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BRINGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRINGAN, part. bringende ; ic bringe, brincge, ðú bringst, he bringeþ, brincgeþ, bringþ, pl. bringaþ; p. ic, he brang, brong, ðú brunge, pl. brungon; pp. brungen; v. a.

To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry ⬩ ferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre

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Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald winter brings weather excessively cold, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 117; Met. 11, 59: 11, 125; Met. 11, 63. Regn wolcen brincgeþ a cloud brings rain, Ps. Th. 67, 10.

húsel-hálgung

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Add:: holy communion, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper :-- Húselhálgung næs ǽr þám se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and win tó húsle, Hml. A. 71, 155.

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

ge-miclian

(v.)
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Add: I. to enlarge, extend, increase. the object material Næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenum butruce. Maurus bletsode ꝥ wín, and cwæð ꝥ God mihte gemycclian þone wǽtan, Hml.

lyft

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Efne ðá árás se wind, Hml. S. 18, 150. Ne windig wolcen, ne þǽr wæter fealleð lyfte gebysgad, Ph. 62. Hé gesette ýsta his on lyftu ( auram ), Ps. L. 106, 29. v. ǽr-lyft, un-lyft, úp-lyft

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Háwa ðæt se inra wind ðé ne tówende look that the inward wind do not cast thee down, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32. Háwa hwæðer his ceaflas sín tóswollene notice whether his jowls be swollen, Lchdm. iii. 140, 8.

muud-bora

(n.)
Grammar
muud-bora, an; m.

one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian

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Eádgár, West-Seaxena wine, Myrcene mundbora, 975; Erl. 125, 17. Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht him tó mundboran, 823; Erl. 62, 25 : 921; Erl. 108, 14.

medu

(n.)
Grammar
medu, meodn, a; m.: wes; n.

Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey

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Medewa, wín defruta, decocta vina, Hpt. Gl. 468, 38

Linked entry: medo

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

hund-nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-nigontig, num.

Ninety

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Se winter hæfaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33; 146, 7. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham and his gebedda hundnigontig Abraham was a hundred years old and his consort ninety, Homl. Th. i. 92, 21. Nigon and hundnigontig nonaginta novem, Lk.

Linked entry: nigontig

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, to drincenne, ic drince, ðú drincst, he drincþ, dryncþ, pl. drincaþ; p. dranc, pl.druncon; pp.druncen [drinc drink] .

DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre

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to DRINK, imbibe; bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre He dranc of ðam wíne, ðá wearþ he druncen bibens vinum inebriātus est, Gen. 9, 21: Lev. 10, 9. We ǽton and druncon befóran ðé manducāvĭmus coram te, et bibĭmus, Lk. Bos. 13, 26.

Linked entries: DRENCAN druncennes drynge druncen

ge-witan

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and clause Ꝥ hé ꝥ sceolde geornlíce gewitan and geleornian hwilces geleáfan Angelcynnes cyrice wǽre ut, cuius esset fidei Anglorum ecclesia, diligenter edisceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 438, 1. to know, be conscious of, learn by the senses Þæt hé mægða síð wíne

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To move ⬩ shake ⬩ stir

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Forhwí dréfe gé eówru mód mid unrihte fióunge swá swá ýða for winde ða sǽ hréraþ quid tantos juvat excitare motus, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 27, 5; Met. 27, 3. Hig wegdan hrérdan heora heáfod moverunt capita sua, Ps. Th. 108, 25.

Linked entry: for-hréred

drenc

(n.)
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S. 16, 273. v. ofer-drenc. drink, liquid taken as nourishment Þæt genóh sý ǽnlýpigum munuce tó dæges drence (drænce, v. l. ) þæs wínes gemet þe is emina geháten, R. Ben. 64, 14. Se líchoma bútan mete and drence leofian ne mæg, Bl. H. 57, 10.

smale

(adv.)
Grammar
smale, smæle; adv.

finely ⬩ not loudly

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Ic hí tódǽlde swá smæle and swá swá dust beforan winde comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti Ps. Th. 17, 40. Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes Lchdm. i. 286, 2. Gegníd smæle on mortere ii. 60, 1. Gebeát smæle 88, 5.

Linked entries: smæl smæle

here-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
here-strǽt, e; f.

A military road ⬩ one allowing the passage of an army ⬩ highway ⬩ high road

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Ic hí ádilgode swá swá wind déþ dust on herestrǽtum ut lutum platearum delebo eos, Ps. Th. 17, 40. Omnes herestrete omnino regis sunt, L. H. 10, 2; Th. i. 519, 11. [O. Frs. hiri-strete: O. H. Ger. heri-stráza via publica.] Cf. here-paþ, -weg

Linked entry: fird-strǽt

westan

(adv.)
Grammar
westan, adv.
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Ðonne blǽwð súþan and westan wind, Met. 6, 8. Swinsiaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan, Exon. Th. 55, 19; Cri. 886.

Linked entry: westane

rówan

(v.)
Grammar
rówan, reów

to row or sail

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Wérig sceal se wið winde róweþ, Exon. Th. 345,12 ; Gn. Ex. 187. Drihten tó ðam lande reów, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 31. 'Utun seglian ofer ðisne mere.' And hig seglydan ðá. Ðá hig reówun ðá slép hé (navigantibus illis obdormivit) Lk. Skt. 8, 23, 26.

Linked entry: ge-rówen

wan-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hál, adj.

Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body ⬩ weak ⬩ sick ⬩ maimed ⬩ infirm ⬩ unsound

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Næs ðǽr wínes drenc búton wanhálum mannum, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 22: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 202. Hé wolde gehelpan þearfum and wanuhálum, 26, 276: Elen. Kmbl. 2057 ; El. 1030.

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

hwearfian

(v.)
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Winess drinnch þe wharrfeþþ all þin herrte, Orm. 14121. Crist hise name shollde wharrfenn, 13289. Win þatt wass off water wharrfedd, 15323. All þiss middellárdess þing turrneþþ her and wharrfeþþ . . . swa summ þe wheol, 3641

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