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beám

a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light

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Man þá beámas gelegð and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9. v. sýl-, wín-beám. a beam as part of an implement:-- Borige hé on þám beáme (of the plough) Lch. i. 402, 1.

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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so Cockayne) Dó on beór swá on wín swá on þeorfe meoluc, Lchdm. ii. 270, 29

Linked entries: þærf þorof

brǽþ

odour ⬩ exhalation

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S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ. Lch. ii. 212, 3. fig.: Wylm, brǽþ feruorem, i. ardorem (devotionis), An. Ox. 2511

cyn

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S. 23, 272. v. æppel-, Angel-, bisceop-, bóc-, cróg-, cyning-, ealdhláford-, eall-, earn-, eft-, hafoc-, hreód-, módor-, riht-fædren-, riht-médren-, sǽd-, sealf-, sprǽc-, stán-, tynder-, wíf-, wilde-, wín-, wudu-cyn. in line 6 for cynd read cynn. v.

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and þá wæs seó mæsse ásteald þurh Críst, Hml. A. 71, 158. Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, Tech. ii. 119, 25.

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse

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Gif hit full ungemetlíc wind gestent, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 15. Ungemetlíc moncwealm incredibilium morborum pestis, Ors. 6, 23; Swt. 274, 11. Wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslægen, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 15.

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Scúr winde geblanden, Gn. C. 41 : Met. 20, 81. denoting possession of evil qualities or properties, to infect, corrupt. [Cf. O. Sax. baluwes giblandan, mid sorogon giblandan.] in a physical sense Wæs seó lyft heolfre geblanden, Exod. 476.

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Se wind ðæt fýr and ðone smíc ofer ða wallas dráf Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 1. Genim spices snǽd, lege on hátne stán, drince ðonne smíc Lchdm. ii. 58, 17. Ðonne hé (the root) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde i. 260, 9.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind, ⬩ after

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Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml.

GRIM

(adj.)
Grammar
GRIM, adj.
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Wæs se winter to ðæs grim ðæt manig man his feorh for cýle gesealde the winter was so severe that many a man lost his life with the cold, Blickl. Homl. 213, 31: Chr. 1005; Erl. 139, 37. Mid grimmun gefeohte with severe fighting, 5, 3: Byrht.

Linked entry: grym

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal

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a measure Dó wines þrié mél on pour three measures of wine on, L.M. 1, 45; Lchdm, ii. 110, 26. Similar entries v. cucler-mǽl, dæg-mǽl, fot-mǽl, mǽl-tange; and cf.

Linked entries: mál grǽg-mǽl fót-mǽlum

heofone

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Eal woruld winneð ongeán þá oferhogan . . . Seó heofone ús winð wið þonne heó ús sendeð styrnlice stormas, Wlfst. 92, 16. Þǽre heofenan wæterþeótan wǽron geopenode, Gen. 7, II: 8, 2.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre

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Ne mæg hús náht lange standan on ðam heán múnte, gif hit full ungemetlíc wind gestent a house cannot long stand on the high mountain if a violent wind press on it, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16: 38, 1; Fox 194, 10.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper:

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old

sam

(con.)
Grammar
sam, conj.

Whether, or

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Hý gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer fætels biþ oferfroren sam hit sý sumor, sam winter, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 21, 17. Sam hý fæsten sam hý ne fæsten omni tempore siue jejunii siue prandii, R. Ben. 66, 14.

Linked entries: ge-sam som

weþer

(n.)
Grammar
weþer, es; m.
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Is nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga winter lǽfæd hæfð nigon eald hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþæra, 163, 4. Weðera vervecum Hpt. Gl. 524, 17. His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . hundteóntig weðera ( centum arietes 1 Kings 4, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 576, 33.

éþung

breathing ⬩ panting ⬩ flatulency ⬩ inspiration ⬩ breath

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Ðridde wæs windes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs seó ǽðung geseald, Sal. K. p. 180, 10. Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung swíðe deáðberende serpentum halitus erat pestifer, Nar. 14, 15. the emission of a smell.

Linked entry: ǽþung

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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Cf. winter-getæl

þigen

(n.)
Grammar
þigen, e; f.
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Sý á on ðære þigene forhefednes let there ever be moderation in taking wine, 65, 3. Wið áttres ðigne, Lchdm. i, 150, 3. His gereordes þigene hé ána underfó refectionem cibi solos accipiat, R. Ben. 49, 6: Wulfst. 284, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 98, 30.

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