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breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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Brióst mamillas, Lch. i. lxxii, 2. breast as seat of feeling, &c. Hú mycel se camp wæs in þæs mannes breóste . . . Seó árfæstnys oferswýðde þone strangan breóst, forðon nǽre se breóst oferfunden, gif hine seó árfæstnes ne oferswýðde, Gr.

HORS

(n.)
Grammar
HORS, es; n.
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Ic seah sroh [the word is written in runes] hygewloncne, Exon. 105 a; Th. 400, 1; Rä. 20, 1. Horsa steal carceres, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 54; Wrt. Voc. 39, 37. Horsa hnǽgung neighing of horses, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 2, 38.

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Ic seah turf tredan .vi. gebróðor, 394, 10; Ra. 14, 1. Ðú (the serpent) scealt ðínum breóstum bearm tredan brádre eorðan, faran féðeleás, Cd.

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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Is ðis eálond geseted ongeán midle Súþ-Seaxna ( contra medium Australium Saxonum ), Bd. 4, 16; S. 585, 1. Intó ðam middelan (intó middan, other MS:) ðere stréte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 9.

Linked entry: midlest

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

ilca

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Dauid sang þysne sealm ymb swýðe lang þæs þe hine God álýsed hæfde . . . for þǽm ylcan hine sang Críst þonne hé álýsed wæs . . . Ps. Th. 17, arg. Hé spone ðá ðe his ðeáwa giémað tó ðǽm illcan (ilcan, v. l. ). Past. 83, 3.

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, lǽt stician ðǽron, Lchdm. ii. 346, 12, 20: Jud. 3, 22. fig. to be involved, be prevented from free action, lie encumbered On hú ðióstrum hora seáþe þara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ quanto in coeno probra volvantur, 37

hwearfian

(v.)
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, Bt. 7, 3; S. 18, 28. to wander about, be tossed about on sea Hwerfigo versor (in delictorum fluctibus versor, Ald. 81, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 47. Swá oft swá hé wæs hwearfiende mid þám ilcan scipe quoties cum eodem fuisset carabo versatis, Gr.

útane

(adv.)
Grammar
útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from withoutoutsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutat seaoutwardlyexternallyabout

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nunc foris per flagella tundimur, ut intus in templum Dei postmodum disponamur, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 18. on the outside, on the surface Se wielm ðæs innoðes út ábiersð, and wierð tó sceabbe, and moniga wunda útane wyrcð, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 10. out, at sea

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Gelengedre letanian prolongata letania, Angl. xiii. 405, 580. to protract, perform slowly, draw out Se sealm sý gecweden bútan antefene, and hé sý on swége gelencged hwæthwára psalmus dicatur sine antiphona subtrahendo ( = protrahendo) modice, R.

hýd

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</b> the shell of an oyster :-- Sǽ mec fédde . . . nú wile monna sum mín flǽsc etan . . . siððan hé mé of sídan seaxes orde hýd árýpeð, Rä. 76, 7. the skin of a human being Útewardre hýde cute summa, An. Ox. 50, 23.

mynetere

(n.)
Grammar
mynetere, es; m.

a moneyera money-changermoney-dealera minterone who coins

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Ða setl ðara mynetera the seats of the money-changers, Blickl. Homl. 71, 19. Hyt gebyrede ðæt ðú befæstest mín feoh mynyterum, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 554, 8.

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

guma

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Gúðsearo gumena . . . sǽmanna searo, B. 328. Tó secganne gumena ǽngum, 474. Gumena sum, 1499. Gumena náthwylc, 2233. Him God sealde gumena ríce, worlde tó gewealde in wera lífe, Dan. 607: Víd. 133.

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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the covering made by the wave, the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 459; El. 230. Under lyfte helm under the air's covering, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 19; Rä. 4, 64.

Linked entry: helmiht

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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Hé gelǽdde ðæt folc ealle unwemme ofer ða Reádan sǽ he led the people all of them uninjured over the Red Sea, Btwk. 196, 2. of abstract objects, uninjured, inviolate Cyninges handgrið stande unwemine, L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 21 (cp. L.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

un-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wís, adj.

unwisefoolishstupidignorantignorant of something

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Gif ðonne ǽgðer bið unwís pastorum saepe imperitia meritis congruit subjectorum: quia quamvis lumen scientiae sea culpa exigente non habeant; districto tamen judicio agitur, ut per eorum ignorantiam hi etiam, qui sequuntur, offendant, Past. 1; Swt. 29

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Ǽr ðon wé tó londe geliden hæfdon ofer breóne hrycg ere to land we came across the rough sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Rídan ýða hrycgum to ride on the crests of the waves, 101 b; Th. 384, 25; Rä. 4, 33

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, requirepetere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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Andreas ongann merelíðendum miltsa biddan Andrew began to ask mercy for the sea faring men, Andr. Kmbl. 706; An. 353.

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movementa wavewaterthe wavesea

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Th. 88, 8. a wave, water, the wave, sea Fámig winneþ wǽg wið wealle, Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20. Wídfæðme wǽg, Andr. Kmbl. 1065; An. 533. Þurh wǽges wylm, Exon. Th. 283, 14; Jul. 680: Elen. Kmbl. 459; El. 230. Wǽges weard, Andr.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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D. iii. 363, 21. to mark, seal Gemearcod signatus (fons), An. Ox. 3899. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on Se apostol his eágan gemearcode mid þǽre hálgan róde, Hml.