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melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narratoran informerannouncera betrayer

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Ðæt wé ðæs morþres meldan ne weorþen that we be not informers of the crime, Elen. Kmbl. 856; El. 428. a betrayer Gé sind meldan and manslagan ( betrayers and murderers, Acts vii. 52), Homl. Th. i. 46, 24

neán

(adv.)
Grammar
neán, adv.

from nearnearclose at handnearlyabout

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Wé ðæs hereweorces neán myndgiaþ we bear that warlike deed in mind nearly as it happened, have an accurate remembrance of it, Elen. Kmbl. 1311; El. 657

Linked entry: neón

GRÁPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
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Handa hí habbaþ and hí ná grápiaþ manus habent et non palpabunt, Ps. Spl. 113, 15. Se cuma his cneów grápode mid his hálwendum handum the stranger felt his knee with his healing hands, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 35.

Linked entry: grópian

ge-openian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-openian, -openigean; p. ode; pp. od, ad.

To open, manifest, shew, revealTo open

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To open, manifest, shew, reveal He bæd him engla weard geopenigean uncúðe wyrd he prayed the guardian of angels to reveal to him the unknown fate, Elen. Kmbl. 2201; El. 1102.

Linked entry: openian

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
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Héht scúfan scyldigne in drígan seáþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1382; El. 693. In synna seáþ, Exon. Th. 267, 10; Jul. 413. Ðǽr syndon twegen seáþas ( lakes ) . . . heora wíde is .cc. míla ðæs læssan mílgetales, Nar. 36, 25

Linked entry: -syd

scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
scyndan, scendan; p. de.
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Scynde beaduþreáta mǽst tó hilde, Elen. Kmbl. 60; El. 30. Fǽge scyndan ( of death by violence ), Exon. Th. 271, 29; Jul. 489. Hí ǽghwonon tó him éfston and scyndon, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 10: Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 8.

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Monige sint ðe mon sceal wærlíce lícettan, and ðeáhhwæðre eft cýðan, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 13.

Linked entry: hwæðere

þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
þerscan, p. þærsc, pl. þurscon; pp. þorscen
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Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 716; El. 358. Se ðunor ðæt deófol ðrysceþ mid ðære fýrenan æcxe, and hit drífeþ tó ðære írenan racenteáge ðe his fæder on eardaþ, Salnt. Kmbl. p. 148, 6. Sume hiá ðurscun quosdam caedentes, Mk.

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouswisehaving knowledgeskilllearnedintelligentrational

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Ðæs ðe wísfæste weras on gewritum cýþan, 356, 19 ; Pa. 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 627 ; El. 314. Ðæt is tó geþencanne wísfæstum werum, hwæt seó wiht sý, Exon. Th. 429, 5; Rä. 42, 9. intelligent, rational (?)

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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On ðære ófre stód hreód and þíntreow and abies ðæt treówcyn ungemetlícre grýto and micelnysse ðý clife weóx and wrídode (wríðode, Cockayne; but see Anglia i. 509) cujus ripas pedum sexagenum harundo uestiebat pinorum abietumque robora uincens grossitudine

Linked entry: wríþian

dihtan

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Aman dihte gewritu be þám Iudéiscum tó ǽlcere scíre scriptum est ut jusserat Aman, et litterae missae sunt ad universas provincias, Hml. A. 97, 162

efen-niht

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>efen-niht,</b> e; f.: -nihte (?), es; n. An equinox Emniht aequinoctium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 38. Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12.

up-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
up-weard, adj.

turned upwardsmoving upwards.

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he stretched his hands up. v. upweardes) plegade, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806. Nis ðæt gedafenlíc ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23.

wǽpned-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-mann, es; m.

a malea mana male

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B. wépnedmenn and wífmenn, Rush.) masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus, Mk. Skt. 10, 6. Heó eode tó ðære wǽpnedmanna stówe (ad locum virorum) Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 19.

ofer-faran

(v.)

To pass, go offto pass, crossto pass through, traverseto pass throughto pass through, penetrateto come upon, come across, meet with

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Spl. 10. 1. trans. to pass, cross (a river, boundary, etc.) Ic Iordane eft ongeán oferfare mid twám floccon, Gen. 32, 10. Gyf ðú Iordanem oferfærst, Glostr. Frag. 108, 19. Moyses oferfór ða Reádan Sǽ, Wulfst. 210, 12. Oferfóren egrederentur, Hpt.

Linked entry: ofer-féran

fremu

Kindnesskind deedbenefitgoodprofitadvantage

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Eádsige hine wel lǽrde tó ealles folces freme docuit eum ea quae facienda erant ad utilitatem sibi subjecti populi, Chr. 1042; P. 162, note 6.

geond

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Wæs geond þá werþeóde lǽded morgenspel, El. 969. where there is movement to many places Gá geond þás wegas and hegas exi in uias et sepes, Lk. 14, 23.

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Hé déð feóndscipe ðǽm ilcan Gode ðe hé ǽr ólehte venientes ad faciem quorumdam hominum magna eis submissione blandiuntur . . . In eum, quem rogaverat, inimicitias exercet, Past. 421, 27-33.

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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Grammar of-sceótan, Ofscoten elf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21.

hyse

(n.)
Grammar
hyse, es; m.

A young manwarrior

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Kmbl. 1190; An. 595: 1622; An. 812: Elen. Kmbl. 1043; El. 523. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he pierced the man's neck with his javelin, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141. Hysse ðínum puero tuo, Ps. Th. 85, 15.

Linked entries: hós hese hise