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gléd

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Se hláf wæs mid þám glédum ( prunis) bewrigen . . . þá worhte hé Crístes róde tácen ongén þám glédum (þá glédu, v. l., contra prunas ), Gr. D. 87, 9-16. Hé þone bisceop on ísenum bedde ástrehte and byrnenda gléda dyde under his nacode líc, Hml.

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Heora breósta beóð mid byrnum befangene, Wlfst. 200, 13. to put into a covering Eal folc Róm-wara beféng þá líchoman on þǽre stówe Catacumbe, Bl. H. 193, II. Befóh útan mid golde, Past. 169, 23.

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set beforeproposeshutclose inpræpōnĕrepropōnĕrepræclūdĕre

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He fóresette on his móde ðæt he wolde cuman to Róme propŏsuit ănĭmo vĕnīre Rōmam, 5, 19; S. 637, 23. Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3.

GANOT

(n.)
Grammar
GANOT, ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlfen-duckăvis mărinafŭlixfŭlĭca

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Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ, Óslác of earde, ofer ýþa gewealc, ofer ganotes bæþ then the brave man, Oslac, was driven away from the land, over the billows' roll, over the gannet's bath [the sea], Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo.

Linked entries: ganet ganet

grutt

(n.)
Grammar
grutt, es; m. or n.
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Edwindan, grutte in uoraginem (gastrimargiae ), 701. a rock ? Stánrocca stáncyslas and sinewealte scylua, grutta (or ?? scylua grutta of the rocks of the depths; cf. (?)

Linked entry: grut

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander roam to go as a pilgrim

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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm.

smeá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
smeá-líc, adj.

searching, penetratingthat goes to the root heart of a matter, profoundexquisite, choice

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Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wǽges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon mid ðære . . . onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1. that goes to the root

ge-bindan

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H. 239, 34. (2 a) the object abstract Ne mæg ꝥ word mon mid sweorde ofsleán, ne mid rape gebindan, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 29. to bind. to fasten one object to another Hát hine on róde gebindan, Bl.

læfer

(n.)
Grammar
læfer, e; f.

a rush

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Xerxes beworhte ða bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum Xerxes wrought over the arches of the roof with golden plates, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 3. Mid læfrum liscis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 9

Linked entries: leber lifer

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, sweoþol, es; m.
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:-- Wuduréc ástáh sweart ofer swioðole (swicðole, MS.) the smoke rose black above the pile where Beowulf's body lay enwrapped, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3146, cf. swaþul

turnian

(v.)
Grammar
turnian, p. ode.
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.), revolve round an axis or centre Ða árleásan turniaþ on ymbhwyrfte, Homl. Th. i. 514, 23. Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre, Lchdm. iii. 254, 16.

be-gyrdan

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Th. ii. 218, 6. to sur-round, encompass Sé Bretenlond mid díce begyrdde, Chr. 189; P. 8, 23. Gif eáðmódnes bið mid óðrum gódum ðeáwum begyrded si humi-litas ceteris virtutibus cingitur, Past. 47, II.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stonerock

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A stone, rock Þám strengestan(-e, MS.) stáne, healle robustissim petre (cf. Mt. 7, 24), An. Ox. 4111. ¶ in place names, as the name of a person. Cf.Icel. Hallr: In halles burge, C. D. iii. 377, 24. Heallingwara mearc wið Halles meres, 400, 27.

hrútan

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D. rout) Sé ðe hrét qui stertit, Kent. Gl. 322. Reát dester(t)uit, somniavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 17. Ðá hé þæne cyrcward gehýrde ofer eall hrútan, Vis. Lfc. 31. Hrútende stertens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 30

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

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Eall ðæt ðider com ðæt wæs ðone hæcce and sume scríne and sume róden all that came there was the crosier and some shrines and some crucifixes, 32

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Bysmeredon hie bútú ætgædere they reviled us both together, Rood Kmbl. 95; Kr. 48: Andr. Kmbl. 1923; An. 964. Uton gangan ðæt we bysmrigen him let us go that we may revile him, 2713; An. 1359

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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Wæs módsefa áfýsed on forþwege my soul longed to be gone, Rood Kmbl. 246; Kr. 124. Mé ðín módsefa lícaþ you please me, Beo. Th. 3711; B. 1853. Ne gemealt him se módsefa his heart did not fail, 5249; B. 2628.

BLEOH

(n.)
Grammar
BLEOH, bleó, blioh, blió; gen. bleós; n.

A colour, hue, complexioncolor, species

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Geseah ic ðæt beácen wendan bleóm I saw the beacon change in colours, Rood Kmbl. 43; Kr. 22: Elen. Kmbl. 1515; El. 759

Linked entries: bleó blió

sin-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gal, adj.
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Th. i. 238, 5 : Rood Kmbl. 280 ; Kr. 141. Ðǽr ( in hell ) is á singal sorh, Wulfst. 26, 8. referring to things of time, continual, constant, without intermission Swá singal gebiórscipe quasi juge convivium, Kent. Gl. 521.

Linked entry: -gal

swán-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
swán-geréfa, an; m.
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At that time Hama was swainreeve at Sutton, and he rode to Worcester and watched the oath (taken by the bishop in support of his case), as his alderman Eadwulf (Eadwulf dux is a witness to the charter) bade him, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 278-279.