óþ-beran
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Mec sǽ óþbær on Finna land the sea bore me forth to the land of the Fins, Beo. Th. 1163; B. 579 : Exon. Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10. Sumne fugel óþbær (bore off) ofer heánne holm, 291, 13; Wand. 81
glæsen
Made of glass ⬩ grey ⬩ vitreus
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Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt. Kmbl. p 10, 3
feng
a grasp ⬩ span ⬩ hug ⬩ embrace ⬩ amplexus ⬩ captus ⬩ what is taken ⬩ booty ⬩ captum ⬩ præda
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Fýres feng the grasp of fire, Salm. Kmbl. 707; Sal. 353. what is taken, booty; captum, præda Hí feng woldon fón they would take the booty, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 30, col. 2: 33, col. 1
Linked entries: gearu-fang ge-feng
Mǽðas
the Medes
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Méda máððumselas, Salm. Kmbl. 379; Sal. 189: Cd. 209; Th. 259, 7; Dan. 688. Médum, Th. 258, 26; Dan. 681
ge-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ dolare ⬩ cædere ⬩ concidere
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To hew, cut, cut in pieces; dolare, cædere, concidere Wicg hornum geheáweþ heweth the war-horse with his horns, Salm. Kmbl. 313; Sal. 156 : Beo. Th. 1368; B. 682 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 33; Jud. 90 : 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 295 : Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 27.
wrǽstan
to wrest ⬩ twist ⬩ to move the strings of the harp in playing ⬩ plectrum.
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Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt. Parv. 533 Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes fotum sittan, and á snellíce snere wrǽstan, lǽtan scralletan, Exon. Th. 332, 9; Vy. 82
Linked entry: a-wrǽstan
ofer-mægen
Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force
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Him on swaðe fylgeþ A ofermægene, Salm. Kmbl. 187; Sal. 93
esol
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D. 185, 3, After sæt, l. 2, add: Ðæt wæs for ðǽm ðe se assa geseah ðone engel. Add:
strang-líc
strong, robust ⬩ strong, firm, solid, able to resist force ⬩ requiring strength, laborious, hard ⬩ hard to bear, severe
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Th. 288, 25; Sat. 387. Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 5
í-dæges
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On the same day Se ðe sleá his ágenne þeówne esne and hé ne sý ídæges deád he who smites his own slave, and he die not on the same day, L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 13.
Linked entry: ig-dæges
ge-héran
To hear ⬩ audīre
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To hear; audīre Ic ne sceal ǽfre gehéran ðære byrhtestan béman stefne I shall never hear the brightest trumpet's sound, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 14; Sat. 171 : 220; Th. 284, 27; Sat. 328.
friteþ
eats
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eats, Salm. Kmbl. 596; Sal. 297: Ps. Spl. T. 48, 14;
bleóum
in colours
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in colours, Salm. Kmbl. 301; Sal. 150; inst. pl. of bleoh
geómer-mód
sad of mind, sorrowful
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sad of mind, sorrowful, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 9; Gen. 858
stán-cropp
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Stone-crop; sedum acre Nim stáncroppes sǽd, Lchdm. iii. 72, 10
getæl-ríme
Succession; ⬩ successio
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Succession; successio On getælríme in succession, Salm. Kmbl. 76; Sal. 38
ge-þohte
thought
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thought, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 11; Sat. 187 p.of ge-þencean
hinsíð-gryre
Terror connected with death,
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Terror connected with death, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 17; Sat. 456
EORÞE
EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum
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Spritte seó eorþe grówende gærs and sǽd wircende and æppelbǽre treów wæstm wircende æfter his cinne, ðæs sǽd sig on him silfum ofer eorþan geemĭnet terra herbam vĭrentem et făcientem sēmen et lignum pōmĭfĕrum făciens fructum juxta gĕnus suum, cujus sēmen
fór-sorged
Made very sad ⬩ grieved ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ tristātus ⬩ triste factus
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Made very sad, grieved, sorrowful; tristātus, triste factus, Som. Ben. Lye