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óþ-beran

(v.)
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to bear forth, bear away (cf. æt-beran) Nó ic eów sweord ongeán óþberan þence, Exon. Th. 120, 20; Gu. 274. Mec sǽ óþbær on Finna land the sea bore me forth to the land of the Fins, Beo. Th. 1163; B. 579 : Exon. Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10. Sumne fugel óþbær

prician

(v.)
Grammar
prician, priccan
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to prick Ic pricige pungo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 59: 28, 7 ; Som. 32, 57. Punctus a pungendo dicitur, forðan ys se prica gecweden, forðan hé pricaþ, Anglia viii. 317, 18. Ðornas priciaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 20. Hé hét ðæs pápan lima gelóme prician,

pull

(n.)
Grammar
pull, es ; m.: e ; f.
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A pool, creek Ondlong ðære strǽt tó máwpul ; andlang pulles, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30-31. Of seges mere in ðæs pulles heáfod ... of þornbrycge in ðone pull, and æfter ðam pulle in baka brycge ... in dodhǽma pull, of ðam pulle in streám, 386, 12-19

rárian

(v.)
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rárian, p. ode.
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of human beings, to wail, lament loudly Seó dreórige módor samod mid ðám lícmannum rárigende hí ástrehte æt ðæs apostoles fótum, Homl. Th. i. 66, 18. of other than human beings, to roar, bellow Hwílum dióflu him ráredon on swá hrýðro, Shrn. 141, 10.

gigant

(n.)
Grammar
gigant, gygant, es; m.

A giantgigas

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A giant; gigas Untydras onwócon, eotenas, swylce gigantas unnatural progenies sprang forth, monsters, also giants, Beo. Th. 226; B. 113. Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg ut gigas ad currendam viam, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Ne se gigant ne wyrþ ná gehǽled nec gigas

gold-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
gold-gifa, an; m.
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A giver of gold, a liberal lord or chief Funde ðáon bedde blácne licgan his goldgifan he found then his lord lying pale on the bed, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 279. Goldgyfan, Beo. Th. 5297; B. 2652. Cyningas ne cáseras ne goldgiefan neither kings nor

scip-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
scip-ráp, es; m.
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A cable Sciprápas rudentes, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 24: 57, 1. Hiora ( walruses ) hýd biþ swíðe gód tó sciprápum . . . Ðæt gafol biþ on ðǽm sciprápum, ðe beóþ of hwæles hýde geworht and of seoles . . . Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . twegen sciprápas; ǽgðer

scip-teora

(n.)
Grammar
scip-teora, -teara, -tara, -tera, an; m.: -ter, -teoro (u), -tearo; gen. -tearos; n.
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Pitch Scipter bitumen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 36. Sciptearo, Lchdm. ii. 66, 8. Sciptearos læst, 126, 8. Sciptaran bituminis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 77. Scipteran, 82, 40. Scipteran bitumine, 84, 41. Dógódne sciptaran tó, Lchdm. ii. 326, 14. Ðá hét se cásere

be-þridian

(v.)
Grammar
be-þridian, -þrydian; p. ede; pp. ed [þrýdian from þryþ power, force]

To force, overpowercogere, vi superare

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To force, overpower; cogere, vi superare Ðæt hine man wolde beþridian mid ðam ilcan wrence that they would overpower him by the same stratagem, Ors.6, 36; Bos. 132, 4. Ðæt hý án cyning swá ýðelíce on his geweald beþrydian sceolde that one king should

bleó-bord

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-bord, es; n.

A coloured table on which games of chess are playedtabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur

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[bleoh, bleó colour, bord a table] A coloured table on which games of chess are played; tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur (Ettm. p. 311) Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum tæfle cræft, bleóbordes gebregd the Lord allots to one success

blind-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blind-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

BLINDNESScæcitas

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BLINDNESS; cæcitas Ðá ge blindnesse bóte forségon when ye renounced the remedy of blindness, Elen. Kmbl. 777; El. 389: Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 28; Gú. 600. Ofer hyra heortan blindnesse super cæcitate cordis eorum, Mk. Bos. 3, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 597; El. 299

ge-hrýne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hrýne, e; n.

A mysterysacramentmystērium

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A mystery, sacrament; mystērium Ðǽr Godes nama gelóme gecýged biþ, and ðæt [MS. ða] hálige gehrýne on mæssesange geoffrod, nis nǽnig tweó ðæt ðǽr biþ Godes engla andweardnes where God's name is frequently invoked, and the holy mystery offered in the

geond-faran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-faran, part. -farende; p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [geond through, faran to go]

To go through, pervadeperambŭlāre, pervăgāri

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To go through, pervade; perambŭlāre, pervăgāri He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geonfarende multo tempŏre totas eorum provincias debacchando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27. Fram mangunge geondfarendre on þýstrum a negŏtio perambŭlante

Linked entry: geond-tæren

ge-molsnian

(v.)
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ge-molsnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To corrupt, decay, witherputrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere

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To corrupt, decay, wither; putrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere He ðǽr on moldan gemolsnaþ he shall there rot in the earth, Blickl. Homl. 109, 32. Míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode my dwellings are decayed and perished, 113, 26.

ge-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nýdan, -nédan, -niédan, he -nýt; p. de; pp. ed
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To compel, force, press; cogere, compellere, expellere Alexander ðæt folc to him genýdde Alexander forced the people to him, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 18, 19, 20. Genýddon, Mk. Bos. 15, 21. Genýt, Mt. Bos. 5, 41. Gást hine on wésten genýdde spiritus expulit

Linked entries: nídan ge-nýt

sicetan

(v.)
Grammar
sicetan, sicettan, siccetan, siccettan; p. te.
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to sigh, groan Sicetit sin*-*gultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðá begann se ealda siccetan and mid wópe wearþ ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1. as opposed to expressing grief by speech (?) Ða unryhtwísan sicettaþ (siccettaþ, Cott. MSS.) on ðǽm þiéstrum

steorfan

(v.)
Grammar
steorfan, p. stearf, pl. sturfon; pp. storfen
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To dieLchdm. iii. 188, 21. Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30. Annanias and Saphira mid fǽrlícum deáðe

un-deóp

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deóp, adj.

Not deepshallow

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Not deep, shallow (lit. and fig.) Nis ðæt rǽdlíc ðing, gif swá hlútor wæter hlúd and undióp tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werð, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 6. Ðý læs mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge ðæt hit ðonne oferflówe ne cum

wéstig

(adj.)
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wéstig, adj.
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Waste, desert, desolate Of Angle se á syððan stód wéstig ( desertus Bd. 1, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 16. Wéstig is stów desertus est locus Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig (woestig, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. Woestihg (woestig, Rush.), 14, 15. On woestigum

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Wísle

(n.)
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Wísle, an; f.
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The Vistula Weonodland wæs ús ealne weg on steorbord óð Wíslemúðan. Seó Wísle is swýðe mycel eá, and hió tólíð Witland and Weonodland ; and seó Wísle líð út of Weonodlande, and líð in Estmere . . . Ðonne cymeþ Ilfing eástan, and Wísle súðan, and benimð

Linked entry: Wísle-múþa