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brycg

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B. iii. 659, 2. Of ðǽre brigce, C. D. iii. 259, 32. Æt þǽre brycge (brycg, v. l. ), Ors. 6, 30 ; S. 282, 26. Bricge gesihð carleáste getácnað, Lch. iii. 210, 5.

fǽrlíce

(adv.)

suddenlyunexpectedlysoonimmediatelyby chancehaphazard

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Ben. 36, 3. without forethought, haphazard Ne man ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and þǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne ne fortuitu casu qui arripuerit codicem legere audeat, 62, 4

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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: Here exercitus, getrimmed féða cuneus, féþe (printed fedes, but see Angl. viii. 450. Should feþre be read? or is féþe plural of féþu q. v.?) alae, Wrt.

Linked entries: fedes féþu

hálsung

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Ben. 37, 1 : 38, 12. Hálsunge bén, þæt is Kyrieleison supplicatio letanie, id est Kyrieleism, 34, 2. (1 a) where the appeal is emphasized by an oath. Cf. hálsian; 1 b α Heó þus cwæð and mid áðe geswór . . .

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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. ¶ with gen. of person or thing by which one is held captive Hé mancynn of deófles hæftnýde álýsde, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 6. Of deófles onwalde and of helle hæftnéde, Bl. H. 87, 13.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

sulh

(n.)
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Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said: Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9. Similar entries See too aferian.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Nacan on sande, Beo. Th. 596; B. 295: 3796; B. 1896. Gewát him se hearda æfter sande sǽwong tredan, 3932; B. 1964. Ic wæs be sande sǽwealle neáh, Exon. Th. 471, 14; Rä. 61, 1.

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Bed æfter búrum, B. 140. On bed stígan, 676. On ðæt hnesce bed gesinscipes, Past. 397, 22. Reced geondbrǽded wearð beddum and bolstrum, B. 1240.

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

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On ðysse ǽrran béc præcedente libro, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 18. Ǽrran dagas dies antiqui, Ps. Th. 142, 5: Beo. Th. 1819; B. 907. Weorpe ǽrest stán primus lapidem mittat, Jn. Bos. 8, 7.

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Lamb. fol. 190 b, 14. Hig fornymaþ hyra ansýna extermĭnant făcies suas, Mt. Bos. 6, 16. Hine wyrd fornam fate took him away, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: 2877; B. 1436: 4245; B. 2119.

Linked entry: for-nyman

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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Ben. 66, 17. comedy Racu, túnlíc spǽc comedia, Wrt.

Linked entry: eá-racu

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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Ðá cóman hí sóna mid sciphere mox advecti navibus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 34. Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243.

stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
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Se cyning stóp tóforan ðam biscope, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36. Seó wífman stóp inn ingressa, Jud. 4, 21: Cd.Th. 69, 16; Gen. 1136. Se apostol stóp intó ðære byrig, Homl. Th. i. 60, 11: Byrht. Th. 134, 3; By. 78.

á-scirian

(v.)
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Se man þe his mód áwent fram eallum þisum bócum, and bið him swá ánwille, þæt him leófre bið, þæt hé lybbe be his ágenum dihte áscired fram þisum, Ælfc. T.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Drihten ús geunne þæt wé magan his willan áredian, Wlfst. 50, 8. to find out by experience Gif hé swá áredad bið (cf. the later (Winteney) version: Gyf heó swilc áfunde byð) on þǽre cumlíðnesse þæt hé ne sý wyrðe þǽre scyrunge si non fuerit talis qui

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
  • .

what is owned, a possessionpossession

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Hwílum be áre, hwílum be ǽhte, Ll. Th. i. 328, 12. Mínra yldrena ðe mé mín ár of com and míne ǽhta, Cht. Th. 529, 1. Fón ðá néhstan frýnd tó ðam lande and tó ðám ǽhtan, Ll. Th. i. 416, 10: 420, 10.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

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Neron his brýde ofslóg self mid sweorde Nero himself slew his wife with a sword, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 60; Met. 9, 30: Beo. Th. 5904; B. 2956: Cd. 125; Th. 159, 21; Gen. 2638.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Wedera leóde, Beo. Th. 455; B. 225. Wé synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde by race are we men of the Gauts, 526; B. 260.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

GÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GÁR, es; m.

A dartjavelinspearshaftarrowweaponarmsacŭlumpīlumhastahastæ cuspissăgittatēlumarma

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Th. 135. 47; By. 134 : 138, 48; By. 237. Gáre wunde wounded by a dart, Beo. Th. 2154; B. 1075 : Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 28; Jul. 17. Hí gewurdon scearpe gáras ipsi sunt jăcŭla, Ps. Th. 54, 21 : 90, 6. Gára ordum with javelin-points, Andr.

lind

(n.)
Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.

a shield

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Th. 134, 45; By. 99: Beo. Th. 4719; B. 2365. Hwíte linde, Cd. 158; Th. 107, 4; Exod. 301