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þorn-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-rǽw, e; f.
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On ða ealdan þornrǽwe, 199, 33, 34

Linked entry: Tráci

á-cræftan

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Ealle ðá neáhþeóda ne mehton áþencean ne ácræftan hú hí ðǽm wífmonnum wiðstondan mehten, Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 29. Add

mónaþ-lic

Grammar
mónaþ-lic, I.
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add: used substantively Wiþ ealle yfele gegaderunga þæs innoþes and wið wífa mónoðlican, Lch. i. 56, 24 : 276, 2 : 278, 4

sot-mann

(n.)
Grammar
sot-mann, es; m.
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A foolish person Ús sceamað tó segcenne ealle ðá sceandlican wiglunga þe gedwǽsmenn (sotmen, v. l. ) drífað, Hml. S. 17, 101

fynig

(n.)
Grammar
fynig, es; n.

A moist, marshy place

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A moist, marshy place Tó ðám ealdan ádfini; of ðám finie, C. D. v. 194, 3. Tó Cleran finie, 195, 10

á-uht

(n.)
Grammar
á-uht, es; n.

Aughtanythingaliquid

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Aught, anything; aliquid Eálá, ðæt on eorþan áuht fæstlíces weorces ne wunaþ ǽfre alas, that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16.

a-wacnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wacnian, -wæcnian; p. cnede, cenede; pp. cned, cened; v. intrans.

to AWAKENcome to life againreviveevigilareexpergefierireviviscereto arisespringhave one's originsuscitarioririnasci

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Eall heora gewinn awacnedon ǽrest fram Alexandres epistole all their wars first arose from Alexander's letter, Ors. 3, 11 ; Bos. 72, 19

Linked entry: a-wæcnian

Éste

(n.)
Grammar
Éste, Éstas; nom. acc: gen. Ésta; dat. éstum; pl. m.
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Ne biþ nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Éstum, ac ðǽr biþ medo genóh no ale is brewed by the Esthonians, but there is mead enough. Bos. 22, 17, 19: 23, 3

lígen

(adj.)
Grammar
lígen, adj.

Flamingfiery

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Se ealda deófol hine æteówode mid byrnendum múþe and lígenum eágum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 23

ge-tremman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tremman, p. -tremede; pp. -tremed

To strengthenestablishconfirmfirmāreconfirmāre

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To strengthen, establish, confirm; firmāre, confirmāre Eall úre líf he getremede he strengthened all our life, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.

reód

(adj.)
Grammar
reód, adj.

Red

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Red Se ðe ǽror com, se wæs reód( rufus ) and eall rúh, Gen. 25, 25. Ðonne ðú ( the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic ( the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm.;Th. ii. 398, 14.

ge-wand

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wand, es; n.
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a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation Hé Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142.

a-spendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spendan, p. de; pp. ed [a, spendan to spend]

To spend entirelyconsumesquanderto spendexpendlay outbestowdistributeconsumeredissipareexpenderesumptum facereerogareimpertiri

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To spend entirely, consume, squander, to spend, expend, lay out, bestow, distribute; consumere, dissipare, expendere, sumptum facere, erogare, impertiri Ðonne hys gestreón beóþ ðus eall aspended when his property is thus all entirely spent, Ors. 1, 1

Linked entry: spendan

for-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bryttan, -brittan; he -bryteþ, -brytt; p. -brytte; pp. -bryted, -bryt

To break in piecessmashbruisecrushconfringtĕrecontĕrĕreconquassāre

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Moises forbrytte ðæt celf eall to duste Moyses vĭtŭlum contrīvit usque ad pulvĕrem, Ex. 32, 20. Forbryt ðú earm synfulles contĕre brachium peccātōris, Ps. Sgl. second 9, 18. Ðæt ðú si forbryt dōnec contĕrāris, Deut. 28, 24.

Linked entry: for-brittan

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

dryhten

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Eall swá Iudas Scarioth dyde be úre Drihtene, 1087; P. 222, 35. Wé geleófað on Drihten þyses ælþeódigan mannes, Bl. H. 247, 4

wild-deór

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Hé tó þám león cwæð: 'Eálá þú mǽste wildeór, ' Hml. S. 23 b, 773-780.

ofer-flówendness

Grammar
ofer-flówendness, , , e; f.

Superfluity, exuberance

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Eall hit byþ oferflówendnyss and ídel tóforan ðisum, R. Ben. 90, 5. Mid heora ouerflówednesse ne gedrífen ða gebróðru, 60, 17: 108, 5. Gif hit gelimpþ for oferflówennysse metes ex superfluitate cibi L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30.

ymb-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-licgan, p. -læg.
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to lie round, surround, encompass Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes, swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt 8, 2.

ed-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wist, , e; f. [ed re-, anew, again; wist support]

Being, subsistence, existence, essence, substancesubstantia

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Being, subsistence, existence, essence, substance; substantia Ic adilegie ealle ða edwiste, ðe ic geworhte dēlēbo omnem substantiam, quam fēci, Gen. 7, 4