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burgan

(v.)
Grammar
burgan, = burgen, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 15; p. pl. subj. of beorgan
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ge-engd

(part.)
Grammar
ge-engd, -enged; past p.

Anxious ⬩ sad

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Anxious, sad

a-rǽd

Grammar
a-rǽd, Bt. 78, 20, l.
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á-sǽd

-mǽle

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-mǽle, adj.
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sam-mǽle

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on foot ⬩ infantry ⬩ a host ⬩ troop ⬩ tribe ⬩ company ⬩ phălanx pĕdestris ⬩ pĕdites ⬩ lĕgio ⬩ ăcies ⬩ trĭbus ⬩ căterva ⬩ a battle ⬩ pugna

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Féðan sǽton the bands sat, Andr. Kmbl. 1182; An. 591. Ymb ðæt héhsetl standaþ engla féðan hosts Of angels stand around the throne, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 13; Sat. 221: Beo. Th. 2659; B. 1327.

Linked entry: féðu

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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Hé on bolcan sæt, Andr. Kmbl. 610 ; An. 305. Weard on wicge sæt, Beo. Th. 578 ; B. 286. Hé æt fótum sæt freán Scyldinga, 1004 ; B. 500. Maria sæt be Hǽlendes fótum, Blickl. Homl. 73, 30. Wé on geflitum sǽton we sat engaged in discussions, Salm.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

ferhþ-wérig

soul-weary ⬩ sad

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soul-weary, sad

a-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þindan, p. þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden

To puff up ⬩ swell ⬩ inflate ⬩ intumescere

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To puff up, swell, inflate; intumescere He ðá ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tumida æquora placavit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8. Gif he aþunden sý if he be swollen, Herb. 1, 21 : Lchdm. i. 76, 27. Aþindaþ occurs in Ps.

Linked entries: a-þindung a-þunden

for-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen

To blow away ⬩ inflate ⬩ inflāre

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To blow away, inflate; inflāre Com án wind, ond forbleów hie út on sǽ there came a wind, and blew them out on to the sea, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 19. Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4

scip-steóra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steóra, -stýra, an; m.
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A steersman, pilot Swíðe eáðe mæg on smyltre sǽ ungelǽred scipstiéra (-stióra, Cott. MSS.) genóh ryhte stiéran quieto mari recte navem imperitus nauta dirigit, Past. 9, 2; Swt. 59, 1. Swá swá gód scipstýra (-stioera, Cott.

bald

(adj.)
Grammar
bald, adj.

BOLD ⬩ audacious ⬩ adventurous ⬩ confident ⬩ audax ⬩ confidens

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BOLD, audacious, adventurous, confident; audax, confidens Bald breóst-toga a bold chief, Salm. Kmbl. 369; Sal. 184: Hilde calla bald bord upahóf the bold war-herald raised his shield, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253.

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blédan

(v.)
Grammar
blédan, p. de; pp. ed

To BLEED, emit blood ⬩ sanguinem emittere

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[blód blood] To BLEED, emit blood; sanguinem emittere Blédaþ ǽdran the veins shall bleed, Salm. Kmbl. 290; Sal. 144. Se blédenda fíc the bleeding fig or disease, Wanl. catal. 305, 4.

þreó-tíne

(n.; num.; adj.)

thirteen

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thirteen Ðreóténo, Salm. Kmbl. 581; Sal. 290. Ðreótýne, Menol. Fox 229; Men. 116. Þreottýne tredecim, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 11: Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 23. Ðǽr syndon betweónan ðám twám mynstrum ðreottýne míla ámetene, 4, 23; S. 596, 26.

cald

(adj.)
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cold; gelidus, frigidus Ðonne cymþ forst fyrnum cald then cometh bitter cold frost, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 28; Gen. 316: 227; Th. 304, 29; Sae. 637: Andr. Kmbl. 619; An. 310. Caldra colder, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 10; Rä. 41, 54.

scip-líþend

Grammar
scip-líþend, scip-líþende.
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On sǽ bið þæt sciplíðendra cwalm swá mycel, ꝥ nænig man ne wát tó secganne ne nǽnigum eorðcyninge be ðám sciplíðendum illo tempore navium adcessio erit in pelago, ut nemo nemini novum referrat regi terrę, Verc. Först. 119, 15.

Linked entry: líþend

cép

(n.)
Grammar
cép, es; m.

A sale, bargain, business ⬩ negotium

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A sale, bargain, business; negotium Awyrigende cép malignum negotium, Somn. 159; Lchdm. iii. 206, 32. Sellan to cépe to give for sale, sell, Deut. 28, 68

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER ⬩ păter

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Sunu his fæderes son of his father, Cd. 226; Th. 301, 12; Sat. 580. Ðis is se ilca God, ðone fæderas cúðon this is the same God, whom your fathers knew, Andr. Kmbl. 1504; An. 753: Elen. Kmbl. 796; El. 398.

Linked entries: eald-fæder fædyr feder fieder fæder-lic

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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He says: ''] Sumerlida malleolus, hýdscip mioparo, mæstcyst modius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 25-27

giómor

(adj.)
Grammar
giómor, adj.

Sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mæstus

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Sad, sorrowful; mæstus Nú sceal ic wreccea giómor, singan sárcwidas now shall I, a sad wretch, sing mournful songs, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 6; Met. 2, 3

cweden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cweden, spoken, said, called, Exon. 15b; Th. 34, 24; Cri. 547: Chr. 455; Erl. 13, 23: Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 45; pp.
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of cweðan

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