ofer-mægen
Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force
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Superior or overwhelming force Wið ofermægenes egsan, Cd. Th. 127, 27; Gen. 2117. Hé hæfde wígena tó lyt wið ofermægene, Elen. Kmbl. 128; El. 64. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon mid ofermægene, Beo. Th. 5827; B. 2917.
Baningas
The Banings, people mentioned in the Gleeman's tale
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Th. 39; Wíd. 19
dene
A valley ⬩ vallis
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A valley; vallis Abram com and eardode wið ðonedene Mambre Abram venit et habitāvit juxta convallem Mambre, Gen. 13, 18
fering
A going ⬩ travelling ⬩ journeying ⬩ peregrīnātio ⬩ ĭter
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A going, travelling, journeying; peregrīnātio, ĭter On ðære feringe in that journeying, Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 20; Wíd. 131
Linked entry: færing
land-ádl
Nostalgia
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Wið londádle, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 13
Syrisc
Syrian
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Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið ðone Syriscan here, Homl. Ass. 107, 170
wiccung
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Witching, witchcraft Gif hwylc wíf wiccunga begá si mulier aliqua veneficia exerceat, L. Ecg. C. 29; Th. ii. 154, 26
deófol-scín
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., and add Utan wið deófolscín scildan ús georne, Wlfst. 188, 34
eág-mist
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Dimness of the eye Wið eágna miste ... þis tódrífþ þá eáhmistas þeáh þe hié þicce synd, Lch. ii. 30, 9
of-stǽnan
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to stone to death Seó burhwaru gelæhton Stranguilionem and his wíf. . . and ofstǽndon hí tó deáðe, Ap. Th. 26, 24
un-gerýdelíce
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Add: of dress, roughly, v. un-gerýdelic; Martinus rád him wið ungerýdelíce gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum, Hml. S. 31, 970
halan
afterbirth
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afterbirth Gáte geallan on wíne gedruncen wífa halan him ofádéþ goat's gall, drunken in wine, removes women's afterbirth for them, Lchdm. i. 356, 8 Similar entries v. Gloss : Lchdm. ii
ge-lǽred
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Gl. 240. connected with or resulting from learning, learned Gelǽrede ǽþrotu docta fastigia (l. fastidia ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 69
drenc
DRENCH, dose, draught, drink ⬩ pōtus, pōtio ⬩ a drowning ⬩ demersio, submersio
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Wín nys drenc cilda vinum non est pōtus puerōrum, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17. Wið sídan sáre ðære swíðran hwíte clæfran wyrc to drence for sore of right side make white clover to a drink, L.
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a-wærged
Accursed ⬩ maledictus
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Accursed; maledictus Wit ðæs awærgdan wordum gelýfdon we two believed the words of the accursed one, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 16; Sat. 416
Berghám-styde
BERHAM
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Wih. pref; Th. 1. 36, 6
felle-wærc
The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ epĭlepsia ⬩ έπιληψία
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The falling sickness, epilepsy; epĭlepsia = έπιληψία Ðæt deáh wið fellewærce it is good for epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 178, 8
scitte
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Looseness of the bowels, diarrhœa Wið ðon ðe men mete untela melte and gecirre on yfele wǽtan and scittan, Lchdm. ii. 226, 6
fird-lic
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Feohte se cempa on fyrdlicum truman, and wíf hí gehealde binnan wealle trymminege. Hml. S. 31, 1098. Take here fyrd-lic, and add
ge-heort
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Ꝥ hí hí gereordodon, and ꝥ hí wurdon þegeheort-ran wið þám áwyrgedan strangan and þone ealdan wiðerwinnan, Hml. S. 23, 241. Add