sæccan
to fight, contend
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to fight, contend Oft ic sceal wið wǽge winnan and wið winde feohtan, somod wið ðámsæcce (? sæcce fremman or sécan,) Exon. 398, 3; Rä. 17, 2. Similar entries v. preceding word(sæc); but cf. also sacian, sacan
ǽn-líc
ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ beautiful ⬩ elegant ⬩ unicus ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher
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Eal wæs ǽnlícra ðon mæge stefn areccan all was more excellent than voice can tell, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 17; Gú. 1294.
þri-wintre
Of three years ⬩ three years old
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Wæs cnihtcild sum ne wæs yldre ðonne ðrywintre erat puer trium circiter, non amplius, annorum, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 27.
bryce
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His scanca wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca . . . wearð se bryce eft gestaðelod, Gr. D. 82, 27. Wiþ bryce . . . lege on þone bryce, Lch. i. 368, 7. Tó gehwylcum bryce, 370, 18. breach, violation, Ll. Th. i. 62, 9 (v.
hlís-ful
famous ⬩ honourable
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Wæs on þǽre byrig án ǽnlic wímman (Judith) . . . hlísfull on þeáwum, rihtlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 108, 195
Greátan leag
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Probably Greatley, near Andover, Hants; Greatanleagensis Ealle ðis wæs gesetted on ðam miclan synoð æt Greátanleage, on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the
ge-bedda
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Se þegn wæs wunigende bútan wífes neáwiste, for ðan þe his gebedda gefæren wæs of lífe, 6, 132. Mǽden swilcere gebyrde þe his (Ahasuerus) gebedda wǽre, Hml. A. 94, 74. Se cásere and his manfulla gebedda, Hml. S. 31, 652. Eádleofu his gebedde, C.
a-lefan
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Gif hwá áléfed wǽre oððe limleás, i. 236, 29. Þæt þæt áléfed wæs, þæt ic gehǽle, 242, 16. Áléfed paralysed, ii. 546, 30. Þæt wanhál wæs and áléwed (álýfed, v. l.) quod debile erat, R.
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Þá cyningas þe æfter Romuluse rícsedon wǽron forcúðran and eargran þonne hé wǽre, 2, 2; S. 66, 25. Forcúðran deteriores, Past. 339, 25. Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6.
ge-cnǽwe
acknowledging the accuracy of a statement ⬩ acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. ⬩ cognizant of ⬩ acknowledged, recognized as valid
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Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit wǽre. Hí þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon ( made him confess ) ... ꝥ hé hit wæs. Hml. S. 30, 274. cognizant of Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt, Cht. Th. 313, 18.
a-hón
To hang ⬩ crucify ⬩ suspendere ⬩ crucifigere
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He ahangen wæs he was hanged, Elen. Kmbl. 887; El. 445 : 903; El. 453
for-síþ
A going away ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtium ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors
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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12
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in-byrde
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Born in a master's house Dunne wæs inbyrde tó Hǽðfelda Dunne belonged by birth to Hatfield, Chart. Th. 650, 28. Wífús and Dunne and Seoloce syndan inbyrde tó Hǽðfelda, 649. 33. Ða inberðan menn tó Eblesburnan, 152, 8
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ge-méde
Agreeable, pleasing ⬩ acceptus, grātus
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Agreeable, pleasing; acceptus, grātus Swá him gemédost wæs as was most agreeable to them, Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. Geméde agreeable, Bt. 11, 1; Bt. Fox 32, note 1. Gimoedo ł wala middangeardes prospera mundi, Rtl. 50, 6
feohte
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Þá wæs feohte (fohte, MS.) néh, tír æt getohte, By. 103. Æt feohtan in battle, Gen. 2116. Þæt ðú tó fyrenlíce feohtan sóhtest, . . . óðres monnes wígrǽdenne, Vald. 1, 20, 18. Þú gúðe findest, frécne feohtan, An. 1352. Add
land-stycce
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Hé hine sylfne beeóde swá him þearf wæs bútan racenteáge in swá mycclum landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode in tanto se spatio sine catena coercuit, in quanto antea ligatus mansit Gr. D. 214, 16. Add
sútere
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Him wæs gesǽd þæt ðá gebytlu wǽron gemynte ánum sútere . . . hé áxode ymbe ðone sútere (cf. hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan, Gr. D. 322, 5. v. scóh-wyrhta), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 1-3. Add
un-gebyrded
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Unpolluted, uncorrupted Wæs geméted se líchama swá gesund and swá ungebyrded (-geonbyrded, v.l.) swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide sanum atque intemeratum corpus inventum est, ac si nulla hoc incisio ferri tetigisset, Gr. D. 199, 4
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hæft-noþ
Custody, keeping, imprisonment
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Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40
brecþ
to break ⬩ A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; ⬩ fractio, ærumna
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A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; fractio, ærumna Ðæt wæs wrǽc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa that was great wretchedness to the friend of the Scyldings, his mind's griefs, Beo. Th. 344; B. 171