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dreág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dreág, dreáh did, suffered, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 9; Jul. 626: Cd. 145; Th. 18o, 22; Exod. 49; p.
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of dreógan

feó

(n.)
Grammar
feó, for or with cattle or money,
  • Cd. 126
    • ;
  • Th. 161, 2
    • ;
  • Gen. 2659: Beo. Th. 2765
    • ;
  • B. 1380
    • ;
dat.
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and instr. of feoh

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre

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Mid tyn strengum getogen hearpe a harp strung with ten strings, Ps. Th. 143, 10. Ða organa wǽron getogene the organs were played, Th.

Linked entries: ge-teág ge-téh ge-tión ge-tíþ ge-toge ge-togen

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs,
  • Cd. 215
    • ;
  • Th. 270, 9
    • ;
  • Sat. 87
    • .
]

A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company ⬩ a troop, flock ⬩ strues, acervus

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Vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 23. Heápum in troops, Cd. 81; Th. 101, 36; Gen. 1693: 189; Th. 235, 6; Dan. 302: Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 29; Cri. 549: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 39; Jud. 163

cýdde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cýdde, said, told, Chr. 1066; Th. 336, 21, = cýðde; p.
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of cýðan

cymen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cymen, come, Exon. 8b; Th. 5, 8; Cri. 66; pp.
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of cuman

drugon

(v.)
Grammar
drugon, suffered, endured, Beo. Th. 1601; B. 798; p. pl.
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of dreógan

fand

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fand, found, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 30; Gen. 1456; p.
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of findan

þrimsa

(n.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
þrimsa, þrindende,
  • Exon. Th, 431, 23
    • ;
  • Rä. 46, 5.

Similar entry: trimes

wergum

(n.)
Grammar
wergum, Cd. Th. 267, 22; Sat. 42, v. wearh; m.
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a-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan ; ðú -wyrpst, he -wyrpþ ; p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; impert. -weorp, -wurp, -wyrp ðú; pp. -worpen; v. a. [a from, weorpan to throw]

To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare

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, Cd. 203; Th. 253, 1; Dan. 589.

Linked entries: a-werpan a-worpen a-wurpan a-wurpon a-wyrpan

be-twion

(adj.)
Grammar
be-twion, adj. [be by, with; twám, twǽm, dat. of twá two]

Double, folding, twofold ⬩ duplex

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T. 108, 28

ge-hwítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwítan, p. te; pp. [ge-hwítt], ge-hwíted: ge-hwítian; p. ode; pp. od
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To whiten Gihúidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwítad dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwíted (-hwítad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beóð gehwítode (-hwítte, Srt.) dealbabuntur 67, 15

cym

Grammar
cym, come, Exon. 13a; Th. 23, 22; Cri. 372; impert.
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of cuman

feóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feóde, pl. feódon hated,
  • Ps. Th. 118, 163
    • ;
p.
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of feón, feógan

firne

(n.)
Grammar
firne, crime,
  • Cd. 227
    • ;
  • Th. 305, 3
    • ;
  • Sat. 641
; dat.
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of firen

helle-geat

Grammar
helle-geat, -gat,
  • Homl. Th. i. 288, 1, 4.

brægd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brægd,
  • Beo. Th. 1593
    • ;
  • B. 794
    • ;
p. of bregdan.

bent,

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bent

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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</b> epithets or metaphors applied to the sun Háte scíneþ, blícþ ðeós beorhte sunne, Cd. Th. 50, 19; Gen. 811. Swegles gim, sunne, Exon. Th. 212, 13; Ph. 209. Goldtorht sunne, 351, 11; Sch. 78.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
Similar entries
(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street

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Tó ealdan wyrðe . . . wið westan ealdan wyrðe, 195, 3-5. Ondlang híweges tó Ecguuines wyrðe, iii. 437, 32. Tó Cumbran weorðe; of Cumbran weorðe tó ðære mǽran æc, 78, 35.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ wyrþe-land

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