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ór

(n.)

beginning, originfront, van

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Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre hleómǽges síð I know not Abel's life from its beginning or its later course, Cd. Th. 61, 33; Gen. 1006. front, van Wæs on óre heard handplega, 198, 22; Exod. 326: Beo. Th. 2087; B. 1041. Heriges on óre, Andr.

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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worulde tó Gode for ðǽre hylde his hirdrǽdene (for the fidelity of his care of the cattle), Hml.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

eges líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eges líce, adv. [eges líce in likeness of fear=]

Fearfully terrĭbĭlĭter

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Worpaþ hine deófol on dómdæge egeslíce the devil shall fearfully cast him down in the day of doom, Salm. Kmbl. 52; Sal. 26

eorþ-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gealla, an; m. [gealla gall]

The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury fel terræ, erythræa centaurium

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Nim centaurian, ðæt is fel terræ, sume hátaþ eorþgeallan take centaury, that is fel terræ, some call it earth-gall, L. M. 2, 8; Lchdm. ii. 186, 27

Linked entries: curmealle gealla

hungor-biten

(adj.)
Grammar
hungor-biten, adj.
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hunger Ac ðes folces ðe be Hungire fór fela þúsenda ðǽr and be wæge earmlíce forfóran and fela hreówlíce and hungerbitene ongeán winter hám tugon but of the people that went by Hungary many thousands perished miserably there and by the way, and many came

hwearf

(adj.)
Grammar
hwearf, adj.

shiftingveeringchangeable

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Thorpe, Kemble, Heyne read and hwearf = came against [us]; Grein takes and hwearf, and compares Icel. hverfr shifty. The word may describe a strong wind often shifting its direction and whirling round with violent gusts. Cf. ge-hweorf; hwerf-líc

ge-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlid, es; pl. nom. acc. -hlidu, -hleodu; n.

A lidcoveringroofan inclosurea vaulttectumclausūraseptum

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A lid, covering, roof, an inclosure, a vault; tectum, clausūra, septum Ic cann ealle heáh-heofona gehlidu I know all the roofs of the high heavens, Cd. 27; Th. 37, 3; Gen. 584 : Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 25; Cri. 518.

sib-ræden

(n.)
Grammar
sib-ræden, [ sib-rædenn, e; f.
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A sybredyñ consanguinitas, Cath. Ang. 338, where see note. See also sib-rit, sibbe-ridge, -red banns of marriage, E. D. S. Pub. B. 16.]

teám-byrst

(n.)
Grammar
teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine ( the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom he had obtained it) ...

þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þyrelian, þyrlian; p. ode.

to make a hole throughpierce throughperforateto make hollowto make vain

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Þyrliaþ cavantur, evacuantur, hol cava, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 62

Linked entry: þyrlian

á-hwergen

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwergen, -hwærne, -wyrn, ó-wern; adv.
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Anywhere; in any case Gif áhwærne (? -hwænne, v. l.) wer oððe wíf þás þing ábrecað si aliquando vir vel mulier has res violaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 7. Ne hýrde ic guman áwyrn ǽnigne ǽr ǽfre bringan sélran láre, Men. 101.

fird-wíc

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Fyrdwíc árás the camp was pitched, Exod. 129. Ferdwíc castra, Ps. Srt. 28, 3. Tó midlunge fyrdwícana heora in media castrorum eorum, Ps. L. 77, 28. Hé funde herereáf on þám fyrdwícum, Hml. S. 25, 360.

Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spaciousvallis, locus silvestrisBREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshiresilvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went

Linked entry: Brǽden

sóþ-sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-sægen, -segen, e; f.

A true statementstatement of the truthstatement of the facts of a case

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A true statement, statement of the truth, statement of the facts of a case Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan mid nánre sóðsegene ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre the Saviour would not clear himself by any statement of the truth, though he was innocent, Homl.

atrum

(n.)

a black liquidpigment

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Voc. ii. 93, 2 is loða, the line in each case being: et nova de liquido sumatur gurgite lodix, Ald. 168, 13

beorg

(n.)
Grammar
beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m.

a hillmountaincollismonsa heapBURROW or barrowa heap of stonesplace of burialtumulus

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Óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis to the mountains which they call the Alps Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 44; 16, 17. Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

Linked entries: beorh berg biorg

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, hyrd-rǽden, e; f.

Guardguardianshipcarekeeping

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Se stæf getácnaþ gýmene and hyrdrǽdene the staff indicates care and guardianship, ii. 280, 35. Tó heordrædene ad custodiam, Hymn. Surt. 11, 27.

Linked entry: hyrd-rǽden

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUNDa dog

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, came towards him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 15.

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter facere

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Seó mæg ateón ǽlces cynnes áttor út of men which can draw poison of every kind out of man, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 33. Mid atogenum swurde evaginato gladio, Num. 22, 22.

ælf-sogoða

(n.)
Grammar
ælf-sogoða, an; m. [sogeða juice]

A disease ascribed to fairy influence

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A disease ascribed to fairy influence, chiefly by the influence of the castalides, dúnelfen, which were considered to possess those who were suffering under the disease, a case identical with being possessed by the devil, as will appear from the forms

Linked entry: sogoþa