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hleóðor

(n.)
Grammar
hleóðor, es; n.

hearingwhat is heard, sound, noise, voice, speech, song

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Hleóðor háligra the voice of saints, Exon. 65 b; Th. 241, 14; Ph. 656: 108 b; Th. 414, 9; . 32, 17.

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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Th. 396, 18, 28; . 16, 6, 11: 494, 13; . 82, 7: Fins. Th. 53; Fin. 26. Mé bið witod, ðæt ic þolian sceal bearngestreóna, Exon. Th. 402, 3; . 21, 24. Ðé is súsl weotod, Cd. Th. 308, 14; Sat. 692: Andr. Kmbl. 1902; An. 953.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Woeum pravis, Rtl. 52, 24. Míne wón wísan, Exon. Th. 393, 10; . 12, 8. Hí him wóh godu worhtan, Ps. Th. 77, 58

BEORCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEORCAN, ic beorce, he byrcþ; p. bearc, pl. burcon; pp. borcen [Icel. barki, m. guttur] .

to make a sharp explosive soundlatratum vel sonum edereto BARKlatrare

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Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; . 25, 2. Húndbyrcþ canis latrat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8. Ne mæg he fram húndum beón borcen he may not be barked at by dogs Herb. 67, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 17

Linked entry: borcian

EOFOR

(n.)
Grammar
EOFOR, eofer, eafor, efor, efer, efyr, ofor, es; m. I.

a boar, a wild boar ăper

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Th. has, Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ 79, 13: Exon. 110b; Th. 423, 8; . 41, 18: 92a; Th. 344, 20; Gn. Ex. 176. Sele ðú him flǽsc eofores give him boar's flesh, L. M. 2, 4; Lchdm. ii. 182, 14.

forþ-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-síþ, es; m. [síþ a journey]

A going forthdeparturedeathprogressusăbĭtusŏbĭtus

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Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 2; Bo. 41: 124 b; Th. 479, 21; . 63, 2. Æfter Óswaldes forþsíþe after Oswald's death, Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 37: Hy 7, 72; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 72. Hreðer innan born, afýsed on forþsíþ his spirit burned within, bent on departure.

Linked entry: for-síþ

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.

sundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-cræft, es; m.
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Th. 420, 14; . 40, 3. Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.

un-forcúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forcúþ, adj.

Not despicablenot ignoblenot wickedhonourablenoblegood

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Th. 479, 22; . 63, 2. Hér stynt unforcúð eorl ðe wile gealgian éþel ðysne, Byrht. Th. 133, 16; By. 51. Eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, Andr. Kmbl. 2527; An. 1265. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte ... ic wille ðé, eorl unforcúð, biddan, 949; An. 475.

ymb-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te
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Th. 425, 9; . 41, 53. Rápas synfulra ymbclyppende syndon ( circumplexi sunt ) mé, Ps. Lamb. Surt. 118, 61

hrif

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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú mid þínum þám clǽnan hrife hunger and þurst and cyle þrowodest, Angl. xii. 507, 20. applied to things Þæt mé ( a bow ) of hrife fleógeð, . 24, 12: 18, 6

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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T. 18, 22: . 16, 14. Petrus wearð æfterweard Peter followed, Hml. Th. i. 374, 6

æt-arn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æt-arn, p. of æt-irnan.

ran away

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ran away,Gen. 39,12;

DRÉFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÉFAN, part. dréfende; p. dréfde; pp. dréfed

To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre

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Ne lagu dréfde it disturbed not the water, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 31; . 23, 16. Ðæt ðú lagu dréfde that thou mightest disturb the water, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 26; Bo. 20.

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; . 76, 5. Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra, Lev. 8, 17.

Linked entry: fell

FEN

(n.)
Grammar
FEN, fenn, fæn, fænn, es; n. m.

FENmarshmuddirtpăluslŭtumlīmussordes

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Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; . 1, 5. Fennas and móras fens and moors, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 14. On ðám fennum in pălūdĭbus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 5.

Linked entries: fæn fenn feon fien

strengu

(n.)
Grammar
strengu, (o); indecl.: streng, e; f.
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Th. 410, 8; . 28, 13. Strengo getrúwode ánes mannes. Beo. Th. 5074 ; B. 2540. Strenge, 3071; B. 1533. Full strenge plenus fortitudine, Rtl. 43, 34. Mid míne ágne mægene and strengo (-eo, Cott. MSS.), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 18: Cd.

Linked entry: streng

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Th. 400, 3; . 20, 3: 487, 22; . 74, 1. Swifteǽrendracan veltes ( = velites), Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 23. Ic hæbbe swíþe swifte feþera, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 4. Se móna is be sumum dǽle swiftre ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 248, 3.

Linked entry: swyft

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Th. 406, 20; . 25, 4: 391, 2; . 9, 10. Mon onhyreþ dysegum neátum homo comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, Ps. Th. 48, 11.

ǽg-hwá

(n.; adj.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwá, m. f: neut. ǽg-hwæt; gen. ǽg-hwæs [á + ge + hwá]

Every oneeverythingquisquequicunque

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Every one, everything; quisque, quicunque Ǽghwá secge let every one say, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 5; Vy. 97: 125a; Th. 482, 4; . 66, 2. Ǽghwæt heó gefón mæg whatever she may seize, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 14.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæt