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hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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Add: of a superior to an inferior Ic ( Edgar) beó eów swýðe hold hláford þá hwíle þe mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 278, ii. Ic (Cnut ) cýðe eów ꝥ ic wylle beón hold hláford and unswícende tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Cht.

fǽr-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-rǽs, es; m.
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A violent rush Mið férrǽs eóde ꝥ sunor oefistlíce impetu abiit grex per praeceps, Lk. L. 8, 33

Linked entry: fǽr-rǽsende

múr-beám

(n.)
Grammar
múr-beám, es; m.
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A mulberry tree Hé ofslóg múrbeámas hira on forste occidit moros eorum in pruina Ps. Vos. 77, 47

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, (?), berig (?); gen. ber(i)ges; pl. berig; n.
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Spl. 77, 52) occidit moros eorum , Ps. Rdr. 77, 47

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar

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Skt. 10, 46. as predicative adjective or substantive, poor, needy; a poor, needy person Ic eom wǽdla (wéðla, Ps. Surt.) egenus sum, Ps. Th. 85, 1: egens, 87, 15. Hé wearð wǽdla coepit egere, Lk. Skt. 15, 14. Ðá hé wǽdla (mendicus) wæs, Jn.

of

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Bebeád ic eów þæt gé bróðor míne árétten of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf, Cri. 1502. Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíra cynnes fíf þúsendo, An. 589.

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness

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Ða hreósendan welan ne magon eówre wǽdle (indigentiam) eów fram ádón, ac gé écaþ eówre ermðe (wǽdle, Cott. MS.) mid ðam ðe hí eów tó cumaþ, 26, 2; Fox 94, 8-10. Hé wilnaþ welan and flíhð ða wǽdle (penuriam), 33, 2; Fox 122, 33.

Linked entry: wéðel

ge-réf-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-ærn, es; n.

A court-house

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A court-house Urbanus eode to his geréfærne Urbanus went to his court-house, Shrn. 106, 16

Eoforwíc-scír

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Eádweard cyng grét Tostig eorl and ealle míne þegenas on Eoferwícscíre, C. D. vi. 203, 22. Add

bróðor-gefædred

(n.)

a brother by the same father ⬩ frater ex eodem patre ortus

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a brother by the same father; frater ex eodem patre ortus, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19

æt

(prep.)
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Ic eów cleopode tó mé, ac gé mé noldon æt cuman, 247, 21. motion from Eówerne gefeán eów nán mon æt ne genimð. Past. 187, 22.

be-heófian

(v.)
Grammar
be-heófian, p. ode; pp. od

To bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ lugere ⬩ lamentari

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To bewail, lament; lugere, lamentari Heora mǽdena ne synt beheófode virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ Ps. Lamb. 77, 63

ge-styllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styllan, p. de; pp. ed

To still ⬩ calm ⬩ sĕdāre

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To still, calm; sĕdāre Se eorl gestylde ðæt folc the earl stilled the people, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 3

hlýd

(n.)
Grammar
hlýd, es; n.

A sound

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A sound Losaþ gemynd heora mid hlýde [MS. hlydne] periit memoria eorum cum sonitu, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 7

Linked entry: hlýden

drohtnian

(v.)
Grammar
drohtnian, drohtian; part. drohtniende, drohtiende, drohtende; p. ode , ade ; pp. od, ad

To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live ⬩ versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre

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Cild ic eom under gyrde drohtniende puer sum sub virga dēgens, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 23. Wæs he on his geférscipe drohtiende in clero illius conversātus, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 28.

Linked entries: drohtian drohtigen

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom

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Ic eom bearu blówende I am a blooming grove, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 22; Rä. 31, 4. Ic blówe floreo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 44. Swá swá blósma æceres swá he blóweþ [bléwþ, Spl.] tamquam flos agri sic efflorebit, Ps. Lamb. 102, 15.

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
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Ic eom swá ðæt twig, ðæt biþ ácorfen of ðam treówe. Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 191. Hé déþ ǽlc twig áweg, Jn. Skt. 15, 2. Of ðam twige ( Abel's murder ) ludon réðe wæstme. Cd. Th. 60, 28; Gen. 988. Heó brohte án twig ( ramum ) of ánum elebeáme.

Linked entries: twí twigu

ge-líca

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Tó Ðeódríce and tó Neróne and tó manegum hecra gelícum, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 1. (1 a) the like of a person, such a person as (depreciatory) :-- Hwylc eom ic, ꝥ ic ǽfre þus his gelícan (þyslicum men, v. l.) þeówie quis sum ego, ut isti serviam?, Gr.

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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Ic eom Arcestrate þín gemæcca, Ap. Th. 25, 8. Ic bæd his dohtor mé tó gemæccan, be þáre ic mæg secgan ꝥ heó his ágen gemæcca wǽre, 9, 3-5. For hwan nelt þú (Joachim) hám gehweorfan tó þínum gemæccan ?, Hml. A. 122, 165.

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation

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in the gloss untrum híwrǽden abbaso, Hpt. 31, 12, 275, abbaso = infirma domus, not infirmatorium as given by Migne. a house, family, tribe, nation Ne eom ic ná ásend búton tó ðám sceápum Israhéla híwrǽdene ðá þe losedon (ad oves quae perierunt domus

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