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hǽr

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Ne efesiad eów ne eówre hǽr ne sciron ( non facietis calvitium), Deut. 14, a hair of an animal Of nǽrum (of hérum ðǽra camella, Mt. L. 3, 4) de pilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71. 61. Wullan fliásum, hérum. Txts. 151, 4.

þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
þrosm, es; m.

smokevapourdarknessa dark spacechautêrem

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Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod micel ðrosm ( inter uos et nos chaos magnum firmatum est, Lk. 16, 26), Homl. Th. i. 332, 17. in Germ. 398, 230 þrosm glosses chautêrem

wirgness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgness, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Ic sette beforan eów bletsunga and wirignissa (maledictionem) . . . wirignissa gif gé ne gehíraþ Drihtnes bebodum, Deut. 11, 26, 28. Wirinysse 30, 19. Swá nú áwa sceal wesan ðæt gé wærnysse (wærh-?), brynewylm hæbben, nales bletsunga, Exon.

Linked entries: wirigness wyrgness

dríman

(v.)
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Spl. 94, 1, 2. of musical instrument Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele. trans. To sing a song Ealle singende hý drýman omnia psallendo modificentur, Angl. xiii. 371, 78.

Linked entries: dreman drýman

frécednes

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Hit is eów micele máre frécednes, ꝥ ..., Hml. A. 139, 25. Be frécednesse de periculo, Kent. Gl. 220. Frécced[nysse] discrimine, An. Ox. 4952. On frécednesse (frǽcnisse, v.l.) hé dyrfð periculo periclitat Lch. iii. 151, 9: Hml. Th. ii. 160, 6: Hml.

gegninga

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Þæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme, 683. directly to an end, without modification, completely, simply Þæt mæg secgan sé þe wyle sóð sprecan, þæt se mondryhten, sé eów geaf eóredgeatwe . . . génunga gúðgewǽdu forwurpe ( that he simply threw away the weapons

stæpe

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Add Nis nán twýn þæt eów ne beó forgolden ǽlc þǽra stapa ðe gé tó Godes húse stæppað, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 11. <b>I b.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Ic wið eów stíðlícor áginne, ðonne ic tale wið eów habban wylle I shall proceed too sternly against to be ready to talk to you, Hml.

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

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Ic eofore eom cénra, ðonne he, gebolgen, bídsteal giefeþ I am bolder than a wild boar, when he, enraged, makes a stand, 110 b; Th. 423, 11; Rä. 41, 19

ymb-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-scínan, p. scán
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S.) claritas Dei circumfulsit eos, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 9. Hié leóht ymbscán, Andr. Kmbl. 2034; An. 1019

wrǽsnan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽsnan, p. de

To twistchange the character of

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To twist, change the character of something Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf.

in-lenda

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe blód ytt sceal losian of his folce, beó hé inlenda beó hé ælðeódig ( homo quilibet de domo Israel et de advents qui peregrinaniur inter eos,. si comederit sanguinem, disperdam animam illius de populo suo, Lev. 17, 10), E.

wǽfels

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Ic eom wífhádes mann, and eallunga líchamlicum wǽfelsum bereáfod, Hml. S. 23 b, 207. Add

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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Críst hæfð micel getíþod eów, Hml. S. 36, 167

ál-geweorc

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Aalgewerc, álgiuu[eo]rc, -giuerc ign(i)arium, Txts. 69, 1040. Álgeweorc, Wt. i. 284, 22: ii. 45, 35. Add

Linked entry: ge-weorc

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Sib sí mid eów, ne ondrǽde gé eów, Gen. 43, 23. Sý sibb betwux eów; ic hit eom, ne beó gé ná áfyrhte, Homl. Th. i. 220, 13: Jn. Skt. 20, 19. Ús biþ gearu sóna sibb æfter sorge, Andr. Kmbl. 3134; An. 1570.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Hwæt wille wé eów swíðor secgan be ðisum symbeldæge, ii. 444, 13: Blickl. Homl. 115, 28. by a prince Beówulf maþelode : ' Wé ðæt ellenweorc fremedon', Beo. Th. 1920; B. 958: 3308; B. 1652

Linked entry: ús

stefn-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
stefn-mǽlum, adv.
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By turns Swá stemmǽlum on þám þá wucan ádreósan sic alternati in eo epdomadam percurra [n]t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280

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renc

(n.)
Grammar
renc, e; f.

Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display

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Pro eo, quod elevate sunt filie Sion, etc. For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda, Wulfst.45, 21-23. [We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]

Linked entry: rænc

hálig-dóm

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Nú wille wé eów segcan . . . hwæt se háligdóm is . . . Ǽrost . . . C. D. B. ii. 389, 19-39.