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rúmgifolness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmgifolness, e; f.

Liberality, bounty, munificence

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Liberality, bounty, munificence Seó rúmgifolnes (largitas)winþ ongeán ða gýtsunge, Gl. Prud. 65. Rúmgyfolnes, 67 : 68-70. Hwá áwent gítsunge mid rúmgifulnysse bútan strece? Homl. Th. i. 360, 6

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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Wine Burgenda friend of the Burgundians, Wald. 85; Vald. 2, 14. Weóld Burgendum Gifica Gifica ruled the Burgundians, Scóp Th. 40; Wíd. 19: 131; Wíd. 65

Linked entry: Burgendan

HREÓD

(n.)
Grammar
HREÓD, es; n.

A REED

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A REED Hwí férde gé on wéstene geseón ðæt hreód ðe byþ mid winde ástyred quid existis in desertum videre harundinem vento moverí, Lk. Skt. 7, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 11, 7. For cynegyrde him hreód forgeáfon gave him a reed for a sceptre, Homl.

Linked entry: hreódeum

wincian

(v.)
Grammar
wincian, p. ode

to winkmake a signto close the eyesblink

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to wink, make a sign Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. to close the eyes, blink Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14:Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5.

án-willíce

(adv.)
Grammar
án-willíce, adv.

Obstinatelystubbornlypertinaciouslypertinaciter

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Obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously; pertinaciter Ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd I too pertinaciously attack fortune, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 20: Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a, 15

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Ðǽm birilum ministris; the servants who bore the wine, Jn. L. 2, 5

hymele

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Add: The word translates several foreign plant-names Hymele volvula (cf. wudu-winde), Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 63. Hymele.

ofer-drincan

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Þá þe lufiað ꝥ hí hí sylfe an wíne oferdrincon diligentes se inebriari uino, Chrd. 74, 3.

FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHERpennaplūmaWingsālæpennæwhat is made of a featherA penpennacălămus

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Fox 24, 10; Met. 24, 5. in the pl. sometimes used for Wings; ālæ, pennæ Mec wǽgun feðre on lifte wings bore me in air, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 20; Rä. 28, 4.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

hreógan

(v.)
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to get rough (of weather) Mid þý hit ǽfenne neáléhte, ðá ongunnon þá windas eft weaxan and ꝥ weder hreógan (printed breogun, but see Angl. 1. 511), Nar. 23, 11

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make warfightcontendpugnarebellum gerereto obtain by fightingto conquergainwinpugna consequiobtineresubjugare

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Homl. 173, 3. to obtain by fighting, to conquer, gain, win; pugna consequi, obtinere, subjugare Hú he mihte Normandige of him gewinnan how he might conquer [win] Normandy from him, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 25.

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10. Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma vel palustris, L.

CWUDU

(n.)
Grammar
CWUDU, cwuda, cweodo, cwidu, cudu; gen.ues wes; n.

What is chewed, a cud, quid manducatum, rumen

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Of hwítum cwidue and wíne with mastich and wine, 2, 4; Lchdm. ii. 182, 17. Hwít cwudu gecnuwa swíðe smale pound mastich very small, 1, 13; Lchdm. ii. 56, 5: 1, 8; Lchdm. ii. 54, 3: 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 29: 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 24.

in-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drencan, p. te

To soaksaturateinebriate

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To soak, saturate, inebriate Hí ðá sylfe betweónum indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse they mutually saturated each other with the wines of evangelic sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7

Linked entry: on-drencan

hreóh-full

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Januarius gif hé byþ on Mónandæg, þonne biþ . . . windig sumor, and hreóhfull geár (cf. estas uentuosa et tempestuosa, 12) biþ, Archiv cxx. 297, 46. See next word

innera

(adj.)
Grammar
innera, innra ; adj.

Innerinterior

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Se inra wind, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32. Þurh ða twá pund wæs getácnod ǽgðer ge ðæt ýttre andgit ge ðæt inre by the two pounds was signified both the external and the internal sense, 554, 34.

Linked entries: inra útera

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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[In Met. 10. 58 substitute :-- the likes of them are everywhere.] to every place, in every direction Se wind mæg féran ǽghwǽr, Rä. 41, 69.

blóstma

(n.)
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Wín*-*treówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12. Blóstman ligustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5. Sixte wæs blóstmena pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs eágena missenlícnes geseald, Sal. K. 180, 13.

seld-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
seld-síne, -sýnde ; adj.
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Seldom seen, uncommon, unfamiliar Cirus geáhsade ðæt ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas. Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 12. Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27