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sydung

(n.)
Grammar
sydung, (better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f.
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A regulation, rule Sydung regula, Germ. 398, 217. Cf. Gesidode determinabit, 399, 431: conserit, 469. Gesydod concinna, conveniens, benecomposita, 396, 321. Goth. sidón meditari. O. Sax. gi-sidón sorga to cause sorrow to a person: O. H.

Linked entry: be-sidian

hwítel

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Rúhne hwítel (printed hwien,Lch. i. lxi, 3) amphiballum Hpt. 31, 8, 140. Hwítla stragularum, An. Ox. 1035. v. under-hwítel ( printed hwida, Hpt. Gl. 430, 67.) Add

spynge

(n.)
Grammar
spynge, an; f.

A sponge

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.: spynge, Rush. Mt. Kmbl. 27, 46

Linked entry: sponge

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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Duru sceal on healle, rúm recedes múþ. Menol. Fox 533; Gn. C. 37, Gif mon biþ on hrif wund. ... gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múþe twentig sciłł. L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96. 12.

Tíw

(n.)
Grammar
Tíw, Tíg, , es; m.

the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly correspondedin the name of one of the days

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On Tíwes-niht, Lchdm. iii. 146, 23. one form of the name of the Runic T; Ti is given as the name of the symbol ᛏ in some alphabets, see Kemble on Anglo-Saxon Runes in Archæologia, vol. 28, pp. 338, 339.

Linked entries: Tíg Tuu

sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton ; pp. scoten.
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H. 6; Th. i. 260, 9. to shoot, move rapidly, dart, run, plunge, rush, of living things Swá swá déþ se ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépþ hé hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, and ðǽr ofer scýt, Homl. Th. i. 484, 11.

Linked entries: fore fore-scét

(num.; pronoun.)
Grammar
bá,

both

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Bysmeredon uncit [Inscription Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together, Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30

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beór-sele

(n.)
Grammar
beór-sele, biór-sele, es; m.

A beer-hallfeasting-hallhallmansionpalacecerevisiæ aulaconvivis recipiendis locusaulamansiopalatium

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Th. 968; B. 482 : 988; B. 492 : Runic pm. 14; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 342, 5. Gesittaþ beórselas beorna they shall inhabit the beer-halls of chieftains Cd. 170; Th. 214, 2; Exod. 563

Linked entries: beór-tún biór-sele

ge-leódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leódan, p. leád, pl. -ludon; pp. -loden

To springgrowdescendcresceregerminare

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Kmbl. 2451; El. 1227 : Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 343, 1; Hick. Thes. i. 135

Linked entry: ge-ludon

treów-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
treów-fæst, adj.
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Rush. 19, 17. Trewufæst (treuw-?). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 21. Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 11, 12. Wǽron his bebodu ealle treówfæste fidelia omnia mandata ejus, Ps.

ymb-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-scínan, p. scán
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Rush. 2, 9. Hié leóht ymbscán, Andr. Kmbl. 2034; An. 1019

cwudu

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Cwudu rumen, An. Ox. 20, 3. Swín wæs unclǽne for ðan þe hit ne ceów his cudu, Hml. S. 25, 80, 46: Lch. iii. 120, 27. ¶ hwít cwudu mastich :-- Huuít quidu, huít cudu mastice, Txts. 78, 655. Hwít cweodu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 53.

costere

(n.)
Grammar
costere, costnere, es; m.

A tempter tentator

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Rush. Lind. 4, 3

Linked entry: costnere

on-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
on-rǽs, es; m.

On-rush, attack, assault, violent motion

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On-rush, attack, assault, violent motion Onrǽs impetus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 12. Flódes onrǽs fluminis impetus, Ps. Spl. 45, 4: Ps. Surt. ii. 189, 40. Hyne þurhþýdde mid egeslícum onhrǽse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 274. Onrǽs irruptionem, Hpt.

Linked entry: on-hrǽs

fór-beran

(v.)
Grammar
fór-beran, fóre-beran; p. -bær; pp. -boren [fór, fóre before; beran to bear]

To fore-bearto bear or carry beforeto preferpræferre

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To fore-bear, to bear or carry before, to prefer; præferre Ðæt ic fórbær rúme regulas and réðe mód geongra monna that I preferred the lax rules and rough minds of young men, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459.

Linked entry: fóre-beran

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To fixfastensecureconfirmbetrothfigerefirmareconfirmareinfigeredespondere

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Rush. 1, 27

Linked entry: ge-festnian

wésan

(v.)
Grammar
wésan, p. de.
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to steep, soak; inficere, conficere Genim gréne rudan, cnuca smale and wés mid doran hunige, Lchdm. iii. 4, 24.

Linked entries: wésa wésing

weorc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-mann, es; m.
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Woercmonn (werc-, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 7. Wercmenn operarii, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 37. Woercmenn, 20,1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 2. Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . laboratores syndon weorcmenn, Wulfst. 267, 14.

BRORD

(n.)
Grammar
BRORD, es; m?

A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or cornpunctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba

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Rush. Stv. 13, 26. Ðæt brord natum, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6

riftere

(n.)
Grammar
riftere, es; m.

a reaper

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Rush. 13, 39. Ic cweþe tó riftrum mínum dicam messoribus, 13, 30. Se bær his ryfterum mete tó æcere, Homl. i. 570, 33

Linked entry: riptere