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tó-hreósan

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Stód þǽr án hreófla tóhrorenum líchaman atelic on híwe, 36, 334

meagol

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol, <b>, megol;</b> adj.

Earneststrenuousfirm

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Earnest, strenuous, firm Ðæt ic Gode and Sancta Marian meaglum móde on éce yrfe geseald hæbbe what I, with mind immovable, have given as a perpetual inheritance to God and St.

cweartern

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Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs on manegum cwearternum, Hml. Th. i. 392, 9. Add

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]

wertacen

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Stud. viii. 478, 75

be-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rendan, p. de
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To strip of peel or husk;— Gárleác gebrǽd and berend, Lch. ii. 50, 22. Nim feowertig lybcorna, berend wel and gegníd, 336, 2 : iii. 18, 29. Berende, 272, 6. Sundcorn wel berended, iii. 18, 13

ceace

(n.)
Grammar
ceace, an; f. (?)
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[Hire cake bearneð o þe stan, H. M. 37, 36. Icel. kaka.] Cf. cicel

for-pyndan

To precludeshut upstopprevent the action of

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To preclude, shut up, stop, prevent the action of Críst onwráh in Dauides dýrre mǽgan þæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that in the Virgin Mary Eve's guilt is closed, Cri. 97. Substitute:

sadol

(n.)
Grammar
sadol, -el, -ul, es; m.

A saddle

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Hé héht eahta mearas on flet teón, ðara ánum stód sadol, ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges, Beo. Th. 2080; B. 1038

ge-sweorcnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcnes, -ness, e; f.

Cloudinessgloomhorrorafflictionobscūrĭtushorrorafflictio

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Cloudiness, gloom, horror, affliction; obscūrĭtus, horror, afflictio Ne ðǽr nǽfre biþ biternes, ne gesweorcnesse stów geméted nor is bitterness ever there, nor a place found for gloom, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 9

gódlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gódlíc, -lec; adj.
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Gódlecran stól a goodlier throne, 15; Th. 18, 31; Gen. 281

heáfod-panne

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Heófodponna (héfid- [altered from heáfud-]) stów. Jn. R. 19, 17. Heáfudponnan capitali, Lch. i. lxx. 9. Add: —

wenian

(v.)
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Add: to accustom oneself, be accustomed Hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe þe hé ǽr wenede (gewnnude, v.l.) numquam postmodum solutum tetendit pedem ultra locum quo ligatum hunc tendere consueverat, Gr. D. 214, 14

treppan

(v.)
Grammar
treppan, p. te.
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Ger. treppe a step.] to trap Hió [tr]e[p]te inretivit, Kent. Gl. 211

Linked entry: træppan

wer

(n.)
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Twýgen weoras in fluvio qui dicitur Stúr, i. 598, 8. v. beám- (C. D. v. 148, 21), sǽ-wer; see also Midd. Flur

barian

(v.)

to lay bareremove a coveringto stripdespoil

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Substitute: to lay bare, remove a covering Twégen diáconas barian (nudent) ꝥ weofud, Angl. xiii. 417, 749. to strip, despoil Leódhatan þe þurh mansylene bariað þás þeóde, Wlfst. 310, 5. Similar entries v. á-, ge-barian

atelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
atelíc, adj. [ = atol, líc]

Direterriblehorridfoulloathsomedirusterribilishorridusdeformisfœ́dus

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Dire, terrible, horrid, foul, loathsome; dirus, terribilis, horridus, deformis, fœ́dus Norþ-Denum stód atelíc egesa over the North-Danes stood dire terror, Beo. Th. 1572; B. 784. Unwlitig swile and atelíc tumor deformis, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 17

Linked entries: atelucost atolíc

hlíwung

(n.)
Grammar
hlíwung, e; f.

Shelterprotection

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Stów gecwéme . . . þæs fýrhýses hlýwing winterlices cyles . . . wiþerrǽdnes sí gelýht locus aptus . . . cuius caumene refugio hybernalis algoris . . . aduersitas levigetur, Angl. xiii. 397, 461

Linked entry: hleówung

wæter-seáþ

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Seó stów ofer þám stæþe sumes wæterseáðes (ofer sumes wæteres seáðes ófre, v.l.) (super laci ripam), Gr. D. 113, 21. Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add

wundor-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-hús, es; n.
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An upper chamber, upper part of a house Þá se mæssepreóst gestód in þám solore þæs mynstres. . . þá þurhwuniendum unonwendedlíce eallum þám getimbre þæs hámes ꝥ wundorhús (solarium) sylf gefeóll, in þám stód se preóst, Gr. D. 119, 27