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for-sceádan

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Gif hér ðegna hwelc ðyrelne kylle bróhte tó ðýs burnan, béte hine georne, ðýlǽs hé forsceáde scírost wætra, Past. 469, 11. Add

beátere

a beater ⬩ a boxer ⬩ pugil

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Substitute: a beater Hé hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum. Þá bærst sum sagol intó ánes beáteres eágan, Hml. S. 4, 143. a boxer; pugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1

Norþ-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-hymbre, pl.

The Northumbrians ⬩ Northumbria ⬩ the people or province north of the Humber

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Hér bræc se here on Norþhymbrum ðone friþ, 911; Erl. 100, 16. Hér fór se here on Norþhymbre, 867; Erl. 72, 7 : 873; Erl. 76, 18

Linked entry: Norþan-hymbre

CWACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, tremble ⬩ tremere, contremere

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Cwacode he sóna he instantly quaked, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 15: 32, 3, 19

hǽre

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Add: sackcloth used as a garment, a hair-shirt Hé scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreowode, Hml. S. 31, 445. Mid héran eilicio, Ps. Srt. 34, 13. Heó (St.

Scald

(n.)

the Schelde

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the Schelde Hér fór se here up on Scald, Chr. 883; Erl. 82, 15

wín-tredd

(n.)
Grammar
wín-tredd, wín-tredde, an; f. ?. l. wín-tredde, an; f.
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Hé þone cniht ásette on þá ylcan wíntreddan ( in eodem calcatorio), and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena, Gr. D. 58, 9-18, 34: 59, 4

hænep

(n.)
Grammar
hænep, henep, es; m.

Hemp

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Hemp Henep, hænep, Herb. 27, 1; Lchdm. i. 124, 1, 3 : Lchdm. iii. 22, 31

Linked entry: henep

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 chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla

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On þám hálgan breóstum hé eardode nigon mónaþ, Bl. H. 105, 16. a breast; mamma, mamilla Hé hét hí gewríðan on ðám breóste, and hét siððan of áceorfan.

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of care ⬩ that one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

torn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
torn-wracu, e; f.

Grievous revenge

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Grievous revenge Gé hér áteóþ in ða tornwræce (the destruction with which the evil spirits threatened Guthlac if he remained in his hermitage) sigeleásne síð, Exon. Th. 120, 16; Gú. 272

weorpan

Grammar
weorpan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>Ib.</b> where the implement used in throwing is given
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Þá hét hé mid þǽm palistas . . . þæt hiere mon mid þǽm þwyres on wurpe, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 10. 2. add Þá forceáw hé his ágene tungan, and wearp hine þǽr mid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 25.

tún-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scipe, es; m.
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict

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Ðǽr hé tintregad wearð; ǽrest hiene mon swong, ða sticode him mon ða eágan út, and siþþan him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 3, Heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 30

Linked entry: tregian

fiþere

a wing ⬩ a wing

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Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Mathéus léde háligreft ofer hire heáfod Matthew placed a veil on her head, 478, 5

Bebban burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bebban burh,
  • Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641
    • ;
  • Th. 49, 3 : 993
    • ;
  • Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2
    • :
Bæbba-burh,
  • Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6
    • :
Bebba-burh,
  • Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40
    • :
gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig ; acc. -burg, -burh; f.

BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland ⬩ Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum

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BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland: Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum Hér Ida féng to ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cyne-cyn onwóc, and ríxode twelf geár. He timbrode Bebban burh, seó wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and ðǽr æfter mid wealle here [A.

Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh

bryne-welm

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-welm, -wylm, es; m.

A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heat ⬩ incendii fervor vel æstus

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In helle heó brynewelme bídan sceolden sáran sorge in hell they must endure great sorrow from the burning heat, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 24; Sat. 27

þreodung

(n.)
Grammar
þreodung, þridung, e; f.

deliberation ⬩ hesitation

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Gif hé mid þancmetunge and ðreodunge (ðrydunge, MS.

Linked entries: þridung þrydung

wiccung-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wiccung-dóm, es; m.
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Witchcraft, sorcery, magic Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron ( praecepit rex, ut convocarentur arioli, et magi, et malefici, et Chaldaei, Dan. 2, 2), Cd. Th. 223, 17; Dan. 121

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