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ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject Ðá he gerád to Ecgbryhtes stáne then he rode to Brixton, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 8. Se ðe næs gerád he who rode to the ness, Beo. Th. 5789; B. 2898.

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightenednot afraidfearlessintrepid

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Not frightened, not afraid, fearless, intrepid Ðæt geðyld stent unforht betweónan ðara leahtra truman patientia inter acies vitiorum intrepida stat, Gl. Prud. 17 b. Hwæt eart ðú, ðú ðe swá unforht ús tó eart cumen? Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl.

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Mǽre brǽð þǽr stanc, swá ꝥ ꝥ wíf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǽþes, and cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce. Hml. S. 4, 347. Se brǽð on heora nosðyrlum ne áteorode, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 9. Se wynsuma brǽð beláf, 548, 7, 3.

mis-rǽdan

(v.)

to counsel amissgive bad advice

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to counsel amiss, give bad advice Gif geférrǽden ðæne rǽd on gemǽnum geþeahte misrédaþ (-rǽdaþ) and feáwa witena ðæs geféres ða þeaife wíslícor tócnáwaþ stande ðara rǽd ðe mid Godes ege and wísdóme ða þearfe geceósaþ if the society in a general council

wiþ-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
wiþ-foran, prep. with dat. acc.

Before

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Hwý hí (stars) ne scínen beforan ðære sunnan, swá hí dóð wið ðone mónan foran (beforan ðam mónan, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30), 28, 47. Wið ðone segn foran, Cd. Th. 188, 23; Exon. 172

wítnere

(n.)
Grammar
wítnere, es; m.

A punishertormentor

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Ðá swór se déma, ðæt hí þurh drýcræfte ða stánas áwendon tó heora wítnerum, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 110

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.
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Ox. 1180. add: free from occupation Ðisra stafa tácna wé wyllað on rúmran fæce geswutelian, Angl. viii. 328, 11. Add Fultum and wyrðmynt rúmran (ampliorem), Lch. ii. 204, 9. <b>VI a.

scearpe

(n.)
Grammar
scearpe, an; f.

A scarification

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Stande on heáfde, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðám scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt átter þurh ða scearpan, 154, 2-4.

ge-trum

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trum, es; n.

A knotbandmasscompanycompany of soldiersnoduscatervacohorsexercitus

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Under tungla getrumum under the troops of stars, Salm. Kmbl. 285; Sal. 142. He eft gewát getrume micle he returned with a great company, Andr. Kmbl. 1413; An. 707: Beo. Th. 1849; B. 922: Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63

Linked entries: -trum ge-truma

teóðung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-mann, es; m.
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Gyf neód on handa stande, cýðe hit man ðam hundredes men, and hé syððan ðám teóðingmannum, 2; Th. i. 258, 8

trumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
trumlíce, adv.
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Ð æt leód and lagu trumlíce stande, Wulfst. 74, 8. Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedom trum*-*líce up wegaþ, L.I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 19. Trumlícor firmius, Rtl. 34, 26.

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothedunmarried

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Gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, ðonne wolde ðæt folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Homl. Th. i. 196, 11

Linked entry: be-weddian

brýd-lác

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Dele 'A marriage gift or feast,' and add: married state, wedlock Bærn né áteoriað on ðam brýdláce; þǽr is ... singallic wæstmbǽrnyss, Hml.

dim

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Voc. ii. 138, 55. dark-coloured. v. dim-híw Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellicum, Shrn. 66, 24. wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy Of dimre, earmre calamitosa (fames atrocitate ), An. Ox. 3853. Dymre, 2, 261.

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde.

tin

(n.)
Grammar
tin, es; n.

Tin

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Tinnes stagni, Hpt. Gl. 431, 69. Ðiss folc is geworden mé tó áre and tó tine and tó íserne and tó leáde, Past. 37; Swt. 267, 17. Tin stannum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11

tó-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-feallan, p. -feóll; pp. -feallen

To fall to pieces,fall away,collapse,fall down

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Ðá byfode seó eorðe, and stánas burstan, and stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 216, 4. Him ða lima calic tófeóllan all his limbs fell off, Shrn. 62, 3. Scullen stanwalles biuoren him tofallen, Laym. 18867.

Linked entries: tó-dreósan tó-fillan

CILD

(n.)
Grammar
CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infantinfans, puer

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Þurh cildes hád in the state of childhood, Exon. 65a ; Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639. Eálá cild, hú eów lícaþ ðeós spæc O pueri, quomodo vobis placet ista locutio? Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7. Eálá ge cildra O pueri, 35, 33.

Linked entry: cyld

óþ-fleón

(v.)
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Ða ðe him (Joshua) óþ-flugon, ðám feóllon stánas on uppan, and hí fordydon, Homl. Th. ii. 214, 2. Ðám monnum ðe óþflugon ofer ðone weall, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 12. Uneáðe mehte ǽnig ðǽm Gallium óþfleón, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 11.

yppe

(n.)
Grammar
yppe, an; f.
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Voc. i. 39, 35. a stage, platform Glígmanna yppe orcestra vel pulpitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 36. a dais, the raised floor in a hall. Cf. Icel. pallr for this sense Eode æþeling ( Beowulf ) tó yppan, ðǽr se óþer wæs, Hróðgár grétte, Beo.