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Anglo-Saxon

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be-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wríðan, he -wríþ; p. -wráþ, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bind, bind round, begirdligare, redimire

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Duru wundurclommum bewriðen the door bound with wondrous bands, 12 a; Th. 19, 33; Cri. 310

lifer

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Wiþ þǽre lifre swile, Lch. ii. 200, 1 (and often). His lifere iecor eius, Kent. Gl. 218. Swát ýðum weóll þurh báncofan, blód lifrum swealg (the blood streaming out brought with it parts of the inside of the body ? C f.. Add: —

weall-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
weall-steáp, adj.

high as regards its wallsbuildings, with lofty wallswith lofty cliffs, lofty.

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high as regards its walls orbuildings, with lofty walls Hié on weallsteápe burg (cf. seó steápe burh on Sennar, 102, 15; Gen. 1700) wlítan meahton, Cd. Th. 145, 7; Gen. 2402. with lofty cliffs, lofty.

ge-stund

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stund, es; n.

A noisedin

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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their

teón-word

(n.)
Grammar
teón-word, es; n.
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33

DREÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DREÓR, es; m.

Blood cruor

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Dreóre fáhne stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447. Dreóre druncne drunk with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2005; An. 1005

ge-bregdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bregdness, (-brégdness?), e; f.
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Suddenness of movement or action (or terror) Þonne árísað ealle þá men, þá þe mid gebregdnessum on deáþe swulton ( those who died with suddenness (with terrifying circumstances ): the cases mentioned are deaths by burning, drowning, hanging, slaying,

Linked entry: bregdness

inne

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Gif hé torngemót þurhteón mihte þæt hé eotena bearn inne gemunde ( that he might remember how his foe had been besieged (see the preceding passage)), B. 1141. inne on, mid, within a region, with a people Gylde lahslitte inne on Deonelage, wíte mid Englum

dióre

(adv.)
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dearly, with great price, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

ge-négan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-négan, p. de; pp. ed

To approach one with anything, to address,

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To approach one with anything, to address, Elen. Kmbl. 769: El. 385

tynge

(adj.)
Grammar
tynge, adj.
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Skilful with the tongue, rhetorical Tingcum rhetoricis, facundis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41

Linked entry: tingce

þrilig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrilig, adj.

Woven with three threads

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Woven with three threads Þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrielig

un-deáded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáded, adj.

Not deadened

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Not deadened Wiþ springe ge ádeádedum ge undeádedum, Lchdm. ii. 8, 7

Linked entry: -deáded

be-seolfrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seolfrian, -silfran
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to cover with silver Besi(l)frede deargentatae, Ps. Srt. 67, 14

beorc

(n.)
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a bark Wiþ hundes beorc (gebeorc, v. l. ). Lch. i. 28, 20

Linked entry: birce

breóst-nirwett

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-nirwett, es; n.
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Oppression of the chest, angina pectoris Wiþ breóstnyrwette, Lch. iii. 76, 3

Linked entry: nirwett

hypebán-ece

(n.)
Grammar
hypebán-ece, es; m.
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Sciatica Wiþ hypebánece, Lch. i. 170, 8. Cf. hype-wærc. þeóh-ece

sundorcræftiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sundorcræftiglíce, adv.
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With special skill, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 18. See preceding word

un-earfoþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-earfoþlíce, adv.
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With great difficulty Ná unearfoþlíce non difficulter, An. Ox. 5382 : 2, 462

un-gehefegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehefegod, adf.
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Not pregnant, not with child Ungehefegude non grauidam, An. Ox. 27. 31