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nídling

(n.)
Grammar
nídling, es; m.

one who serves of necessitya slavebondmanone who has to serve on board shipa sailor

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Hié on cnihtháde wǽron óðerra manna niédlingas in youth they had been the bondmen of others, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 17.

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

gladcheerfulnoble, excellent

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Se yela swá hé oftor on ðære fandunge ábrýð, swá hé forcúðra biþ, and deófle neár, óþ ðæt hé færþ of ðisum lífe tó ðam écan wíte, Homl. Th. i. 268, 26-31. Drihten cwæþ, ðæt wé sind miccle róttran ðonne ða fugelas (cf.

tó-beran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron ; pp. -boren.

To carry off in different directions,carry offTo move in different directions,separate

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To carry off in different directions, carry off Hí tredaþ ðec and tergaþ, tðberaþ ðec blódgum lástum (thy body will be torn to pieces), Exon. Th. 119. 25; Gú. 260.

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand outbe prominentbe lifted upstick upto be lifted upbe proudto be stuck upto make a noiseto soundresoundcreak

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to stand out, be prominent, be lifted up, stick up On ðam forman dæge on ðam middangeard þunaþ gesceapen primo dierum quo mundus extat conditus, Hymn. Surt. 4, 4.

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
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Under þǽm twǽm consulum Tita and Publia hátton, Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 70, 8. the complement the title of a book On ðǽre béc ðe Morales hátte, Past. 107, 18.

dagung

(n.)
Grammar
dagung, e; f.

A dawning, dawn, day-break aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum

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Eóde he út on dagunge of ðam húse egressus est tempore matutino de cubiculo, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 1. On dagunge he eft acwicode and semninga uppasæt diluculo reviviscens ac repente residens, 5, 12; S. 627, 13: 4, 8; S. 576, 9: 4, 23; S. 596, 17.

drypan

(v.)
Grammar
drypan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To drop, moistenstillāre, humectāre

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To drop, moisten; stillāre, humectāre Nime ánne eles dropan, and drype on án mycel fýr take a drop of oil, and drop it on a large fire, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 88, 11: L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 5, 7, 24, 28, 30.

næs-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
næs-þyrel, -þyrl, es; n.

A nostril

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on ða næsþyrlu. Lchdm. i. 72, 21

Linked entry: nos-þyrel

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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. ¶ Of speech :-- Sind on ðís íglande fíf geþeóde . . . Scyttisc, Chr. Erl. 3, 3. Se cyning Scyttysc ( linguam Scottorum ) geleornad hæfde, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39. On ðam mynstre ðe on Scyttisc is nemned Rathmelsigi, 3, 27; S. 558, 35

Linked entry: Scittisc

þecen

(n.)
Grammar
þecen, e; f.
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Of daliscre þecene dedalei tecti, ii. 139, 68: Exon. Th. 493, 21; Rä. 81, 34. Swá swá spearwa on ðecene (on efese ł on þecene, Ps. Lamb.) sicut passer in tecto, Ps. Spl. l01, 8. Under míne þecene, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 8: Lk. Skt. 7, 6: Homl.

Linked entry: þæcen

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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In loco qui dicitur on Linga hoese, 192, 13. Terra . . . pertinens tó haese, 294, 25. Cf. Ðonon on hésleá, C. D. V. 121, 34. On hésleábróc, iii. 97, 29: vi. 102, 31

swégan

Grammar
swégan, <b>. I b</b> 1.
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</b> where the words of a passage are given, to be expressed in such and such words :-- ꝥ sárlice leóð þe þús swégð on þám sealme, 'Transivi et ecce non erat (Ps. 37, 35),' Angl. viii. 332, 38

hæftnung

(n.)
Grammar
hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Dón on hæftnunge to put into confinement, imprison, 1087; Erl. 225, 36

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, hlædder, e; f; hlæddre, an [?]; f.

A ladder, flight of steps;scala

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A ladder, flight of steps; scala Ðá geseah hé on swefne standan áne hlædre and godes englas up stígende and nyðer stígende on ðære hlædre viditque in somnis scalam stantem, angelos quoque del ascendentes et descendentes per eam, Gen. 28, 12, 13: Past

Linked entry: hlædder

forþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.

moving onwardsononwardscontinuouslyprospectivelylooking to the future

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expressing motion, moving onwards Mid þí þe hig ongunnon rówan and hí forðwerd wǽron on heora weg ( they were making way ), Ap. Th. 10, 24. with a verb of motion, on, onwards Nathan wæs forðwerd farende tóweard Rómána ríce, Hml.

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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Beó se wið ðone cyningc hundtwelftig sciłł. scyldig on Engla lage ... and on Dena lage lahslites scyldig, L.

Linked entries: slite -slitt

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen

To sweepTo sweep with a brushto sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop to wrap.to swing.to sweep, stroke; make a sweeping stroke with a weapon; wrap, swaddle.

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To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop Húse on munte on swift wind swápeþ (cf. hús on munte full ungemetlíc wind gestent, Bt. 12;Fox 36, 16) montis cacumen protervus auster totis viribus urget, Met. 7,

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Ofer Babilóne brádum streáme we sittaþ we sit over the broad stream of Babylon, Ps. Th. 136, 1. On ðam brádan brime on the broad ocean, Exon. 55 a;Th. 194, 20;Az. 142.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Roger hét án of heom se hleóp into ðam castele æt Norþwíc Roger was the name of one of them, he threw himself into the castle at Norwich, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 34.

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adversecontraryat variancehostilerebelliouscontumaciousout of harmonyrepugnantoffensivedisagreeableadversenot fitted to further the good of anythingunfavourabledisadvantageouscontraryof an opposite nature

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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on wiþerrǽdum stówum (in places not favourable to growth) wið wegas and hegas, Lchdm. i. 228, 17. On feldum and on wiðerrǽdum stówum, 304, 3.