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bleoh

Grammar
bleoh, (bleóh?).

colourform

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Hió scínð on twǽm bleóm suá suá twégea bleó godwebb, Past. 87, 9, 3, 13. Bleohga (bleóa, Hpt. Gl. 529, 64) fucorum, An. Ox, 5495. Ongemang óðrum bleón (bleóm, v. l.), Past. 89, 1. Mistlice bleoh varios colores, An. Ox. 5203: Hy.

ge-horsod

Grammar
ge-horsod, ge-horsian.
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Add: provided with or possessed of a horse Hé sceal beón gehorsad ꝥ hé mæge tó hláfordes seáme ꝥ syllan equum habeat quem ad summagium domini sui prestare possit Ll. Th. i. 436, 6.

ealdor-burh

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-burh, -burg; gen.-burge ; f.

A royal city, metropolis rēgia arx, metrŏpŏlis

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A royal city, metropolis; rēgia arx, metrŏpŏlis On Cantwara byrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces ealdor-burh in civĭtāte Doruvernensi, quæ impĕrii sui tōtīus erat metrŏpŏlis. Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 19: I. 13; S. 482, 6.

Linked entry: aldor-burh

mist-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
mist-hliþ, es; n.

A mist-covered hill-side

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Ðis leóhte beorht ( the sun )cymeþ morgna gehwam ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wǽgas, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 8; Sch. 60

ge-myndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-myndelíc, adj.

Belonging to memory, memorablemĕmŏriālis, mĕmŏrābĭlis

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Ðyssum tídum wæs sum gemyndelíc wundor, and ealdum wundrum gelíc on Breotone geworden his tempŏrĭbus mīrācŭlum mĕmŏrābĭle, et antīquŏrum sĭmĭle in Britannia factum est, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 4: 3, 16; S. 542, 14

un-sceaþfulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfulness, e; f.

Innocence

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Surt. 17, 25. Unsceðfulnisse, 7, 9: 40, 13: 100, 2

ymb-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen.
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Surt. Spl. C. 44, 10, 15. Emswápen circumamicta, circumdata Hpt. Gl. 430, 45

blód-ryne

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Sum wíf wæs on blódryne þearle geswenct, Hml. S. 31, 1256. Gefór hé on blódryne effusione sanguinis, quod Graece apoplexis vocatur, mortuus est, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 27. Ðeós wyrt þone blódryne gewríð, Lch. i. 306, 22. Hé blódrynas áfeormaþ, 300, 16.

hrímig

(adj.)
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H. 207, 27 the passage is Se munt is styccemǽlum mid hsomige wuda oferwexen, sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded. Perhaps brómige should be read, rather than hrímige. [On the strength of Bl.

rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Gesege mé nú ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ... Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

Linked entry: rihtere

ge-nyrwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nyrwian, -nyrwan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To make narrow, compress, oppress

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Ne genyrwe ofer me pyt múþ his neque urgeat super me puteus os suum, Ps. Spl. 68, 19. Genyrwyd [C], geniered [T] is ofer me gást mín anxiatus est super me spiritus meus, 142, 4. Swá genyrwod so narrowed, Btwk. Scrd. 21, 5.

leccan

(v.)
Grammar
leccan, p. lehte, leohte

To moistenwet

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Surt. 103, 13

Linked entry: leohte

trymming

(n.)
Grammar
trymming, e; f. <b>I.a</b>
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Nú wylle wé eów secgan sum ðing ðe eów máge tó trymminge that may serve for your edification, Homl. Ass. 26, 50. Tó geleáfan trymminge for the confirmation of belief, 5, 111. Trim*-*minge, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: truming

ylp

(n.)
Grammar
ylp, (elp), es; m.
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Ylp is ormǽte nýten, máre þonne sum hús, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 566. Ylpes bile promuscida, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 42. Ylpes bán ebur, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9: Lchdm. iii. 204, 2, 3.

Linked entry: elp

glæs-fæt

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Gedó on glæsfæt, and þonne mid hláfe lapa on and nytta; ge þeáh þú mid cuclere ꝥ súpe, þæt hylpþ, Lch. ii. 184, 23. a lamp Hú Bonnosus ꝥ tóbrokene glæsfæt geedstaðelode . . .

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Having powerpowerfulstrong

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Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior Deut. 28, 43.

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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Surt. 75, 5. Wundorlíce mire, Hymn. Surt. 70, 5. Drihten hine swá wundorlíce of eallum his earfoþum gefriþode, Ps. Th. 32, arg.: Ex. 11, 7: Past. 54; Swt. 423, 4: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 35: Met. 20, 162: 13, 5. Wunderlíce, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 5.

ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Certain, sure, knowing, foreknowing; certus Gewis be heora gerihtnesse certus de illorum correctione, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 45. Ðæt is gesægd ðæt he wǽre gewis his sylfes forþfóre qui præscius sui obitus exstitisse videtur, 4, 24; S. 599, 14.

Linked entry: ge-wiss

ge-manian

(v.)
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Þú Ælfwine hafast ealle gemanode þegenas tó þearfe,' By. 231. to advise, instruct Hiú gemonade from móder hire cweð illa, praemonita a matre sua, inquit, Mt. R. 14, 8. to demand of a person (acc.) what is due (gen.)

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon