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heoloþ-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
heoloþ-cynn, es; n.

A race living in a place of concealment[?] ⬩ the devils in hell

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A race living in a place of concealment[?], the devils in hell, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 19; Cri. 1542

geofan

(v.)
Grammar
geofan, p. geaf, pl. geáfon; pp. gifen

To give ⬩ dare

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To give; dare Nymþ ðú me rǽd geofe unless thou mayest give me counsel, Ps. Th. 58, 1: 118, 72

bremman

(v.)
Grammar
bremman, part. bremmende; p. de; pp. ed

To rage, roar; ⬩ rudere, fremere

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To rage, roar; rudere, fremere Bremman rudere, Cot. 192. Bremmende rudens, 192. Bremmde fremuit, Jn. Lind. War. 11, 33, 38

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To move ⬩ shake ⬩ stir

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To move, shake, stir Ic wudu hrére I move the wood, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 9; Rä. 2, 8. Hréra, 101 b; Th. 383, 9; Rä. 4, 8.

Linked entry: for-hréred

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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Th. 415, 6; Rä. 33, 7. [Here are added examples of á-swífan omitted in their place :-- Asuáb exorbitans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 74.

Linked entry: a-swífan

swimman

(v.)
Grammar
swimman, p. swamm, pl. swummon ; pp. swummen
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Hine ( a vehicle) oxa ne teáh, ne [hé] on flóde swom, 404, 28 ; Rä. 23, 14. Se swymmenda arc (Noah's ark ). Homl. Th. ii. 60, 2. of lying on the surface of water Nim ompran neoþowearde ða ðe swimme. Lchdm. ii. 52, 19 : 76, 5.

Linked entry: swymman

wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
wríþan, p. wráþ, pl. wriþon; pp. wriþen.

to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter

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Th. 435, 27; Rä. 54, 7. to bind one thing to another Nim ða sylfan wyrt, lege on ðone naflan, and wríð ðǽrtó swýðe fæste. Lchdm. i. 82, 25. to bind, fetter Oft wíf hine (a dog) wríð, Exon. Th. 434, 3; Rä. 51, 5.

sceaþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþan, scód, sceód ; sceaþen . [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]

To scathe, hurt, harm, injure

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Th. 485, 14; Rä. 71, 13. without a case Ne ic ne scaþe (scaþeð, MS.) neque nocebo, Ps. Spl. 88, 33. Ðý læs scyldhatan sceaþan mihton. Andr.Kmbl. 2296; An. 1149

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus

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Ic winde sceal swelgan of sumes bósme I [i.e. a horn] shall swell with wind from some one's bosom, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 30; Rä. 15, 15. l09 b; Th. 419, 17; Rä. 38, 7: 127 a; Th. 489, 11; Rä. 78, 6.

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo

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Th. 408, 18; Rä, 27, 14: 388, 16; Rä. 6, 8: 401, 6: Rä. 21, 7. Ic hæbbe smiþas, ísene smiþas, goldsmiþ, seolforsmiþ, ársmiþ, treówwyrhtan Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

be-hrópan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hrópan, p. -hreóp, pl. -hreópon; pp. -hrópen [hrópan to call or cry out]

To scoff at ⬩ rail ⬩ trouble ⬩ sugillare

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To scoff at, rail, trouble; sugillare Ðe-læs heó cume me behrópende ne veniens sugillet me Lk. Bos. 18, 5

á-seárian

(v.)
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Treówa hé déð fǽrlíce blówan and eft raðe áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 2. Add

ræscan

(v.)
Grammar
ræscan, p. te
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To move quickly (cf. rash), to quiver (of light), to glitter Fér ræscendum leóhte ignis vibrante lumine, Hymn. Sort. 94, 1

hamacgaþ

(v.)
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Se ðe gelíþ raðe hé hamacgaþ he who takes to his bed will quickly be up again, Lchm. iii. 184, 21. [?]

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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Th. 400, 15; Rä. 21, 1: 405, 14: Rä. 24, 2. <b>III b.</b> in the phrases naman or tó naman scippan to give a name :-- Him se pápa Petrus tó noman scóp cui papa Petri nomen imposuerat, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 43. Scóp him Heort naman, Beo.

Linked entries: sceppan scipian scyppan for-scapung

horn

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See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle

deór

(adj.)
Grammar
deór, diór, dýr; adj. [deór an animal] .

brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens

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Kmbl. 2617; An. 1310: Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 6; Rä. 32, 16. Nis mon in his dǽdum to ðæs deór there is not a man so bold in his deeds, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 17; Seef. 41.

wilmian

(v.)
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to rage Þá þá swíþlíce wédde and wilnode (wilmode ?) seó arrianisce éhtnes dum perstcutio Ariana vehementer insaniret, Gr. D. 240, 7. (?)

frum-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
frum-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

original kind ⬩ lineage ⬩ descent ⬩ origin ⬩ prosāpia ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ gĕnus ⬩ gens

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Th. 509; B. 252. a race, tribe; gĕnus, gens Ðæt he ahredde frumcyn fira that he saved the race of men, Exon. 8 a; Th. 3. 12; Cri. 35: Cd. 190; Th. 236, 6; Dan. 317. He slóh frumcynnes heora freán he slew the princes of their race, Ps. Th. 104, 31.

sinder

(n.)
Grammar
sinder, es ; n. : sindra(-e ?), an ; m. (f. ?)
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Th. 408, 3 ; Rä. 27, 6

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