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seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.
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Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ Hrothgar had that care ever ready to feed his mind with, 382 ; B. 190

Linked entry: for-seóþan

ǽg-þer

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Ǽgðer be ðám sǽriman on Eást-Seaxum, and on Centlande, and on Súð-Seaxum, and on Hamtúnscíre, 994; P. 129, 7

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Æppeles seáw, Lch. i. 350, 2. Æples, ii. 132, 11. Æpples, 111, 36, 31. Sing ðæt galdor on ðone æppel, 38, 4. Gebrǽdedne æppel, súme æppel, ii. 132, 14, 15.

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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We brecaþ ofer bæþweg brimhengestum we sail over the sea in ships [lit. sea-horses], Andr. Kmbl. 1025; An. 513. v. reflex.

bútan

(prep.)
Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; prep. [be, útan out] .
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Bos. 8, 23. without, except; sine, præter Bútan sealm præter psalmodiam.

eáste-weard

(adj.)
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Hié cómon on Eást-seaxna lond eásteweard, 895; P. 88, 21. Eást on ðá ealdan díc oð ídel híwisce eásteweard, C. D. v. 319, 22.

glíw

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Ox. 3173. v. bismer-glíw, chor-glíw, geflit-glíw, sealm-glíw

Linked entry: gleó

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Hé wylle mid ðam seáwe his eágan hreppan and wǽtan, 128, 13. Wǽtan rigare, humectare, Hpt. Gl. 421, 54. Wǽtende humectans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 28: Lchdm. ii. 156, 20. Wǽtendum rorantibus, tingentibus, Hpt. Gl. 439, 55

Linked entry: wǽtian

CLIF

(n.)
Grammar
CLIF, clyf, cleof, es; n.

A CLIFF, rock, steep descentpromon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium

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Nílus seó eá, hyre ǽwylme, is neáh ðæm clife ðære Reádan Sǽs the spring of the river Nile is near the promontory of the Red Sea, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 19, 29

Linked entries: cleof cliof clyf

FLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLÓWAN, part. flówende; ic flówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he flóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen

To FLOWissuefluĕrefluctuāreinundāre

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Sǽstreámas flówaþ sea-streams flow, Ps. Th. 92, 5. Fleów blód út and wæter exīvit sanguis et ăqua, Jn. Bos. 19, 34. Fleów firgend-streám the mountain-torrent flowed, Andr. Kmbl. 3144; An. 1575.

Linked entry: geond-flówan

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were

Linked entry: fór-faran

Eádgár

(n.)
Grammar
Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]

Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975

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Hér, A.D. 959, forþférde Eádwíg cing, and Eádgár his bróðor féng to ríce, ǽgðer ge on West-Seaxum, ge on Myrcum, ge on Norþhymbrum here king Eadwig died, and Edgar his brother succeeded to the kingdom, as well of the West-Saxons as of the Mercians, and

ǽg-hwanan

from all sides on all sides on all sides, in every respect, utterly

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Add: local, of motion, from all sides Gegadorode micel folc hit ǽgþer ge of Cent, ge of Eást-Seaxum, ge ǽghwonan of ðám níhstum burgum, Chr. 921; P. 102, 12. Wé beóðǽghwanum cumene, Dóm.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwonene

hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
hálig, adj.

Holysanctus, sacerholy

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Hálig sealt holy salt, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 346, 30; 344, 14. Háliges wæteres some holy water, 348, 2. Woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people carefully abstain from worldly works on that holy day [Sunday], L.

Linked entries: hǽlig hálga

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

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Gif wé áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe wé seald habbað, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21. Ðý lǽs se anwald áslacige (-slacie, v. l.) ðæs recendómes ne solvantur jura regiminis. Past. 118, 4. Ðý lǽs hira lufu áslacige ne eorum dilectio torpeat, 143, 9.

Linked entry: á-slæcian

hund

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L. 7, 6 marg. some sea-beast, a seal (?), a dog-fish (?) De Scilla ... hí gewiton on sǽ and wurdon tó hundum. Scilla, ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61. the word occurs in local names On þone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfel, C. D. iii. 425, 29.

þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Biþ seáð ðam fyrenfullan deóp ádolfen, deorc and ðýstre, Ps. Th. 93, 12. Tódríf ðone þiccan mist, ðe wið ða eágan foran ússes módes hangode, hefig and þystre, Met. 20, 266. On hú ðióstrum horaseáþe ðara unþeáwa, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1.

wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Kmbl. 2401; An. 1202, Ic seah wrǽtlíce wuhte feówer. Exon. Th. 434, 15; Rä. 52, l : 429, 8; Rä. 43, l.

ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Ic seah rǽpingas on ræced fergan I saw captives carried into a house, Rä. 53, 1. Synna ána mid him ferigende, Hml.

in-geþanc

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Add: the seat of thought, intellect, mind, heart, spirit, breast Ðæt hé selle Gode his ágne breósð, ðæt is his inngeðonc (ingeðanc, v.l. ), Past. 83, 1.