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be-teón

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Sum wer wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265

fore-stæppan

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Take here the instances given under fore-stapan, fore-steppan, and add

Linked entry: fore-steppan

ge-lómlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 610, 28. of condition, frequently, in many places, in many instances Gelómlíce ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife stæðhlýplíce út sceoredon, Bl. H. 207, 19

wíg-heafola

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Icel vígr in fighting state, serviceable for fighting, and afli strength; so that the passage would mean he had or brought strength that might serve to help his lord in battle. (?)

Linked entries: hafela wíg

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

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Weorpe ǽrest stán primus lapidem mittat, Jn. Bos. 8, 7. Se hér-búendra hearpan ǽrest hlyn awehte who first of dwellers here awoke the sound of the harp, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079.

ge-trymman

(v.)
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ge-trymman, -trymian, -trymigan, -tremman; he -trymmeþ, -trymþ; p. -trymde, -trymede; pp. -trymed, -trymmed, -trymd.

to confirmstrengthenencourageestablishfoundset in order arrangedraw upfirmāreconfirmāremūnīreconfortārehortārifundāreinstruĕreTo grow stronggain strengthrecoverconvălescĕre

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Hit wæs ofer ðæne stán getrymed fundāta ĕrat sŭper petram, Lk. Bos. 6, 48. He hæfde ðæt folc getrymmed he had drawn up the troops, Byrht. Th. 132, 27; By. 22.

Linked entries: trymman ge-tremman

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Similar entries eald-, ge-, not-, stæf-, stǽr-, tíd-, un-, wyrd-wríte

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

gífer-nes

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Deóflice dǽda . . . on stalan and on strúdungan, on gítsungan and on gífernessan, Ll. Th. i. 310, 17. Ne gé ne beón gewyrhtan stala ne strúdunga, ac strýnað mid rihte. Scyldað eów wið gítsunga and wið gífornessa . . .

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Stefn in becom under hárne stán . . . hordweard oncneów mannes reorde, Beo. Th. 5103; B. 2555. Hí gehýrdon hlúde reorde, ðínes múþes ða mǽran word, Ps. Th. 137, 5. Hé reorde gesette eorþbúendum ungelíce, Cd. Th. 101, 19; Gen. 1684.

Linked entry: ge-reord

or-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
or-þanc, es; m. n.

Original, inborn thoughtmind, genius, wit, understandingingeniuma skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, designskilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art

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Stán in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted, Exon. Th. 219, 8; Ph. 304: Beo. Th. 817; B. 406. Ealle ða orþancas tóslíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. 145; Sal. 72. Orþoncum skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art Orþanc[um?] subtiliter, sagaciter, Hpt.

Linked entries: þanc on-þanc

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Heofonsteorran bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft the stars of heaven encompass a spacious circle [the earth ], Cd. 190; Th. 236, 16; Dan. 322.

Linked entry: hwearft

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde 40, 11: 262, 29. to cut stone, to hew Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon Anglia xi. 4, 12. to cut hair Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó absan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on Lchdm.

ge-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .

to make of woodto buildto build upconstructædĭfĭcāreconstruĕreexstruĕreto build up the mindinstructedifyinstruĕre

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Ofer ðisne stán ic getimbrige míne cyrcan over this stone I will build my church, Homl. Th. ii. 390, 2, 10, 11, 12. Ná ðú getimbrast hí non ædĭfĭcābis eos, Ps. Spl. 27, 7.

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Similar entries v. ælmes-, heáfod-, stán-, stuf-bæþ

hú-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hú-líc, pron.

qualis

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Gisih húlíce [húlco, Lind.] stánas and húlíc [huulig, Lind.] timber aspice quales lapides et quales structuræ, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 1

and-weard

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H. 129, 29. temporal Fleón ðis andwearde yfel, Past. 263, 13. active Swá andweard seó wyrt is ꝥ heó þý ylcan dæge þá stánas forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 14. Andwyrdre, dǽdlicere practicae, i. actualis, An. Ox. 994: 2506.

feter

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Hé 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.

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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Þá stánas nales ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tóbrǽcan, ac eác swylce mid ealle his bán gebrýsedon (-brýsdon, tóbrýsdon, v. ll.] saxa non solum cjtes membra, sed etiam ossa contri*-*verant, Gr. D. 125, 23.

mægen-þrymm

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Swilce ic stande æt his wuldorfullan mægenþrymme foran, Hml. S. 23, 830. Seó hálige þrynnys on ánre godcundnysse ǽfre wunigende, on ánum mægenþrymme (v. mægen-þrymnes) and on ánum gecynde, Hml.

staþol

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Heó cwæð ꝥ þæs gyfe genihtsumode þe þǽre sáwle stadol unwemme geheóld she said that his grace sufficed who kept the state of the soul stainless, Hml. S. 23 b, 717. <b>III a.