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helle-hús

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hús,
  • Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 24; Gú. 649.

geóng

(v.; part.)
Grammar
geóng, went, Beo. Th. 1855, note; B. 925; p.
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of gangan

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

broden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
broden, woven, braided, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552; pp.
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of bredan

dyrre

(v.)
Grammar
dyrre, durst, Beo. Th. 2763; B. 1379; subj. pres.
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of durran

fleág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleág, flew,
  • Exon. 46a
    • ;
  • Th. 157, 9
    • ;
  • Gú. 889
    • ;
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p. of fleógan

Ealdulfes næs

(n.)
Grammar
Ealdulfes næs, Chr. 1052; Th. 321, 10. v. Eádulfes næs.

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helle-dor

Grammar
helle-dor,
  • Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 14; Hö. 87.

eár

(prep.)
Grammar
eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

gyt-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gyt-feorm, [?], L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26.

ge-hropen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hropen, Ps. Th. 17, 15. v. ge-hreosan; I.

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or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in Goth. us, in Icel. or, ur, in O. H. Ger. ur it is found also as a preposition. It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of
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original, early, e. g. or-eald

Linked entry: ur

FARAN

(v.)
Grammar
FARAN, to farenne; ic fare, ðú farest, færest, færst, færsþ, he fareþ, færeþ, færþ, pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp.

A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo

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Ic fór fram ðé I went from thee, Gen. 31, 31. Constantius, se míldesta man, fór on Bryttanie, and ðǽr gefór Constantius, the mildest man, went into Britain, and there died, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39.

Linked entries: færan feran

þínan

(v.)
Grammar
þínan, p. þán; pp. þinen
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To get moist or damp Dó on næsc, hæbbe him on, ðý læs hit þíne, Lchdm. ii. 36, 8

bude

(v.)
Grammar
bude, hast offered, Cd.111; Th. 147, 7; Gen. 2435: budon offered, Beo. Th. 2175; B. 1085; p. s.
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and pl. of beódan

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit. Cf. In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.), Piers P. 14, 62.]
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Th. 77, 25. with the agent not expressed Rínþ pluit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 6. Hit rínde feówertig daga, Gen. 7, 12 : Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hyt rínde fýr and swefl of heofone plait ignem et sulphur de coelo, Lk. Skt. 17, 29.

Linked entries: regnan rínan regnian

be-worpen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-worpen, cast, cast down, thrown, cast about, surrounded, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 13; Gen. 393 : Gen. 40, 15 : Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 8; Hick. Thes. i. 135; pp.
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of be-weorpan

earn-geát

(n.)
Grammar
earn-geát, e; f. [gǽt, gát a goat] The goat-eagle, vulture; harpe = ἅρπη, vultur, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 153, 40: Mone A. 2.

Linked entries: æren-geát earn-geáp ear-geát

hinder-geap

(adj.)
Grammar
hinder-geap, hinder-gep. l. hinder-geáp, hinder-gép, and in the bracket of 1. 6 for hiþer l. luþer.

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