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rýan

(v.)
Grammar
rýan, (?), rýn (cf. for similar form of infinitive þýn); rýde

To roar, rage

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Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ heó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana onginþ ðonne rýn and hire racentan slítan (cf. the corresponding passage in the Metres : Onginþ racentan slítan, rýn, grymetigan, Met. 13, 29) si cruor horrida tinxerit ora, resides

Linked entries: rýn rýnan

sceóh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh, adj.

shy, timid, fearful: wanton

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Ðæs sción petulantis (peculantis,Wrt. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 24. Lokeð þet ȝe ne beon nout iliche þe horse þet is scheouh, and blencheð nor one scheadewe . . .

weá-mét

(n.)
Grammar
weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12. Wé sceolon ofer*-*winnan weámétte mid wíslícum geðylde, 222, 21. Ne gerísaþ heom hræde weámétta, L. I.

brúnéða

(n.)
Grammar
brúnéða, an; m.

A disease called brunella or prunamorbus quidam, idem forte, qui Belgis bruyne, id est, Erysipelasἐρυσίπελαςcerebri. Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella,

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Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella, Som Ðæt biþ strang sealf and gód wið swelcre abláwunge and brúnéðan, and wið ðara ceácna geswelle, oððe asmorunge that is a strong salve and good

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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Hé hét hine mid strǽlum ofscotian, ðæt hé wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 8.

Linked entry: scotian

on-bryrdness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bryrdness, e; f.

Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction

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Mid onbryrdnysse ðæs upplícan éðles with the stimulus that is given by the land on high, Homl. Th. ii. 550, 19. Mid godcundre onbryrdnysse monad divino admonitus instinctu, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 24: 4, 32; S. 611, 39.

cucler

(n.)
Grammar
cucler, es; m.

A spoon cochlear

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A spoon; cochlear Ðæt seáw sele on cuclere give the juice in a spoon L. M. i. 48; Lchdm. ii. 120, 19. Genim celeþonian [MS. cileþonian] seáwes cucler fulne take a spoon full of juice of celandine L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 28, 3.

spannan

(v.)
Grammar
spannan, p. spénn, speónn; pp. spannen.

to join one thing to anotherto attachfastenclaspto spanclaspnectere; intendere, contendereto claspto span

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Th. 29, 4; Gen. 445. figurative Wá eów ðe gadriaþ hús tó húse and spannaþ æcer tó ðæm óðrum vae, qui conjungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis, Past. 44, 8; Swt. 329, 23. to span, clasp. Similar entries v. ymb-spannan, spanning

Linked entries: spennels ge-spannan

ge-stǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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Ðæt folc all gestǽnaþ usig plebs universa lapidabit nos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 6. Óðer gestǽndon alium lapidaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 35

ge-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tímian, -týmian; p. ode; pp. od [tíma time]

To happenbefallaccĭdĕre

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Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it happened very justly to them, 88, 29: ii. 160, 14; 304, 24.

Linked entries: ge-tíman tímian

hold

(n.)
Grammar
hold, es; n.

A carcase, body

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Tódǽlon ðæs deádan hold him betwýnan cadaver mortui inter se dispertient, Ex. 21, 35

BRAND

(n.)
Grammar
BRAND, brond, es; m.

a BRAND, fire-brand, torch;titio, torris a burning, flame, fire;incendium, flamma, ignisA sword;ensis

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Ðæt hine nó brond ne beadomécas bitan ne meahton that no sword nor battle-falchions might bite it, Beo. Th. 2912; B. 1454

Linked entry: brond

feówer

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Wyl ealle feówer on buteran, Lch. ii. 128, 8. with a multiple of ten Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, Shrn. 63, 29

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Ðára byrðenna hefignesse, eall ðæt ic his geman, ic awríte, þý lǽs hí hwǽm leóhte (levia) ðyncen tó underfónne, 23, 13. Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ( the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil. Cf.

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

aldor

(n.)
Grammar
aldor, es; n. [aldor = ealdor life] .

lifethe vital parts of the bodyvitaage

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Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450. Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts, Beo.

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [a, metan to measure] .

to metemeasuremeasure outmetiriemetirito measure out to any oneto allotassignbestowaliquid alicui emetiriex mensura darelargirito measure outplanformmakeemetirifor-mareconfingere

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Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure his torment, 229; Th. 310, 13; Sat. 725.

Linked entry: a-mæt

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend frompass bydeclineavoidshuneschewrecēdĕreprætĕrīredeclīnāreevītāredevītāre

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Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325. Ða he ðæt geseah, he hine forbeáh vīso illo, præterīvit; Lk. Bos. 10, 31, 32: Num. 22, 23. Forbúh devīta, Scint. 88.

lǽce-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrt, e; f.
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a herb having medicinal virtue Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous

leáf-ness

Grammar
leáf-ness, léf-, lýf-ness; e; f.

Leavepermissionlicence

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Heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt ... she would have his permission to ... 1, 25; S. 486, 34. Nymðe þurh leáfnysse his ágenes abbudes nisi per demissionem proprii abbatis, 4, 5; S. 572, 38.

Linked entries: léf-ness lýf-ness