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hóp-gehnást

(n.)
Grammar
hóp-gehnást, es; n.

The dashing together of waves in a bay [?]

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stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up crowds on to the cliffs, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 13;

a-getan

(v.)
Grammar
a-getan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To seizetake awaydestroycorripereeriperedelere

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Grm. 1144: Exon. 127b; Th. 491, 3; . 80, 8. Ðǽr læg secg mænig gárum ageted there lay many a warrior destroyed by javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 1; Æðelst, 18

án-haga

(n.)
Grammar
án-haga, -hoga, an; m.

One dwelling alonea reclusesolitariussolitarie habitans vel degens

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Íc eom ánhaga I am a recluse, 102b; Th. 388, 1; . 6, 1: Beo. Th. 4725; B. 2368. To ðam ánhagan against the solitary, Andr. Kmbl. 2701; An. 1353

Linked entries: án-hoga -haga

clǽn-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-georn, adj.

puritatis amans

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Yearning after purity; puritatis amans Clǽngeorn and cystig yearning after purity and bountiful, Exon. 128a; Th. 492, 25; . 81, 21.

fæted

(v.; part.)
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fæted, fætt; part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented bracteātus

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Th. 4499; B. 2253: 4553; B. 2282: Exon. 113 b; Th. 434, 27; . 52, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301

Linked entries: fætt fǽtan

firenian

(v.)
Grammar
firenian, firnian, fyrenian, fyrnian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to sinpeccāreto revilecălumniāri

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Ða ðe firnedon beóþ beofigende they who sinned shall be trembling, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 29; Sae. 621. to revile; călumniāri Heó firenaþ mec wordum she reviles me with words, Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 24; . 21, 34

GÓS

(n.)
Grammar
GÓS, gen. góse; dat. gés; acc. gós; pl. nom. acc. gés, gees; gen. gósa; dat. gósum; f.
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Hwílum ic grǽde swá gós sometimes I cry as a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; . 25, 3. Gees [gés, MS. H.] geese, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18

Linked entry: gees

stán-gella

(n.)
Grammar
stán-gella, -gilla, an; m.
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A stone-yeller, a bird whose cry is heard among the rocks (gellan is used of the cry of the hawk, . 25, 3), a pelican Stángella pellicanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 20. Gelíc geworden ic eom ðam stángillan (-gyllan, MS. C.: stánegellan, Ps.

Linked entry: gella

slíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþe, adj.

Dire, hard, cruel, hurtful, dangerous dangerous, perilous, fierce dangerous, destructive, cruel saevus, malus fearful, dire atrocious savagely

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Th. 384, 17; . 4, 29. On ða slíþan tíd (the crucifixion) Elen. Kmbl. 1710; El. 857. þurh slíþne níþ sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæþm Beo. Th. 370; B. 184. Hé níþa gehwane genesen hæfde, slíþra geslyhta 4787; B. 2398

ge-horsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horsian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To horseto set or mount on a horseto supply with a horseequitem facereequo instruere vel imponere

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Ælfréd æfter ðam gehorsodan [gehorsudan, col. 1; -sedum, 147, 3, col. 1; sedun, col. 2] here mid fyrde rád óþ Exancester Alfred with his force rode after the mounted army to Exeter, Chr. 877; Th. 146, 1, col. 3.

Linked entry: ge-horsod

ge-offrian

(v.)
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Hé funde him ánne ram Gode tó geoffrigenne, Prud. 1 b. Eástrun úre geoffrud ( immolatus ) is, An.

hran

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Ran balenam .i. diabolum (crudelissimam superbiae balenam virtutum devoratricem, Ald. 10, 26. Cf. the poem on the whale), 668

leód-stefn

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
leód-stefn, es; m.

A racefamilypeople

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A race, family, people, Ps. Th. 82, 7

hár

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Voc. ii. 128 25. of frost, hoar: — Hwílum hára scóc forst of feax[e], . 88, 7. of stone (cf. ræg-hár Ofer hárne stán, B. 1415 : An. 843. a. the word occurs often as epithet of stones and trees used as boundary-marks Tó ðám háran stáne; of ðám stáne

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Th. 486, 15; . 72, 15.

Linked entries: swira swyra

ciric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-sceat, es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rateecclesiæ census.

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Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate; ecclesiæ census

mǽg-cynren

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cynren, es; n.

Racefamily

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Race, family Macynnere [= (?) mægcynrene] prosapia, Hpt. Gl. 437, 11

ge-grymetian

(v.)
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to rage Hé gegrimmetode egeslíce, Hml. S. 25, 540

DOL

(adj.)
Grammar
DOL, def. se dola, seó, ðæt dole; adj.
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Ic dole hwette I excite the dull, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 1; . 12, 3: 107 b; Th. 410, 16; . 28, 17: Ps. Th. 118, 126

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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Nægledne, 400, 7; . 20, 5

Linked entry: nægled-bord