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blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, es; m.

a blast, blowing, breath, spirit, life, mind ⬩ flamen, flatus, inspiratio? spiritus, vita, animus ⬩ enjoyment, prosperity, abundance, success, blessedness, gift, reward, benefit, glory, honour ⬩ fruitio, prosperitas, abundantia, successus, beatitudo, donum, præmium, beneficium, gloria, dignitas ⬩ flatus

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spiritus, vita, animus Gif máre blǽd windes astág [MS. astahg] if a stronger blast of wind arose; si flatus venti major adsurgeret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 8. Þurh gǽstes blǽd through the spirit's inspiration, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 33; Ph. 549.

Linked entries: bléd bléd

rysc

(n.)
Grammar
rysc, m. f. (?) : rysce, an; f.

A rush

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Ðá heó geseah ðone windel on ðám rixum (in papyrione) Ex. 2, 5

Linked entries: risc rics rusce rysce

BÓSG

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSG, bósig, bósih, es; m? n?

An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis

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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties.

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety

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Dó ꝥ wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful tó fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. tó II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.

Strong ⬩ fortis, ⬩ acer, vehemens, ⬩ strenuus, ⬩ strong, powerful, mighty ⬩ strong, firm, resolute, hardy ⬩ hard, severe, fierce, stern ⬩ strong, able to resist force, firm ⬩ firm, valid, assured ⬩ strong in operation, effective, producing a great effect, potent ⬩ strong, earnest ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ fierce, violent

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Com se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe and mid eallon ungewederon, ðæt næs nán man ðá on líue, ðæt mihte gemunan swá strangne winter swá se wæs, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 32: Chart. Th. 163, 1. Hé ástealde swéðe strang gyld.

greátnes

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</b> great bulk, swollen form :-- Swilce man siwige áne bytte and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl, þonne heó tóþunden bið, on hire greátnysse, Hml. S. 34, 319

á-þráwan

to twist ⬩ twine ⬩ curl ⬩ to twist ⬩ give a different direction to a moving body

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Ox. 2, 34. to twist, give a different direction to a moving body Seó flá wende ongeán swilce mid windes blǽde áðráwen. Hml. Th. i. 502, 19. ¶ for a proposed emendation to áþrowen in An. 1427 Similar entries v. á-dreópan in Dict

weallan

Grammar
weallan, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> of natural forces Man dráf út his módor bútan ǽlcre mildheortnesse ongeán þone weallendan winter, Chr. 1037; P. 160, 16

hǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlþ, e; f.

Health, healing, cure ⬩ sanitas, salus

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Health, healing, cure Ðám áríst rihtwísnysse sunne and hǽlþ is on hyre fiðerum to them shall arise the sun of righteousness, and healing is on its wings, Lchdm. iii. 236, 31.

stirn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stirn-líc, adj.

hard, harsh ⬩ Hard, unpleasant, severe

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Seó heofone ús winþ wið, ðonne heó ús sendeþ styrnlíce stormas, 92, 17

Linked entry: styrn-líc

be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn ⬩ amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn; amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere Hí ísene næglas mid flexe bewundon they wound iron nails round with flax, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8.

frig

(adj.)
Grammar
frig, def. se frigea; adj.

Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis

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Win. 14; Th. i. 40, 9: L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 3. Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft if God had not any free creature in all his kingdom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 29. Gé beóþ frige lībĕri ĕrĭtis, Jn.

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Swéte wín sél mylt þonne ꝥ áfre, 196, 25. Por and cawel and eal þá þe sýn áfer, 26, 18. Swá hwylce þincg swá syndon áfore oððe bitere, i. 310, 12. bitter, of complaint, &amp;c. Mid biterum (áfrum) heófum amaris questibus , An.

leáf

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Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf

práfost

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Ðá ondranc sé þæs wætres and sealde hit þǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód, ðæs mvnstres prófoste ( this detail is not given in Bede's Life) . . . þá hí þá tíd hæfdon ymb ꝥ tó spreconne, þá ondette heora ǽgðer óþrum ꝥ hí nǽfre ǽr sélre wín ne druncon, Shrn. 64

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.

Linked entry: wǽtian

trog

(n.)
Grammar
trog, es; m.

a trough ⬩ tub ⬩ basin ⬩ vessel for containing liquids or other materials ⬩ a trough-shaped thing ⬩ a cradle ⬩ a boat ⬩ a water-pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a basin of water

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Similar entries v. wín-trog. a trough-shaped thing, a cradle, a boat Cilda trog conabulum, Txts. 51, 492. Cf. ciltrog cune, 115, 154.

ge-teórian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teórian, l. ge-teórian,
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Þá ꝥ win geteórode defciente uino, Jn. 2, 3. non-material Him nǽfre seó langung ne geteórode, Bl. H. 113, 14. Án weorc hé hsæfde . . . nǽfre geteórod one work he had that never failed, Hml. S. . . 23 b, 35

west-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
west-dǽl, es; m.
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God sende wind fram westdǽle, Exod. 10, 19. Se steorra ne cymþ nǽfre on ðam westdǽle, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 30. Breoton is geseted betwyh norþdǽle and westdǽle Brittania inter septentrionem et occidentem locata est Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 473, 9. <b>II a.

Linked entry: eást-dǽl

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violently ⬩ to move, disturb, agitate ⬩ of emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violently Ðonne hí ( the waves ) wind onhréreþ, Ps. Th. 88, 3 ; Met. 7, 27. Ðonne micla ýsta onhréraþ hronmere, 5, 10. Fiscas ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 19; Az. 141.

Linked entry: hréran