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BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic bréaga ne brúna brúcan móste I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100. Betwux oferbrúan and brǽwum intercilium [= intercilia], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 70; Wrt.

un-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihte, adv.

Not rightlyunjustly

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Heora sylh unrihte gangaþ aratra eorum non recte incedunt, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 12

ǽrend-raca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-raca, ǽrend-wreca, an; m. [ǽrend an errand; raca, wreca from reccan to tell, wrecan to utter]

A messengerambassadoran apostleangelnuntiusapostolusangelus

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A messenger, ambassador, an apostle, angel; nuntius, apostolus, angelus Se ǽrendraca nys mǽrra ðonne se ðe hine sende non est apostolus major eo qui misit eum, Jn. Bos. 13,16. Sende he ǽrendracan misit legatarios, Bd. 5, 21; S. 64a, 34.

Linked entries: ǽrend-wreca -raca

ge-hlýd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlýd, -hlýde, es; n.

A cryclamournoisetumultmurmuringclāmortumultusmurmur

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A cry, clamour, noise, tumult, murmuring; clāmor, tumultus, murmur Mycel gehlýd wæs on ðære menigeo be him murmur multum ĕrat in turbo de eo, Jn. Bos. 7, 12 : Mt. Bos. 27, 24 : Homl. Th. ii. 336, 18.

fugel-cynn

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In eo etiam monte est auis faenix, Nar. 39, 1-3. On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite, Hml. Th. i. 320, 4. Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná, 142, 17.

ge-hwearf

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ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28

fyllend

(n.)
Grammar
fyllend, es; m.

A fulfillerperformerexsĕcūtor

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A fulfiller, performer; exsĕcūtor Ðara þinga ðe he óðre lǽrde to dónne, he sylfa wæs se wilsumesta fyllend eōrum quæ agenda dŏcēbat ĕrat exsĕcūtor devōtissĭmus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 4

weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
weardes, adv.

Wards in to-wards

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Swá eode heó wið his weardes, 684. Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes, 599

Linked entry: wiþ

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres Aldor . . . ðæt hé hí ne tówurpe geond werþeóda dixit ut disperderet eos . . . ne disperderet eos, Ps. Th. 105, 19.

ge-somnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-somnung, e; f.

A congregationsynagoguechurchcongrĕgātiosy̆năgōgaecclēsia

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Beférde se Hǽlend ealle Galileam, lǽrende on hyra gesomnungum circumībat Iesus tōtam Gălilæam, dŏcens in sy̆năgōgis eōrum, Mt. Bos. 4, 23: 6, 2, 5: 9. 35

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Ðanca Gode, ðæt he ðé gefultumode, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 8. combining the construction of and Ic þancige Gode and eów eallum ðe me wel fylston, and ðæs friðes ðe wé nú habbaþ, L. Edm.

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Geeádmét ic eom ðearle ( nimis ), 37, 8: Ps. Th. 78, 8. Þearle ic deorfe nimium laboro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 13. Forþóht þearle (cf. swíþe unrót, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 4), Met. 1, 82.

ge-nemnan

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Ic eom Drihtnes þeówen, 20), Bl. H. 9, 24. Oft bið on hálgum gewrietum genemned midfeorh (-feorwe, MS.) tó gioguðháde in sacro eloquio aliquando adolescentia juventus vocatur, Past. 385, 31. Godes gelaðung is genemned tó ánum mǽdene, Hml.

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk Hé nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41

fódder

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Hé bær Crístes godspel in fódre ofer his sculdrum swá hwæder swá hé eóde, Shrn. 116, 29. Tégum, fódrum tehis ( = thecis ), Txts. 101, 2010

heorot-beg

(n.)
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some kind of berry Murus eorum i. pro omni feraci arbore posuit .i. aliquando fructus eius albus, aliquando rufus, aliquando niger .i. herutbeg (note on Ps. 78, 45), An. Ox. 54, 2

of-sceamian

(v.)
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Hé þá swýðe gescynd andofsceamod (scamiende, v. l.) eóde confusus valde exivit, Gr. D. 142, 3 : Hml. S. 2, 178. Add

ofer-trúwod

(adj.; part.)

possessed by over-confidence, over-confident

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possessed by over-confidence, over-confident Ðæm lár-eówe is swíðe smeálíce to underséceanne be ðǽm weorcum ðara ofertrúwudena subtiliter ab arguente discutienda sunt opera protervorum, Past. 32, 1; Swt. 208, 13

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Bycgaþ eów ele emite oleum vobis, Mt. Bos. 25, 9

Linked entries: bycgean bicgan