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crás

(n.)
Grammar
crás, m.
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Food Swá þicce hié in þǽre áweóllon swá ǽmettan ðám crás, and swilc unrím heora wæs major explicatus numerus beluarum quam prius affuit ad spem inde contingentis cibi, ubi cum apparerent veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 14

ge-ríþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþe, es; n.
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B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá , 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

Linked entry: riþ

hwá

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Cf. 1 B iii a ; hwilc; Eála!

limpan

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Add: to befall, happen Hé hiene ofslóg, swá him eác selfum siþþan æfter lamp, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 10. to belong. pertain Bútan ðém wioda ðe tó ðém sealtern limpð, Txts. 438, 25. Limpeð, 444, 16.

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, æf-ǽst, æfst, es; n. [æf, of = ab, ést gratia]

Envyspiteenmityzealrivalryemulationlivorinvidiaodiumzelusæmulatio

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Eald-feóndes æfést the old fiend's envy, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 5; Ph. 401. Æféstes livoris, Mone B. 2699, p. 386. Heora æfstu ealle sceamien they all shall be ashamed of their enmities, Ps. Th. 69, 4.

bén-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
bén-ríp, e; f.

The reaping of corn by requestad preces messio

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Originally the tenant came to reap corn etc. at his lord's request : in time, it grew into a custom or duty, but its old designation bén-ríp was still used Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and

Linked entry: béd-ríp

be-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen, -hweorfen.

to turnspread aboutvertereconvertereto turn or put in orderarrangedisponereparare

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Ðæt ǽlc preost hæbbe eal mæsse-reáf wurþlíce behworfen that every priest have all his mass-vestments worthily arranged L. Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 250, 28

Linked entries: be-hófen be-hwyrfan

fréfrian

(v.)
Grammar
fréfrian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To comfortconsoleconsōlāri

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To comfort, console; consōlāri Ðæt hig woldon hí fréfrian ut consōlārentur eas, Jn. Bos. 11. 19. Hwænne fréfrast ðú me quando consōlābĕris me? Ps. Spl. 118, 82. Ðæt he fréfrige me ut consōlētur me, 118, 76.

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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Fæder Abrahames wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig and fífe eác and the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 26; Gen. 1741

Linked entry: teóntig

ge-un-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rétan, p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét

To make sorrowfulsaddentroublecontristare

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Ðá wearþ se cyning geunrét for ðam áðe and for dám ðe him mid sǽton nolde ðeáh hí geunrétan et contristatus est rex propter jusjurandum et propter simul discumbentes noluit eam contristare, Mk. Bos. 6, 26: Mt. Bos. 14, 9: Lk. Bos. 18, 23

ge-dræg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag, es; n.

A draggingbandmultitudetumulttractusturmatumultus

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Eác ðon breost-ceare sin-sorgna gedreag sý æt him even when care of breast, multitude of constant sorrows be at him, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 10; Kl. 45. Ðǽr wæs fordénera gedræg there was a tumult of undone men, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43.

Linked entries: -dræg ge-dreag

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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Scottas) Ðǽr læg secg mænig . . . guma norþerna . . . swilce Scittisc eác, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Scyttisc gecost gealdor wið ǽlcum áttre, Lchdm. ii. 10, 23. Scyttysces cynnes natione Scottus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 16.

Linked entry: Scittisc

un-mann

(n.)
Grammar
un-mann, es; m.

a bad manan inhuman personone who is not a mere mana hero

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a bad man, an inhuman person Swá fela ðúsend engla mihton eáðe bewerian Crist wið ðám unmannum ( those who came to seize Jesus ), gif hé ðrowian nolde sylfwilles for ús, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 30. [Cf. O. H.

cuma

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Hé cwæð, 'cuma,' for ðan ðe wé ealle sind cuman on ðisum lífe, and úre eard nis ná hér, Hml. Th. i. 248, 14. Bæd hé ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35.

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Wylt ðú hit eal ðǽre cwenon syllan?, Lch. iii. 428, 2. Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.

ge-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirdan, to injure, spoil.
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., and add Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð ( turns the milk ), Lch. ii. 218, 24.

Linked entries: ge-werdan ge-wyrdan

hleów

covershelterProtectiona protector

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Hé (Alfred) becóm tó Æðelingége, and on sumes swánes húse hid hleów gernde (desired the protection of the swineherd) and eác swylce him and his yfele wífe hérde, Shrn. 16, 13. in a personal sense, a protector: Wígendra hleó cwóm heaðoláces hál tó hofe

hymele

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man politricum and óðrum naman hymele nemneð byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, and eác on fuhtum stówun, Lch. i. 154, 23-26. Hymele. Genim þás wyrte ðe man bryonia and óþrum naman hymele nemneð, Lch. i. 172, 1-3.

wén

(n.)
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Eác Ióhannes stefn geþwǽreþ þám ylcan andgyte in þám ilcan wéne (in aestimationé ista), 332, 21.

hird

(n.)

retinue, court

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retinue, court Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30.

Linked entry: in-hirdmann