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cyne-bænd

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-bænd, es; m. [bend, bænd a band, chaplet, crown] A royal crown, a diadem; regia corona, diadema = διάδημα , Som. Ben. Lye.

Linked entry: cyne-

ymb-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-þringan, p. -þrang; pp. -þrungen To throng round, crowd round, surround
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Hine F and M útan ymbðringaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 256; Sal. 127. Hí ymbðrungon mé circumdederunt me Ps. Lamb. 16, 11. Ymbeþrungon, 21, 17. Ymþrungon, 16, 9. Ic mé ná ondrǽde þúsendu folces, þeáh hí mé útan ymbþringen non timebo millia populi circumdantis me,

croppiht

(adj.)
Grammar
croppiht, adj. [crop, a bunch, cluster; -iht, adj. termination, q. v.]

Croppy ⬩ full of clusters ⬩ racemosus

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Croppy, full of clusters; racemosus L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 12

wése

(adj.)
Grammar
wése, adj.
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Soaked, moist with soaking Sý crocca ásett on eorþan, and ðás wyrta sýn gedón innan ðam croccan; onuppan ðám sý gedón wǽta, ðæt hí þearle wel wése beón, Lchdm. iii. 292, 6. v. wós, and preceding word

for-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þringan, p. -þrang, pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen [þringan to crowd, throng, rush upon]

To snatch from any one ⬩ protect from any one ⬩ erĭpĕre ălĭcui ⬩ defendĕre ab ălĭquo

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To snatch from any one, protect from any one; erĭpĕre ălĭcui, defendĕre ab ălĭquo Ðæt he ne meahte ða weáláfe wíge forþringan þeódnes þegne that he might not by war protect the sad remnant from the king's thane, Beo. Th. 2173; B. 1084

cyning-gierela

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-gierela, an; m. A royal crown, diadem; regalis tænia [= ταινία]diadema = διάδημα, Som. Ben. Lye.

brand-ísen

Grammar
brand-ísen, -íren.
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Crocca olla, brandísen andena, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 25, 8. Andlamena fela ... pannan, crocca, brandíren, Angl. ix. 264, 10. Substitute: Fire-dog, andiron, trivet, and add

pician

(v.)
Grammar
pician, p. ode
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To pitch, cover with pitch Crocca gepicod útan, Lchdm. ii. 26, 23

Linked entry: ge-picod

han-grǽd

(n.)
Grammar
han-grǽd, es; m. Cock-crow: — Gif on [h]angrǽde hit þunrað si gallicantu tonilruaverit, Archiv, cxx. 50, 15.

gæle

(n.)

Saffron ⬩ crŏcus

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Saffron; crŏcus Gæle, geolo crŏcus, Wrt. Voc. 288, 47

wyrhta

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Add: croc-, frum-, gim-, godweb-, ísern-, lám-, lǽst-, leóþ-, lypen-, méd-, morþ-, morþor-, níd-, scild-, scóh-, slecg-, sweord-wyrhta

cringan

(v.)
Grammar
cringan, crincgan; ic cringe, crincge, ðú cringest, cringst, he cringeþ, cringþ, pl. cringaþ, crincgaþ; p. crang, crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori

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To yield, CRINGE, fall, perish, die; occumbere, mori Sume on wæl crungon some had fallen in the slaughter Beo. Th. 2231; B. 1113. Hí sceoldon begen crincgan on wælstówe they should both fall on the battle-field Byrht. Th. 140, 23; By. 292; Andr. Kmbl

Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan

gelo

(adj.)
Grammar
gelo, adj.

Saffron ⬩ yellow ⬩ crocus

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Saffron, yellow; crocus,Som

hlædel

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Man sceal habban ... cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Add

brastlung

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.), efne swylce þǽr tóburste sum mycel crocca on þám fyre immensum erepiium panis dedit, ac si ingens in ignibus olla crepuisset, Gr. D. 87, 17. Add

geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Geolwum croceo, An. Ox. 50, 10. Gioluwre crocea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 14. Genim geoluwne stán, Lch. i. 374, 14. Goelu godueb, Txts. 151, 10. Geolewra flauentium, i. rubentium (fauorum ), An. Ox. 1667. Geolewum andweorcum fuluis metallis, Wülck.

eall-niwe

Grammar
eall-niwe, l. -níwe,
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Eallníwne croccan, Lch. iii. 292, 3

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage of workers on an estate, and also of the estate on which they worked; all three ideas seem to be implied in one or other of the following glosses Tuun, þrop, ðrop conpetum, Txts. 53, 557: Wrt

Linked entry: þrop

brerd

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Crocca sý ásett on eorþan oþ brerd, Lch. iii. 292, 4. Se ele feóll ofer þá brerdas þǽre bydene oleum ora dolii transiens, Gr. D. 160, 13. Add

geolo

(n.)
Grammar
geolo, geolu; gen. geolwes; n.
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a yellow colour Gelu, gelo crocus, Txts. 50, 242. Geolo, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 47. Geolu, ii. 17, 13: 137, 9. yellow material, yolk of an egg Dó on hunig ǽges geola, Lch. ii. 130, 12

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