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scrífan

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Add: <b>III a.</b> to determine Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce be þissere wísan reccan ne ne scrífan hac de re temere definire nil audeo, Gr. D. 332, 13. <b>V c.

ECG

(n.)
Grammar
ECG, e; f.

EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum

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An EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword; ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum On sweordes ecge on the edge of the sword, Lk. Bos. 21, 24. Hyne ecg fornam the sword had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 5538; B. 2772. Ecg was íren the edge was iron, 5549; B. 2778.

snúde

(adv.)
Grammar
snúde, adv.

At once, quietly, directly to walk fast

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At once, quietly, directly Snúde denuo Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 3. Gangaþ snúde go directly Elen. Kmbl. 625; El. 313: 307; El. 154. Hét hine snúde eft cuman bade him quickly return Beo. Th. 3743; B. 1869. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568.

wæl-niþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-niþ, es; m.

Deadly hatemortal enmity

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Deadly hate, mortal enmity Ðæt ys sió fǽhðo, and se feóndscipe, wælníð wera, Beo. Th. 5992; B. 3000. Æfter wælníðe, 170; B. 85. Áwehte ðone wælníð Nabochodonossor, Cd. Th. 218, 28; Dan. 46. Weallaþ wælníðas, Beo. Th. 4136; B. 2065

be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, <b>A. I 1 a</b>.
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Add Betwuh hondum intra (tenentis) manus , Past. 241, 12. Add betweoh gebedum (betwih gebedes word, v. l. inter uerba orationis ) his líf geendode, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 245, 15. &lt;b&gt;B. II 2&lt;/b&gt;. add : See preceding passage

heard-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-ecg, adj.

Hard of edge

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Hard of edge Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord then in the hall was drawn the sword hard of edge, Beo. Th. 2581; B. 1288: 2984; B. 1490: Elen. Kmbl. 1513; El. 758: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 15; . 6, 8

hringed

(adj.)
Grammar
hringed, adj.
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Furnished with rings, formed of rings Hringedu byrne lorica, Cot. 121, Lye: Beo. Th. 2495; B. 1245: 5224; B. 2615

drencan

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Add: &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; to intoxicate Swá hwæt swá drence quicquid inebriat, Chrd. 74, 7

geofen

(n.)

the ocean

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the ocean, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 20; Gn. Ex. 52. Geofenes of the ocean, Beo. Th. 729; B. 362

ge-hilt

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Substitute &lt;b&gt;ge-hilte&lt;/b&gt;; pl. (used like pl. of hilt with singular meaning] ge-hiltu

glíw-mægden

Grammar
glíw-mægden, glíw-mǽden.
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Take here &lt;b&gt;gliéw-méden&lt;/b&gt; in Dict., and add Glíwmǽdena tympanistriarum, Ps. Rdr. 67, 26

Linked entry: mægden

hafocere

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Take here &lt;b&gt;hafecere&lt;/b&gt; in Dict., and add Hafocere falconus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 3

Linked entry: hafecere

grafere

(n.)
Grammar
grafere, es; m.
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Take here &lt;b&gt;græfere&lt;/b&gt; in Dict., and add Grafere sculptor, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 23

Linked entry: græfere

hrætele

(n.)
Grammar
hrætele, hrætel-wyrt.
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Substitute: &lt;b&gt;hrætel-wyrt,&lt;/b&gt; e; f. Rattle*-*wort Hrætelwyrt hierobotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 73

feorh-bealo

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-bealo, -bealu; gen. -bealowes, -bealuwes; n.

Life-balemortal afflictiondeadly evilvītæ mălumlētāle mălum

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Ic me ðæt feorhbealo feor aswápe I sweep that deadly evil far from me, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 20; . 24, 5: Beo, Th. 314; B. 156. Ðǽr wæs hondsció, feorhbealu fǽgum there was [his] glove, deadly evil to the fated, 4160; B. 2077: 5067; B. 2537

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.
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Add Rúmes uaste(solitudinis), An. Ox. 3700. &lt;b&gt;I b.&lt;/b&gt; of degree :-- Micel rúmes fæces tódál larga spatiosę intercapedinis differentia, An.

tácnian

(v.)
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&lt;/b&gt; add :-- tácniað mid ðǽm ðæt men scylen onscunien . . . Past. 449, 17. &lt;b&gt;IV b.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- tácnaþ sceal þencan úp þonne nyþer, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 30. v. firen-tácnian (Ps. Rdr. 288, 21)

Gár-Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Gár-Dene, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The spear-DanesDanes who fought with spearsarmed or warlike Daneshastāti Dāni

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The spear-Danes, Danes who fought with spears, armed or warlike Danes; hastāti Dāni We Gár-Dena, in geárdagum, þeódcyninga þrym gefrunon we have heard of the renown of the Gar-Danes' great kings in days of yore, Beo. Th. 1; B. 1.

missere

(n.)
Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.

A period of half a year

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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49.

á-lǽtan

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Add: &lt;b&gt;III a.&lt;/b&gt; to let go what should be kept þe þeóf geféhð, and hine alǽte, Ll. Th. i. 124, 17. Add Lífes dagas fyrstum sind álǽtenne, R. Ben. I. 5, 6. &lt;b&gt;IVa.