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BORD

(n.)
Grammar
BORD, es; n.

a BOARD, planktabula sectilis, tabulawhat is made of a board, - A table, shieldmensa, clypeusthe board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itselftabulatum, stegaconstratum, navisat home and abroaddomi et forisa foot-stool

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Bord oft onféng ýða swengas the ship often received the blows of the waves, Elen. Kmbl. 476; El. 238.

Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu

geár-dagum

(adv.)
Grammar
geár-dagum, adv. [dat. pl. of geárdæg, nom. pl. -dagas]

In days of yoreformerlyōlimantīquĭtus

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Kmbl. 3036; An. 1521 : Elen. Grm. 291 : 834

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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It is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high, and its circumference is seventy miles, and the seventh part of a mile ...

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Th. 5668; B. 2838: Elen. Kmbl. 2563; El. 1283. In his dǽdum in his deeds, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 17; Seef. 41: 76 a; Th. 284, 34; Jul. 707: Cd. 29; Th. 38, 6; Gen. 602: Chr. 755; Erl. 49, 21.

Linked entry: dyd

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123. For ðínum leásungum on account of thy falsehoods, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 28; Sat. 62. Ðú fordést ða ðe symle leásinga specaþ thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing [A.V.], Ps. Th. 5, 5.

Linked entry: bisleásung

on-innan

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Burgum oninnan, B. 1968 : Jul. 691 : Gú. 1341: El. 1057

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Ðá wæs wópes hring, hát heáfodwylm, ofer hleór goten; nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen. Kmbl. 2265; El. 1134. Hé lét, torn þoliende, teáras geótan, Exon. Th. 165, 15; Gú. 1029. Inwidsorge ðe hié ǽr drugon and þolian scoldon, torn unlytel, Beo.

BEORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.

BRIGHTlightclearlucidsplendidexcellentsplendidusluciduscoruscusclarusformosusbrightbrilliantmagnificentnobleglorioussublimedivineholyclaruspræclaruseximiusaugustusdivussanctus

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Ðá cwom sunnan beorhtra líg then came a fire, brighter than the sun Elen. Kmbl. 2218; El. 1110. Hí módes eágan beorhtran gedón they make the mind's eye clearer Bt. Met. Fox 21, 54; Met. 21, 27.

swefen

(n.)
Grammar
swefen, swefn, es; n.
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Com on sefan hwurfan swefnes wóma, 222, 25 ; Dan. 110 : Elen. Kmbl. 142 ; El. 71. Óðer swefen hine mǽtte and hé rehte ðæt his bróðrum: ' Ic geseah on swefne ( per somnium ),' Gen. 37, 9.

Linked entry: swefn

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Ys hyra múðes scyld mánworda feala, ða hí mid welerum wráðe ásprǽcan delicta oris eorum sermo labiorum ipsorum, 58, 12 : Elen.

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean.In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe (the Italian shore) Elen. Kmbl. 462; El. 231. On Wendelsǽ ðǽr Apollines dohtor wunode Met. 26, 31: Salm. Kmbl. 406; Sal. 203

eador-geard

(n.)
Grammar
eador-geard, es; m.

The inclosure of arteries, the bodydŏmus vēnārum, corpus; aula septa,

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Elen. 129, 4. Lǽtaþ spor adorgeard [ealdorgeard, Kmbl.] sceoran, fǽges feorhhord let the spur raze the dwelling [of arteries? or of life?], the soul-hoard of the mortal, Andr. Recd. 2362; An. 1183

á-blǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
á-blǽst, adj.
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Gl. 466, 8, infuriated, furious Hé hét geótan týn orcas fulle eles, ðæt hé wolde ðæt ðæs fýres hǽto ðe réðre wǽre and ðe áblǽstre that the heat of the fire might be the more fierce and furious Angl. xvii. 113, 16

Linked entry: blǽstan

deorc

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Color est inter album el nigrum, subniger. Cerulei profundi deorcre dýpan, 203, 1-4. Deorces sótes furus (i. nigre) fuliginis, An. Ox. 4157. Deorcre caerula, Germ. 389, 73. Geolwum oððe deorcum fuluis, Wülck.

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Bú samod, líc, n. and sáwl, f. both together, body and soul Elen. Kmbl. 1775; El. 889 : Exon. 27 a ; Th. 81, 20; Cri. 1326.

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Ic ðæt gecneów tó late too late I perceived it, 72 a; Th. 269, 2; Jul. 444: Elen. Kmbl. 1412; El. 708. Síð and late at last, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 275. Ǽr oððe lator prius aut posterius, Athan. 25. Lator tardius, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10.

lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen

To closeconcludefastenlock

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Sincgim locen the jewel fastened in its setting, Elen. Kmbl. 528; El. 264.

Linked entry: lýcþ

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Fewlittle

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Cyning hæfde wígena tó lyt, Elen. Kmbl. 126; El. 63. Hé mid lyt wordum ac geleáffullum his hǽle begeat he obtained his salvation with words few but full of faith, Dóm. L. 6, 61.

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde, Elen. Kmbl. 346 ; El. 173. Weá biþ in móde, siofa synnum fáh, Frag. Kmbl. 28 ; Leás. 16. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro, Exon. Th. 28, 5 ; Cri. 442. Sécan sefan ge*-*hygdum, Cd. Th. 219, 4 ; Dan. 49.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

un-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-riht, adj.

Wrongevilbadunjustunlawfuldepravedperverse

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Hé gedwolan fylde, unrihte ǽ idolatry, Elen. Kmbl. 2081; El. 1042. Ic wundrige for hwí swá rihtwís déma ǽnige unrihte gife wille forgifan, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 10. Tuoege wóhfullo ł unrehto duo nequam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 32.

Linked entry: un-reht