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á-swǽman

Grammar
á-swǽman, p. de.

to be grievedconfounded to wander away

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Icel. sveima to wander about) Ðá earman synfullan sceolon sáre áswǽman fram ansýne úres Drihtnes and fram wlite and fram wuldre heofena ríces, Wlfst. 185, 8. v

CEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
CEALD, cald; ra; ost; adj.[ceald = cald, q. v.]

Cool, COLDfrigidus, gelidus

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Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 180; Met. 20, 90: 20, 152; Met. 20, 76. Wedera cealdost the coldest of tempests, Beo. Th. 1097; B. 546

Linked entries: cald cyld

flyht

(n.)
Grammar
flyht, fliht, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flightvŏlātus

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Earnas feredon sáwle flyhte on lyfte eagles conveyed the soul in flight through the sky, Andr. Kmbl. 1732; An. 868: Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 36

Linked entries: fliht flyþ

helpend

(n.)
Grammar
helpend, es; m.

A helper

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Ealles middangeardes hǽlend and ealra sáula helpend the saviour of all the earth and the helper of all souls, Blickl. Homl. 105, 190.

hetol

(adj.)
Grammar
hetol, hetel; adj.

Full of hatehostilemalignantevil

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Her sind on earde cyrichatan hetole here in the land are foes of the church full of malice, 109, 154

Linked entries: hetol-ness hatol

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?)few

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ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth Noah had an everlasting remnant (one from which an endless line of descendants would come), an original pair, father and mother, of every one of the offspring-producers, few in number, (

bléd

(n.)
Grammar
bléd, e; f.

A shoot, branch, flower, fruitgermen, ramus, frons, flos, fructus

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God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte bléda beornum and þearfum God lets earth give delightful fruits to rich and poor, Hick. Thes. i. 135, 24

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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broad land, the face of the earth. Cf. wíd*-*sǽ Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156.

dór

(n.)
Grammar
dór, dúru.
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. ¶ Of secbróce tó þan heán dore (gate, Kemble: pass, Earle, Chr. p. 328); of þan (heán, C. D. iii. 79, 3) dore tó brýdbróce, Cht. E. 447, 8

dyrstig

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Hé þá hálgan róde genam hám tó his earde árleáslíce dyrstig, Hml. S. 27, 26. Þæt heofonlice hors wearp ádúne þone dyrstigan Heliodorum, 25, 777. Gif huætd ungebyredlic bidda dyrstigo ué sindon si aliquid incongruum rogare ausi sumus, Rtl. 179, 34

gum-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cynn, es; n.

Mankind, men, a race, nationhumanum genus, gens, natio

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Eom ic gumcynnes ánga ofer eorþan amongst men on the earth I am unique, Exon. 129a; Th. 496, 11; Rä. 85, 12; Beo. Th. 5524; B.2765. Swá hwylc mægþa ðone magan cende æfter gumcynnum whatever matron brought forth this son amongst men, Beo.

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl [gentle or simple ], L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.

Linked entry: ciorl

ge-síne

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Nú is geséne þæt þú eart sylfa God, Sae. 441 : 230. Hit is on ús eallum swutol and geséne (-syne, v.l.) þæt wé ǽr þysan oftor brǽcan þonne wé béttan, Wlfst. 159, 5. Mið ðý uæs áuorden cuðlíce geséne ꝥte . . . quo facto cognoscitur quod . . .

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people what is left of an army after a battlewhat is left after a battlespoil

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The remnant of an army or people, what is left of an army after a battle, what is left after a battle, spoil Se Chaldéa cyning com tó his earde mid ðære húþe and ðære hereláfe on ðære wæs Daniel se wítega and ða þrí cnihtas the king of Chaldea came to

Linked entry: fird-láf

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

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Early, former, preceding, ancient; prior, præcedens, antiquus On ǽrne mergen in early morning; primo mane, Mt. Bos. 20, 1: Mk. Bos. 16, 9: Jn. Bos. 21, 4: Ps. Spl. 5, 3, 4.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

seawater

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sea, water Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan it shall come to pass that the sea shall flow over the earth [at the last day], Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1; Dóm. 1. Lagu, wæter under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.

and-saca

(n.)
Grammar
and-saca, ond-, an; m.

A denierrenounceran apostateopposerenemynegatorrenunciatoradversarius

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A denier, renouncer, an apostate, opposer, enemy; negator, renunciator, adversarius Ofer eorþan andsaca ne wæs there was not an opposer on the earth, Cd. 208 ; Th. 258, 2 ; Dan. 669.

Linked entry: -saca

fæstlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæstlíc, adj.

FASTLIKE, firm firmus

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that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16. Gehyge ðú fæstlícne rǽd devise firm counsel, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 30; Dan. 586. Fæstlíce fórescyttelsas firm bars, Exon. 12 a; Th. 20, 3; Cri. 312

glǽm

(n.)
Grammar
glǽm, es; m.

Brightnesssplendourradiance

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Ðé oftíhþ glǽmes gréne folde the green earth shall deny thee her beauty, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 22; Gen. 1018

be-wríhan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wríhan, bi-wríhan; p. wráh, pl. -wrigon; pp. -wrigen

To cover over, conceal, wrap upvelare, operire

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Kmbl. 605; Sal, 302, Ic goldwine mínne hrusan heolstre biwráh I covered my bounteous patron in a cave of the earth, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 32; Wand. 23. Bewrigen mid wrencum concealed by frauds, Bt. Met.