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for-berstan

exhaustedto failbreak down

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Ðý lǽs se ráp . . . forberste ne chorda rumpatur, Past. 459, 8. of property, to be dissipated, exhausted Ðý mon dǽlð spærlíce ðe mon nele ðæt hit forberste, Prov.

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon uuége cǽsa and fisces and butran and ægera ðæt mon begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 10

récan

Grammar
récan, reccan.
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Hí ne reccað hwæt him mon ymbe rǽswe mala de se opinari permittunt, 447, 27: 449, 22. Hí ne reccað (-eað, v. l. ) ðeáh menn wénen ðæt hié yfel dón, 179, 9

Coludes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Coludes burh, burhg; gen. burge; dat. byrig; f.

Colud's cityColdinghamBerwickshireScotlandColudi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici

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Ðæt nunmynster ðæt mon nemneþ Coludes burhg þurh ungýmenne synne fýres líge wæs fornumen monasterium virginum quod Coludi urbem cognominant per culpam incuriæ, flammis absumptum est Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 599, 19

triumpha

(n.)
Grammar
triumpha, an; m.
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The explanation is called forth by the passage: Heora an consul forsóc ðone triumphan, ðe him mon ongeán brohte . . . and sǽde, ðæt hié hæfden bet gewyrht, ðæt him mon mid heáfe ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan, 17-21.

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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What is left of the housel Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa Frigedæg ... Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ...

lǽn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-dagas, pl. m.
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Swá sceal ǽghwylc mon álǽtan lǽndagas, 5175; B. 2591

liðere

(n.)
Grammar
liðere, an; f: liðera, an; m.

A sling

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Swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11. Mid his liðeran ofwearp ðone geleáfleásan ent, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 18. Of blacere liðran, Salm. Kmbl. 54; Sal. 27

lof-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
lof-georn, adj.
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Manna lofgeornost of all men most desirous to deserve praise (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6347; B. 3183

ge-týdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-týdan, p. -týdde [v.(?) ge-týd]

To make learned, skilledto instruct

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Ic þohte ealra swíðost ymb ðone abbud ðe me getýdde I thought most of all of the abbot that had instructed me, Shrn. 46, 33

Linked entry: un-getýdd

ge-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrincan, p. -scranc; pp. -scruncen

To shrink, dry up

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For ðæm ciéle him gescruncan ealle ða ǽdra ðæt him mon ðæs lífes ne wénde [ cum in præfrigidum amnem descendisset]obriguit, contractuque nervorum proximus morti fuit, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 38. Gescriungon aruerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6.

stán-weall

(n.)
Grammar
stán-weall, es; m.
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Ða hwíle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stánwealle, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 27. Ðæt wæter ( of the Red Sea ) him stód swilce stánweallas bufan heora heáfdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 27: Homl. Ass. 105, 104. Stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19

un-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-treówlíce, adv.

With bad faithperfidiously

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Ðá bæd hé ðæt mon dyde beforan him ðone triumphan. Ac him Rómáne untreówlíce his forwierndon, and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe hé ǽr sige næfde, 5, 2; Swt. 216, 31

un-tygþa

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tygþa, (-e), -týþa(-e); adj.

Unsuccessful in obtaining a request

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Unsuccessful in obtaining a request For ðæm ne meahte Balaham geearnian ða Godes giefe ðe hé biddende wæs, ðá hé Israhéla folc wirgean wolde and for hine selfne gebiddan, for ðæm hé wearð untygða ðe hé hwierfde his stemne nales his mód hujus correptionis

Linked entry: un-tíþe

weorold-strúdere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-strúdere, -strútere, es; m.
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A spoiler of this world's goods Ne mót mid rihte nán preóst beón gítsiende mangere, ne worldstrútere on geréfscipe, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 7. Tó helle sculan gítseras, rýperas and reáferas and woruldstrúderas, Wulfst. 26, 17: 165, 36.

ymener

(n.)
Grammar
ymener, (ymnere?), es; m.
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Hymneres tácen is ðæt mon wæcge brádlinga his hand and rǽre up his litlan finger, Techm. ii. 121, 9. ii. salteras, and se saltere swá man singð on Róme, and .ii. ymneras, Chart. Th. 430, 13

Linked entry: hymener

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung (fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning

ge-hírend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hírend, es; m.
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Áweccan ꝥ mód þára gehérendra, Bt. 34, 4 ; F. 138, 30. ꝥ Hé geseah ðá his gehýrend ( suos auditores ) þone Eástordæg onfón, Bd. 5, 22 ; Sch. 685, 3

Linked entries: ge-hýrend hírend

ge-þegnsum

Grammar
ge-þegnsum, ge-þénsum.
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., and add: of persons Godes ege myndgað þæt mon þearfum and elþeódegum monnum geþénsum sý, R. Ben. 85, 6. Malchus se geþénsuma (cf. Malchus heora ðénigmann þá þénunga heom geornlíce þénode, 239), Hml.

Linked entry: ge-þénsum

hæle

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Þá cám in gán ealdor þegna (Beowulf), dǽdcéne mon, hæle hildedeór, B. 1646: (Wígláf), 3111. Se æðeling ( St. Andrew ) . . . Crístes cempa . . . þǽr in eóde elnes gemyndig hæle hildedeór, An. 1004.