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EÁST

(n.)
Grammar
EÁST, es; m.

EAST ŏriens

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Ðæt eálond on Wiht is þrittiges míla lang eást and west; and twelf míla brád súþ and norþ Vecta insŭla hăbet ab ŏriente in occāsum triginta circĭter mīlia passuum; ab austro in bŏream duodĕcim, Bd. I. 3; S. 475, 19

Linked entries: Eást eásta

hyge-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-geómor, -giómor; adj.

mournfulsorrowful

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Kmbl. 2175; An. 1089: 3112; An. 1559: Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 20; Gú. 1129: Beo. Th. 4807; B. 2408: Exon. 21 a; Th. 55, 29; Cri. 891. Hygegeómorne, 115 a; Th. 442, 28; Kl. 19.

metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feedto furnish with provisions

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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At nightnight

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At night, night Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian I cannot stop out of the monastery at night, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34. Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27.

sehtlian

(v.)
Grammar
sehtlian, (?); p. ode.
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Ða twegen kyngas wurðon sæhtlod, 1070 ; Erl. 209, 26. to come to an agreement Ðá feórden ðe wíse men betwyx þe kinges freónd & te eorles freónd & sahtlede suá ðæt . . .

Linked entry: sæhtlian

blæst

(n.)
Grammar
blæst, es; m.

A burning, blaze, flameardor, flamma

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Kmbl. 3103; An. 1554

brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7. Hwá gaderað fícæppla of brémelum (tribulis) ?, ii. 406, 3. Sécende geond þýfelas and brétnelas (brémblas, brýmelas, v. ll.), Hml. S. 32, 143. . Add

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .'

for-scrífan

to condemn

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., and add: to condemn Forscrifen (faer-scribaen, -scrifen) addictus (cf. addicit fordémet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 51; addicti, damnati, 77, 54), Txts. 37, 69. Ferscrifenum abdictis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 59. to blunt a weapon by a charm written on it (cf.

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-lóma,</b> an; m. a tool, an implement, utensil Gelóma utensile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 24. Næs nǽnig wén þæs gelóman ( a wood-bill) . . .

ge-týd

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Heó wæs getyddre on þǽre Godes ǽ, Hml. A. 127, 359. On Godes ǽ seó getýdeste fǽmne, 135, 655. Béda, gumena se getyddusta, Angl. viii. 301, 47: 319, 46. Getiddusta, 308, 37. Getyddestum peritissimo, doctissimo, Hpt. Gl. 405, 2

hǽwen

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Hacele hǽwen subucula iacinthina, An. Ox. 5318 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 56. Héwen (ex) iacintho, 77, 19. Hǽwen, hiacincto, viridis, An. Ox. 35, 2. Hǽwenre deáge, 1058. Þá hǽwnan sǽs marmora glauca, Wrt.

heáfod-smæl

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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the collar of a tunic: Heáfodsmæl capitium (tunica coccinea, capitium et manicae sericis clavatae, Ald. 77, 15. Glosses to the same passage elsewhere are: Capitium hæt, An. Ox. 5320: Hpt.

út-laga

(n.)
Grammar
út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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An outlaw Útlaga exlex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 62; Zup. 70, 5: exul, 9, 10; Zup. 39, 14: Wrt. Voc. 1. 50, 58: 74, 26. Hé scel beón útlaga wið mé, Wulfst. 296, 10. Útlagen (-an? -ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L.

BRERD

(n.)
Grammar
BRERD, breord, breard, briord, es; m.

A brim, margin, rim, top of a pot or vessel, a shore, bank, brink labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum

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A brim, margin, rim, top of a pot or vessel, a shore, bank, brink; labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum Híg gefyldon ða óþ ðone brerd impleverunt eas usque ad summum, Jn. Bos. 2, 7.

Linked entries: breard briord

or-feorm

(adj.)
Grammar
or-feorm, adj.

Unprovided, destitute, worthless

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Kmbl. 812; An. 406. Gāstæs gōde orfeorme, wuldre bescyrede, 3233 ; An. 1619: Judth. Thw. 25, 21 ; Jud. 271

for-sweorcan

(v.)

to grow darkto make dark

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Forsweorced fuscatus (velut Aethiopica nigritudine,Ald. 66, 23), An. Ox. 2, 369. (Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 supra.) For Prov. 7 substitute Kent. Gl. 185, and add

frum-bearn

a first-born childthe eldest childone of the first two or three childrenan elder child

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Æðele frumbearn primogenita, 134, 8. ¶ figurative Banan mancynnes fácnes frumbearn ( the devil), An. 1296. one of the first two or three children, an elder child Adames and Euan aforan wǽron freólicu twá frumbearn cenned, Cain and Abel, Gen. 968.

ælf-scínu

(adj.)
Grammar
ælf-scínu, adj.

Shining like an elf or fairyelfin-brightof elfin beautysplendidus ut genius vel nympha

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Shining like an elf or fairy, elfin-bright, of elfin beauty; splendidus ut genius vel nympha Iudiþ ides ælf-scínu Judith, the woman of elfin beauty, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 11; Jud. 14

a-hafennes

(n.)
Grammar
a-hafennes, -hafenes, -hafennys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A lifting upan elevationelationprideelevatioelatio

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A lifting up, an elevation, elation, pride; elevatio, elatio Ahafenes handa mínra elevatio manuum mearum, Ps. Th. 140, 3. Ahafennys elevatio, Ps. Spl. 140, 2. Wundorlice ahafennyssa sǽ mirabiles elationes maris, 92, 6