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EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn spīca

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Him þuhte, ðæt he gesáwe seofon ear weaxan on ánum healme fulle and fægre septem spīcæ pullŭlābant in culmo uno plēnæ atque formōsæ, Gen. 41, 5: Lev. 23, 22: Deut. 23, 25

cræt

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Hélias wearð on heofenlicum cræte tó heofenum áhafen, Hml. S. 16, 61. Cræta bigarum, An. Ox. 2185. Cratwa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 76. Crætena cearcetunge, Wlfst. 200, 17. Cratum bigis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 70: 12, 5.

fearr

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Sum módig fearr wearð ángencga . . . Garganus ðone fearr gehwǽr sóhte . . . heora nán ne dorste ðám fearre geneálǽcan, Hml. Th. i. 502, 11-22. Flésc ferra carnes taurorum, Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Se micela ylp þe ðá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát, Hml.

for-spanan

(v.)

allureto lureto lureto lure

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Wearð þæt wíf forspanen þurh ðæs deófles láre, Hml. Th. i. 18, 8. to lure to evil action Ðá ðe mid mislicum lustum hí tó ðám leahtrum forspeónon, Hml. Th. i. 410, 33: ii. 478, 31. Forspanen tó forligre, i. 306, 7.

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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., to step a step, take a step :-- Ælc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 27. <b>I b.

ge-flíman

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Hé gefeaht wiþ Gotan and gefliémed wearð, and bedrifen on ánne tún, S. 292, I. Grendel wérigmód on weg þanon . . . fǽge and geflýmed feórlastas bær, B. 846.

ge-costian

(v.)
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Gúdlác gecostad wearð, Gú. 124. to try, vex, afflict Cnæht mín mið yfle is gecunned ł gecosted puer meus male torquetur, Mt. L. 8, 6. Ðá ðe gecosted wéron ( uexabantur ) from gástum unclǽnum, Lk.

heard-lic

boldwarlikeresolutesterndiregrievousharshseverepitiless

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Similar entries Cf. heard; V Egeslic ǽled eágsýne wearð, heardlic hereteám, An. 1556. Heom þúhte heardlic (durum) ꝥ hí wǽron genýdede on ealdum móde ꝥ hí scoldon níwe wísan hycgan. Gr. D. 104, 21.

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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Ic wearð gelǽd mid þǽre hǽtu þæs geleáfan, and mid þám trúwan oþhrinon (æthrinen, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 456

Linked entry: hrínan

wáwa

(n.)
Grammar
wáwa, an ; m.

Woe misery

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Ðonne sceal eów weaxan tó hearme wǽdl and wáwa, Wulfst. 133 3. Ceósan gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan, Cd. Th. 30, 12 ; Gen. 466. On ǽlcum wáwan bí wǽron geþyldige, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 130. Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17.

Linked entry: weá

BÚAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.

To dwell, livehabitare, versari aliquo locoTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, colere, incolere

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Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount, Beo. Th. 5676; B. 2842. v. a. acc.

a-rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]

To rear upraise uplift upexaltset upbuild upcreateestablisherigereexcitareresuscitareextollereædificarecreare

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Weá wæs arǽred woe was raised up, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 26; Gen. 987. Se ðe fóre duguðe wile dóm arǽran who desires before his nobles to exalt his dignity, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 2; Wid. 140: Beo. Th. 3411; B. 1703.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Not strong, weak, feeble Unstrang invalidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 22: 83, 57. Heó ( Judith ) wæs lytel and unstrang, Homl. Ass. 114, 411. Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110.

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad healthsickweakinfirmunhealthyunsound

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In bad health, sick, weak, infirm, unhealthy, unsound, in reference to persons Ðǽr ðæt heáfod bið unhál languente capite, Past. 18; Swt. 129, 7. Ic eom unhál infirmus sum, Ps. Th. 6, 2. Unhál debilis, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 43.

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

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Add: of living material, animal or vegetable, to grow weak with age Æpla, græs, and wyrtan foraldiað and forsériað ...

hwít

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. ¶ The weak form used substantively, the white (part) of an egg :-- On ánum ǽge . . . þæt hwíte ne bið gemenged tó ðám geolcan, Hml. Th. i 40, 27. Smyre mid henne ǽges þé hwítan, Lch. iii. 50, 4. Gemeng wiþ ǽges ꝥ hwíte, ii. 74, 24.

freórig

(adj.)
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freórig, adj.

freezingchilledfrigidfrozenfrīgensfrīgŏre rīgensfrīgĭdusgĕlĭduschilled with fear or sorrowtremblingsadtrĕmenstristis

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Ongon hygegeómor, freórig and ferþwérig, fúsne grétan he, sad in mind, trembling and weary of soul, resolved to greet the departing [man ], Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 21; Gú. 1130. Ferþloca freórig a trembling body, 76 b; Th. 288, 18; Wand. 33

gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payertributarydebtortrĭbūti reddĭtordēbĭtora rent-payera renter of land as opposed to the ownerqui censum annum penditconductor

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Bos. 7, 41 : 16, 5. a rent-payer, a renter of land as opposed to the owner : qui censum annum pendit, conductor Wealh gafolgelda [gafolgylda MSS. B. H.] a foreign [i.e. of British race] tenant, L. In. 23; Th. i. 118, 3.

GEÁC

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁC, es; m.

A cuckoogawkcŭcūlus

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Geác monaþ geómran reorde, singeþ sumeres weard the cuckoo exhorts with mournful voice, summer's warden sings, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 6; Seef. 53.

Linked entries: gǽc iáces súre

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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Him ðæt tácen wearð, ðǽr hé tó starude, Cd. Th. 260, 32; Dan. 718. Ðe hire an eágum starede, Beo. Th. 3875; B. 1935. Hí on mere staredon, 3211; B. 1603. On ða beorhtan gescæft ne mót ic ǽfre má eágum starian, Cd. Th. 273, 22; Sat. 140: Judth.