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sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

windung

(n.)
Grammar
windung, winnung, e; f.

What is winnowed ⬩ chaff ⬩ straw

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Ða halm ł ða windungo (winnunge, Rush.) paleas, Lk. Skt. Lind.3, 17. Bisin ofwinnuncum parabolam de zizaniis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 4

Linked entry: wind

ge-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styltan, p. te

To be astonished ⬩ to be silent from astonishment

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Folc gestylte [gistylted wæs, Rush.] populus stupefactus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 15. Gestyldon aldro stupuerunt parentes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 56

beadu-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-cræft, es; m.

War-craft ⬩ strength in war ⬩ bellica vis

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War-craft, strength in war; bellica vis Ðé gúþgewinn þurh hǽðenra hilde wóman, beorna beaducræft, geboden wyrþeþ a war-contest will be offered to thee through the heathens' battle rush, the war-craft of heroes, Andr. Kmbl. 437; An. 219

ge-broc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
ge-broc, es; n. [ge-brocen, pp. of ge-brecan to break]

A breaking ⬩ broken piece ⬩ fragment ⬩ fractio ⬩ fragmentum

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Rush. 14, 20: 15, 37

Linked entries: broc broc

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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Rush. 13, 10. Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

un-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
un-spéd, e; f.

Want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury

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Ðiós of unspoed (unspoedum, Rush.) hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende haec de paenuria sua omnia quae habuit misit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. unspéd

tó-sceótan

(v.)
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Ungesǽlge men deáþ ǽr willaþ foran tó sciótan = tóforan sceótan anticipate, rush in front of; cf. ða ungesǽligan menn forsceótaþ deáþ foran, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 3; Met. 27, 19, is rather to be taken under sceótan. The passage is:

á-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stellan, (i, y); p. de

To leap ⬩ rush ⬩ fly off

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To leap, rush, fly off Se þorn, efne swá swá strǽl of bogan ástelleþ, swá hé of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Hé hraþe ástylde (forð árǽsde, v. l.) of his ræste ex lecto prosiliit, Gr. D. 21, 28

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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after another consonant, go before the infinitive an, the vowel before the terminating d is not only rejected, but d is changed into t; as from dyppan to dip would be regularly formed dypped dipped, contracted into dyppd, dyppt, and dypt dipped. the Rune

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 477, 19; Ruin. 27. of the second death, the perdition of the soul Hí leahtrum fá, lége gebundne, swylt þrowiaþ . . . ðæt is éce cwealm, Exon. Th. 94, 14; Cri. 1540

Linked entry: swilt

ge-edstaþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edstaþelian, ge-edstálian.
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Sceoldon ealle heofenlice ðing and eorðlice beón geedstaðelode on Críste, 214, 25. to restore, renew what has been exhausted, to rebuild a ruin Þá hálgan mynstru ... tórorene geendstálude ( restauravit ), Angl. xiii. 366, 15.

Linked entries: ge-endstalian ed-staþelian

telgra

(n.)
Grammar
telgra, an; m.
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Rush. 13, 32. Telgran ramos, 21, 8: surculos, virgulta, Hpt. Gl. 433, 47. Genim ðysse wyrte (yarrow) telgran, Lchdnr. i. 198, 12. Ðeós wyrt (polium) of ánum wyrttruman manega telgran ásendeþ, 276, 8.

tó-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rendan, p. -rende

To rend in two, ⬩ tear in pieces

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Rush. 14, 63. Wághrsegl temples tóre[n]ded (tórended, Rush.) wæs in tuu velum templi scissum est in duo, 15, 38. Grin biþ tórænded laqueus cóntritus est, Ps. Th. 123, 7. Wurmes wullen todelen þine þermes, lifre and lihte torenden, Fragm.

Linked entry: rendan

weg-bráde

(n.)
Grammar
weg-bráde, -brǽde, an ; f.

Way-bread

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Of ðære rúwan wegbrǽdan, ii. 106, 13. Genim ða rúwan wegbrǽdan nioþowearde, 292, 10. Ða sméþan weg*-*brǽdan, 350, 7

hreów-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hreów-ness, e; f.

Penitence ⬩ repentance ⬩ sorrow ⬩ contrition

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Hreównisse [hréunisse, Rush.] pœnitentiam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 21. Hreónisse, 3, 8. Hreáwnise, 21, 29: Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 12. Hreóunisse pœnitentia, Rtl. 8, 33

ge-weldan

(v.)

to rule ⬩ restrain ⬩ regere ⬩ cohibere

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to rule, restrain; regere, cohibere Ðæt he hit ðonne [ne, MS. Cot.] mǽge to his willan gewealdan [geweldan, MS. Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6

ge-wæge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæge, es; n.

A weight ⬩ measure

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Gewæge [giwege, Rush.] mensura, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 24. Gewoege ł gemet mensura, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 38

rísan

(v.)
Grammar
rísan, p. rás; pp. risen (different word from preceding?)
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Rush. 7, 15

un-getýd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getýd, adj.

Untaught ⬩ unskilled ⬩ rude

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Untaught, unskilled, rude Ðæt ungetýde folc (rudis ille populus) nolde geliéfan, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 33; Æt ðæm ungetýdum folce apud imperitum vulgus, 48; Swt. 365, 22.

Linked entry: ge-týd

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