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niþerung

(n.)
Grammar
niþerung, e; f.

a bringing lowhumiliationoverthrowdamnationcondemnation

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Hé hí fram yrmþurn écre niþerunge generede, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 26 : 5, 13; S. 633, 14. In niþrunge in condemnatione, Rtl. 24, 19. For ðæs dæges nyþerunge ad damnationem diei, L. Ecg. P. add. 22; Th. ii. 236, 4 : Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 2

be-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
be-wreón, p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon; pp. -wrogen

To cover, cover over, protect, clothetegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare

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Ðú bewruge me fram gemétinge awyrgedra protexisti me a conventu malignantium, Ps. Spl. 63, 2. He hí wolcne bewreáh he protected them with a cloud, Ps. Th, 104, 34.

ge-helan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helan, he -heleþ, -hileþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To concealhidecover upcēlāreoccŭleretĕgĕre

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Woldon hí and wéndon dæt hí ðǽr mihton dígle and geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs unholdan cyninges occŭlendos se a făci rēgis victōris crēdĭdissent, 4, 16; S. 584, 25

un-áræfnedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíc, adj.

Intolerableimpossible to bear

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Intolerable, impossible to bear Búton hit unáræfnedlíc sý tó ofercumenne ða þing ðe ús synd fram ðe forestihtode unless it be beyond our powers of endurance to overcome the things that are fore-ordained for us by thee, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 133.

wésten-setla

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-setla, an; m.
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Óþer cyn is muneca, ðæt is wéstensetlan, ðe feor fram mannum gewítaþ, and wéste stówa and ánwunung gelufiaþ. . . Swilce wéstensetlan . . . on wéstenes wununge gelustfulliaþ, R. Ben. 134, 11-16. Óþer cyn is ancrena, ðæt is wéstensetlena, 9, 5

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7. Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiaþ and wandiaþ Godes riht tó sprecanne, 191, 5. For woruldsceame, L. I.

ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Fram ðám ǽttrigum synnum gehǽlede, Hml. Th. ii. 240, 10. Nǽdre wyle ðá weg-farendan mid hire ǽttrigum tóðum slítan, Wlfst. 192, 23

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eáge

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Fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hit cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Wiþ eágna ece, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Égna occellorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 44. Ǽgna (ætna, MS.), 92, 27. Þá súrigan eágan lippos oculos, 22

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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Lǽcedóm is álýfed fram líchamena týddernysse, and hálige gebedu mid Godes bletsunge, and ealle ódre tilunga syndon andsǽte Gode, Hml. S. 17, 215. add: the getting of something Wulfas and león habbað ... máran tuxas tó heora metes tilunge, Hex. 16, 7

eall

Grammar
eall, <b>. I 1 a.</b>
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Fram eallum costnungum tó ealre glædnysse, Hml. A. 26, 42. Farað intó ealne middaneard ( mundum uniuersum ), Mk. 16, 15. ꝥ Ealle þá .vii. dagas, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 13. <b>I 1 b.</b> add :-- Man déle æal healf ꝥ yrue, C.D. iii. 273, 5.

winter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

Of winterwinter

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Fram heánesse ðære winterlícan sunnan uppgange ab alto brumalis exortus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 42. Tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 24. Hí ongynnaþ heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan on winterlícere tíde, 246, 16.

be-fleán

to strip the skinbark offto strip off

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Beflagen flǽ[s]c flesh with the skin stripped off; viscera, 45, 7. to strip off (skin) Befleh (fleah, v. l.) ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þene hóh episcopo a vertice usque ad calcaneum corrigiam tolle, Gr. D. 198, 4

feorren

(adv.)
Grammar
feorren, adv.

From fare longinquo

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From far; e longinquo Uncer twega feorren cumenra of us two come from far, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 10; Gen. 1836

ge-steal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-steal, -steall, es;n,

Constitutionframe

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Constitution, frame Eal ðis eorþan gesteal all this earth&#39;s frame, Exon. 78 a; Th. 293, 2; Wand. 110

for-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þringan, p. -þrang, pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen [þringan to crowd, throng, rush upon]

To snatch from any oneprotect from any oneerĭpĕre ălĭcuidefendĕre ab ălĭquo

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To snatch from any one, protect from any one; erĭpĕre ălĭcui, defendĕre ab ălĭquo Ðæt he ne meahte ða weáláfe wíge forþringan þeódnes þegne that he might not by war protect the sad remnant from the king's thane, Beo. Th. 2173; B. 1084

hleów-stól

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-stól, es; m.

A place of protection, one's native city

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A place of protection, one's native city Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan freóndum beslægene from hleówstóle damsels and widows bereft of friends journeyed from their sheltering home [of the people of Sodom driven from their city ], Cd. 94; Th. 121, 16; Gen

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.

Freelīber

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Free; līber Sý ðis. land ǽlces þinges freóls let this land be free of everything, Cod. Dipl. 923; Kmbl. iv. 263, 5

frig

Grammar
frig, frign (?).l.
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fríg

sǽ-lác

(n.)

a gift or present or offering

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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt wé ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tó tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, scyru,e ; f.

a cutting, shavinga shearing of sheepthe ecclesiastical tonsurea share

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Ða ðe beóþ gehádode fram Scyttiscum bisceopum oððe fram Bryttiscum, ða ðe sceare nabbaþ swá óðre cyriclíce preóstas, L. Ecg. P. Addít. 5; Th. ii. 232, 17. Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 12. a share

Linked entry: scyru