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for-scapung

Mishapcalamitydestruction

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sió hǽte nǽre for hiora synnum, ac sǽdon ꝥ hió wǽre for Fetontis forscapunge, Ors. 1, 7; S. 40, 9.

ge-gildan

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Bíde mon mid þǽre wíterǽdenne oþ þæt se wer gegolden sié, Ll. Th. i. 148, 4

wæl-rǽs

(n.)
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wæl-rǽs, es; m.

A deadly attackan attack in which men are slain

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A deadly attack, an attack in which men are slain Wæs sió swátswaðu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947. Æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan, 5055; B. 2531.

wearg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg-líc, (werig-); adj.

Vile, mean, wretched

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igitur angustas, inopesque divitias, quae nec habere totas pluribus licet, et ad quemlibet sine ceterorum paupertate non veniunt, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 36

Linked entries: werig-líc wearglíce

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.

A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland

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A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland Óhthere sǽde ðæt sió scir hátte Hálgoland ðe hé on búde. Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in.

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Hys yrþ gefriþod wiþ ealra feónda gehwæne, and heó geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, Lch. i. 402, 9. to preserve game Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, lóc hwǽr ic hit gefriðod wille habban, Ll.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

ge-swincfull

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on his lífe (cf. cild ácenned (on the 24th day) winnende, 194, 27), 158, 13. causing trouble, troublesome Gif hié yfele sint ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran and geswincfulran (Fox prints geswicnefulran, but Sedgefield gives only ge*-*swincfulran) gehæfd

rest-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
rest-bedd, es; ;n.;

A bed, couch

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; A bed, couch; Ðeáh ic on mín restbedd gestíge ;si ascendero in lectum stratus mei,; Ps. Th. 131, 3

feornes

(n.)
Grammar
feornes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

FARNESSdistancelonginquĭtas

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FARNESS, distance; longinquĭtas Gif mycel feornys síþfætes betwihligeþ si longinquĭtas itĭnĕris magna interjăcet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 39

fram-adrífan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-adrífan, -adrýfan; p. -adráf, pl. -adrifon

To drive from or awayexpelexpellĕre

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To drive from or away, expel; expellĕre Gif gé me framadrýfaþ si me expellĭtis, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 23

scild-rída

(n.)
Grammar
scild-rída, ( = hreóða?), an; m.
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A phalanx: — Ðeáh hí wyrcen getruman and scyldrídan wið mé si consistant adversum me castra, Ps. Th. 26, 4

dréfend

(n.)
Grammar
dréfend, es; m.
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A disturber, turbulent person Se mynstres hordere . . . ná dréfend ( non turbulentus ), R. Ben. 54, 8. Drǽfend, 121, 12

Linked entry: dréfre

for-gímeleásian

(v.)
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forlǽten, forgýmeleásod excipiatur, An. Ox. 4571. Add:

un-gefóglic

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Add Gif þá synna ne beóþ tó ungefóhlice and unonlýsendlice si insolubiles culpae non fuerint, Gr. D. 348, 3

Linked entry: ge-fóglic

tídre

(adj.)
Grammar
tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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</b> weak, having bad health, infirm :-- Gif wíf on ðon tédre sié if a woman have that infirmity, Lchdm. ii. 8, 25.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Beó ðú hál and sig gebletsod se ðe on Dryhtnes naman com Osanna benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Nicod. 4; Thw. 2, 32

Linked entry: hǽl

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hiehastenstrive

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Se ðonne se ðe suá higaþ tó andweardnesse his scippendes qui igitur sic ad auctoris speciem anhelat, 14, 6; Swt. 87, 10. Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðaet hé eádig síe on ðisse woralde qui festinat ditari, Past. 44, 9; Swt. 331, 14.

Linked entries: hígþ tó-higung

brýce

(n.)
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur

Cynríc

(n.)
Grammar
Cynríc, es; m.

Cynric, the second king of the West Saxons, son of Cerdic, q. vCynrīcus

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D. 534] Cerdic died, and Cynric his son reigned for twenty-six years, 534; Erl. 14. 32

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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sit, L.

Linked entry: stacung