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in-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
in-cuman, p. -com

To come inenter

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Ðá hié tósamne incóman when they entered together, Blickl. Homl. 173. 5. Ðǽr nǽfre nǽnig dǽl regnes incuman ne mæg never can any rain enter there, 125, 33. Incuma introire, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 45

land-here

(n.)
Grammar
land-here, es; m.
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A military force which acts on land [opposed to sciphere], or which belongs to the land [opposed to a foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after

bord-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
bord-hreóða, -hréða, an; m. [bord II. a shield, hreóðan to cover, protect]

the cover or protection of the shieldclypei tegmen vel tutelaa shield, bucklerclypeus

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Hæfdon hie ofer bordhreóðan beácen arǽred they had a signal reared over their bucklers, 160; Th. 198, 9; Exod. 326. Brǽcon bordhréðan they broke through the bucklers, Invent. Crs. Recd. 242; El. 122

Linked entries: hreóða hréða

ge-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frinan, ic -frine, ðú -frinst, he -frinþ, pl. -frinaþ; p. -fran, pl. -frunon; pp. -frunen

To learn by askingfind outhear of

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Hie hæfdon gefrunen they had learned, Beo. Th. 1392; B. 694 : 4797; D. 2403

Linked entry: ge-frunon

scrift-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-bóc, f.
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Ða mæssepreóstas sceolan heora scriftbóc mid rihte tǽcan and lǽran, swá swá hié úre fæderas ǽr démdon, Blickl. Homl. 43, 8. a discourse referring to penance Lárspel and scriftbóc ( the title of the homily). Wulfst. 242, 22

scytta

(n.)
Grammar
scytta, an; m. A shooter, an archer
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Ðá gegaderade Regulus ealle ða scyttan ðe on ðæm færelte wǽron, ðæt hié ( the serpent ) mon mid flánum ofercóme, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 5. Wǽron on his fyrdinge twelf þúsenda scyttena, Homl. As. 104, 55

þrym-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-líc, adj.

Magnificentsplendidglorious

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Sceoldon hié ða menn beforan him drífan gebundene ðe gefongene wǽron, ðæt heora mǽrþa sceoldon ðý þrymlícran beón, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 30

brid

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Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, Lch. ii. 196, 22. Swá earn his briddas (pullos) spænð tó flihte, Deut. 32, II: Ps.

eardung-stów

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Hié sceolden habban éce eardungstówe on ðæs Fæder húse furðor ðonne his ǽgnu bearn in domo Patris aeterna mansione etiam filiis praeferuntur, Past. 409, 4. Symbelnessa eardungstówa sollemnitates tabernaculorum, An. Ox. 40, 37. Add

for-seárian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16. Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml.

ge-þoftian

(v.)
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Seleucus and Demetrias hí (him, Bos. 75, 14) tógædere geþoftedan Seleucus Demetrio jungitur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 29. to league with (wiꝥ) a person Cassander geþoftade wið Ptholomeus and wið Lisimachus and wið Seleucus, and hié ealle winnende wǽron wið

ge-þwǽrnes

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Hié him eáþmédo budon and geþuǽrnesse, Chr. 827; P. 60, 34. gentleness Underfó hé þá geboda his tǽcendes mid ealre geþwǽrnesse and mid micelre eáðmódnesse ( cum omni mansuetudine et obedientia ), R. Ben. 128, 12.

ge-wǽgan

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Hié sint tó manienne ðæt hí baldlíce getrúwien ðæt hí ðá forgiefnesse habbað for ðǽre hreówsunga ðe hí wilniað, ðý lǽs hí tó ungemetlíce sién gewǽgde mid ðǽre hreówsunga admonendi sunt, ut de misericordia, quam postulant, praesumant, ne vi immoderatae

lof-georn

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Ne sý nán man lofgeorn, ne wilnigende þæt his dǽda hálige gesǽde sién, ǽr hié hálige weorðan, R. Ben. 18, 18. Ná hé lof-georn ( but the Latin has prodigus) ne sý, 55, 3

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.
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Hié mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton inutiles facti sunt, Nar. 15, 27. Hí (friends) beóð mé on sumum ðingum nytte, and ic eác heom, Solil. H. 40, 5.

ofer-hebban

(v.)

to pass by, neglect, omitpraeterire, transire

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Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 16

on-lútan

(v.)

to lout, bend down, bow

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Hié him tó onluton and hine weorþodan swá cinige geríseþ, Blickl. Homl. 69, 31: 87, 7. Anlúte him eáðmódlíce tó mid ðam heáfde, R. Ben. 83, 11. Hira sceal ánra gehwylc onlútan, ðe hafaþ læsse mægen, Salm. Kmbl. 713; Sal. 356.

Linked entry: an-lútan

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, hlædder, e; f; hlæddre, an [?]; f.

A ladder, flight of steps;scala

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Hie æfter hlæddrum ástígon they mounted by steps, Blickl. Homl 209, 7

Linked entry: hlædder

Athéniense

(n.)
Grammar
Athéniense, pl.

The Athenians

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Hié áspðnan him on fultum Athénienses, 2, 7; S. 90, 7

á-brecan

(v.)
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Hié frið ábrocen hæfdon violatores pacis, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 182, 9. Hié Godes hæfdon bodscipe ábrocen, Gen. 783. to take by storm, to storm a place Sé ðe fæste burg ábrycð expugnator urbium, Past. 218, 17. Mon his geweorc ábræc, Chr. 894; P. 87, 3.