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dunnian

(v.)
Grammar
dunnian, he dunnaþ, pl.dunniaþ ; p. ode; pp. od

To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken ⬩ obscūrāre

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To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken; obscūrāre Se móna ða beorhtan steórran dunnaþ [MS. dunniaþ] the moon obscures the bright stars, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 35

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
Similar entries
(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

á-brácian

(v.)
Grammar
á-brácian, -brǽcian (?); p. ode
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To emboss, stamp Celatum ábrácod, út áþrungen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 22. Ábrectat ( = ábrǽcad?) celatum, Txts. 49, 451. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ka-práchit impressa: ki-práhtia (ac. pl.) celata: Ger. prägen.]

Linked entries: á-brectat -brácian

dunnian

(v.)
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Substitute: To grow dark, become invisible Swá déð se móna mid his blácan leóhte, ꝥ þá beorhtan steorran dunniað the stars become invisible when the moon shines, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35

grafan

(v.)
Grammar
grafan, ic grafe, græfe, ðú græfest, græfst, he græfeþ, græfþ, pl. grafaþ; p. gróf, pl. grófon; pp. grafen.
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Ac hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved each stone as the emperor designed, Shrn. 146, 16

á-sceótan

(v.)
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D. 12, 8. of position, to make prominent, thrust out Se stán wæs ásceoten gecyndelíce of þám munte saxum naturaliter egrediens, Gr.

hleór

a cheek ⬩ a face

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S. gegrípeð feónd be þám fótum, lǽteð foreweard hleór on strangne stán and stregdað tóðas. Sal. 113

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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Micel stán wealwiende of ðam heáhan munte, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 28. [Hie secheð to þe fule floddri and þaron waleweð, O. E. Homl. ii. 37, 27: H. M. 13, 34. They walweden as pigges in a poke, Chauc. Reeves T. 358.

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Ádrúwodon ðá hláfas swá swá stán, Hml. S. 23 b, 520. Oþ ðæt ðæt dolh ádrúgie, Lch. ii. 208, 24.

a-þweran

(v.)
Grammar
a-þweran, p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen

To shake or stir together with a churn-staff ⬩ to churn ⬩ bacillo agitare

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To shake or stir together with a churn-staff [A. Sax. þwiril], to churn, bacillo agitare Aþweran buteran butyrum agitare, Som. Aþwer buteran churn butter, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii.112, 25

GEARN

(n.)
Grammar
GEARN, gern; es; n.

YARN ⬩ spun wool ⬩ pensum ⬩ lāna nēta

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YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

incge

(n.; adj.)
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Ing occurs in stanza 22 of the Runic poem, and Ing-winas is a name of the Danes in Beowulf

brecþ

(n.)
Grammar
brecþ, e; pl. nom. >brecþa; f. [brecan
to break
]

to break ⬩ A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; ⬩ fractio, ærumna

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A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; fractio, ærumna Ðæt wæs wrǽc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa that was great wretchedness to the friend of the Scyldings, his mind's griefs, Beo. Th. 344; B. 171

ge-standan

(v.)
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(l a) to stand after moving, station oneself, take one's stand :-- Arn hé sóna on ꝥ hús, and ðá gestód ongeán þǽm lége, Bl. H. 221, 11. Gestáh hé steápe dúne þæt hé on hrófe gestód heán landes. Gen. 2898 : 2575.

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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Cunna mid grápunge hwæðer hí stánas synd ... þú miht witan gewislíce mid grápunge gif ðú geseón ne miht ꝥ hí synd stánas, 34, 334, 337. Ðurh his (St. Thomas') grápunge (cf. Lk. 24, 39 under grápian) we sind geleáffulle, Hml. Th. i. 234, 21

féþa

a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry

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Ic mid þínum wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande armed with thy weapons I will stand fast in thine army, Bl. H. 225, 34; Jul. 389. Féðan aciem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 15.

weorold-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-dóm, es; m.
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A secular judgment, judgment by a secular court Sum wer wæs betogen ðæt hé wǽre on stale, and hine man gelæhte and æfter worulddóme dydon him út ða eágan, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 267

hún-spuran

(n.)
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Húnspuran, 25, 66. v. hand-sporu, stæf-sweord

weorold-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-friþ, es; n.
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Cf. cyric-friþ Ðæt woroldfrið stande betweox Æðelréde cynge and eallum his leódscipe, and eallum ðam here ðe se cyng ðæt feoh sealde, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 9

orf-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
orf-cwealm, es; m.

Pestilence among cattle, murrain

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Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10

Linked entry: yrf-cwealm

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