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CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Kmbl. 20; Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 28, 5, 7, 9: 30, 11. Ǽlces cræftes andweorc the materials of any trade Bt. 17; Fox 58, 30. Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte what gettest thou by thy trade? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3: 28, 3, 31.

rýan

(v.)
Grammar
rýan, (?), rýn (cf. for similar form of infinitive þýn); rýde

To roar, rage

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eldrana onginþ ðonne rýn and hire racentan slítan (cf. the corresponding passage in the Metres : Onginþ racentan slítan, rýn, grymetigan, Met. 13, 29) si cruor horrida tinxerit ora, resides olim redeunt animi, fremituque gravi meminere sui, laxant nodis colla

Linked entries: rýn rýnan

BLEOH

(n.)
Grammar
BLEOH, bleó, blioh, blió; gen. bleós; n.

A colour, hue, complexioncolor, species

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A colour, hue, complexion; color, species Bleoh color, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 70; Wrt. Voc. 46, 27. Mislíc bleó a mixed colour, 79; Som. 72, 78; Wrt. Voc. 46, 35. Blió color, Prov. 23.

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fág

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Ceruleus, i. glaucus, fáh, deorc, color est inter album et nigrum, subniger, 130, 35. Hwítes heówes and eác missenlices, on hringwísan fág candido versi colore in modum ranarum, Nar. 16, 2. Ꝥ feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml S. 15, 184.

lícian

(v.)
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(b α) with wel, (i) to be (well) pleasing :-- Wel heó lícað ús, Coll. M. 32, 9. Mé þín módsefa lícað leng swá wel, B. 1854. Ðam wífe þá word wel lícodon, 639. Gif hé wilnað ðæt hé hire lícige bet ðonne sé ðe hine sende. Past. 143, 4.

be-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gangan, -gongan, -gangan; -gongan; pp. -gangen [be, gangan to go].

to go roundsurroundcircumdare to go toafterto attendcommitpractiseexerciseperformobserveworshipexercere incumbereprocurarecolere

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Carthage was outwardly surrounded by sea Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 99, 39. to go to or after, to attend, commit, practise, exercise, perform, observe, worship; exercere, incumbere, procurare, colere Begangan his gebédu to attend his prayers Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 34, col

Linked entries: be-gongan bi-gongan

Domuc

(n.)
Grammar
Domuc, e; f? Dommoc-ceaster; gen. -ceastre; f.

Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma

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Suffolciensi ora maritĭma Alfhun bisceop forþférde on Sudberi, and he wearþ bebyrged in Domuce, and Tídfriþ wearþ gecoren æfter him bishop Alfhun died at Sudbury, and he was buried at Dunwich, and Tidfrith was chosen after him, Chr. 798; Th. 105, 9-13, col

Linked entry: Dommoc-ceaster

GEÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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Ðis wæs feorþes geáres his ríces this was in the fourth year of his reign, Chr. 47; Th. 10, 13, col. 1. On geáre in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110. Ðríwa on gére thrice a year, Thw. Exod. 23, 17.

Linked entries: gǽr gér

hrace

(n.)
Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.

The throat

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Ðǽr gýnude on ðare hrácan swylce ðǽr hwylc seáþ wǽre there yawned in the throat as if there had been a pit, Lchdm. ii. 364, col. 1. Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiaþ non clamabunt in gutture suo, Ps. Th. 134, 19.

stricel

(n.)
Grammar
stricel, es; m.
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Voc. i. 233, col. 2 (15th cent.). Strykylle hostorium Cath. Ang. 369. In note I on this page are given the following: 'Rouleau the round pin, stritchell, or strickle used in the measuring of corn, etc.

Linked entries: strycel tit-stricel

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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The distinction between -ham and -hám seems to have been lost before the Norman Conquest, as in the Chronicle one MS. has tó Buccingahamme, another tó Buccingahám, 918; Th. i. 190, col. 1, 2, l. 21

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in EnglandSaxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

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D. 1148, says, 'Omnia jura regni Anglorum, reges scilicet et proceres et tribunos in ditione sua tenebat:' Ecgbryht wæs se eahteða cyning, se ðe Bretwalda wæs Egbert was the eighth king, who was the Bretwalda, Chr. 827; Th. 112, 21, col. 1. — There does

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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, that is 4840 square yards; jugeri spatium, jugerum, a jugo quod tantum fere spatii uno jugo boum arari posset: also ager - Ger. acker an acre Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre omni die debeo arare integrum jugerum [MS. agrum] aut plus, Coll

býsgian

(v.)
Grammar
býsgian, bísgian, býsigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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Ic eom býsgod on sange occupatus sum cantu, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 25; Wrt. Voc. 2, 11.

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ to row on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 21; Wand. 4. Sum mæg fromlíce ofer sealtne sǽ sundwudu drífan hréran holmþræce, 17 b; Th. 42, 25; Cri. 678

Linked entry: for-hréred

BRINGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRINGAN, part. bringende ; ic bringe, brincge, ðú bringst, he bringeþ, brincgeþ, bringþ, pl. bringaþ; p. ic, he brang, brong, ðú brunge, pl. brungon; pp. brungen; v. a.

To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carryferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre

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Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald winter brings weather excessively cold, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 117; Met. 11, 59: 11, 125; Met. 11, 63. Regn wolcen brincgeþ a cloud brings rain, Ps. Th. 67, 10.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrowian, -þrowigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To suffer

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Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto the cold should suffer by the heat, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33. Geþrowade, 1123; El. 563. Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl.

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.

DWELLAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWELLAN, ic dwelle, ðú dwelest, dwelst, he dweleþ, dwelþb, pl. dwellaþ; p. dwealde, dwelede; pp. dweald, dweled.

To lead into error, deceive, mislead in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕreTo prevent, hinder, delay impĕdīre, tardāre To continue, remain, DWELLmănēre, habĭtāre

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To continue, remain, DWELL; mănēre, habĭtāre Nero on ðam holte on cýle and on hungre dwelode, óþ-dæt hine wulfas totǽron Nero remained in the wood, in cold and hunger, until wolves tore him to pieces, Homl. Th. i. 384, 10

Linked entry: ge-dwellan

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheepŏvis fēmĭna

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morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg, and cýse and buteran ic dó in prīmo māne mĭno ŏves meas ad pascua, et rĕdūco eas ad caulas, et mulgeo eas bis in die, et caseum et butyrum făcio,' Coll