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for-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ slaughter ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ occīdĕre

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Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115

heáfod-wærc

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Wið heáfodwræce (-wærce, l. 8), iii. 2, 4

mán-áþ

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Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add

Súþ-Dene

(n.)
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Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996

ge-cyrnod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cyrnod, adj.

Jagged, having grainlike excrescences

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Jagged, having grainlike excrescences Wiþ scurfedum nægle; nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on þone nægl wið þá wearta, Lch. ii. 150, 4. Gecyrnode cambas serratas cristas (of a cock), An. Ox. 26, 15

Linked entry: -cyrnod

ge-drif

Grammar
ge-drif, e ; f. . . .
  • Rush. I. 31.
Substitute: ge-árif

fever

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Wið gedrif, nim snægl, and áfeorma hine, and nim ꝥ clǽne fám ; mengc wiþ wífes meolc, syle þicgan. Lch. iii. 70, 3

níwian

(v.)
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Add: to repeat Wið foredum lime, lege þás sealfe on ꝥ forode lira, and forlege mid elmrinde, dó spilc tó; eft simle níwa oþ ꝥ gehálod sié, Lch. ii. 66, 23

a-willan

(v.)
Grammar
a-willan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to bubble ⬩ to boil ⬩ facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat ⬩ coquere ⬩ decoquere

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Awilled wín vel cyren new wine, just pressed from the grape, or new wine boiled till half evaporated; dulcisapa, Cot. 62, 168

Linked entry: cyren

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode

To beware ⬩ To make ware ⬩ to warn ⬩ to be on one's guard ⬩ guard against evil ⬩ take a precaution ⬩ to guard, hold

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Th. 288, 17 ; Wand. 32. to ward off. v. warenian, II. 3 Ðæt wit unc wíte warian sceolden, Cd. Th. 49, 33; Gen. 801

Linked entries: werian be-warian

bégan

(v.)
Grammar
bégan, he bégþ; p. de; pp. ed.

to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ flectere ⬩ inflectere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ to bow to ⬩ to settle ⬩ inflectere ⬩ insistere

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Se Ælmihtiga bégþ ðider he wile mid his ánwealde the Almighty bends them whither he will by his power Bt. Met.

Linked entries: a-bégan bígan bégean

un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy

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Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208

sǽ-grund

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-grund, (or sǽ grund), es;m.

The depth of the sea,

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Ic styrge wíde sǽgrundas, Exon. Th. 382, 12; Rä. 3, 10: Cd. Th. 196,9 ; Exod. 289

campian

(v.)
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S. 5, 151. to fight with, serve with Him ne ðuhte fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, and syððan ne campode mid þám cásere, Hml. S. 31, 102. to fight with, against (wiþ, ongeán), with dat. Hé wið þám gástum campode, Guth. 24, 12.

beg-beám

(n.)
Grammar
beg-beám, beig-beám, es; m.[begir a berry, beám a tree]

The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus

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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37

Linked entry: beig-beám

bán-hring

(n.)
Grammar
bán-hring, es; m.

A bone-ring ⬩ a neck-bone ⬩ ossium artus ⬩ vertebra

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A bone-ring, a neck-bone; ossium artus, vertebra Ðæt hire wið halse heard grápode, bánhringas bræc against her neck it griped her hard, broke the bone-rings, Beo. Th. 3138; B. 1567

fǽr-dryre

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-dryre, es; m.

A sudden or pernicious fall ⬩ repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus

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A sudden or pernicious fall; repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan wið fǽrdryrum he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling against sudden falls, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 9

milte-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
milte-wærc, milt-wræc, es; m.

Pain in tare spleen

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Wið milt-wræce, L. Med. ex Quad. 9, 5; Lchdm. i. 362, 5

Linked entry: milt-wræc

ge-bræceo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bræceo, indecl. n.

A cough ⬩ tussis

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A cough; tussis Wið gebræceo for cough, Herb. 124, 2; Lchdm. i. 236, 15: 126, 1; Lchdm. i. 236, 24. Heó gebræceo útatyhþ it draweth out cough, 124, 1; Lchdm. i. 236, 12

un-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þwǽre, adj.

At enmity ⬩ not in agreement

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At enmity, not in agreement Gif ðú gemanst ðæt ðín bróðor sig unþwǽre wið ðé si recordatus fueris quod frater tuus simultatem tecum habet, L. Ecg. P. ii. 27; Th. ii. 194, 1

Linked entry: un-geþwǽre

un-scyldigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-scyldigness, e; f.

Innocence

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Innocence Dauid sang ðisne sealm be his unscyldinesse wið (v. un-scyldig, I b) his sunu, Ps. Th. 25, arg. Æfter unscyldignisse mínre secundum innocentiam meam, Ps. Spl. 7, 9: Rtl. 48, 40

Linked entry: un-scyldig