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DEÁW

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁW, es; m. n.

DEW ⬩ ros

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DEW; ros Swá swá deáw ðære dúne ðætte [se, Th; se ðe, Spl.] niðerastáh on munte oððe to dúne sicut ros Hermon qui deseendit in montem Sion, Ps. Lamb. 132, 3.

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta

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Daroþas wǽron weó ðære wihte darts were an affliction to the creature, 114 a; Th. 438, 8 ; Rä. 57, 4. Þurh daroþa gedrep through the stroke of darts, Andr. Kmbl. 2886; An. 1446. Dareþa of darts, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 11; Æðelst. 54.

Linked entry: daraþ

efnan

(v.)
Grammar
efnan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. trans.

to throw down, prostrate, level, lay low ⬩ prosternĕre ⬩ to perform, execute, labour, achieve ⬩ patrāre, perpetrāre, facĕre, præstāre

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Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 28; Rä. 28, 8. to perform, execute, labour, achieve; patrāre, perpetrāre, facĕre, præstāre Ic ǽ ðíne efne and healde custōdiam lēgem tuam. Ps. Th. 118, 44: 118, 131, 143.

Linked entries: æfnan efnian ge-efnan

FLÝS

(n.)
Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.

A fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ vellus ⬩ lānūgo

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Wulle flýsum with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Flýs lānūgo. Cot. 122

fréfran

(v.)
Grammar
fréfran, p. ede; pp. ed

To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri

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Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on sometimes I comfort those whom ere I war against, Exon. 102 b; Th. 389, 13; Rä. 7, 7: 27 b; Th. 82, 19; Cri. 1341. Hí earme fréfraþ they comfort the poor, 33 b; Th. 106, 29; Gú. 48.

Linked entries: ge-fréfran frófrian

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare

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Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex. 66. Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57.

wlitigian

(v.)
Grammar
wlitigian, p. ode.

to make beautiful ⬩ to grow beautiful

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Th. 493, 17; Rä. 81, 32. Fyl nú ða frurnsprǽce, wlitega ðíne wordcwidas (give glorious effect to eny words), and ðín wuldor ús gecýð, 188, 9; Az. 43. Wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde and ðín wuldor on ús gecýð, Cd. Th. 236, 26; Dan. 327.

geofon

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Add: ocean, sea, flood Ic gewíte sécan gársecges grund; gifen bið gewréged, Rá. 3, 3. Gársecg, geofon geótende, An. 393. Geofon ( the Red Sea ), Exod. 447. On geofones staðe, 580. Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227.

on-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
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Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras, Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4. Ontýn þínne múð dilata os tuum, Ps. Th. 80, 11. <b>I h.

wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽcan, p. wǽhte; pp. wǽht, wǽced

To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress

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Th. 410, 27; Rä. 29, 5. Ða men beóþ mid hriþingum swíþe strangum wǽcede, Lchdm. ii. 258, 3

hægel

(n.)
Grammar
hægel, hægl, es; m.

hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl

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Hægelas twegen two H's, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 27; Rä. 43, 11

Linked entry: hagal

seolfor

(n.)
Grammar
seolfor, siolufr, silofr, sylfor (-er, -ur), es; n.

Silver

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Th. 395, 4; Rä. 15, 2. Næbbe gé seolfer (sulfer, Lind.: sylfur, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 10, 9. Wénst ðú ðæt wé ðínes hláfordes seolfor stǽlon, Gen. 44, 8. Sealde him tó bóte gangende feoh and glæd seolfor, Cd. Th. 164, 24; Gen. 2719

Linked entries: sylfor silofor

wil-cuma

(n.)
Grammar
wil-cuma, an; m.

One whose coming is pleasant ⬩ a welcome person (or thing)

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Th. 391, 4 ; Rä. 9, II

brægen-loca

(n.)
Grammar
brægen-loca, an ; m.

The head ⬩ skull

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, Ru. 72, 21

duguþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
duguþ-lic, adj.
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Noble, chief, v. duguþ. 2 Ealdorlicere, dugoþlice(re) mihte tribunicie potestatis, An. Ox. 4544. Duguþlicre, 2, 345

biren

(adj.)
Grammar
biren, adj.
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Byrenne ( = -re; byorenne, Hpt. Gl. 508, 43), 4380

tó-higung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-higung, e; f.

affectus ⬩ effectus

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The word glosses affectus, Ru. 18, 32: 31, 40: 7, 27 : effectus, 35, 37: 63, 20

Linked entry: hígung

ge-edstaþeliend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-edstaþeliend, es; m.

One who re-establishes, restores, repairs

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One who re-establishes, restores, repairs Geedstaþeliend ealles manncynnes reparator humani generis, Angl. xi. 112, 3

hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.

Quick ⬩ swift ⬩ speedy ⬩ sudden ⬩ alert ⬩ rapid ⬩ prompt ⬩ active

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Mé is fenýce fóre hreðre is ðæs gores sunu gonge hrædra more swift than I is the fen-frog in its course, the son of dirt [beetle] is more rapid in its walk, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9-12; Rä. 41, 71-2

Linked entries: hræð hreþ

ge-þwǽre

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Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume ꝥ hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe þe his mæg hæfde wið hié ǽr geworht, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 26. of things, at peace, at rest Streámas eft stille weorðað, ýða geþwǽre, Rä. 3, 15