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íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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Wénþ gif hé hit him iéwe ðæt hé him nylle geþafigean ðæt hé hine sníðe he expects, if he show it [the knife] to him, that he will not allow him to cut him, Past. 26, 3 ; Swt. 185, 25. Ðíne miltse ýwe show thy mercy, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 32; Cri. 245.

Linked entry: éwan

deád

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Wiþ deádum swile, 74, 12. of blood, congealed Hú mon ꝥ deáde blód áweg wenian scyle, Lch. ii. 8, 14. blood away from the body, gore [cf. Icel. dauða-blóð gore] Deád blód cruor, Wrt.

sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽlþ, e; f.

Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity

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Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity (the word is generally in the plural) Ic nú haebbe ongiten ðæt ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes ðe ic sǽr wénde ðæt gesǽlþa beón sceoldan náne sǽlba ne sint I have now seen that my prosperity and security

same

(adv.)
Grammar
same, (always in combination with swá); adv.

Similarly, in the same way

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Swá same And eft Lǽdenware swá same wendon ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde and again the Romans in the same way translated all into their own language, Past. pref. ; Swt. 6, 3.

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

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Nimþe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 4 : 93. 3. Grammar nimþe, connecting clauses Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43.

Linked entry: nemþe

in-gehygd

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On þám is godcundnesse wén þe manna ingehygd wát and can, 179, 26. Mé þingð ꝥ on þæs hálgan weres inngehigdum wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video inesse, Gr.

ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number to enumerate, recount, describe in succession to calculate, compute, count up to account, esteem as

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Hé mæg ríman steorran qui numerat multitudinem stellarum, 146, 4. to enumerate, recount, describe in succession On ðam is godcundnesse wén ðe manna ingehygd wát and can and heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ and rímeþ divinity is to be looked for in him

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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Stópon stíðhycgende on ða dúne up the stout-hearted went aloft upon the hill, Elen. Kmbl. 1430; El. 717: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 20; Met. 19, 10: Cd. 228; Th. 307, 21; Sat. 683. Ðec heá duna hérgen high downs praise thee, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 6; Az. 117.

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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went óþer hleór tó sleándum, R. Ben. 28, 3. <b>I b.</b> of an implement :-- Sleándre slecge tundentis mallei, An. Ox. ii. 70. Add Þæt fýr slóh út of ðám ofne, and forswǽlde þá cwelleras, Hml. Th. i. 570, 16. v. mann- (?), þurh-sleán

samnian

(v.)
Grammar
samnian, ode. v. trans.

to collect, assemble, bring together, gather to draw together, join, uniteto get materials together for a poem to composeto collect, assemble, come togetherto draw together, join, uniteto glean

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Ne wéne ðæs ǽnig ælda cynnes, ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige (that I compose my lay of lying words), wríte wóðcræfte, Exon. Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547. intrans. to collect, assemble, come together Sellendum ðé him hí somniaþ dante te illis, colligent.

Linked entry: samode

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor, gif hé him ǽr sǽde ðæt hé hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne hé cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. metaphorically Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent

for-swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelgan, -sweolgan, he -swelgeþ, -swilgeþ, -swelhþ, pl. -swelgaþ; p. ic, he -swealh, -swealg, ðú -swulge, pl. -swulgon; subj. pres. -swelge, pl. -swelgen; p. -swulge, pl. -swulgen; pp. -swolgen, -swelgen [swelgan to swallow]

To swallow updevourabsorbdevŏrāredegluttīreabsorbēre

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Wén is ðæt hí us wyllen forsweolgan forsĭtan deglūtissent nos, Ps. Th. 123, 2. Ic forswelge absorbeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 51. Hit eorþe forswelgeþ the earth swallows it up, Ps. Th. 57, 6.

Linked entry: for-sweolgan

for-weorþan

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Þý lǽs wén sié þæt wé yfele forweorþon, Bl. H. 247, 2. Hý sculon æt Seaxena handa forwurþan, Chr. 605; P. 23, 7. Hié fornǽh mid ealle forslægene and forwordene wǽron, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 33.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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wéne gé hwelce sibbe ða weras hæfden, ðonne heora wíf swá monigfeald yfel dónde wǽron? Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 50, 2. <b>V a.

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTHthencehenceforwardsonwardshenceforthfurtherstillindehincprorsumporrodehincdeincepstămen

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FORTH, thence, hence, forwards, onwards, henceforth, further, still; inde, hinc, prorsum, porro, dehinc, deinceps, tămen Abraham eóde forþ Abraham went forth, Gen. 18, 16: Num. 22, 35: Jud. 16, 30.

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Sang se wanna fugel hrǽs on wénan the dusky fowl sang hoping for carrion, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 25; Gen. 1985. Furseus ðá beseah tó his líchaman swilce tó uncúþum hreáwe. Homl. Th. ii. 346, 7.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

LEÓÞ

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.

A songpoemodelayverses

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Ne wéne ǽnig ælda cynnes ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige wríte wóðcræfte let none imagine of the race of men that with lying words my lays I compose, writing in verse, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, oldcomam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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Abraham ne wénde, ðæt him Sarra, brýd blondenfeax, bringan meahte on woruld sunu Abram thought not that Sarah, his grey-haired wife, could bring a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 7; Gen. 2341: 123; Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600: Beo.

Linked entry: blonden-feax

íþe

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Him wǽre iéðre ðǽt hé hira gearra wénde, Past. 433, 29. Náwuht nis iéðre tó gesecganne, 239, 10: Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 11. Micle iéðre, Past. 203, 17. Micle ðe iéðre, 277, 25. Éþre is facilius est, Mt. R. 19, 24.

Linked entries: eáþe éþe

BÆC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆC, g. bæces; pl. nom. acc. bacu, bæc; g. baca; d. bacum; n. A

BACKdorsumtergum

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Ðá wendon hí me heora bæc to then turned they their backs to me, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 13. Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15.