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þurh-sceótan

(v.)

to shoot throughtransfixpierce

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Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg ðe hiene ǽr þurhsceát in eo praelio sagitta trajectus eatenus pugnavit, donec eum, a quo vulneratus esset, occideret, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 22-27.

den-bera

(n.)
Grammar
den-bera, pl. n.
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D. i. 140, 12. v. weald-, wer-bǽre; bǽr; denn, II

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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Basilius wearð gebróht on legere tó his forðsíðe, forewittig swá þeáh, Hml. S. 3, 565. presaging, prophetic Mid forewitigum þurh*-*bláwen gáste presago afflatus spiritu, Angl. xiii. 370, 64. Æfter forewittigum gydde juxta praesagum naticinium, An.

ge-anwyrde

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M. 18, 28. to make confession of Him man wearp on ꝥ hé wæs þes cynges swica and ealra landleóda, and hé þæs geanwyrde wes (hé was þas gewyrde, v. l.), þeáh him ꝥ word of scute his unnþances debuit esse delator patriae, quod ipse cognovit ita esse, licet

ge-hruxl

(n.)
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Noise, tumult Ðá bróðru mid gehlýde wurpon wæter on ꝥ fýr . . . þá wearð se Drihtnes wer mid þám ylcan gehrúxle (-rúxle, v. l.) (eodem tumultu ) ástyrod. and þyder becóm, Gr. D. 124, 3.

heard-heort

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Jóseph wearð áhred swá ꝥ þá heardheortan (the Jews) his næfdon nán þing, Hml. A. 79, 173. Þá unstillan and þá heardheortan abbud sceal þreágean indisciplinatos et inquietos debet arguere, R. Ben. 13, 12

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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Th. 125, 6; Gen. 2075. a leading man, chief person, leader Ðá wearð forht manig folces rǽswa many a chief man among the Mermedonians, Andr. Kmbl. 2174; An. 1088.

eorl

a hero

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Þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl wearð tó eorle, 334, 8. used of Scandinavians, = Icel. jarl Ælfred gefeaht wiþ þára eorla getruman, and þǽr wearþ Sidroc eorl ofslægen se alda, and Sidroc eorl se gioncga, and Ósbearn eorl, and Hareld eorl, Chr. 871; P

óþ-fleón

(v.)
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Ðám monnum ðe óþflugon ofer ðone weall, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 12. Uneáðe mehte ǽnig ðǽm Gallium óþfleón, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 11. Wil-niende ðæt hí ǽlcum gewinne óþflogen hæfdon, I. 4; Swt. 32, 21

un-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stæððig, adj.

not steadyremissirregularunstableinconstantfickleunsteadyunstaidnot soberlightwanton

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Skt. i. 5, 67. unsteady, unstaid, not sober, light, wanton Wearð hé gegripen mid ðære gálnysse his unstæððigan heortan, Homl. Ass. 110, 247. Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13.

weorc-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
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A slave who works, a bondman, a bondwoman, a slave, a thrall Ðá wearð unblíðe Abrahames cwén hire worcþeówe, Cd. Th. 136, 18 ; Gen. 2260.

bryce

(n.)
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His scanca wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca . . . wearð se bryce eft gestaðelod, Gr. D. 82, 27. Wiþ bryce . . . lege on þone bryce, Lch. i. 368, 7. Tó gehwylcum bryce, 370, 18. breach, violation, Ll. Th. i. 62, 9 (v.

ed-hwyrft

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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6. Hreófligum wyrmse (geolstre) elephantino tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 3585. Geol(s)ter uirus (acc.), 4855. Wyrms, geolstre uirus (atrum ueneni uirus infundentia), 4991.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Gewát hé of worulde . . . hé wearð geedcucod. Þa clypode se geedcucoda, 36, 131. Dóndum þám geedcukedan dǽdbóte, Gr. D. 90, 4. Mid geedcucedre rediuiua (sospitate), An.

hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Benedictus genam ꝥ hylfe (manubrium) of þæs Gotan handa and scét hit on þone seáð; and þǽrrihte gehwearf ꝥ ísen of þám grunde and wearð on þám hylfe (in ꝥ hylfe, v.l.), Gr. D. 113, 23-114, 15.

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ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29. Ðá áxunga ðǽre ǽscan tówríðende interrogationi interrogationem jungens, Hml. S. 23 b, 495. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó sý ǽsce forð let the search go on, Ll.

frófor

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Add: [A weak form occurs in the late Shrn. 202, 16.] consolation. the action of consoling Þé is nú frófres máre þearf þonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; S. 9, 17.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106. Hé (a sea serpent) on holme wæs sundes ðé sǽnra (the slower in swimming), ðá hyne swylt fornam, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

fremede

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wearð fremde þǽre costunge alienus extitit a tentatione, Gr. D. 26, 28. ꝥ ic ne e with prep. Hé fram þǽre costnunge wearð fremde, Gr. D. 26, 30.