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eal-geador

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-geador, eall-geador; adv.

Altogether ⬩ omnīno

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Altogether; omnīno Ðǽr wæs ealgeador Grendles grápe there was altogether Grendel's grasp, Beo. Th. 1675; B. 835

Linked entry: eall-geador

hyge-þrýþ

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-þrýþ, es; m.

insolence

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Pride of heart or mind, insolence Higeþrýþe wæg was insolent, Cd. 102: Th. 135, 6; Gen. 2238

ge-týd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-týd, part. p.

Skilful ⬩ learned ⬩ peritus

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Skilful, learned; peritus Wæs he se getýdesta sangere cantator erat peritissimus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 11

Linked entries: ge-tydd ge-týn

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to entreat Hé wæs þurh mé gehálsod he was entreated in my name, Shrn. 135, 25

regnig

(adj.)
Grammar
regnig, adj.

Rainy

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Rainy Hit wæs rénig weder, Exon. Th. 380, 18;Rä. 1, 10. sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 33

Linked entry: rénig

teárian

(v.)
Grammar
teárian, p. ode
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To shed tears Tæherende (teherende, Rush.) wæs se Hǽlend lacrimatus est Jesus, Jn. Skt. Lind. ii. 35

Linked entry: tæherende

þreóhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þreóhund-wintre, adj.

Three hundred years old

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Three hundred years old Hé wæs on ðisum lífe þreóhundwintre and fíf-and-sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 23

wylfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wylfen, adj.

Wolfish ⬩ fierce

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Wolfish, fierce Wé geáscodan Eormanríces wylfenne geþóht; ðæt wæs grim cyning, Exon. Th. 378, 24; Deór. 22

wyrt-stenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-stenc, es; m.
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A perfume from a plant Hús gefylled wæs wyrtstence ( odore ) ðære smirnisse, Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 3

á-réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
á-réceleásian, p. ode
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To be negligent Ic áréceleásode and tó læt wæs míne cyrcan tó sécenne, Angl. xi. 102, 68

árigend

(n.)
Grammar
árigend, es; m.
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A patron, protector, benefactor Heó wæs wuduwena and steópcilda árigend, Lch. iii. 430, 2: Wlfst. 257, 4

dohtor-sunu

(n.)
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a grandson Leódulf wæs þæs ealdan Oddan sunu and Eádweardes cininges dohtorsunu, Chr. 982; P. 124, 32

cynn-recceniss

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Crístes cynnreccenise ( generatio ) suǽ wæs, Mt. L. 1, 18. Bóc cynnrecenisse liber generationis, p. 9, 13. Add

hundred-mann

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Wæs sumes hundredmannes þeówa untrum, 7, 2. Add

mearc-pæþ

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Take here El. 233, given under mearc-wæd (the facsimile reprint of the Codex Vercellensis has mearcpaðu)

sceamol

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Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creópera sceamelum, Hml. S. 21, 432. Add

riht-gewitt

(n.)
Grammar
riht-gewitt, es; n.

Right mind

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Right mind Ðá wæs heó of hyre ryhtgewitte she was out of her mind, Shrn. 141, 18

tó-hopung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopung, e; f.

Hope ⬩ expectation

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Hope, expectation Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge ðæs écean Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 155

Linked entry: -hopung

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj. [cynde natural]

Natural ⬩ innate ⬩ inborn ⬩ genial ⬩ natūrālis ⬩ innātus ⬩ ingĕnĭtus ⬩ ingĕnuus

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Natural, innate, inborn, genial; natūrālis, innātus, ingĕnĭtus, ingĕnuus Gif se weorþscipe ðam wélan gecynde wǽre if dignity were natural to wealth, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 25, Swá him gecynde wæs as was natural to him, Beo.

a-dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dwæscan, p. ede, te; pp. ed, t; v. a. [a, dwæscan to quench]

To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere

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Ðæt fýr adwæsced wæs flammæ extinctæ sunt, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. Adwæscton extinguerent, 4, 8; S. 575, 41. Adwæsctum ðínum feóndum extinctis tuis hostibus, 2, 12; S. 514, 7.

Linked entry: on-dwæscan

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