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GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Biþ eal ðes ginne grund gléda gefylled all this spacious earth shall be filled with gleeds, 116 a; Th. 445, 24; Dóm. 12: Elen. Kmbl. 2601; El. 1302. Glédum spíwan to spit forth flames, Beo. Th. 4614; B. 2312: 4659; B. 2335

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for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Hí his eáran forcurfon. Hml. S. 21, 268. Heó bæd ꝥ hí hyre fæx forcurfon, 2, 50. Hé hét forceorfan his tungan ... and his handa forceorfan, 25, 115. Heora ǽlces sweordfǽtelsas hé hét forceorfan, 23, 178.

BRINGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRINGAN, part. bringende ; ic bringe, brincge, ðú bringst, he bringeþ, brincgeþ, bringþ, pl. bringaþ; p. ic, he brang, brong, ðú brunge, pl. brungon; pp. brungen; v. a.

To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carryferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre

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Seó eorþe westmas bringþ the earth produces fruits, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7. His bodan bringaþ his angels bring, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 28; Gen. 510: 221; Th. 286, 24; Sat. 357. Bring us hǽlo líf bring us a life of health, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 11; Cri. 150.

dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
dryhten, drihten; gen. dryhtnes, dryhtenes; m.

a ruler, lord, princedŏmĭnus, princepsthe supreme ruler, the Lord; chiefly used for God and Christ Dŏmĭnus

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Eorla dryhten lord of earls, Beo. Th. 4666; B. 2338. Dryhten Higelác lord Higelac, Beo. Th. 4005; B. 2000.

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DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Ða drigan eorþan the dry earth, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 2. Hwílum flíht se wǽta ðæt dryge sometimes the wet drives away the dry, Bt. 39, 13; Fox. 234, 11. Wǽron ða wareþas drige the shores were dry, Ps. Th. 105, 9.

DREÁM

(n.)
Grammar
DREÁM, es; m.

joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus

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D. 975] Edgar, king of the Angles, ended the pleasures of earth, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 29; Edg. 21: Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 5; Cri. 1668. Sécan mid sibbe swegles dreámas to seek in peace the joys of heaven, Andr.

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Hie forgytaþ ðæt hie hwéne ǽr ymb-hygdigum éarum and ingeþancum gehýrdon reccean they forget what they a little before with anxious ears and minds have heard related, Blickl. Homl. 55, 27.

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hlystan

listento listen

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Add: to pay attention with the ear to an utterance or a speaker Cwæð Críst tó him: ' Hlyst nú, Placida ; ic eom Críst, ' Hml. S. 30, 59. Ic sceal sprecan . . . hliste sé þe wille, Met.

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Álése hé æt óðrum mannum heora þeówan and húru earme gehergode men, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 15. Swilce hit gehergode hæftlingas wǽron quasi captivus gladio .

folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgoþ, folgaþ, es; m. [folgoþ = folgaþ; 3rd sing. pres. of folgian to follow.]

that which followsA trainretinueid quod sĕquĭturcŏmĭtātusservice of a followerA serviceofficeofficial dignitycŏmĭtis servĭtusministĕriumoffĭciumpræpŏsĭtūracondition of lifecondĭtio vltæ

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On Swegenes eorles folgoþe among the train of earl Sweyn, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 16. service of a follower, — A service, office, official dignity; cŏmĭtis servĭtus, ministĕrium, offĭcium, præpŏsĭtūra Se biscop amanige ða oferhýrnesse æt ðam geréfan ðe

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scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Hú ne eart ðú se mon ðe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 19. Eubolus underféng ðone cnapan tó lárlícre scole . . . On ðære ylcan scole wæs Iulianus, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 14-16. Ic becom tó Cristes scole, 2, 244.

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sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd. Th. 83, 32; Gen. 1388. sea, water Streámas wundon, sund wið sande, Beo. Th. 431; B. 213. Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed, 452; B. 223. Se stán tógán, streám út áweóll ... sund grunde onféng, Andr.

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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Þenden wé on eorðan eard weardigen, Exon. Th. 48, 15; Cri. 772: Ps. Th. 105, 5. where the verbs of the conjoined clauses denote contemporaneous actions. v.

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higherhighestat or i-s/>to a greater heightfarther from a coastfrom a spothigherat or to a more honourable placehigherlater

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Se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest, Homl.

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ge-beorg

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Ben. 121, 5. that which protects. of persons þú eart min trymnes and mín gebeorh foriitudo mea et firmamentum meum es tu, Ps. Th. 30, 4. Gebeorg refugium, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 19.

ge-sendan

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R. 9, 42. to send forth, emit sound, utter a word Ðás ásægdniso tó eáre rúmmódnise ic gisendo ( emitio ). Rtl. 125, 7. Mið ðý gesende stefne micla emissa uoce magna, Mk. L. 15, 37. Gesended ne ꝥ áne word emissum non solum uerbum, Mk. p.

grǽdig

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Earn, grǽdigne gúðhafoc, Chr. 937; P. 109, 22. Moldwyrmas, gífre and grǽdige, Seel. 74. of some part of the consumer which is connected with eating Tóþas grǽdige (to þas idge, MS.), Ph. 407. Mid grǽdigum lippum labris lurconibus, i. uorantibus, An.

irfe

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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruelbarbarousbloodthirsty

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Earn beheóld wælhreówra wíg, Elen. Kmbl. 223; El. 112. Wælreówra (-e, MS.) carnificum, Hpt. Gl. 483, 60. Ða áne ætwundon ðínum wælhreáwum handum, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 25. Hwæt is wælhreówre betwux næddercynne ðonne draca? i. 486, 31.

híwan

(n.)
Grammar
híwan, hígan; pl.

Members of a household, of a religious house, a family

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Út of earce híwan lǽd ðú lead thy family out of the ark, Cd. 73; Th. 90, 3; Gen. 1489. Híwan [MS. A. munecas], Chr. 716; Erl. 45, 17. Híwæ domesticos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 25