self-will
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Gif ðú ne wilt wirde steóran ac on selfwille sígan lǽtest if thou wilt not guide fate, but lettest her go at her own will, Met. 4, 50
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on-drysne
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add: of a person Hú egeslic and hú andrysne heáhþrymme cyningc hér wile déman quam celsithronus metuendus adveniet judex, Dóm. L. 94. of a thing, of awful moment, solemn [The Latin of R.
clyfian
To cleave, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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To cleave, adhere; adhærere Ðæt feax ðe on ðam cambe clyfige somnige let her collect the hair that cleaveth to the comb, Med. ex Quadr. l, 7; Lchdm. i. 332, 21, MS. B
Eofor-wícingas
Yorkists, people of York ⬩ Eboracenses
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Yorkists, people of York; Eboracenses Hæfdon Eoforwícingas geháten ðæt hie on hire rǽdenne beón woldan the people of York had promised that they would be at her disposal, Chr. 918; Th. 192, 9
beorht-nes
BRIGHTNESS ⬩ clearness ⬩ splendour ⬩ splendor ⬩ claritas ⬩ nitor
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Eágena beorhtnes brightness of the eyes Herb. 31, 2; Lchdm, i. 128, 13 : Hy. 7, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 31
fóran-niht
The fore-night ⬩ early part of the night ⬩ dusk of the evening ⬩ antĕrior pars noctis ⬩ crĕpuscŭlum
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The fore-night, early part of the night, dusk of the evening; antĕrior pars noctis, crĕpuscŭlum Lǽd hine út of ðam húse on fórannihte lead him out of the house in the dusk, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 18: fram foran-nihte per noctem, Nar. 35, 9
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for-dwínan
To dwindle away ⬩ vanish ⬩ evānescĕre
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To dwindle away, vanish; evānescĕre Fordwíneþ heó sona it soon will dwindle away, Herb. 2, 2; Lchdm. i. 80, 17. Mannes ege hrædlíce fordwínþ awe of man quickly vanishes, Homl. Th. i. 592, 12.
gripa
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Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte gódne gripan take a good handful of this same plant, Herb. 36, 4; Lchdm. i. 136, 4: 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 18. Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8
FÆST
FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified ⬩ fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus
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Fæst innoþ restricta alvus, Herb. 1, 12; Lchdm. i. 74, 11
ge-mígan
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To water, pass water; mingere Gif hwá ne mǽge gemígan if one cannot pass water, Herb. 7, 3; Lchdm. i. 98, 5: 12, 1; Lchdm. i. 102, 19: 80, 1; Lchdm. i. 182, 12. Ðǽr se hand gemáh where the hound watered, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 13; Lchdm. i. 364, 1
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hefig-líc
Grievous ⬩ troublesome
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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be anywhere troubled with inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8
innan-cund
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ not superficial ⬩ thorough ⬩ earnest ⬩ genuine ⬩ sincere
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Inward, internal, not superficial, thorough, earnest, genuine, sincere Ðonne deáh hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo then it does for every internal complaint, Herb. 2, 22; Lchdm. i. 86, 18 : Lchdm. iii. 44, 27.
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bere-wíc
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Medeshámstede and tá berewícan þa þár tó héren, and Anláf-estún and þá(m) berewícan þár tó . . . Undelum and tó berewícum þár tó gebyreð, C. D. B. iii. 367, 12-17
ge-swel
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Wið geswell for a swelling, Herb. 90, 4; Lchdm. i. 194, 18. Wið ealle geswell for all swellings, 130, 1; Lchdm. i. 240, 18.
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in-dryhten
Noble ⬩ courtly
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Voc. ii. 48, 37 belong here ?
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scegð-mann
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A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate (cf. wícing, sǽ-man, flot-man, scip-here and similar terms applied to the Danes) Wícing vel scegðman pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59.
þende
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Þende regente (perhaps here the word is the beginning of a rendering of the absolute construction, as in the previous passages; or it might be(?) a mistake for þeódne ), Germ. 403, 35
un-getímu
Mishap ⬩ misfortune
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un-geteón: ungetíma is the rending of the other MS. here and in the following passages) on Rómánum, ǽgðer ge on hungre ge on moncwealme duo vel maxima omnium malorum abominamenta, fames et pestilentia, fessum urbem corripuere, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 7.
be-faran
to come upon ⬩ surprise ⬩ catch
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to come upon, surprise, catch Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan beæftan . . . þá befór se here hié ðǽr, Chr. 905; P. 94, 7. Þá landesmenn hine befóron innan þǽre burh and hine ofslógon, 1068; P. 203, 21.
dryge
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Take here the examples given under drige, and add Sumor byð wearm and drígge, Angl. viii. 299, 29. Drége bite bucella sicca, Kent. Gl. 587. Dríg (corrected from driu) gewarð arefacta, Mt. p. 18, 18. Gangende swá swá on drígum, Hml.