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delfere

(n.)
Grammar
delfere, es; m.

A diggerfossor

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A digger;fossor Gif se delfere ða eorþan nó ne dulfe if the digger had not dug the earth, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 7

eln-boga

(n.)
Grammar
eln-boga, an; m.

An elbowcŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde the arm had no bending at the elbow, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23

Linked entries: el-boga elm-boga

bétende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bétende, part. [from bétan to make better, atone]

Amending, atoningreparans, expians

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Amending, atoning; reparans, expians Bétende [MS. betend] crungon hergas to hrusan the atoning bands sank to earth, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29

hergaþ

Grammar
hergaþ, hereþ

booty

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Þá ongan hé þǽr standan earm mid his hereðe (cum praeda sua), Gr. D. 224, 26. Add:

winter-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
winter-gewǽde, es; n.

A wintry weed, wintry garment

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A wintry weed, wintry garment Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ wintergewǽdum frost and snow cover earth with winter's weeds, Exon. Th. 215, 8; Ph. 250

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Add: to declare, proclaim, make known Ðá geleáfullan bodiað (bodigeað, v. l.) be Gode ðæt sóð is ecclesta ore fidelium de Deo, quaeque vera sunt, testatur, Past. 367, 9. Sé . . . þe hé tówearde sægde and bodode, Bl. H. 9, 16. Weorþian wé Sancta Marian

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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Ðú ne ætstande náhwár on ðisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, Gen. 19, 17. Hé sóhte his wǽpnu, ac hé ne geseah hí náhwǽr, Homl. Skt. 3, 257 : Blickl. Homl. 59, 20 : 181, 23.

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod.

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive outbanishexpelexpellĕrepropellĕrefŭgāre

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Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
full-fremedlíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fullycompletelyperfectlyperfecte

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Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce gefullod non es perfecte baptīzātus, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 6: 618, 38.

Linked entry: fremedlíce

wræc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-stów, e; f.

a place of exilea place of miserypunishment

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a place of exile Seó stów ðe, ðú nú on hǽft eart, and ðú cwist ðæt ðín wræcstów sý, heó is ðám monnum éþel ðe ðǽron geborene wǽran hic ipse locus, quem iu exsilium vocas, incolentibus patria est, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 27. a place of misery or punishment

dreórig-hleór

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig-hleór, adj.

Sad of countenance tristis facie

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Sad of countenance; tristis facie Sumne dreórighleór in eorþ-scræfe eorl gehýdde a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 17; Wand. 83

elm-boga

(n.)
Grammar
elm-boga, an; m.

An elbow cŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan if the arm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24

næsse

(n.)
Grammar
næsse, an; f.

A headlandpromontorycape

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A headland, promontory, cape Óþ ða norþmestan næssan on eorþan to the most northerly cape on earth, Met. 9, 43. Næssun (-an ?) litora, Germ. 400, 488

earfoþ-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-sǽlig, adj.

Unblessedinfēlix

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Unblessed; infēlix Ne biþ ǽnig ðæsearfoþsǽlig mon on moldan there is not any man on earth so unblessed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 1; Crä. 8

Linked entry: sǽlig

wil-wang

(n.)
Grammar
wil-wang, es; m.

A pleasant plainpleasant land

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., eard bihealdaþ..., nǽfre him deáþ sceþeþ on ðam willwonge, Exon. Th. 203, 24; Ph. 89

bréme

(adv.)
Grammar
bréme, adv.

Famously, notably, gloriously;famose, solemniter, gloriose

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Famously, notably, gloriously; famose, solemniter, gloriose Is his miht ofer middangeard bréme gébledsod his might is gloriously blessed throughout the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 3434; An. 1721

Linked entry: brýmuste

heáh-biscop

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Þú eart sácerd æfter endebryrdnesse þæs heáhbiscopes ( Melchisedech ), Ps. Vos. 109, 4

talu

Grammar
talu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án torswíþe leás man, Hml. S. 23, 687. Add Talu disputatio, An. Ox. 27, 18.

Angles ég

(n.)
Grammar
Angles ég, e; f. [íg an island]

ANGLESEY

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ANGLESEY, so called after it was conquered by the English: it was anciently called Mona Hugo eorl wearþ ofslagen innan Angles ége earl Hugo was slain in Anglesey, Chr. 1098; Ing. 317, 31