hwearf
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29
mete-þing
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An operation connected with cooking Hí man geornlíce tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón and tó ǽlcum meteþingum. clǽngeorne, Chrd. 19, 19
land-riht
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Also for many lands or estates, more extensive dues arise upon decree of the king, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 6
feorh-góma
Fatal or deadly jaws ⬩ fatāles fauces
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Fatal or deadly jaws; fatāles fauces Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela, frécnum feorhgómum, folcum scendeþ the deep pit [hell] afflicts people with many torments, with rugged fatal jaws, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 32; Cri. 1549
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sib-líc
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Wé sceolan ús geearnian ða siblecan wǽra Godes and manna, Blickl. Homl. 111, 3
be-wépendlic
Lamentable ⬩ deplorable
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Hú earn, and hú bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66
ge-frécnod
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S. 30, 436. to make or become fierce Hyra aldor máne gemenged, móde gefrécnod (cf. hé wæs réðe and rǽdleás, 177), Dan. 184
werian
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Manig strec man wyle, gif hé mæg and mót, werian his man swá hwæðer him þincð ðæt hé hine eáð áwerian mæge, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 2. (1 a) with dat. :-- Ðú mé weredest wráþum feóndum, ðe mé woldon yrre on ácýðan, Ps.
ge-reónung
A conspiracy, confederacy ⬩ conjuratio
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A conspiracy, confederacy; conjuratio Ne understenst ðú ðisra twegra manna gereónunge ongeán me dost thou not understand the plot of these two men against me? Homl. Th. i. 380, 7. Gereónung fictio, mendacium, Hpt. Gl. 459
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sulh-geweorc
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Plough-work, making of ploughs Tubal Cain smiðcræftega wæs and manna ǽrest sulhgeweorces fruma wæs ofer foldan ( Tubal Cain an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron, A. V.), Cd. Th. 66, 19; Gen. 1086
un-gerýde
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Se egeslica swég ungerýdre sǽ eall manna mód miclum gedréfeð mare terribili confundet murmure mentes, Dóm. L. 102. Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add
lagu
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Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19. Hí eallum folce góde lage (fulle lagu, v. l. ) behéton, 1052 ; P. 180, 33. (In the passages from the Chroniclee ) <b>I a.
bealo
hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice
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Add: hurt, mischief, destruction Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml.
nán
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Atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr ðe nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032 ; P. 159, 5. Hí ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde beón they cannot be of any good to them, Solil. H. 68, 29.
wíce
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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán lǽwede man ðæt hé wissunge oððe ealdordóm healde ofer Godes ðeówum. Hú dear ǽnig lǽwede man him tó geteón Cristes wícan? Homl. Th. ii. 592, 28. Þonne hig bysega nabbon on heora wícum quando vacant, R. Ben. 84, 19
ge-wealdes
Of one's power ⬩ of one's own accord ⬩ willingly ⬩ sponte
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Of one's power, of one's own accord, willingly; sponte Gif man hine sylfne gewealdes ofslihþ si quis sponte seipsum occiderit, L. M. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 268, 15. Se ðe his gewealdes monnan ofsleá he who slays a man of his own accord, L.
bismer-líc
Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasant ⬩ turpis, ignominiosus, fœdus
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We lǽraþ, ðæt man geswíce bismorlícra efesunga we enjoin, that a man abstain from ignominious tonsures, L. Edg. C. 20; Th. ii. 248, 16. On ðone bismerlícostan eard in the most unpleasant province, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 34
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stópel
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A foot-step, mark left by the foot Man dæghwamlíce ða moldan nimeþ on ðǽm lástum . . . and nǽfre man ðære moldan tó ðæs feale ne nimeþ, ðæt mon ǽfre þurh ðæt mǽge á ðý máran dǽl on ðǽm stóplum gewercean ( make the footprints larger ) . . .
singan
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Add Man ledde tó his breóstum bráde ísene clútas swíðe glówende ꝥ hit sang ongeán, Hml. S. 37, 163
for-grindan
To grind thoroughly ⬩ grind to pieces ⬩ grind down ⬩ crush ⬩ pulverize ⬩ mangle ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ commŏlĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ contundĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ pulvĕrāre ⬩ lăcĕrāre ⬩ demōlīri
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Ðǽr læg secg manig, gárum forgrunden there lay many a warrior, ground to pieces by javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 2; Æðelst. 18. Billum forgrunden ground down with swords, Andr. Kmbl. 826; An. 413.