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baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron, Hml. S. 20, 44-7: 11, 151. with reflex, pron.:--- Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode, Ap. Th. 13, 21. Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr.

Linked entry: bæþ

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.
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Ðǽr hyre byre wǽron where her sons were, 2381; B. 1188. Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon, ðe hí ðæt gyfl þégun for which their children since with grief have paid, that they ate that fruit, Exon. 61b; Th. 226, 22; Ph. 409.

Linked entry: ge-byre

CLÁ

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁ, cleó, clawu; clawe; cleó, clawa, clawu, clawe; clawena; clám, clawum; f.

A nail, CLAW, hoofunguis, ungula

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Sume wǽron mid ísenum clawum totorene some were torn with iron claws, Homl. Th. i. 542, 30. Hóf oððe clawu ungula, Wrt. Voc. 71, 66. Ðe clawe ne todǽlaþ qui ungulam non dividunt, Lev. 11, 4. Hearde cleó hard hoofs, Ps. Th. 68, 32.

Linked entries: clawu cleó

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber Deīri

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The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber; Deīri Andswarede him mon and cwæþ ðæt hí Dere nemde wǽron responsum est quod Deīri vocārentur, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 21, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 34, 35.

un-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gleáw, adj.

without understandingwithout skillnot sagaciousignorantblinddullnot apt for service

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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor

werlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
werlíce, adv.
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Ðǽr wǽron getealde æt ðam gereorde fíf ðúsend wera; for ðon ðe ða menn, ðe tó ðam gástlícan gereorde belimpaþ, sceolon beón werlíce geworhte, swá swá se apostol cwæð: 'Beóð wacole, and standaþ on geleáfan, and onginnaþ werlíce ( quit you like men; viriliter

ymb-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gyrdan, p. de.
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His lendena wǽron ymbgirde, L. Ælfc. P. 17 ; Th. ii. 370, 12. 'Beón eówre lendena ymbgyrde.' On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægðhád tó understandenne. Homl.

Linked entry: embe-gyrdan

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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a castle Þá Frencyscan þe on þan castelle wǽron, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 13. Sume tó Pentecostes castele, sume tó Ródbertes castele, P. 181, 5. Æt ǽlcan castelle, 1075; P. 210, 25.

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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His brýdbúras wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis þǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, 5, 3. figurative. of persons Cwæþ úre Drihten tó þǽre eádigan Marian líchoman, 'Ne forlǽte ic þé nǽfre

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2. [Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24.

heard-lic

boldwarlikeresolutesterndiregrievousharshseverepitiless

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Heom þúhte heardlic (durum) ꝥ hí wǽron genýdede on ealdum móde ꝥ hí scoldon níwe wísan hycgan. Gr. D. 104, 21. Silla wið Marius heardlice gefeoht þurhteáh and hiene gefliémde Sulla gravissimo praelio vicit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 21.

huntaþ

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Þá hí ealle ymb þone huntað ábysgode wǽron . . . Hml. S. 30, 25-28. what is taken by hunting, venison (cf. N. E. D. hunt, sb. 2 b) Hwæt wæs sé þe mé ǽr bróhte of huntoðe and ic æt þǽrof?

hæleþ

(n.)
Grammar
hæleþ, heleþ, es; m.

A man, warrior, hero

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Hæleþ hátene wǽron Sem and Cham Iafeþ þridde the heroes were named Shem and Ham, the third Japhet, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 22; Gen. 1550. Hæleþa scyppend creator of men, Exon. 11 b; Th. 17, 7; Cri. 266 : Cd. 98; Th. 129, 6; Gen. 2139 : Andr.

Linked entries: eleþ hæle

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Ða yldestan chus and cham hátene wǽron the eldest were named Cush and Ham, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 22; Gen. 1616.

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously enraged, that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, Blickl. Homl. 191, 11. Yrre wǽron begen réðe angry were both and fierce, Beo.

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Eft wǽron Rómáne forslægen and gefliémed iterum Romani pari clade superati sunt, 4, 8; S. 186, 28. Gefliémed and swíþor forslagen amisso exercitu, 32.

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽr manna wǽron, 22, 23 : 318, 22: ii. 582, 5 : Angl. vii. 40, 382. On þám dæge wurdon tðdǽlede manna gereordu; and ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 17-20.

ge-þungen

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S. 3, 209. developed so as to be fit for, fitted Þá þe tó ciriclicum háde geþungene wǽron qui ecclesiasticum gradum apte subirent, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 469, 1

ge-wǽde

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Th. i. 60 b, 12. the sails of a ship. v. ge-wǽdian; <b>III:</b> wǽde, Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá gewǽdu wǽron út on þá ýþa áworpene ex navi clavi perditi, vela in undis projecta, Gr.

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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genámon . . . and twá him on hand eodon, and ða men wǽron myclum ofslagene, ǽr hí on hand eodan, MS.