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bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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Hí wurpon hine on þone bát and reówan tó scipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 9. Bát on sǽwe, Hy. 4, 99

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbó .xxx. sciłł.; æt .vi. hyndum, .lxxx. sciłł.; æt twelfyndum, .cxx. sciłł, 70; Th. i. 146, 13. Gielden ealle án wíte, swá tó ðam were belimpe, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 18.

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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a BEARD; barba Ne beard ne sciron nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27; nether ge schulen schave the beerd, Wyc. Smyringc niðerfeól on bearde, bearde Aarones unguentum descendit in barbam, barbam Aaronis, Ps.

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Ðás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him ðæt éce líf geceápodon these holy traders, Peter and Andrew, with their nets and ship bought for themselves everlasting life, Homl. Th. i. 580, 19.

Linked entry: cépa

swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
swelgend, e; f., but also es; m. n. A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.),
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Gl. 449: Scint. 117, 9. Sweliend barathrum, Hpt. Gl. 529, 26. Swyliendes voraginis, 421, 31. Swelgendes, Anglia xiii. 28, 23. Swel-gendi voragine Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 14. West tó ðære swelgende; ðonne fram ðære swelgende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 29.

un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderateexcessiveintemperateindiscreet

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Tunge ungemetegud(-ad) lingua immoderata, Scint. 78, 10: Kent. Gl. 507. Mid ðære ungemetgodan smeáunge, Past. 11; Swt. 67, 8. Ða ungemetgodan sprǽce immoderatam locutionem, 38; Swt. 281, 1. His ungemetegodan lufe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 363.

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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a band, collar Þeówan yfelwillendum wriþa and fótcopsas seruo maliuolo tortura et compedes, Scint. 190, 6.

Linked entry: wríþan

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Earfoþlíce difficile (est ), Scint. 33, 4. grievously, painfully Earfoþlíce graviter, dolenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 71. Þá gelomp ús þæt wé wurdon earfoðlíce mid þurste geswencte accidit nobis siti laborare, Nar. 7, 29

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15. Sint tó manianne ðá fæsðhafula[n] (tenaces, qui sua retinent), Past. 339, 7

ge-fylce

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Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An. Ox. 2555: manipulo, caterua, legione, 3688. Se módiga deófol mid his gefilce wyle wið þínre sáwle campian, Wlfst. 249, 2.

ge-þrýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrýn, p. -þrýde.
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hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða, Rä. 27, 11-14). to repress, restrain Ná for þí rihtlíce synna geþríð, forgyfenysse wé ortrúwian neque quia Deus juste peccata distringit, ueniam desperemus, Scint

Linked entry: ge-þrýde

lufiend

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Bróðerrǽdenne lufigendras, Scint. 14, 3

ofer-winnan

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Oferwinnendum expugnaiore, Scint. 8, 15. Þá wæs oferwunnan (-wunen, An. Ox. 3855) grassaretur, i. vastaretur (dum fames Ægypti vulgus grassaretur), Hpt. Gl. 497, 8. Oferwunnenre þǽre ofermódignesse extinctam superbiam, Prud. 38 a. Add

hleahtor

a laugh

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Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
sméðe, adj.

Smoothsmooth, without roughness or inequalitiessmooth, without discomfort or annoyancesmooth, suave, avoiding offencesmooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc.)smooth not harsh, melodious, harmonious

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Eáðmylte mettas and scír wín and sméðe 220, 13. Ða wambe man sceal clǽsnian mid sméþe wyrtdrence 262, 17. Wyrc sméþe eágsealfe 308, 27. smooth (of words) Sméðne sybcwide Frag. Kmbl. 54; Leás. 29. Ðám ðe ful sméðe sprǽce habbaþ 20; Leás. 12.

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a manvira princenoblemanchiefgeneralwarriorsoldierprincepsvir nobilisduxmilesrichdives

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a man; vir Se beorn on waruþe scip gemétte the man found a ship on the strand Andr. Kmbl. 478; An. 239 : 1203; An. 602. Boétius wæs beorn bóca Boethius was a man skilled in books Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52 : Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 22; Mód. 4.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Swift scip archiromachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 30. Hé (the phenix) is snel and swift velox est, Exon. Th. 220, 8; Ph. 317. Ne se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264.

Linked entry: swyft

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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</b> to make to appear like to (tó) :-- Sceal se reccere witan ðæt ðá unðeáwas beóð oft gelíccette (-lícette, v. l.) tó gódum ðeáwum and tó mægenum ðurh leásunga scire rector debeat, quod plerumque vitia virtutes se esse mentiuntur, Past. 149, 3

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

ge-cennan

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Ic þéo écne God ǽnne gecenne, Hy. 10, 4. to declare a course of action Gif hé teám gecenne, and sý on óðre scíre sé þe hé tó týmð, Ll.

rídan

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Add Þonne þæt scip ungetǽslícost on ancre rít, Solil. H. 30, 1