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hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurstcopsewood

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The word occurs most frequently in compounds, e.g. hnut-hyrst, æsc-hyrst, etc. and is still found as hurst in names of places. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxii, and Leo's Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 107 In hyrst sciofingden, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 273, 6.

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6. Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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Grammar witon, ¶ the word was originally a tense of the verb wítan, and its verbal character is occasionally still marked by the use of the pronoun Wuton wé ðæt gemunan, Blickl. Homl. 125, 2. Uutun ué geonga (uton gan, W.

Linked entries: utan uton

FREMMAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREMMAN, to fremmanne; ic fremme, ðú fremest, he fremeþ, pl. fremmaþ; p. fremede, fremde, pl. fremedon; impert. freme, pl. fremmaþ; subj. pres. fremme, pl. fremmen; pp. fremed.

to advancepromŏvēreto FRAMEmakedoeffectperformcommitiăcĕrepatrāreeffĭcĕreperfĭcĕreperpetrāre

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to advance; promŏvēre Ðaet ic eáðe mæg ánra gehwylcne fremman and fyrðran freónda mínra that I may easily advance and further every one of my friends, Andr. Kmbl. 1867; An. 936: Beo. Th. 3669; B. 1832.

Linked entry: ge-fremman

deorfan

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Add: I. to labour Ic dearf exercebor, i. laboravi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 67. Ic nelle deorfan (laborare) ofer hig, Coll. M. 26, 17. II. to be in peril :-- On frecednesse he dyrfð periculo periclitat, Lch. iii. 151, 10, 15.

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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See the passage given under crístnian; II. [The passages given under crístnian; I and IV (l. III) should be taken under II.

Linked entry: crístnian

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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S. 6, 7; Th. i. 436 Suán subulcus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 59: flabanus, 108, 72. Swán, 35, 66: bubullus (-cus?), in a list de suibus, i. 286, 58: ii. 11. 59. Hiene án swán ( subulcus, Flor. Wig.) ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 23.

ge-endebyrdan

Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Geendbyrde digesta, i. ordinata, composita, enarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 23: Hml. Th. i. 554, 9

lǽð

(n.)

a lathe

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Kent is divided into six lathes], a district containing several hundreds, v. Stubbs; Const. Hist. i. l00.

burg-scír

Grammar
burg-scír, (burh-).
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Ealle ðá hysecild þǽre burhscíre omnes pueros in Bethleem et in omnibus finibus ejus, Hml. Th. i. 82, 11. Tó ánre burhscíre ðe is gecíged Cesarea Philippi in partes Caesareae Philippi, 364, 14: 366, 5: ii. 110, 6.

a-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan ; ðú -wyrpst, he -wyrpþ ; p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; impert. -weorp, -wurp, -wyrp ðú; pp. -worpen; v. a. [a from, weorpan to throw]

To throw or cast from or downto cast away or offcast outto degraderejectdivorceabjiceredejicereprojicereejicerepropellererepellerereprobarerepudiare

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Is wærgðu [wærgða MS.] aworpen the curse is cast off, Exon. 9 a ; Th. 7, 8 ; Cri. 98 : Bt. Met. Fox 23, 12; Met. 23, 6 : Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 44 : Mt. Bos. 12, 28.

-ælfen

(suffix)
Grammar
-ælfen, -elfen, e; f.

A fairynymphnympha

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It is found only in compound words, as Múnt-ælfen a mountain nymph; oreas = ??????, ???? Wudu-elfen a wood nymph; dryas, etc, Wrt. Voc. 60, 14-19

Linked entries: -elfen sæ-elfen

a-leðran

(v.)
Grammar
a-leðran, p. ede; pp. ed

To lathersaponem illinere

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To lather; saponem illinere Smire mid on niht and on morgen aleðre smear therewith at night and in the morning lather it, L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm, ii. 126, 11

ymb-heápian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-heápian, ; p. ode
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To crowd about, surround in crowds Ymbheápiendum glomerantibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 52. Ymbheápod glomeratus (the passage is :-- Lucifer parasitorum sodalibus vallatus et apostatarum satellitibus glomeratus, Aid. 10), 76, 31

Linked entries: ymb-hípan heápian

læfel

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Voc. ii. 56, 46. Hé hét geótan wæter on læfel misit aquam in pelvem Hml. A. 155, 102. Man sceal habban . . . læflas, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add

ǽ-fægred

(adj.; part.)

disfigured

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disfigured Ǽfæ(g)rede larbatos [cf. hreófe larbatos (the passage is the same in both glosses), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 64; se unfægera larbata (facies ), 95, 68], An. Ox. 4936

on-hrægel

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The passage glossed is: In sabanis . . . bajulabantur aegroti. On glosses in

líming

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Voc. ii. 85, 51. The passage to which all three glosses belong is: Turrem . . . forti liturae compage constructam erexit, Aid. 62, 13. In Hpt. Gl. 509, 54 and An. Ox. 4439 the reading is linunge. Add

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 70, 2: L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 14. Gif ðú gesihst timbrian hús ðín, feoh ðín wexan hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 33. Sió gítsung wile weahsan mid ungemete. Past. 11; Swt. 71, 16. Hé lét weaxan heora rímgetel, Cd.

smeáh

(adj.)
Grammar
smeáh, smeóh; adj.

creeping in, penetratingsubtle, crafty insinuating

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creeping in, penetrating Wið smeógan wyrme Lchdm. iii. 10, 17. Similar entries v. smea-wyrm subtle, crafty [Ðe man is ʒiep toʒenes him seluen; þat is smegh oðer man to bicharren and to biswiken E. Homl. ii. 195, 5. Cf.