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róf

(n.)
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a number (?). v. secg-, stæf-róf

Róm

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Tó Róme (Rómesbyrig, Rómebyrig, v. ll.) þú becymst, Gr. D. 132, 31. Hé becóm tó Róme (gesóhte Rómesbyrig, v. l. ), 133, 8. Sécende Rómesbyrig (Rómesburh, v. l. ), 273, 19. Fǽddæ hiǽ wylif in Rómæcæstri, Txts. 127, 2. Add

reón

(n.)

mourning, lament

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mourning, lament Woldan wérigu wíf wópe bimǽnan æþelinges deáþ, reóne bereótan, Exon. Th. 459. 27; Hö. 6. Cf. rýn

rif

(adj.)
Grammar
rif, (?); adj.

Fierce

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Fierce Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31

rinc

(n.)
Grammar
rinc, es; m.

A man (a poetical term)

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A man (a poetical term) Se rinc ( Enoch) on líchoman lisse sóhte, Cd. Th. 73, 12; Gen. 1203 : (Abraham ) 107, 17 ; Ger. 1790. Com ðá tó recede rinc ( Grendel ) síðian, Beo. Th. 1445; B. 720. Árás ðá se ríca ( Hrothgar ), ymb hine rinc manig, þegna heáp

Róm

(n.)
Grammar
Róm, e; f.

Rome

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Rome Ðá wæs ábrocen burga cyst, beadurincum wæs Róm gerýmed, Met. 1, 19. Hér onféng Ecgbriht pallium æt Róme, Chr. 735; Erl. 47, 19. Petrus gesæt biscepsetl on Róme, 45; Erl. 6, 20. Hér sendon Brytwalas tó Róme, 443; Erl. 10, 21 : 721; Erl. 44, 25. Ðæt

Linked entry: Róme-burh

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

gladcheerfulnoble, excellent

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glad, cheerful Ðǽr moncyn mót for Meotude rót sóðne God geseón and aa in sibbe gefeón, Exon. 355, 33; Reim. 86. v. un-rót, rétan, rót-hwíl, rótlíce, rótness. noble, excellent Se góda man swá hé swíðor áfandod biþ, swá hé rótra biþ, and neár Gode, óþ

rop

(n.)

the colon.

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the colon

Linked entry: hrop

rop

(n.)

broth

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broth Rop (broþ ?) jus (in a list de suibus), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 55. (?)

rów

(adj.)
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rów, adj.

Quiet, calm, mild

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Quiet, calm, mild Se cleweþa (itch ) biþ suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, hé wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11, 6; Swt. 71, 19

rów

(n.)
Grammar
rów, e; f.

Quiet, rest

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Quiet, rest Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun æfter tintergum tídum brúcan, ðonne hý of waþum wérge cwóman restan ryneþrágum, rówe gefégon, Exon. Th. 115, 4; Gú. 184. Biteache mi gast and mi bodi baðen to ro and to reste, Marh. 20, 5. Cristess resste and Cristess

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rine

(n.; v.)

Similar entry: ryne

cyn-ryn

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ryn, es; n.

A family course, generationgeneratio, progenies

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A family course, generation; generatio, progenies Gen. 11, 27: Ps. Lamb. 71, 5: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 8: Mt. Bos. 12, 34

dolg-rune

(n.)

pellitory

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pellitory, L. M. 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 16

emb-rin

(n.)
Grammar
emb-rin, es; n. [ = emb-íren an encircling iron]

A fetter compes

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A fetter; compes Embrin balust? Cot. 203: Wrt. Voc. 288, 1

burg-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
burg-rúne, an; -rún, e; f. [Substitute these for burh-rúnan.]
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A sorceress Burgrúnan furiae. Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 42. Burhrúnan, 151, 76. Burgrúnae (-e) parcas, Txts. 86, 761. Burgrúnan, An. Ox. 38, 2. Cf. hægtess(e)

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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an urn Embrin bothoma (the m is altered into ni, Corp. Gl. H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

cyn-ren

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Add: a family, stock, race Mid cynrene, mǽgþe prosapia, An. Ox. 1297: 1664. Hé ne gecýst nú be nánum cynrene, ac of ǽlcere mǽgðe, Hml. A. 17, 85. Of módignesse cynrene, R. Ben. 22, 14. Wé gesáwon Enachis cynryn ( stirpem ), Num. 13, 29. Bisceophád sceolde

ge-rén

Grammar
ge-rén, l. ge-réne,
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and see ge-regne

healf-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-rúh, adj.

Half-rough

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Half-rough Án healfrúh tæppet sipla, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 35