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þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf.
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Ic seah hors swíþe þrægan, Exon. Th. 400, 4; Rä. 20, 3

deóp

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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10.

hyrst

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Where the first part of the compound is the name of a tree hyrst probably belongs to I. e. g. æsc-, hæsel-, hnut-, holen-, mapolder-, seal-, þorn-hyrst. So, too, perhaps in earnes, úlan hyrst. But in some others itt

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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For the use by Bede, see Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,' where the translation has 'West Seaxna þeód ... Ðá com he ǽrest upp on West Seaxum.' See also 4, 15, 16.

éðel-staðol

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-staðol, es; m.

A native settlementpatrium habĭtacūlum

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A native settlement; patrium habĭtacūlum Hú he éðelstaðolas eft gesette, swegel-torhtan seld how he might replenish the native settlements, heaven-bright seals, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 25; Gen. 94

niþer-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-stígend, es; m. : <b>-stigende</b>; ptcpl.
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One who descends: descending Ic beó geanlícod niðerstígendum on seáðe assimilabor descendentibus in lacum, Ps. L. 27, 1 : 142, 7. Wæs swíðe hefgu frécednys þám niþerstígendum, Gr. D. 112, 20

Linked entry: niþer-ástígend

án-dæge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-dæge, adj. [án one, dæg a day]

For one daylasting a daydiurnusunius diei

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Sǽ-weall astáh, uplang gestód án-dægne fyrst the sea-wall arose, [and] stood erect one day's space, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 9; Exod. 304. Ðe hire ándæges eágum starede who daily gazed on her with his eyes, Beo. Th. 3874; B. 1935

folc-mægen

a peopletribe

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The forces of a people, a people, tribe Folcmægen fór æfter óðrum tribe followed tribe (of the twelve tribes passing through the Red Sea), Exod. 347.

a-þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þwǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [a away, þwǽnan to soften, diminish]

To softendiminishlessenabatetake awaydiminueredemere

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To soften, diminish, lessen, abate, take away; diminuere, demere Seó sealf wile ðone swile aþwǽnan the salve will diminish the swelling, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 25

eahta-teóða

(n.)
Grammar
eahta-teóða, m: eahta-teóðe; f. n. adj.

The eighteenth duodevicēsimus

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Ðysne eahtateóðan sealm Dafid sang David sang this eighteenth psalm, Ps. Th. arg. 18

lofian

(v.)
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L. 24, 53. v. sealm-, ymb-lofian ; un-lofod: lof-lic. In l. 2 for 45 l. 55. Add

á-wringan

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Betonican seáw gebeátenre and áwrungenre, 30, 4. Add

Linked entry: wringan

sweord-weras

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-weras, pl.
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S. 329) Mid Seaxum ic wæs and mid Sweord*-*werum, Exon. Th. 322, 13; Víd. 62

ge-sylt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sylt, pp. of ge-syltan.

salted;sale conditus

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salted; sale conditus Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ, on ðam ðe hit gesylt biþ if the salt be insipid, with what shall it be salted? Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Mk. Bos, 9, 49

grimman

(v.)
Grammar
grimman, ic grimme, ðú grimst, he grimmeþ, grimþ, pl. grimmaþ; p. gram, grom, pl. grummon; pp. grummen.
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Hwæl-mere hlúde grimmeþ the whale-mere [the sea] rages loudly, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 3; Rä. 3, 5. [Cf. O. Sax. grimmid the gróto séo.] to run with haste, hasten; properare, currere, festinare Gúþmóde grummon the warlike of mind hastened, Beo.

Linked entry: gúþ-mód

sand-ceosol

(n.)
Grammar
sand-ceosol, es; m.

Sand, gravel

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Hí beóþ gemenigfylde ofer ðære sǽsandceosol they shall be multiplied above the sand of the sea, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 21

sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, de

To fall to a person's lot

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Heom (heo, MS.) on riht sceóde (sceo, MS.) gold and godweb Iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasure rightly fell to the share of the Israelites (after the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 215, 21; Exod. 586

sáwan

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</b> absolute :-- Ic hrippo ðér ne seáwu ic meto ubi non semino, Mt. L. 35, 26. Sé ðe sáwes ł seáwa (seów, R.) qui seminavit, 13, 39.

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

a-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mearcian, p. ode; pp. od [a, mearcian to mark]

To mark outdelineatedescribedetermineannotaredenotaredesignaredescriberedefinire

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Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land and sea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2