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á-dídan

Grammar
á-dídan, Add: to a-dýdan:

to destroy, &c. ⬩ to deaden, make torpid; to mortify ⬩ morti tradere, mortificare

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to destroy, &c. Ádýt mortificat, Ps. L. fol. 186, 6. Ǽlc man bið fordémed ðe hine sylfne ádýt, Hml. S. 19, 229. Ealle gesceafta ðæt wæter ádýdde, Hml. ii. 60, 11: 122, 17. Hig manega ádýddon ad mortes plurimorum Num. 21, 6. Se unlybba ne mihte hine

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heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residence ⬩ aula, palatium, templum

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A hall, residence Heall aula, Ælfc. Gl. 61, 107; Som. 78, 89; Wrt. Voc. 58, 4. Mycel and rúm heall atrium, 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61. Seó heall ðæs Hálgan Gástes the residence of the Holy Ghost, Blickl. Homl. 163, 13. Heal, Beo. Th. 2307; B.

ofer-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-þeón, p. -þáh, -þeáh; pl. -þugon , -þungon; pp. -þogen, -þungen

To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass

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To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass Ic oferþeó excello, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 28. Oft on lǽwedum háde mid gódum weorcum man oferþíhþ ðone munuchád. Past. 52, 10; Swt. 411, 36. Oferþýhb, R. Ben. 12, 16. Hé oferþeáh biscopes, Shrn. 17, 11. Bútan

orsorgness

(n.)
Grammar
orsorgness, e; f.

freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity ⬩ prosperity

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freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity Caru cura, orsorhnys securitas, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 60-61. Sibb and orsorhnes pax et securitas, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 29. prosperity Dysigra monna orsorgness (prosperitas) hí fordéþ. Past. 50, 2 ; Swt. 387, 34.

swinsian

(v.)
Grammar
swinsian, p. ode

To make a (pleasing) sound, make melody or music

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To make a (pleasing) sound, make melody or music Se fugel swinsaþ and singeþ swegle tógeánes incipit illa sacri modulamina fundere cantus, et mira lucem voce ciere novam, Exon. Th. 206, 9; Ph. 124: 207, 11; Ph. 140. Swinsaþ sibgedryht swéga mǽste, 239

freónd-rǽden

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Add: Similar entries cf. freónd, 1 Hé him getíðað þæs ðe hé bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene (cf. for þám hé his freónd ys, Lk. 11, 8 ), Hml. Th. i. 248, 33. Similar entries cf. freónd, 4. Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biwedded: wyrd ne ful cúðe

ge-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire

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to throw, cast; jacere, projicere Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo, swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan they have an entrance of so much breadth, as one can throw with a sling, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11. Drihten hí gewyrpþ mid grine the Lord will cast a snare

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þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.

to howl like a wolf

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to howl like a wolf Wulf ðýtt lupus ululat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 129, 1. Hwílum hí ðuton eall swá wulfas, Shrn. 52, 29: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36. Sume hí tó wulfum wurdon ... hió þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Ðeótende swá swá wolf, Homl. Th. i. 374, 9. Hwílum

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose

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to roll (trans.) Ic áwende oððe wylewige (wylwige, v. l.) uoluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Zup. 177, 9. Hé wylede ðone stán fram ðære byrgenne duru, Blickl. Homl. 157, 8. Hé wylode hine sylfne on ðam þornum and netelum, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 28. Hé hét wilian tó ðam

ge-hwilc

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Add: each, every; in pl. all. as noun, alone Gif man in mannes tún ǽrest geirneð, .vi. scillingum gebéte ; sé þe æfter irneð .iiii. scillingas; sibban gehwylc scilling. Ll. Th. i. 6, 17. Gehwilc, 16, 4. Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum .vi.

gleáw

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Add Gléu sagax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 47. Gleáwe cati, An. Ox. 56, 117. Wísra ł gleáwra augustior, Germ. 399, 28. Swá swá þá gleáwestan desertissimi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 54. of physical sight, of the eye, sharp, gleg Him ádimmiað þá eágan þe ǽr wǽron beorhte

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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of direction, literally erect, direct Seó heá ród ryht árǽred raised erect, Exon. Th. 66, 3; Cri. 1066. Rihtes síþfætes directi callis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 55. Rihtre directo, 27, 69. Rihtre stíge recto tramite, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8. Faran be rihtum wege

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to

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intrans. of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start Sió æcs wint of ðam hielfe and eác ús of ðære handa ... Sió æs wient of ðæm hielfe securis manu fugit ... Ferrum de manubrio prosilit, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 7-9.

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DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis

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A mountain, hill, DOWN; mons, collis Seódún ðe se Hǽlend ofastáh, getácnode heofenan ríce the mountain, from which Jesus descended, betokened the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 120, 21: 502, 2, 7: Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 1; Rä. 4, 21. Ðeós dún hic mons

K

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THE letter k appears to have had no distinct duty to perform in the oldest English, but to have been a mere variant of c. In the MSS. (more particularly the Cotton) of Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care, where in the words kyning, kyun &

MANIG

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANY ⬩ many a

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with a noun or adjective, MANY, (with sing, noun) many a Ðǽr biþ swýðe manig burh, Ors. l, l; Swt. 20, 14. Ðá wæs ymb ða gifhealle gúþrinc monig, Beo. Th. 1681; B. 838. Manig man cwyþ multi dicunt, Ps. Th. 4, 7. Geong manig, Beo. Th. 1712; B. 857. Monig

BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor

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BLOOD, gore; sanguis, cruor Ðæt blód eów byþ to tácne on ðám húsum, ðe ge on beóþ: ðonne ic ðæt blód geseó, ðonne forbúge ic eów erit sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus, in quibus eritis, et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos, Ex. 12, 13: Gen. 4, 10: Jn

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless

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Bold, in a good sense Móna se sixta ... se ðe bið ácenned, þríste, mǽre, Lchdm. iii. 186, 15. Ic ofstikode bár. Swíþe þrýste ( audax ) ðú wǽre ðá, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 19. Þríste sceal mid cénum, Exon. Th. 337, 8; Gn. Ex. 61. Gewát hé ( Andrew ) þríste

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

ge-macian

(v.)
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Substitute: to make, fashion, construct a material object Hé be þám gemǽron castelas lét gemakian, Chr. 1097 ; P. 233, 25. Gé ne sceolon beón rance mid hringgum' geglengede, ne eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemacod, ne eft tó wáclíce, Ll. Th. ii. 358

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Take here <b>ge-ortréwan</b> in Dict., and add: to despair of. with gen. Cf. <b>I a</b> Ne þú tó wáclíce geortreówe ǽniges gódes spemque fugato nes dolor adsit, Met. 5, 35. with prep. Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse de