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hagalian

(v.)
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Add: — Hit hagolade seofon niht ofer ealle Rómáne per septem dies grando lapidum terram verberavit, Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 6

leás-spellung

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Swá heora scopas on heora leóðum giddiende sindon and on heora leá(s)spellengum, Ors. 3, 1 ; S. 94, 29. Add

wæl-grimlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wæl-grimlíce, adv.

With the utmost bitterness

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Ðǽr wæs se mǽsta blódgyte on ǽgðere healfe, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31

Linked entry: grimlíce

a-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rídan, p. -rád, pl. -ridon; pp. -riden

To rideequitare

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To ride; equitare He út of ðam mann-werode arád he rode out from the crowd, Ors. 3, 7 ; Bos. 62, 22

Linked entry: a-rád

fódrere

(n.)
Grammar
fódrere, es; m.

A foddererforagerpābŭlātor

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A fodderer, forager; pābŭlātor Þunor ofslóh xxiv heora fódrera thunder killed twenty-four of their foragers, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 1

lyðer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðer-líc, adj.

Sordidmeanvile

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Sordid, mean, vile Se cyning self mid swíðe lyðerlícum gegierelan ipse imperator sordida servilique tunica discinctus, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 16

ge-wyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyld, -wild, es; n.

Powerdominion

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Power, dominion Æfter ðam ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Inde him to gewyldon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67. 21

Wísle-land

(n.)
Grammar
Wísle-land, es; n.

The land in which the Vistula risespart of Poland

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The land in which the Vistula rises, part of Poland Be eástan Maroara londe is Wíslelond, Ors. I. l ; Swt. 16, 17

árung

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Hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ꝥ hé ealles buton árunge tó Róme ne com, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 24. Add

bleáþ

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Siþþan hié welegran wǽron, hié eác bleáðran gewurdon aurum Persicum prima Graeciae virtutis corruptio fuit, Ors. 2 5; S. 84, 22. Add

ge-dréfedlic

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Substitute: of darkness, thick, dense Þýsbernes swá gedréfedlic þæt hit man gefélan mihte tenebrae crassitudine palpabiles, Ors. I. J; S. 38, 14

híwung

(n.)
Grammar
híwung, e; f.

Marriage

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Marriage Mid his híwunge and his geférena with the marriage of himself and of his companions, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 24

Linked entry: heówung

forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Brokenweakenedvoidfractuslăbĕfactus

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Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1

brerd

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Se ele feóll ofer þá brerdas þǽre bydene oleum ora dolii transiens, Gr. D. 160, 13. Add

micelian

(v.)
Grammar
micelian, miclian, micclian; p. ode.

to become greatto increase in size or in quantityto make greatto increase the size or quantity of a thingto extolmagnify

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On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt norþmeste (ríce) micliende, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 12. to make great, to increase the size or quantity of a thing Man myclade ðæt ordálýsen the ordeal-iron should be increased in weight, L. Æðelst. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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</b> add :-- Æfter þǽm eall þeós worold geceás Agustuses frið and his sibbe, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 17

Crécas

(n.)
Grammar
Crécas, gen. Créca; pl. m.

The Greeks Græci

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The Greeks; Græci Fór on Crécas he went against the Greeks Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 15, 31.

Linked entries: Grécas Créce

Arewe

(n.)
Grammar
Arewe, Arwe, an; f. [arewe arrow]

ARROW, the name of a river in several countiesfluvii nomen

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ARROW, the name of a river in several counties, called so either from its swiftness or straightness, also the Orwell; fluvii nomen Se here gewende ðá fram Lundene, mid hyra scypum, into Arewan [MS. Laud.

carcern

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Þá monegan cyningas on carcernum lǽgon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 18. Ðá hálgan menn geðafedon monige bendas and carcernu (karcernu, v. l. ), Past. 205, 12

be-hyldan

(v.)

to put off to flayskinexcoriare

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to put off to flay, skin; excoriare He hét hý behyldan he ordered to flay it Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45