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mere-streám

(n.)
Grammar
mere-streám, es; m.

A sea-streamthe seawater of the sea

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Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard gebrǽdan (cf. , Bt. Fox 74, 26), Bt. Met. Fox 11, 130; Met. 11, 65: 20, 228; Met. 20, 114. Óþ merestreámas unto the waters of the sea, Cd. 199; Th. 247, 27; Dan. 503: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 65; Met. 28, 33.

ge-hú

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Substitute: In every way, in all sorts of ways Ðeáh ðe seó sý gebýged gehú ( is bent in all sorts of ways ), heó wunað swá ðeáh on ðǽre eorðan bósme binnan hyre gemǽrum. Hex. 10, 30.

-estre

(suffix)
Grammar
-estre, -istre, -ystre, an; f. are the feminine terminations of nouns of action, same as the Latin -ix and English -ess; as Fiðelestre a female fiddler. Wrt. Voc. 73, 62: hleápestre a female dancer, 73, 71: lǽrestre an instructress: myltestre meretrix vel scortum, Wrt. Voc. 86, 72: rǽdistre a female reader, Wrt. Voc. 72, 7: sangestre [MS. sangystre] a songstress, Wrt. Voc. 72, 5: seámestre

a seamstress

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a seamstress, 74, 13

Linked entries: -istre berþ-estre

grówan

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.), to germinate Ðonne gréwð ðæt sǽd ðára worda tunc verbi semen germinat, Past. 137, 7. And ꝥ sǽd grówe and wexe et semen germinet et increscat, Mk. 4, 27. Þæs sǽdes corn bið áweaht mid áscunga ... gif hit grówan sceal, Met. 22, 42.

ascung

(n.)
Grammar
ascung, e; f.

An askinga questionan interrogationinquiryinquisitioninterrogatioinquisitio

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An asking, a question, an interrogation, inquiry, inquisition; interrogatio, inquisitio Ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle aweaht mid ascunga the grain of this seed is always excited by inquiry, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 81; Met. 22, 41: Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 16

Linked entry: acsung

cýð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cýð-nes, cýð-nys,cýð-ness , cýð-nyss,e ; f.

A witness, testimony, testament testimonium, testamentum

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A witness, testimony, testament; testimonium, testamentum Sume sǽdon leáse cýðnesse agén hine quidam falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum, Mk. Bos. 14, 57. Cýðnys, 14, 59: Jn. Bos. 3, 32, 33: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 17. Cýðnys testamentum, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-cýðnes

for-scapung

(n.)
Grammar
for-scapung, -sceapung, e; f.

A bad actionfaultcrimeperversa actioscĕlus

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A bad action, fault, crime; perversa actio, scĕlus Hí sǽdon ðæt hió ware for Fetontis forscapunge they said that it was for the fault of Phaëton, Ors. 1. 7; Bos. 30, 35. On mislícre forsceapunge by various misdeeds, 1, 11; Bos. 35, 2

un-arodscipe

(n.)
Grammar
un-arodscipe, es; m.

Inactivityspiritlessness

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Inactivity, spiritlessness Oft mon bið suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ men ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and bið ðeáh for wísdóme and for wærscipe sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur, Past

sangere

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Bútan Iácóbe ðám songere, be þám wé ǽr sǽdon, wæs hé sanges mágister Norðhymbra cyricum, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 21

maþelian

(v.)
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Wígláf maðelode, wordrihta fela sægde gesíðum, B. 2631. Fela wé mihton ymbe þissum þingum maðelian, Angl. viii. 332, 34. Þás þing þe wé ymbe sýn maðeligende, 307, 31. Add

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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Ðý sumera fór Ælfréd cyning út on mid sciphere and gefeaht wið .vii. sciphlæstas, 875; Erl. 78, 6. Persa cyning sende Conon mid scipehere (scip-, MS. C.), Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 25.

Burgende

(n.; adj.)
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Burgende, gen. a; dat. um; m.
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The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy, an old province in the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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Cf. wíd*-* Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr.

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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Wé wyllaþ scortlíce oferyrnan ða dígelystan word, 202, 29. to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise Seó oferarn Pharao and ealle his crætu, ii. 194, 27. Mé slǽp oferarn cum mihi somnus obrepsisset, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 33

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, , hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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Kemble's supposition is borne out by the following passage, in which the word occurs independently Wé ðá fóron forþ be ðæm and ðǽr ða heán hós and dene and gársecg ðone æthiopia wé gesáwon promuntoria ad oceanum in ethiopia vidimus, Nar. 24, 9

scyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyhtan, p. te
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Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte, Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98

Linked entry: á-scyhtan

trum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trum-líc, adj.
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Columnan swíde trumlice and fæste colmnnae solidae, 4, 21. of non-material things Seó ealde gesetness ys eall swá trumlíc, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde on his hálgan godspelle, Jud. 15; Thw. 159, 29. Kyne*-*wyrðe rǽd and trumlíc, Anglia viii. 308, 33.

ciric-weard

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Sǽde se cnapa þám cyrcwerde, Hml. S. 21, 163. Áxode hé þone cyrcweard, 3, 258. Niman þá cyricwerdas (es, MS.) þá róde sumant editui crucem, Angl. xiii. 426, 870.

esol

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D. 185, 3, After sæt, l. 2, add: Ðæt wæs for ðǽm ðe se assa geseah ðone engel. Add:

feter

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sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . . Se scyttel ðá ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 414-419. Gebundene feterum vinculis ligatos, Ps. Th. 106, 9.