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a-wyrt-walian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrt-walian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a out, wyrtwalian to root, to fix roots]

To root uperadicateextirpateexterminateeradicaresupplantare

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Met. Fox 12, 51; Met. 12, 26 : Ps. Th. 36, 9. Awyrtwala hine supplanta eum, Ps. Spl. 16, 14

Linked entry: a-wurtwarian

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, dióre; adv.

Dearly, with great pricecāre, magno

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Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

Linked entry: dióre

ge-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To drinkbibere

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Met. Fox 7, 31; Met. 7, 16. Ðæt wín is gedruncen bibitur vinum, Ælf. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 47 : Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 13 : Gen. 27, 25

Linked entry: ge-druncen

ge-lystan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lystan, p. -lyste; pp. -lysted, -lyst; v. impers.

To please, cause a desire for anything

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Met. Fox 1, 18 ; Met. 1, 9

Linked entry: ge-lustian

weorold-wuniend

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
weorold-wuniend, es; m. or -wuniende; adj. A dweller in this world; or
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Met. 13, 17

wlite-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-torht, adj.

Brilliantsplendid

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Met. 28, 60. Wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 5 ; Rä. 70, 3

heofon-steorra

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Heofonsteorran (cf. steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 22) ealle efenbeorhte ne scínað, Met. 20, 232. Add

wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, <b>. I.</b>
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Met. 5, 34. Add

sǽ-waroþ

(n.)

the sea-shore

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the sea-shore Be sǽwaroþe and be æáófrum, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 17 : Met. 19, 21

Linked entries: waroþ sǽ-faroþ

búte

(con.)
Grammar
búte, conj.
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Met. Fox 18, 20; Met. 18, 10. Búte ic nát but I know not, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 16. Búte ge to him gecyrren nisi convertimini, Ps. Th. 7, 12

cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchantmercator

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Met. Fox 8, 58; Met. 8, 29. Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited an island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13. Cépena þinga gewrixle the interchange of merchants' goods, commerce; commercuim, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 53; Wrt. Voc. 21, 41

ful-wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wíde, adv.

Full widelyall aroundround aboutcircumcirca

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Met. Fox 9, 10; Met. 9, 5

eádan

(v.)
Grammar
eádan, p. eód, pl. eódon; pp.eáden

To give, concede, grant dăre, concēdĕre

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Met. Fox 31, 18; Met. 31, 9. Is æfestum eáden it [the soul] is given to envy, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 7; Hy. 4, 46. Ac me eáden wearþ but it was granted to me, 10 b; Th. 13, 10; Cri. 200

hwealf

(n.)
Grammar
hwealf, e; f.
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Met. Fox 10, 13; Met. 10, 7. Hwalf clima, Cot. 56, Lye

Linked entries: hwalf hwalwa hwealf

Saturnus

(n.)
Grammar
Saturnus, Saturnes; m.

Saturn the god

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Saturn the god Ðæs (Jove's father ) nama wæs Saturnus, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 17: Met. 26, 48. Tó ðam cealdan stiorran ðe wé hátaþ Saturnes steorra (cf.

ge-steppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-steppan, -stæppan; p. -stepede = -stepte? pp. -steped = -stept?

To stepgogradiireincedere

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Met. Fox 20, 279; Met. 20, 140. For hwí geunrótsod gesteppe ic oððe gá ic quare contristatus incedo, Ps. Lamb. 42, 10. Gistepe ue gradiamur, Rtl. 51, 9. Gesteped initiatus, Cot. 108

Linked entry: ge-stæppan

ferhþ-loca

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Þǽr ic móste mód gefeðran, þínne ferðlocan, feðrum mínum pennas sibi cum mens induit, Met. 24, 5. Add

þweor-timbre

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-timbre, (?); adj.

Cross-grainedstubborn

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, stubborn Ic wát ðæt ic ǽr ne síð ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþohtes ne þweorhtimbran ( Grein suggests -tímran, v. next word ) mægþa cynnes, Exon. Th. 275, 15; Jul. 550

ǽr-morgen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-morgen, -mergen, es; m.

The early morningday-breakprimum manematutinumdiluculum

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Met. Fox 28, 72; Met. 28, 36. Ǽrmorgenes gancg wið æftentíd exitus matutini et vespere, Ps. Th. 64, 9. On ǽrmergen diluculo, 107, 2 : 56, 10: Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 27. Ǽrmyrgen mane, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Wrt. Voc. 53, 2

égor-streám

(n.)
Grammar
égor-streám, eágor-streám,es ; m.

A water-stream, water, the seaunda, flŭvius, măre

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Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118. Égorstreámas swógan the water-streams sounded, Cd. 69 ; Th. 83, 4; Gen. 1374

Linked entry: eágor-streám