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snér

(n.)
Grammar
snér, e; f.

The string of a musical instrument filum, lineolus a twisted rope a (twisted) basket

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The string of a musical instrument Snér fidis Txts. 115, 148. Gellende snér Exon. Th. 353, 40; Reim. 25. Snellíce snére wrǽstan 332, 9; Vy. 82

Linked entry: snearu

ge-swincg

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

Labourtoillăbor

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Labour, toil; lăbor Léton ealles þeódscipes geswincg ðus leohtlíce forwurðan they let the toil of all the nation thus lightly perish, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 12

ge-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þurfan, ic -þearf; p. -þorfte

To have need or necessity;indigerenecesse habere

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To have need or necessity; indigere, necesse habere Ðýlæs ðé geþearfe to óðres mannes ǽhtum lest thou have need of another man's goods, Prov. Kmbl. 73

Linked entry: ge-þearf

hlǽnnes

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽnnes, -ness, e; f.

Leanness

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Módes hlǽnnys leanness of the mind, Homl. Th. i. 522, 31

forþlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
forþlíce, adv.

In a slate of forwardness

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In a slate of forwardness Swá hit ǽfre forðlícor beón sceolde swá wearð hit fram dǽge tó dǽge lætre and wyrre, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 37

for-týnan

To shut upprevent passage along

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Substitute: To shut up, prevent passage along a road, into or out of a place Þá scearpan þing sint fortýnende þá innoþas, Lch. ii. 212, 1

wan-hálian

(v.)
Grammar
wan-hálian, p. ode

To weakenimpair the health or soundness of something

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To weaken, impair the health or soundness of something Þurh ðisne drync beóð ǽgðær ge ða sáwle ofslagene ge ða líchaman gewanhálode, Homl. Ass. 146, 51

Linked entry: ge-wanhálian

symering-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
symering-wyrt, e; f.

The name of some plant

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The name of some plant Simæringcwyrt (symeringc-,Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 12) malua crispa, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 310, 12. Simeringwyrt viola, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 67

Linked entry: simering-wyrt

ge-cirran

(v.)
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., and add: A. trans. of actual movement. to turn, turn back, change the direction of motion of, a living creature Isaias wæs áwæg farende, ac God hine gecyrde, Hml. S. 18, 422.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

DEÓP

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓP, dióp; adj.

DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis

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Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum flód elna the flood stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 15; Gen. 1398. Noe oferláþ ðone deópestan drencflóda Noah sailed over the deepest of drowning floods, 161; Th. 200, 29; Exod. 364.

Linked entries: dýp dype dióp

clifian

(v.)
Grammar
clifian, cleofian, cliofian, clyfian;ode; od

To cleave, adhereadhærere

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His flǽsces lima clifaþ ǽlc on óðrum each of the limbs of his flesh cleaves to another, Past. 47; Hat. MS. Ðín tunge clifaþ to ðínum goman thy tongue cleaveth to thy gums, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 28. To ðære lifre clifiaþ adhærent jecori, Lev. 1, 8.

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon telum, jaculum, hasta

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Þurh daroþa gedrep through the stroke of darts, Andr. Kmbl. 2886; An. 1446. Dareþa of darts, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 11; Æðelst. 54. Ða ne dorston dareþum lácan who durst not play with javelins, Beo. Th. 5689; B. 2848

Linked entry: daraþ

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell ofrelatedeclare

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To tell of, relate, declare Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn.

pearroc

(n.)
Grammar
pearroc, es ; m.
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Of pearrocum de clatris, 26, 52: 18, 62. Of pearrucum, Hpt. Gl. 484, 44 : 508, 29. Ðæs gemǽre is on eásthealfe spachrycg, on súðan plumwearding pearrocas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 258, 12

gér

(n.)
Grammar
gér, es; n.

a yearannus

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and þearfum the year is the hope of men, when God letteth the earth give her bright fruits to rich and poor, Runic pm. 12; Kmbl. 341, 20; Hick.

for-feran

Grammar
for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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and add: of physical death. natural Se cing (Ethelred) forférde (geendode his dagas, v. l.) on S.

ge-hagian

(v.)
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To be within the means or power of a person Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie, Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129. Cf. on-hagian

hreáw hreów

(v.)
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.

hægel

(n.)
Grammar
hægel, hægl, es; m.

hailthe Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl

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Sealde heora neát hæglum tradidit grandini jumenta eorum, 77, 48. the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl RUNE byþ hwítust corna hail is whitest of grains, Hick. Thes. 135; Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4.

Linked entry: hagal

slóh

(n.)
Grammar
slóh, slóg; gen. slóges, slós; dat. slóh, sló; acc. slóg, slóh, sló; m. n.

A slough, hollow place filed with mire, a pathless, miry place

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Tó ðam ealdan sló; of ðam sló tó ðam lytlan beorhe Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 38, 27. In reádan slóe 391, 31. On ðæt reáde slóh; of ðam slóh 376, 5. On ðæt fúle slóh; of ðam sló 406, 32. In ðone fúlan sló 381, 5. On horgan slóh Cod. Dip. B. ii. 394, 30.