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dæg-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-weorc, es; n. [weorc work]

A day's work diei opus

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Æt ðam dæg-weorce at that day's work, Elen. Kmbl. 291; El. 146. Ðætte he ðæt dægweorc dreóre gebohte that he bought that day's work with blood, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 14; Exod. 151: 169; Th. 210, 21; Exod. 518

flot

(n.; part.)
Grammar
flot, es; n. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float]

Water deep enough for sustaining a shipthe seaăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendammăre

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Water deep enough for sustaining a ship, the sea; ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam, măre Ongan eorla mengu to flote fýsan the multitude of warriors began to hasten to the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 451; El. 226: Andr. Kmbl. 3393; An. 1700.

mæðel-hégende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mæðel-hégende, part. pres.

Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or councilconsultingconversing

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Héht gebeódan meðelhégende on gemót cuman, ða ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon, Elen. Kmbl. 557; El. 279

singallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
singallíce, adv.
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Hí (Cherubim) sin*-*gallíce singaþ ' they continually do cry, ' Elen. Kmbl. 1490 ; El. 747. Syle drincan singallíce nigon dagas, Lchdm. i. 230, 22. Hine ǽghwon*-*an God singallíce simle gehealdeþ, Met. 7, 46 : Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 27

Linked entry: ge-singallícode

un-lifigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lifigende, adj.

Not livingdeaddefunct

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Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5809; B. 2908. Ðæt biþ drihtguman unlifgendum æfter sélest, 2782; B. 1389. Hé aldorþegn unlyfigendne, deádne wisse, 2621; B. 1308.

Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende

on-médla

(n.)
Grammar
on-médla, (-medla, Grimm, Grein), an; m.

pride, glory, magnificencepride, arrogance, presumptioncourage, boldness

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pride, glory, magnificence Ald onmédla is gecyrred the glory of earlier times is changed, Elen. Kmbl. 2529; El. 1266. Ðæt geó guman heóldan, ðenden him on eorþan onmédla wæs, Exon. Th. 51, 13; Cri. 815.

Linked entries: on-mǽdla on-médan

ilf

(n.)
Grammar
ilf, e; f.

An elf

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An elf Ðanon untydras ealle onwócon eotenas and ylfe thence sprang all monstrous things, giants and elves, Beo. Th. 224; B. 112.

Linked entry: ylf

eáþ-gete

(adj.)
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Easy to get Him wæs eáðgete ele tó þám baðe oil for the bath was easy for him to get, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 18. Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðgeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10

a-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gangan, pp. -gangen; -gongen

To go or pass by or overto happenbefalpræterireevenire

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To go or pass by or over, to happen, befal; præterire, evenire Ðá wæs agangen, geára hwyrftum, tú hund and þreó there were passed, in the circuits of years, two hundred and three, Elen. Kmbl. 1; El. 1: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 33; Edg. 10.

Linked entry: a-gongen

a-scirian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scirian, -scyrian; p. ede; pp. ed, ud; v. a. [a, scirian to share]

To cut fromseparatedividepartseversepararesejungereexcommunicaredestinare

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Ascyred and asceáden scylda gehwylcre sundered and set apart from every sin, Elen. Kmbl. 2623; El. 1313: Exon. 31b; Th. 98, 16; Cri. 1608.

deóp-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deóp-líce, dióp-líce; comp.-lícor ; sup.-lícost ; adv.

DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughlyprofunde, subtīlĭter

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Ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon who most profoundly could relate the Lord's mysteries, Elen. Kmbl. 559: El. 280

Linked entry: dióplíce

ge-heaðorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heaðorian, -heaðerian, -heaðrian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To restraincontrolcompresscohĭbērecoartārecoangustāre

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He eft semninga swíge gewyrþeþ, in nédcleofan nearwe geheaðrod it [the wind] again suddenly becomes silent, narrowly compressed in its close bed, Elen. Kmbl. 2550; El. 1276

Linked entries: ge-haðerian heaðorian

ge-þræc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þræc, -þrec, es; n.

Presscrowdcrushtumult

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Beorna geþrec press of men, Elen. Kmbl. 228; El. 114: Ps. C. 50, 44; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 44: Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 13; Rä. 4, 61. Geþrec clangor, Cot. 59, Lye

Linked entries: searu-geþræc ge-þrec

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.

hróf-tigel

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Hróftig[el]um, 79, 7. Add

FIRAS

(n.)
Grammar
FIRAS, fyras; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Living beingsthe chief of living beingsmenmankindhŏmĭnesvĭrigĕnus hūmānum

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Kmbl. 581; An. 291: 1840; An. 922: Elen. Kmbl. 2153; El. 1078: 2343; El. 1173.

Linked entry: fyras

drenc-flód

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-flód, drence-flód,es ; m. [drenc II. a drowning, flód a flood]

A drowning-flood, deluge dilŭvium

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Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum se [MS, sæ] drenceflód elna the deluge stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, 69; Th. 84, 16; Gen. 1398

mearc-pæþ

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Take here El. 233, given under mearc-wæd (the facsimile reprint of the Codex Vercellensis has mearcpaðu)

þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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Sigores tácn wið þeóda þræce a token of victory against the power of nations, Elen. Kmbl. 369; El. 185.

Linked entries: ge-þracen þrece

BÝME

(n.)
Grammar
BÝME, béme, an; f. A trumpet; tuba, salpinx = σάλπιγξ
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Býman sungon the trumpets sounded [lit. sung ], Elen. Kmbl. 218; El. 109. Drémaþ Drihtne on býman psallite Domino in tubis, Ps. Lamb. 97, 6. Seofon sacerdas bláwon mid býmon septem sacerdotes clangent buccinis, Jos. 6, 4, 13

Linked entry: béme