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ge-brecan

(v.)
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Wong gebrocen tó beorgum, Rum. 33. fig. to crush, destroy Ic gebreocu hié swé swé dúst comminuam illos ut pulverem, Ps. Srt. 17, 43. Hornas synfulra ic gebreocu (confringam), 74, 11. Hé on þám folce feóndgyld gebræc, Ps. Th. 105, 24.

til

(prep.)
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Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend tunc dicit illis Jesus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31. Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.) Eástro ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha? 26, 17

þúr

(n.)
Grammar
þúr, es; m.

Thor

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Ðys godspel sceal on Þúres-dæg, Rubc. Jn. 7, 40. On Þúrs-dæg, Rubc. Jn. 5, 30. The word is found also in local names, e.g. Ðúres-leáh, Ðúrgártún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342

Linked entry: þúrs-dæg

niþer-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer-weardes, -weard; adv.

Downwardsin a downward direction

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Rush. 8, 32. Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66

þe

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, <b>=se</b>,
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Rush. 4, 2, 6

wiþer-metan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-metan, p. -mæt, pl.-mǽton; pp. -meten

To compare

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Rush. 18, 23

Linked entry: wiþ-metan

breóst-rocc

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-rocc, es; m. [breóst. rocc
clothing
]

clothing Breast-cloth thorax

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Stíðe and ruge breóstroccas [MS. breóst-rocces] stiff and rough breast-clothes; renones, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 114; Wrt. Voc. 40, 24

pricele

(n.)
Grammar
pricele, <b> (a?),</b> an; f. m. (?)
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Ðone hlætmesto pricclu (pricla, Rush.) nouissimum minutum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 59

ge-firenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-firenian, -firnian; p. ode; pp. od

To sinpeccāre

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Rush. 27, 4

riht-gesetedness

(n.)
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regular ordinance, right rule Þonne forlǽtað hí heora rihtgesetednysse (canonicum ordinem), Chrd. 10, 30. Gif hwá angeán þás gesetednyssa oððe óðre swilce rihtgesetednyssa beó tóþunden ( huic institutioni contumax), 61, 12

on-setness

(n.)
Grammar
on-setness, e; f.

constitution, appointmentambush, artifice, plot

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Rush. 11, 50. (cf. sittan) ambush, artifice, plot Allo onsetnisse fióndes omnes insidias inimici, Rtl. 121, 40

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Kmbl. 340, 29; Rún. 8. On wuldres ᚹ (Kemble writes wealdend in place of the rune in the MS.; but cf. wuldres wynn, Andr. Kmbl. 1773; An. 889), Elen. Kmbl. 2177; El. 1090. In Ps. Vos. 99, 1 jubilate is rendered by ᚹ sumiaþ.

Linked entry: mód-wén

burg-ræced

(n.)
Grammar
burg-ræced, es; nom. acc. pl. -ræced; n.
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A city-dwelling, house surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth; urbanæ ædes, circumvallata domus Beorht wǽron burgræced bright were the city-dwellings, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 9; Ruin. 22

Linked entry: burh-ræced

eðða

(con.)
Grammar
eðða, conj.

Or aut

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Rush. 5, 18

gár-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
gár-rǽs, es; m.

A rush of spearsbattlewarwarfarehastārum impĕtusprœlium

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A rush of spears, battle, war, warfare; hastārum impĕtus, prœlium Ðæt gé ðisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon that ye buy off this warfare with tribute, Byrht. Th. 132, 46; By. 32

scrynce

(adj.)
Grammar
scrynce, adj.
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Withered Menigo ðara unbálra blindena haltra scryngcara (giscrungeura, Rush.: forscruncenra, W. S. ) multitudo languenlium, caecorum, claudorum, aridorum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. Cf. scrence, and for the inflexion tuoegara, 8, 17

ge-leoren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-leoren, part.

Gone awaydeparteddefunctus

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Gone away, departed; defunctus Eorþgráp hafaþ waldendwyrhtan, forweorene [MS. forweorone], geleorene earth's grasp [i. e. the grave] holds its powerful workmen, decayed, departed, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 14; Ruin. 7

beadu-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-mægen, gen. -mægnes; n.

Battle-strengthmilitary powermilitaris visexercitus stragem faciens

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Battle-strength, military power; militaris vis, exercitus stragem faciens Beadumægnes rǽs, grím-helma gegrind the rush of battle-strength, the crash of grim helmets, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 28; Exod. 329

eorþ-gráp

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gráp, e; f.

Earth's grasp, the hold of the graveterræ comprĕhensio

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Earth's grasp, the hold of the grave; terræ comprĕhensio Eorþgráp hataþ waldend wyrhtan earth's grasp [i. e. the grave holdeth its mighty workmen, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 12; Ruin. 6

ge-wépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wépan, p. -weóp, pl. -weópon; pp. -wópen

To weeplamentflere

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Giweópun alle flebant omnes, Rush. 8, 52. Gewópen fletum, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28