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on-gryntan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gryntan, (?), on-grintan(?) to grind with the teeth (?), show the teeth (?), smile (?). [v. N. E. D. grint.]
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See preceding word

Linked entry: gryntan

gyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrwan, p. ede; pp. ed
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Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre the king adorns me with treasure and silver, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 10; Rä. 21, 9. Wer and wíf bearn mid bleóm gyrwaþ man and wife adorn their child with colours, 87 a; Th. 327, 14; Vy. 3

un-gehírness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehírness, e; f.

Hardness of hearing ⬩ deafness

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Hardness of hearing, deafness Wiþ eágwærce and wiþ ungehýrnesse, Lchdm. ii. 316, 1. Wið eágena dimnessa, wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse, iii. 70, 23

Linked entries: ge-hírness un-gehýrness

bi-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed
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To bemoan, bewail, lament, mourn; lugere Woldan wíf wópe bimǽnan æðelinges deáþ the women would with weeping bewail the noble's death, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 24; Hö. 4

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for

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Grammar þrowian, with acc. Mid gewyrhtum is ðás þrowige, Blickl. Homl. 89, 7. Ðú ne þrowast nǽnige þrowunge, 157, 14. Wíf ácenþ bearn and þrowaþ micel earfoþu, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 2. Hungor hí þrowiaþ famem patientur, Ps. Spl. 58, 7: Andr.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

feore

(n.)
Grammar
feore, to, for or with life,
  • Exon. 39 a
    • ;
  • Th. 128, 32: Beo. Th. 1161
    • ;
  • B. 578
    • ;
dat.
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and inst. of feorh

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio

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God forlǽt hí to ðam écan forwyrde God will abandon them to the eternal perdition, i. 112, 23

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

sib-ræden

(n.)
Grammar
sib-ræden, [ sib-rædenn, e; f.
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Affinity, relationship þes ilce Willelm hæfde ǽror numen ðes eorles dohter of Angeow tó wífe oc hí wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibréden. Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 21. The king him let uor sibrede todele fram is wif, R. Glouc. 492, 9.

wunden-locc

(adj.)
Grammar
wunden-locc, adj.

With braided locks

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With braided locks Wíf wundenlocc, Exon. Th. 407, 26; Rä. 26, 11. Slóh wundenlocc (Judith) ðone feóndsceaþan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103. Seó cneóris, wlanc, wundenlocc, 26, 13; Jud. 326

Israélisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Israélisc, Israhélisc; adj.
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Sum Egiptisc man gestrínde sunu be Israhéliscum wife . . . þá flát hé wið ánne Israhéliscne man, Num. 24, 10. Þá Israeliscan bearn Israel, Ps. L. 123, l

hring-burne

(n.)
Grammar
hring-burne, (?), an; f. A brook with many windings (? cf. hring; <b>V a</b>)
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On hringheburne, C. D. iii. 416, 31

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva

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shalt go within thy friend's vine-yard, eat as many of the grapes as thou wilt, and carry not out with thee any more, Deut. 23, 24.

Linked entries: BÆR berge berige berigean berigie

ge-figo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-figo, ge-figu; pl. n.
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A disease with fig-shaped swellings Wiþ þeor-ádle on eágum þe mon gefigo hǽt, on Læden hátte cimosis ( = σύκωσις), . . . Eft wið gefigon, Lch. ii. 38, 5-8. Wið gefigom, 2, 10

wǽpned

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽpned, adj.
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Wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195: 166, 9; Gen. 2745. Wífes meoluc ðe wǽpned féde, Lchdm. ii. 338, 8. v. wǽpen, and following compounds

un-sidefulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidefulness, e; f.

Immodesty ⬩ immorality

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Immodesty, immorality Se fífta unþeáw is ðæt wíf beó unsydefull. Unsydefulnys bið sceamu for worulde, and ðæt unsydefulle wíf bið unwurð on lífe, O. E. Homl. i. 300, 30

Linked entry: sidefulness

Ellen-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Ellen-dún, Ellan-dún, e; f. [Flor. Ellandun, i. e. mons Eallæ: Will. Malm. Hellendune: Hunt. Elendune]

Allington, near Amesbury, Wilts ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltoniensi

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Allington, near Amesbury, Wilts; lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning and Beornwulf cyning on Ellendúne [Ellandúne, Th. 111, 21, col. 2] in this year Egbert and Beornwulf fought at Allington, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 20

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night

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night (as opposed to day) Niht is gesett mannum tó reste on ðysum middanearde ... Úre eorþlíce niht (nyht, MS. M.) cymþ þurh ðære eorþan sceade... Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang. Án ðæra dǽla is crepusculum, óðer

Linked entries: næct neaht niht-hwíl un-gecýd

eahta

Grammar
eahta, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> with ordinals
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Þysne eahta-and-þrittigoþan sealm, Ps. Th. 38, arg. the abstract number eight Nim viii and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32

ge-

(prefix)

with

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Earle, in Chr. p. 321, remarks 'A strong instance is ge-winnan [1090] = to win; which sense, now so intimately identified with this root, is not in the simple verb winnan, until compounded with ge-.

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Se hæfde moncynnes leóhteste hond he had of all men the readiest hand, Exon. 85 b; Th. 323, 1; Wíd. 72

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