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óþ-beran

(v.)
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Mec sǽ óþbær on Finna land the sea bore me forth to the land of the Fins, Beo. Th. 1163; B. 579 : Exon. Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10. Sumne fugel óþbær (bore off) ofer heánne holm, 291, 13; Wand. 81

bríwan

(v.)
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to prepare a poultice Genim línsǽd, gegrind, bríwe wið þám elmes drænce; ꝥ bið gód sealf foredum lime, Lch. ii. 66, 25

módig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
módig-líc, adj.

Noble-mindhigh-souledcourageousbraveSuperbmagnificent

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Ne seah ic elþeódige men módiglícran no braver men from foreign lands have I seen, Beo. Th. 680; B. 337. of things (v. mod, III.), Superb, magnificent Nǽnig man nafaþ to ðon módelíco gestreón hér on worlde, Blickl. Homl. 111. 24: 113, 6

Linked entry: móde-líc

brymme

(n.)
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Sea, waves Brym, sǽ æquor, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 50. Brym vel holm cataclismus, diluvium, ii. 129, 42. Eorþe, brym ( pontus ), roderas, Hy. S. 74, 34. Se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum, Hml.

mid-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wyrhta, an; m.

One who works with othersa co-operator

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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25.

stán-weall

(n.)
Grammar
stán-weall, es; m.
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Ðæt wæter ( of the Red Sea ) him stód swilce stánweallas bufan heora heáfdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 27: Homl. Ass. 105, 104. Stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19

bord-rima

(n.)
Grammar
bord-rima, an; m.
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D. 248, 27 ; so that bordremum refers to the edges of the ship's planks which parted from one another, thus making a gap through which the sea entered), Txts. 114, 112

Linked entry: rima

ryniga

(n.)
Grammar
ryniga, (?), an; m.

Liquid that runs off

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Genim rynian sealt[es], gehǽt, þweah mid ðý, 156, 16

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Th. 83, 32; Gen. 1388. sea, water Streámas wundon, sund wið sande, Beo. Th. 431; B. 213. Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed, 452; B. 223. Se stán tógán, streám út áweóll ... sund grunde onféng, Andr. Kmbl. 3055; An. 1530.

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Add: of action or motion, violently, furiously, fiercely Hét hé him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10: Hml. S. 15, 24. Þá Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15.

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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] and north to the ocean, which is called the White Sea; within these are many nations, but it is all called GERMANIA Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 20-28.

slá

(n.)
Grammar
slá, (from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f.
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Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw . . . gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18 - 20. Gewring tósomne swilce sié án sláh, 54, 6. Slán moros. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 33 : ii. 56, 32. ]maturarum, grene slane wose: and pl. slon occurs Alis. 4983.

Linked entries: slág sláh

flet

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Ic seah in heall, þǽr hæleð druncon, on flet beran wudutreów, 56, 2: 57, 12: B. 1647: 1036. Hé mid fǽmnan on flet gǽð, 2034: 2054. Þæt hié him óðer flet eal gerýmdon, healle and heáhsetl, 1086. Land eal geondhwearf, . . . Méda máddumselas, . . .

Dauid

(n.)
Grammar
Dauid, es; m.

DavidDāvid, īdis

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David; Dāvid, īdis; m Dauid sang ðysne syxtan sealm David sang this sixth psalm, Ps. Th. arg. 6. Dauides sealm the psalm of David, Ps. Th. arg. 4. Dauides sunu David's son, Homl. Blick. 15, 18, 20.

brim-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
brim-hlæst, e; f. [brim, hlæst
a burden
]

a burdenThe sea's burdenfishesmaris onuspisces

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The sea's burden, fishes; maris onus, pisces Brúcaþ brimhlæste and heofonfugla enjoy fishes and fowls of heaven, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 10; Gen. 200

onweg-álǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-álǽdness, e; f.

A taking away, removal

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A taking away, removal Ond for ðære gelómlícum onwegálǽdnesse ( frequenti ablatione ) ðære hálgan moldan wæs mycel seáþ geworden, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 31

Linked entry: á-lǽdness

leáh

Grammar
leáh, lye.
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Lǽcedónias wiþ miclum heáfodece . . . and sealf tó þon ilcan, and leáh and eágsealfa, Lch. ii. 172, 28 : 302, 23. Add

twi-hynde

(adj.)
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twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum

Beornica ríce

(n.)
Grammar
Beornica ríce, es; n : mægþ, e; f.

The kingdom or province of the Berniciansregnum vel provincia Berniciorum,

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The kingdom or province of the Bernicians, that part of Northumbria which lies between the river Tees and the Scottish sea or frith; regnum vel provincia Berniciorum, a Tesi ad fretum Scoticum olim pertingens Oswio ðone óðerne dǽl Norþanhymbra ríces

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian