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brerd

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Se sǽ gefylde ꝥ scip oð þá yfmestan þeolu þæs bryrdes (brerdes, v. l.) mare usque ad superiores tabulas implevit navem, Gr. D. 249, 1, 12. Wið tó briorde usque ad summum. Mk. R. 13, 27. Tó briorde upp, Jn. R. L. 2, 7.

feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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Mið fiónd*-*geldum tormentis, Mt. L. 4, 24. an idol Hé tóscynde þæt feóndgyld (deófol-, v. l.) contrivit idolum, Gr. D. 121, 24. Sum ǽren feóndgyld, 123, 24. Ꝥ flǽsc þe hí heora feóndgyldum onsægd hæfdon immolata, 232, 15.

ge-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrégan, to accuse.
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Voc. ii. 44, 73. to accuse a person Þá þe hé wæs gewroeged from aldursácerdum cum accusaretur a principibus sacerdotum, Mt. R. L. 27, 12. to accuse to somebody Clemens wearð gewréht tó ðám cásere for ðám micclan crístendóme þe hé árǽrde, Hml.

nædre

Grammar
nædre, l. nǽdre,
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and add Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre, seó wæs ungemetlíce micel ( serpens mirae magnitudinis ), and þá men ealle ofslóg þe néh ðǽm wætre cóman, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 4. Sió nǽdre . . . lǽrde Euan on wóh.

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- Hí settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificentuntroubled

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Se weg ðe tó lífe lǽt is ús tó gefarenne mid rúmheortum móde and mid gódum and glædum geþance dilatato corde curritur via mandatorum Dei, R. Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III

út-irnende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-irnende, adj.

Running out of the body.purgingpurgativediarrhoeicsuffering from diarrhoea or dysentery

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Mid swelcum útyrnendum drencum, 222, 25: 82, 17. of a disease, diarrhoeic Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg gelácnian on ða ilcan wísan ðe ða útyrnendan, Lchdm. ii. 232, 17. of persons, suffering from diarrhoea or dysentery Hú mon ða útyrnendan men scyle lácnian

brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5.

Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma

heaðu-sceared

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-sceared, adj.

blade of a sword,war-share

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Th. 5650; B. 2829; according to Thorpe the reading of the MS. is scearede, other editors read scearde.

of-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
of-lǽtan, . I.

to give up, relinquishto give up the ghostto let off, cause (blood) to flowto let off, forgive, dismiss

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MS.) mon ofléte blódes on ðam earme. Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 23. [Goth. af-létan to let off, forgive, dismiss: Ger. ab-lassen.]

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assaultan attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.

ge-singan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-singan, p. -sang, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen

To sing;cănĕre

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To sing; cănĕre Sceal mon leóþ gesingan a man shall sing songs, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 8; Gn. Ex. 140 : Menol. Fox 140; Men. 70. David þurh Godes gást Gode to lofe gesang David through God's spirit sang to the praise of God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 67, 332.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Homl. 79, 25, Ða þryttig scyllingas, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 3. Grammar þrítig, in combination with other numerals Ðæt is ealles .xxx. and vi. peningas, Anglia xi. 8, 18. Mid þrym and ðrittigum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 128.

of

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Add Ic ðweá bed mín of teárum mínum lavabo lectum meum lachrymis meis, Ps. Spl. 6, 6. Bebeád ic eów þæt gé bróðor míne árétten of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf, Cri. 1502. Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíra cynnes fíf þúsendo, An. 589.

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Povertywantpovertyindigencewantpenuryunproductivenessbarrenness

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Wǽre ðú on wǽdle, sealdest wilna geniht, Soul Kmbl. 284; Seel. 146. Mid wǽdle and mid hénþe ofþrycte angustia rei familiaris inclusi, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 33.

Linked entry: wéðel

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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Th. 252, 2; Dan. 572. referring to inanimate things Ðæt mennisce mód hæfþ wætres ðeáw ( aquae more ), Past. 38; Swt. 277, 6. Ǽlces mannes mód hæfþ scipes ðeáw ( more navis ), 58; Swt. 445, 10. Nú ðú wást hwelce þeáwas ða woruldsǽlþa habbaþ ...

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Faraon mid his folcum, Exod. 501.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Ðá cóm rén, and mycele flód, Mt. 7, 25. Seó eá ꝥ land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. l, I; S. 32, 6. the Deluge: Ðæt flód weóx and ábær úp þone arc, Hml. Th. i. 22, 4.

heofone

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Hwí is ꝥ tácn (the rainbow) on þǽre lyftenan (-ran, MS.) heofonan (cf. arcum meum ponam in nubibus et erit signum, Gen. 9, 13) gesewen ?

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Ne ne lyst mid glase geworhtra wága, Bt. 5, l ;Fox 10, 17. Ne beó wé tó weallum oððe tó wágum geworhte on ðære gástlícan gebytlunge, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 14. Web æfter wágum, Beo. Th. 1994;B. 995. Ðæt cyricgrið stande ǽghwǽr binnan wágum, L. I.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh