pp. of eácan]

Increased, great, vast, powerful ⬩ auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus

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Insende eácne egesan he sent in mighty terror, Salm. Kmbl. 947; Sal. 473. Cræfte eácen great in skill, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 26; Rä. 81, 21: 14; Rä. 81, 15: 103 a; Th. 391, 21; Rä. 10, 8.

hýðan

(v.)
Grammar
hýðan, p. de

To despoil ⬩ plunder ⬩ lay waste ⬩ pillage ⬩ ravage

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Cwæþ ðæt hé mid his gesíðum wolde hýðan eal heofona ríce said that with his comrades he would ravage all the kingdom of heaven, Salm. Kmbl. 909; Sal. 454.

Linked entry: hýð-scip

ge-wesan

(v.)

to be together ⬩ converse ⬩ discuss

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to be together, converse, discuss Ic flítan gefrægn módgleáwe men gewesan ymbe hyra wísdóm I have learnt that wise men had disputes and discussions about their wisdom, Salm. Kmbl. 363; Sal. 181. Grein writes 'gewésan; p.

seolfor

(n.)
Grammar
seolfor, siolufr, silofr, sylfor (-er, -ur), es; n.
Entry preview:

Silofres, Salm. Kmbl. 62, MS. B. ; Sal. 31. Siolufres (siolofres, Cott. MSS.), Past. 37; Swt. 269, 4. Tó siolofre, Swt. 266. 20. Ic sealde siolfor (sylofr, Cott. MSS.), 48; Swt. 369, 6. Silofr, Swt. 368, 20. Hwítan seolfre bétan, Cd.

Linked entries: silofor sylfor

þæcele

(n.)
Grammar
þæcele, an; f.
Entry preview:

Dryhtnes ðecelan, Salm. Kmbl. 838; Sal. 418. Ðæccillas lampades, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 20. Mid brondum ł ðæccillum cum facibus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 3

Linked entries: þecele fæcele fæcele blysige

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

Entry preview:

Hé geslóg xxv dracena and hine ðá [of] deáþ offeóll he slew 25 dragons and then death fell upon him, Salm. Kmbl. 430; Sal. 216. Seó módinys wyle offeallan ða eádmódnysse superbia inruere vult super humilitatem, Prud. 32 b.

ge-men

(n.)
Grammar
ge-men, nom. pl : gen. -manna

Men

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Men Wǽron ðǽrin gemanna hand twelftig ðúsenda there were therein a hundred and twenty thousand men, Salm. and Sat. Kmbl. 186, 1

Linked entry: ge-manna

sealt-ýþ

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-ýþ, e; f.
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A salt wave, sea-wave Ðæt ic sealtýþa gelác cunnige, Exon. Th. 308, 5 ; Seef. 35. Sealtýþa geswing, 356, 7 ; Pa. 8

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

without ⬩ original, early

Entry preview:

It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

weorold-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wæter, es; n.
Entry preview:

Ic ðé secge, twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 24)

ge-goten

(v.; part.)

poured out ⬩ molten ⬩ melted

Entry preview:

Sal. and Sat. 61; Sat. 31

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