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be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adorn ⬩ elaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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Babylónia is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum beworht Babylon is built with stone towers, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 30: Jos. 2, 1. Se mid weaxe beworhte he covered it with wax, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 30.

be-geótan

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</b> to cover with molten metal :-- Hí stánas synd, þá þe þú godas gecígst, begotene mid leáde, Hml. S. 34, 336. to cover with, bestrew with Heó begeát þá hand mid deórwyrðum wyrtum and bewand on godwebbe, Shrn. 59, 34

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

æðel-cundnes

(n.)
Grammar
æðel-cundnes, -ness, e; f.

Nobleness ⬩ nobility ⬩ nobilitas

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Nobleness, nobility; nobilitas Mid micelre æðelcundnesse with great nobleness, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 31

elpen-bán

(n.)
Grammar
elpen-bán, es; n.

An elephant's bone, ivory ⬩ ĕbur

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An elephant's bone, ivory; ĕbur Elpenbánum with ivory, Ps. Spl. 44, 10: Cot. 71

eógoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eógoþ, e; f.

Youth ⬩ jŭventus

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Youth; jŭventus Duguþe and eógoþe with old and young. Andr. Kmbl. 2245; An. 1124

for-dician

(v.)
Grammar
for-dician, p. ode; pp. od

To obstruct, shut, or fence off with a ditch ⬩ fossâ obstruĕre

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To obstruct, shut, or fence off with a ditch; fossâ obstruĕre, Som. Ben. Lye

fýst-slægen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fýst-slægen, part.

Struck with the fist ⬩ pugno cæsus

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Struck with the fist; pugno cæsus Fýstslægenu wæs exalapārētur, pugno cæsus erat, Cot. 79

stencan

(v.)
Grammar
stencan, p. te
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To pant, emit breath with effort Stenecendra renula anhelantium cursorum, Hpt. Gl. 406, 8

Linked entry: stincan

ge-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smittian, p. od
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To smudge, smear with dirt, befoul Gesmittad cacabatus, An. Ox. 7, 323 : 8, 282

Linked entry: smittian

ge-fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Substitute: Belted, provided with a belt Twá sweord gefetelsode, C. D. ii. 380, 28

ge-trúwad

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-trúwad, ge-trúwod; adj.
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Inspired with confidence Gebyld, getrúwad fretus, i. fiduciam habens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 71

ge-tunecod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tunecod, adj.
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Provided with a tunic, dressed in a tunic Ge-tunecude togatos, Germ. 393, 155

Linked entry: tunece

langmódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
langmódlíce, adv.
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Patiently, with long-suffering Bróþerlice yfelu sóð lufu langmódlíce ( longanimiter ) byrð, Scint. 5, 2

sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádwíslíce, adv.

With discretion, rationally

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With discretion, rationally Gif ðú him sceádwíslíce æfter spyrast, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 3

ge-swurdod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swurdod, [sweord, swurd a sword]

armed with a sword; ⬩ glădio cinctus

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armed with a sword; glădio cinctus Geswurdod glădiātus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 13

Linked entry: -sweordod

swefel-sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
swefel-sweart, (?); adj.

Dark with the smoke of sulphur

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Dark with the smoke of sulphur (?) Suefl-sweart sulforia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 61

scír-mǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
scír-mǽled, adj.

Brightly marked ⬩ bright with inlaid ornaments

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Brightly marked, bright with inlaid ornaments Scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230