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mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ, mónþ, es; pl. mónaþ, mónþas; m.

A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar

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September, Winterfylliþ October, Blót-mónaþ November, se ǽrra Geóla December.

gehwǽr

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Þearfe bringeð Maius micle geond menigeo gehwár, Men. 79. to every place Hé férde fram Antiochiam, for þan þe hé wæs apostol, and sceolde gehwǽr gecuman and Crístendóm árǽran (cf. dixit eis: ' euntes in mundum universum praedicate euan-gelium, ' Mk.

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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His wǽpna syndon swǽre tó berenne, ac Cristes geoc is wynsum, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 14. Sorh biþ swǽrost byrðen, Salm. Kmbl. 623; Sal. 311. Gif míne synna wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ, Homl.

Linked entry: swár

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ

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A wing; āla:Wings; ālæ, pennæ Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29. Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ, Ps. Th. 67, 13.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
    • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
    • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O. Frs., of a decision which follows an

Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál

cwyld

(n.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld, cwild ,es; m. n: cwyld, cwild, e ; f. [cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill]

A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades

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Auster mistlíce cwyld n. blǽwþ geond ðas eorþan auster [the south wind] blows various plagues through this earth, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 26; Lchdm. iii. 274, 17. Cwild [cwyld MSS. C. D.], m. f. or n. clades, Ælfc.

Linked entries: cwild cwilde flód cwild-tíd cwyl-tíd

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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Sax. rekón to make ready, set in order.] swift, quick (cf. recene) Blác rásetteþ recen reáda líg réðe scríþeþ geond woruld bright and swift rushes the red flame, fierce strides through the world, Exon.

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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to move in a course, wend, sweep Hond hwyrfeþ geneahhe swíféþ mé geond sweartne the hand passes over me (a skin), Exon. Th. 394, 4 ; Rä. 13, 13. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ rodor, recene scríþeþ, súðheald swíféþ swift (sweeps swift), Met. 28, 17.

Linked entry: a-swífan

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ lack of power

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Biþ geond fingras cele and cneówa unmeht, Lchdm. ii. 258, 14. Gif ðé þince ðæt ðú maran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte ðæs mannes, 254, 1: Homl. Skt. i. 13, 21. Ðá ongan ic þencan ðæt mé ðæt gelumpe for ðære wíflícan unmihte, ii. 23 b, 411.

Linked entries: meaht un-miht

hreóf

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Seó fágung wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 159, 2.

rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Number Rím miclade monna mǽgþe geond middan-geard, Cd. Th. 75, 21; Gen. 1243. His dógora wæs rím áumen, 98, 6 ; Gen. 1626 Seofon geteled rímes 80, 30; Gen. 1336.

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy

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Hé tósende hí geond ealne middangeard. Homl. Th. i. 232, 5 : 462, 15. Ðæra cnapena hundnigontig ðúsenda hí tósendon tó gehwylcum leódscipum tó ðeowte ninety thousand boys they sent away to all nations to slavery, 404, 15.

grist

(n.)
Grammar
grist, (?) gnashing of teeth, in the cpds. grist-bátian, grist-bátung, grist-bite, grist-bitian, grist-bitung. [Cf. O. Sax. grist-grimmo gnashing of teeth in rage: O. H. Ger. gris-gramón stridere, fremere dentibus; gris-grimmón stridere; grist-grimmung stridor.]
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frættewian

(v.)
Grammar
frættewian, frætwian, fretwian, frætwan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ embroider ⬩ trim ⬩ ornāre

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Ða ðe geolo godwebb geatwum frætwaþ those who embroider the yellow godly garment with ornaments, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 26; Rä. 36, 10. Ðe mec frætwede who adorned me, 124 b; Th. 479, 15; Rä. 62, 8. Folcstede frætwan to deck a dwelling-place, Beo.

Linked entry: fretwian

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish

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Mán wrídode geond beorna breóst. Andr. Kmbl. 1534; An. 768. Weóx ðá and wríðode mǽgburg Semes, Cd. Th. 102, 19; Gen. 1702.

Linked entry: wríþian

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,

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Adrianus wæs geong and ǽnlic, Shrn. 59, 28. Fæger on ansýne and ǽnlic, 88, 13. Ǽnlicu Godes drút alma Dei genetrix, Dóm. L. 290. Ǽnlicum claro, An. Ox. 3082: preclaram, 3721. Hí ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333.

Linked entry: án-lic

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de
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Heora bodunge swég swégde geond eall. Homl. Ass. 56, 144. Swégde increpuerit (musica ), Hpt. Gl. 445, 17. Óþ ðæt ðæt forme tácn undernes swége, Anglia xiii. 432, 953. Hwylc bóc is ðæt ðæt ne clypige and swége, R.

Linked entries: swagoþ swéging on-swégan

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plain ⬩ field

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Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 15.

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To take ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ apprehend ⬩ capture

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To take, grasp, seize, catch, apprehend, capture Lǽdeþ hine and læceþ and hine geond land spaneþ leadeth and taketh him, and through the land lures him, Salm. Kmbl. 989; Sal. 496.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-blissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blissian, part. -blissiende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blissian to rejoice] .

To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ lætāri ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ To maie to rejoice ⬩ gladden ⬩ fill with bliss ⬩ bless ⬩ lætĭficāre ⬩ benedīcĕre

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heofoncund prýnes, bráde geblissad geond brytenwongas oh! heavenly Trinity, widely blessed over the spacious world! 13 a; Th. 24, 5 ; Cri. 380

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