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ge-brec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brec, -bræc, es; n. [ge-, brec a breaking, crash]

A breakingcrashingclamournoisefractiofrăgorstrĕpĭtus

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A breaking, crashing, clamour, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Se dæg biþ dæg gebreces the day will be a day of clamour, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17. He gehýrde ðæt gebrec ðara storma audīto frăgōre procellārum, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3.

Linked entry: ge-bræc

scrúd-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-fultum, es ; m.
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Assistance in providing clothing; the word occurs in grants made to religious houses of funds for the provision of clothing Ealle ða sócna ofer ðæt fennland him ( the monks of Ely) tó scrúdfultume (cf. stent causas seculares emendandae fratrum loco

un-lifigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lifigende, adj.

Not livingdeaddefunct

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Not living, dead, defunct Unlifigendes fét and folma, Beo. Th. 1492; B. 744. Heáfod Holofernus unlyfigendes, Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 180. Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5809; B. 2908.

Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende

ge-cígnes

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Substitute: A call, summons Oð ðæne dæg his gecígnesse of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 7. Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.
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add: very much Þæt orþancum ealde reccað, þá þe mǽgburge mǽst gefrúnon, Exod. 360. Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes and hé mǽst geþah þara þe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe, Víd. 16. Þeáh leahtras bysigen monna módsefan mǽst and swíðost. Met. 22,

midde-winter

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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22. Tó þám midewintre wæs se cyng

wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

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A water-pit, well Of ðam wege on ðone wæterpytt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 186, 19. On ðone wæterpyt; of ðam wæterpyt, 359, 15. Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt videns puteum aquae, Gen. 21, 19. Done wæterpytt puteum illum (cf. wyllspring,

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)

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A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.) Wæs ðér wælla ( fons ) . . . ðe Hǽlend sæt ofer ðæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In ðæm wælla, 9, 7. Tó ðé ðam willan ealles wísdðmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3. Mid ðam willan fulluhte

Treónta

(n.)
Grammar
Treónta, Trenta, an;

The Trent

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The Trent Andlang Tréntan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 147, 18. Man ofslóh wine be Tréntan, 679; Erl. 41, 10. On Trénton (Treóntan, Bd. M. 144, 14) streáme in fluvio Treenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 31. Mid Tréntan (Treóntan, Bd. M. 240, 1) streáme fluvio Treanta, 3,

hróf

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Add: the outside upper covering of a building, ceiling of a room, upper surface of a cave, &c. Hróf lacuna[r], Txts. 76, 109: lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 55: camara, 17, 16; tholus (tholus tectum de petris sine ligno, Ld. Gl. H. 40, 19), 122,

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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A mound, hill, rising ground; but in this sense, which belongs to the word in the Old Saxon, it is not found in English. Its most common use in the latter, in the poetry, is in reference to water with the meaning wave, ocean, water, sea Freá engla héht

arc

(n.)
Grammar
arc, es; m: earc, erc, e; f: earce, an; f.

A vessel to swim on waterthe ARKa coffersmall chest or boxarcacistacistellacibotiumκιβώτιον

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A vessel to swim on water, the ARK, a coffer, small chest or box; arca, cista, cistella, cibotium = κιβώτιον Ðá ætstód se arc tunc requievit arca, Gen. 8, 4. Wire ðé nú ǽnne arc fac tibi arcam, 6, 14. Þreó hund fæðma bíþ se arc on lenge, and fíftig fæðma

Linked entry: erk

maga

(n.)
Grammar
maga, an; m.

The MAWstomach

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The MAW, stomach Maga stomachus, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 114; Wrt. Voc. 45, 19: 65, 54: Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 40. Fleumon, magan untrymness, 39, 12. Magan masdi, 56, 9. Gif se maga áþened síe, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 158, 4. Be geswelle ðæs magan, 158, 6.

Linked entries: ælmes-hand mage

mere-streám

(n.)
Grammar
mere-streám, es; m.

A sea-streamthe seawater of the sea

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A sea-stream, the sea, water of the sea, Cd. 39; Th. 51, 27; Gen. 833: 154; Th. 191, 5; Exod. 210: 166; Th. 207, 17; Exod. 468. Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard gebrǽdan (cf. sǽ, Bt. Fox 74, 26), Bt. Met. Fox 11, 130; Met. 11, 65: 20, 228; Met

un-dearninga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dearninga, un-dearnunga, -deornunga; adv.

Without secrecy or concealmentopenly

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Without secrecy or concealment, openly Elene for eorlum spræc undearninga, ides reordode hlúde for herigum, Elen. Kmbl. 809; El. 405: Fins. Th. 45; Fin. 22. Undearnunga, Elen. Kmbl. 1237; El. 620. Ðú ofer ealle undearnunga ðíne bearn sprecest and beslde

un-earh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-earh, adj.

Undauntedintrepidfearless

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Undaunted, intrepid, fearless Unærh impavidus, intrepidus, Hpt. Gl. 502, 61. Sum cásere wæs on ðám dagum unearh on gefeohtum, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 47. Gif mane bið ákenned on .xxii. nihta ealdne mónan se bið unearh fihtling, Lchdm. iii. 158, 11. Ðǽr mihton

discipul

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Gif þú sý his discipul . . . sprec tó þínum discipulum, Bl. H. 233, 35. Hira discipulas wǽron wel gelǽrede, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 19. Discipulas discipuli, Mt. L. 26, 8. Bǽdon hine his discipulos, Bl. H. 227, 11. Wé synd discipuli Drihtnes, 233, 15. Ofer

seohtre

(n.)
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For 'pipe . . . directed' substitute: ditch, and add: seohtra, an: <b>seohter,</b> es; m. Ondlong ðæs sihtran in ðone ealdan secgmór, C. D. vi. 218, 22. On cytan seohtres ford, v. 374, 22-23. On seohteres heáfod; of þám seohtere, C. D. B.

stóc

Grammar
stóc, stoc ?. l. stoc,
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and add Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, and ꝥ þonne wǽre hryre ealles þæs stoces (stówes. v. l.) and forwyrd ealra þǽra bróðra ingentis saxi moles erupta est, quae . . . veniens

twéntig

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1. Add Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc, C.D. iii. 426, 12. (1 a) uninflected :-- Twéntig síðon seofon beóð án hund and feówertig, Angl. viii. 303, 6. helping to form ordinals His ríces þý þriddan geáre eác twéntigum, Bd. 1. 13; Sch. 36, 17. 1. Add Ðes