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be-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gyrdan, -girdan; p. de; pp. edor begyrd; v. trans. [be, gyrdan to gird] .

to BEGIRDsurroundcingerepræcingereaccingereto clotheamicire

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He ðæt eálond begyrde and gefæstnade mid díce he begirt and secured the island with a dike Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10. God se begyrde me of mihte Deus qui præcinxit me virtute Ps. Spl. 17, 34 : Ps. Th. 17, 37.

Linked entry: be-girdan

cyne-þrym

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-þrym, gen.cynet-þrymmes ; m. [þrym a multitude, majesty, glory]

A kingly host, royal majesty or gloryregia multitudo, regis majestas

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Ðú me gecýðdest cyneþrymma wyn thou declaredst to me joy of kingly glories, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 23; Hö. 74

læð

(n.)
Grammar
læð, es; n.

Land

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neither 'sac' nor 'socn'; nor needest thou mine, L.

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es ; n.
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Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo. Th. 2404 ; B. 1200. In mínum sweoran ic gemon beran ða ýdlan byrþenne gyldenra sigla in collo me memini supervacua monitium pondera portare, Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 589, 27 : Beo. Th. 2318 ; B. 1157.

Linked entries: sigel sigele

of-torfian

(v.)

to stone, to kill by casting stones or similar missiles

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Hig wyllaþ oftorfian populus lapidabit me, Ex. 17, 4. Mid stánum oftorfian lapidibus opprimere, Num. 14, 10: lapidare, Jn. Skt. 8, 5: Homl. Th. i. 48, 2: 196, 12. Fela mid stánum oftorfod saxis contriti, Ors. 4, ii; Swt. 206, 15.

Linked entries: of-tyrfan torfian

áwðer

(adj.)
Grammar
áwðer, = á-hwæðer; adj. pron.

Eithereachone or otheralteralteruter

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Ða tungl áwðer [MS. auðer] óðres rene á ne gehríneþ, ǽr ðam ðæt óðer of gewíteþ the stars never touch each other's course, before the other goes away, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 19 : Met. 29, 10 : 20, 84; Met. 20, 42 : Bt. 6; Fox 16, 3

setness

(n.)
Grammar
setness, e; f.
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.: setnisse, Rush. traditionem ), Mk. Skt. 7, 8, 3, 13. Setnesa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 2. The word glosses also testimonium, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 11: testamentum , p. 2, 5. constitution, arrangement From setnisse middangeardes a constitution mundi, Mt.

dúru

Grammar
dúru, l. duru, dele dure, an; and add: gen. a; dat. u, dyru (-e), and a wk. duran; pl. nom. e, u; gen. a; dat. pl.
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On ærne ꝥ næbbe þon dura þonne sió cirice, Ll. Th. i. 64, 15. Hí mid æxum duru ( januas ejus ) curfan, Ps. Th. 73, 6. Lufude Sione duru ( portas ) Drihten, 86, 1.

fóre-bodian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-bodian, p. ode; pp. od

To FOREBODEannouncedeclareannuntiāreprōnuntiāre

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To FOREBODE, announce, declare; annuntiāre, prōnuntiāre Múþ mín fórebodaþ rihtwísnysse ðine os meum annuntiābit justĭtiam tuam, Ps. Spl. 70, 16. Fórebodaþ tunge [MS. tunga] mín spræca ðíne prōnuntiābit lingua mea elŏquium tuum, 118, 172

bóc-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-scyld, es; m.

A beechen shieldfagineum scutum

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[bóc a beech-tree, scyld a shield] A beechen shield; fagineum scutum Ic ge-an [MS. geann] Siferþe mínes bócscyldes I give to Siferth my beechen shield, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 561, 5

cicen

(n.)
Grammar
cicen, (ciécen?).
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Cicina (-u, MS.) mete modera, An. Ox. 56, 411. Cicceno (ciken, R.) pullos, Mt. L. 23, 37. Add

holm-wudu

(n.)
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wood growing on a hill ( the Cross ) geweorþode wuldres ealdor ofer holmwudu (holtwudu ?), Kr. 91. [cf. He wes ifloȝen into þan haȝe wude, in tó þan haȝe holme, Laym. 20712.] cf. firgen-beám

gafol-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-fisc, es; m.

Fish paid as toll or tribute

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Fish paid as toll or tribute Ic geann þám munecan tó fódan mín gafolfisc þe áríst be sælande concedo maritimos pisces qui mihi contingere debent annualiter per thelonei lucrum, Cht. Th. 307, 37

Linked entry: fisc

EORNOST

(n.)
Grammar
EORNOST, eornust, eornest, e; f.

EARNEST, earnestness, zeal sērium, stŭdium

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EARNEST, earnestness, zeal; sērium, stŭdium Mid swelcum eorneste [eornoste MS. Cot.] with such zeal, Past. 15, i; Hat. MS. 18b, 27. On eornost, eornust or eornoste in earnest, earnestly, Ælfc. T. 12, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 250, 30: Mt.

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

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Bright from bathing in the sea (epithet of morning) Sió sunne brencþ eorþwarum morgen meretorhtne the sun rising from the sea brings bright morn to men, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 121; Met. 13, 61.

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

ge-bered

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bered, part.

Vexedoppressedcrushedvexātusmăcĕrātuselīsus

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Gebered wæs vexābātur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 15, 18. Geberede vexāti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 36. Gebered elīsus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 20. Beren gebered corn tipsane [ = ptĭsăna = πτισάνη barley, crushed and cleaned from the hulls ], Ælfc.

Linked entry: berian

ambeht-mann

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Ambehtmonn minister, Mt. L. 20, 26. Embehtmonn (-biht-, R.), Mk. L. 10, 43. Ðæs embehtmonnes ministrantis, Lk. p. 7, 1. Ðǽm embehtmenn (-biht-, R.), Lk. 4, 20. Æmbehtmenn discipuli, Jn. L. 20, 25. Ðá embehtmenn ministri, Mk. L. R. 14, 65.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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S. 31, 857. expressing fixity of intention, attention or purpose: Geréfa mín fæste mynteð þæt æfter sié eaforan síne yrfeweardas my steward quite means his children to be heirs after me, Gen. 2182.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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Ne tweóþ ðæs náuht, 36, 3; Fox 176, 16: Exon. Th. 117, 13; Gú. 223. Nánne mon ðæs tweógan ne þearf, ðæt ealle men geendiaþ on ðam deáþe, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 34: 33, 1; Fox 120, 24. Tweógean, Blickl.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

frignan

(v.)
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, v.l.) hwæþer áht óþres sý, Gr.