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wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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Wæs ðám gebróðrum micel frécednys tó ástígenne tó wæterscipe, and cómon tó ðam hálgan were biddende ðætða mynstra gehendor ðam wæterscipe timbrian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 29-31.

sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, scýan (?), scýn (?); de

To go quickly, fly

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Ðæt fýr scýde (scynde ?) tó ðám ðe ða scylde worhton, 232, 26 ; Dan. 266

ofer-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drenc, es; m.

Excessive drinking, drunkenness

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Excessive drinking, drunkenness Ða heáfodleahtras sind ... singal oferdrenc..., Homl. Th. ii. 592, 6. Ðú woldest mé laðian, ðá ðá ic wæs mid ðé, ðæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer míne gewunan ...

ofer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-mód, adj.

Proud, arrogant, presumptuous

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On Torcwines dagum ðæs ofermódan cyninges in the days of Tarquinius Superbus, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 8. Ðú ne scealt nǽfre gelíce déman ðam eúdmódan and ðam ofermódan, L. de Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260, 25.

stópel

(n.)
Grammar
stópel, es ; m.
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A foot-step, mark left by the foot Man dæghwamlíce ða moldan nimeþ on ðǽm lástum . . . and nǽfre man ðære moldan tó ðæs feale ne nimeþ, ðæt mon ǽfre þurh ðæt mǽge á ðý máran dǽl on ðǽm stóplum gewercean ( make the footprints larger ) . . .

dareþ-lácende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dareþ-lácende, deareþ-lácende; part. [daroþ, dareþ a dart, spear; lácende, part. of lácan to play]

Playing with a dart, dart-brandishing telo ludens

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Playing with a dart, dart-brandishing; telo ludens Beornþreát monig ófestum gefýsde, dareþlácende many a band of nobles hurried with haste, dart-brandishing, Exon. 96 a; Th. 358, 29; Pa. 53. Dareþlácendra of the dart-players, Elen.

fácen-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
fácen-ful, fácn-ful, -full; def. se -fulla, seó, ðæt -fulle; adj.

Deceitful, crafty fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus

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Dó ðú feorr fram ðé ða fácenfullan [MS. fakenfullan] hiwunge make far from thee deceitful dissimulation, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 9.

Linked entries: fácn-ful fácyn-full

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Th. i. 192, 16. with dat. of pers. and nom. of cause, or a clause introduced by ðæt Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást the powerlessness of the leper excited the pity of the monk, 336, ll.

swearcan

(v.)
Grammar
swearcan, (?) to grow dark (?); metaph. to grow faint, languish, v. á-swarcan,
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the preceding and following words, and sweorcan

Linked entry: swarcan

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Him þineþ, ðætðam abbode ne þyrfe hýran ... Wé forðí foresceáwiaþ ... ðæt eal mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme and tǽcinge simle stande ...

Linked entry: prófast

sam-tinges

(adv.)
Grammar
sam-tinges, (sæm-, sem-); adv.

immediately, forthwith, continuo

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Ðá áwurpon ða hǽðenan sóna heora gedwyld, and tó heora Scyppende sæmtinges gebugon, 510, 3: 230, 18. Ðæt man hí ofslóge sæmtinges ealle, Anglia ix. 32, 165.

Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, a wharf.
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Ic wille ðat sainte Petre and ðá gebróðera in Westminstre habben ðat land and ðone wearf ðe Ulf and his wíf ... gáfon, ... and ic anu alswá ðat hí habben fulne frídóm on allen þingen ðá ðár úp áspringed be lande and be strande, C. D. iv. 221. Add

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Se ðe on ðysum dagum his blód gewanige, sý hit man, sý hit nýten, ðæs ðe wé secgan gehýrdanj ðæt on ðam forman dæge oþþe ðam feórþan dæge his líf geændaþ, Lchdm. iii. 76, 11-22), Homl.

Linked entry: a-wanian

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To helpgive helpaidprotectadjŭvāreauxĭliāriprotĕgĕre

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Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help to them ], Lk. Bos. 5, 7. Him fylste drihten the Lord helped him, Cd. 124; Th. 159, 8; Gen. 2631.

Linked entry: filstan

CASTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CASTEL, castell, es; n. m.
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A town, village, CASTLE; villa, oppidum, castellum Faraþ on ðæt castel [to ðam castelle, Hat. in ðas cæstre, Rush.], ðæt fóran ongeán eów ys ite in castellum, quod contra vos est, Mt. Bos. 21, 2.

un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fiercesavagedismaldoleful

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fierce, savage, of living creatures Mera mengeo on onsióne máran and un[hý]rlícran ðonne ða elpendas, Nar. 11, 1. of things Ðá cwom ðǽr swíðe micel wind and tó ðæs unheórlíc se wind geweóx ðætðara úra getelda monige áfylde tum euri uenti tanta uis

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

stán-gedelf

(n.)
Grammar
stán-gedelf, es; n.
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A stone quarry Tó ðan stángeðelfe; of ðam stángedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 23. Æt ðæm stángedelfe, 366, 18. On ðæt stángedelf, v. 304, 21: vi. 144, 9

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

hreð-mónaþ

Grammar
hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7

Linked entry: hlýda

þurh-wadan

(v.)

to pass throughto pierce throughpenetrate

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to pass through Ða hyssas þrý wylm þurhwódon, Cd. Th. 245, 16; Dan. 464. of a weapon (lit. or fig.), to pierce through, penetrate Ðæt swurd þurhwód wyrm, ðæt hit on wealle ætstód, Beo. Th. 1785; B. 890: 3139; B. 1567: Byrht. Th. 140, 31; By. 296.