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á-weallan

to well out ⬩ to spring ⬩ proceed from a source ⬩ to swarm, ⬩ to exist in large numbers ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ to be hot ⬩ to burn ⬩ rage

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Hé áweól eal wyrmum, Shrn. 111, 25. of movement caused by heat Fúlnes wæs mid ðæs fýres ðrosme upp áweallende, Bd. 5, 12;S. 628, 26. to be hot Áuueóll incanduit, Wrt.

tó-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brecan, p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt

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Ða ǽrenan scyttelas hé ealle tóbræc, 85, 7. Hé tóbræc hire (the lion's) ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc.T. Grn. 7, 16. Hí ða gymstánas tóbrǽcon, Homl. Th. i. 60, 28. Hié ða scipu eall oðþe tóbrǽcon oþþe forbærndon, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 25.

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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A person having to do with a corpse Ealle ða líc-menn wurdon áfyllede mid ðam wynsumum stence, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 8: 334, 31. His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15.

deór-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
deór-wyrþe, -wurþe; adj. [deóre dear, weorþe worth]

Precious, dear, of great worth or value ⬩ prĕtiōsus

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Ðú hæfst gesund gehealden eall ðæt deórwyrþoste thou hast kept entire everything most precious, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 9. Mid ðam deórwurþustan reáfe with the most valuable raiment, Gen. 27, 15

Linked entry: diór-wyrþe

Engle

Angles ⬩ the English

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Hé ealle Engla þeóde gesamnade, 1016; P. 150, 19. Ængla þeód, Shrn. 94, 2. Eall Engla here, 1056; P. 186, 33

drífan

Grammar
drífan, driéfan (v. á-drífan, á-driéfan.);
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Add Ranulf ealle his gemót dráf and bewiste, Chr. 1099; P. 235, 1

ge-óþer

(num.; adj.)
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other His cnihtas and ealle ðe geóðre híredmen, C. D. vi. 155, 9. (?)

streówen

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Ealle streóne his þú gecirdes on untrymnesse his, Ps. Vos. 40, 4. Add

æt-gædere

Grammar
æt-gædere, <b>. I.</b>
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God ealle þá burhwara forbærnde ætgædere ( universos habitatores urbium) Gen. 19, 25. Add

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Swá swá ealle wæteru cumaþ of ðære sǽ, and eft ealle cumaþ tó ðære sǽ, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 23. Wætera laticum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 17. Hé tó Iordane becom ealra wætera ðam hálgestan, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 63. Sǽs and wætra heá holmas, Exon.

mæsse-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-bóc, gen. -béc; f.

A mass-book ⬩ missal

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On ðǽm ealdan sacramentorium, ðæt is on ðǽm ealdan mæssebócum, Shrn. 88, 5

templ

(n.)
Grammar
templ, tempel, es; n.
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Ðæt templ ealre clǽnnesse ( the Virgin's womb ), Blickl. Homl. 5, 19. Ofer ðæs temples heáhnesse, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 5: 24, 1. On hálierne ł hergan, temple sacello, Hpt. GI. 482, 37. Se Hǽlend com tó ðam temple, Jn. Skt. 8, 2.

rǽde-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
rǽde-sceamol, es; m.
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Rǽdescamelas fulchra (cf. fulcra eal bedreáf, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 33 : fulcris, thoris, lectis, Wülck. Gl. 245, 28), 36, 36

geond-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-þencan, p. -þohte; pp. -þoht [þencan to think]

To think over, consider, contemplate ⬩ aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri

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To think over, consider, contemplate; aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri Ðonne ic eorla líf eal geondþence when I consider all the chieftains' life, Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 5; Wand. 60.

leáh-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
leáh-hrycg, es; m.
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The ridge of a lea Tó ðæm ealdan lǽghrycge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 17

geond-scrípan

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Þæt mód geondscríð geond eallo þing otiosa mens per omnia discurrit, Verc. Först. 147. Add

organ

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Ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ, hé hý ealle oferhleóðrað, Sal. K. 152, 12. Add

sprytting

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Add: increase Mægena ealra hé onfó spryttinga uirtutum omnium percipiat incrementa, Angl. xiii. 381, 226

weorold-lic

Grammar
weorold-lic, <b>.
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</b> add Woruldlic ealdor biotticus auctor, cancellarius, scriptor, Hpt. 31, 8, 123

wundig

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Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað omnes itt ulcerosum contemnunt, Verc. Först. 139, 10. Add