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bracan

(v.)
Grammar
bracan, p. bróc, pl. brócon, pp. bracen

To break, bruisebray in a mortar, to beat upcontererecontundere

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To break, bruise or bray in a mortar, to beat up conterere contundere Ðá sceolon beón ele bracene then shall they be beaten up with oil, Lev. 6, 21

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Elen. Kmbl. 2483; El. 1243. Wundorlíc is geworden ðín wísdóm (scientia tua), Ps. 138, 4. Ðú mé lǽr wísdómes word, scientiam dace me, 118, 66. Sefa deóp gewód, wísdómes gewitt, Elen. Kmbl. 2379; El. 1191. Wísdómes gife, 1189; El. 596: Exon.

méðe

(adj.)
Grammar
méðe, adj.

wearyexhaustedweary in mindtroubledsadtroublesomecausing weariness

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Méðeand meteleás, Elen. Kmbl. 1220; El. 612: 1392; El. 698: Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 15; Gn. Ex. 111. Méðe for ðám miclan bysgum exhausted by disease, 49 a; Th. 168, 25; Gú. 1083. Mé swá méðum ( exhausted from want of food ), Elen. Kmbl. 1620; El. 812.

Linked entry: méðig

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, protection, covering, refuge;

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Ðæt hé ðonne stán nime wið hungres hleó hláfes ne gýme that he should take a stone then as a protection against hunger, and care not for the bread, Elen. Kmbl. 1228; El. 616

æl-fylc

(n.)
Grammar
æl-fylc, es; n. [æl, folc].

a foreign landaliena provinciaforeignersa foreign armyan enemyperegrinus exercitushostes

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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen.

ge-efnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To doperformcarry outsustain

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Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015. Hwá gedéþ ǽfre, ðæt he ðæt geefne quis sustinebit? Ps. Th. 129, 3. Ealdor geefnan to spend [one's] life, Salm. Kmbl. 711; Sal. 355

Linked entry: ge-æfnan

stán-clif

(n.)
Grammar
stán-clif, es; n.
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Sume flugon æfter stánclifum, Elen. Kmbl. 269; El. 135. Stormas stánclifu beótan, Exon. Th. 307, 13; Seef. 23. Stáncleofu, Beo. Th. 5073; B. 2540

un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

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Unhwílen, Elen. Kmbl. 2461; El. 1232. Ðǽr bið symle gearu freónd unhwílen, Andr. Kmbl. 2309; An. 1156. Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon. Th. 167, 27; Gú. 1066. Hé him éce geceás langsumre líf, leóht unhwílen, Apstls.

Linked entry: hwílen

sacerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd-hád, es; m.

Priest-hood

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Ðæt hé gesette on sacerdhád Judas ðam folce tó bisceope that he might ordain Judas bishop of the people, Elen. Kmbl. 2108; El. 1055. Bisceophádas vel sacerd-[hádas] flaminea, i. episcopali gradu, Wülck. 239, 23

healf-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

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Sume healfcwice flugon on fæsten some half-dead fled to the fastness, Elen. Kmbl. 266; El. 133: Blickl. Homl. 203, 19

wine-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wine-mǽg, s; m.

A loving kinsman

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Th. 140, 50; By. 306: Elen. Kmbl. 2029; El. 1016. Hé winemága lyt, freónda hæfde, Cd. Th. 158, 31; Gen. 2625. Winemǽga hryre, Exon. Th. 287, 1; Wand. 7: 184, 2; Gú. 1338. Winemǽgum bidroren, 306, 31; Seef. 16. Fléma, winemágum láð, Cd.

weax-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
weax-hláf, es; m.

A cake of wax

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Dó ðonne weax on ðæt ele ðætte ðæt eall weorðe tó hnescum weaxhláfe, 234, 10: 82, 14

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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El. p. 97

Linked entry: gihþu

fóre-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þanc, es; m.

Forethoughtconsiderationconsidĕrātio

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Náhton fóreþances wísdómes gewitt they had no sense of wisdom's foresight, Elen. Kmbl. 712; El. 356. Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS

forþ-onsendan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-onsendan, p. de; pp. ed

To send forthemittĕre

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Hí nædran forþonsendon they sent forth snakes, Elen. Kmbl. 240; El. 120. Ðæt ðú forþonsende wæter that thou send forth water, Andr. Kmbl. 3011; An. 1508

gió

(adv.)
Grammar
gió, adv.

Formerlyof oldbeforequondamolimpridem

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MS: 38, 1; Fox 194, 3: Elen. Kmbl. 871; El. 436: Beo. Th. 5036; B. 2521. Ǽror gió before, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 490; Met. 20, 245

Róm-waran

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-waran, -ware; pl.

The people of Romethe Romans

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Rómwarena hláford, Elen. Kmbl. 1961; El. 982. Micel sido mid Rómwarum, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 2

breóst-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-sefa, an; m. [breóst
the breast
, sefa
the mind
]

the breastthe mindThe mind or heart in the breast, the mind, heart; mens vel cor in pectore, mens, cor,

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The mind or heart in the breast, the mind, heart; mens vel cor in pectore, mens, cor, Arǽred wearþ beornes breóstsefa the mind of the man was exalted, Elen. Kmbl. 1606; El. 805: Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 10; Cri. 540.

ofer-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mægen, es; n.

Superior or overwhelming forcepraevalereoverwhelming force

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Hé hæfde wígena tó lyt wið ofermægene, Elen. Kmbl. 128; El. 64. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon mid ofermægene, Beo. Th. 5827; B. 2917. Forst and snáw mid ofermægene eorfan þeccaþ, Exon. Th. 215, 6; Ph. 249. Him on swaðe fylgeþ A ofermægene, Salm.

ge-span

(n.)
Grammar
ge-span, -spann, -spon, es; n.

A joiningfastening togethernexus

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Wíra gespon, Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135. He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15