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a-trendlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-trendlian, p. ode; pp. od

To trundle ⬩ roll ⬩ volutare ⬩ provolvere

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To trundle, roll; volutare, provolvere, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 33; Met. 5,17

Linked entry: trendlian

bǽl-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-wudu, es; m.

Wood of the funeral pile ⬩ rogi lignum

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Wood of the funeral pile; rogi lignum, Beo. Th. 6216; B. 3112

gremettan

(v.)
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to rage, roar Ic gremette fremo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 60

Linked entry: grimetan

sniring

(n.)

a sharp rock

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a sharp rock Stánum oððe snyringum cautibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 15

Linked entry: snyring

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charter ⬩ to charter ⬩ libro vel charta dōnāre ⬩ to furnish with books ⬩ libris instruĕre

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Rof. 115, 22. to furnish with books; libris instruĕre Gé preóstas sculon beón gebócode ye priests shall be furnished with books, L. Ælf. P. 44; Th. ii. 382, 36

ge-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie ⬩ lie near, together ⬩ jacere ⬩ adjacere ⬩ conjacere ⬩ to lie down ⬩ fail ⬩ cease ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay ⬩ deficere ⬩ cessare

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Stedewangas strǽte gelicgaþ fixed plains lie near the road, Andr. Kmbl. 668; An. 334. On ðæm gelæg in quo jacebat, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 25.

reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde ... and of Martines reliquium, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 74. Ofer his reliquias ðæt heofonleóht wæs scínende and deófolseóce æt his reliquium wǽron gelácnóde, Bd. 3, 11;S. 535, 6-8.

treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
treówen, tríwen, trýwen; adj.
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On treówenre róde. Nicod. 34; Thw. 20, 6. Hyre goldfágan treówenan cuppan, Chart. Th. 536, 18. Wirce treówene earce fades arcam ligneam, Deut. 10, 1. Godu treówene and stǽnene, 4, 28. On treówenum fatum, Ex. 7, 19. Treówenu fatu mon weorþige.

Linked entries: tríwen trýwen

ge-swebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swebban, p. ge-swefde, ge-swefede: ge-sweflan; p. ode.
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</b> of the sleep of death, to cause to die, deprive of life :-- Crist wæs mid deáðe geswefod on þǽre róde Christus in mice dormivit, Ang. vii. 22, 215. þis mǽden inne læg on deáðe geswefod. of things, to calm, quiet Gelíþewǽhte, geswefede sopita

Linked entry: ge-swefian

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Háligne líchaman on weófode róde gebrǽdne sacrum corpusculum in ara cruets torridum, Hy. S. 82, 13

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God ⬩ God the Father ⬩ patriarca

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Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder she stands on the right hand of the Father, Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134. Ðeodosius se wæs ðære hǽðenre héhfæder Theodosius who was the patriarch of the heathens, Nar. 40, 5.

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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Beswyled mid swátes gange, Rood Kmbl. 45; Kr. 23. On róde ðú ðín blód águte for heó and [hý] mid ðínum ðam æþelan swáte gebohtest, Wulfst. 255, 23. Cwealmdreóre, monnes swáte, Cd. Th. 60, 24; Gen. 986.

Linked entry: swǽtan

framlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
framlíce, adv.

Strongly ⬩ firmly ⬩ stoutly ⬩ fortĭter ⬩ strēnue

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Benedictus ðone síþfæt framlíce to Róme geferde Benedict stoutly went his journey to Rome, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 45

be-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cerran, -cyrran ; p. de ; pp. ed

To turn ⬩ turn round ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere

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To turn, turn round; vertere, convertere, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 156; Met. 13, 78

Linked entries: be-cyrran bi-cerran

hróst

(n.)
Grammar
hróst, es; m.

ROOST

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A wooden framework [of a roof], a ROOST Hróst petaurum; henna hróst gallinarium, Lye

ge-orn

(v.; part.)

rose ⬩ exortus est, surrexit

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rose; exortus est, surrexit, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 40; p. of ge-yrnan

wyrttrumian

(v.)
Grammar
wyrttrumian, p. ode
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To take root Séd wyrtrumiaþ (wyrtrymaþ, Rush.) semen germinet, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 27

ge-wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wiltan, p. te
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To roll. Take here <b>ge-wæltan</b> in Dict

hundes cwelcan

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Dan. kvalke gelder-rose]. Add

a-wurtwarian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wurtwarian, p. ude; pp. ud

To root up ⬩ exterminare

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To root up; exterminare Awurtwarude hine exterminavit eam, Ps. Spl. M. 79, 14

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