hergaþ
Harrying ⬩ plundering ⬩ making war
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Harrying, plundering, making war Hé wæs ðá útáfaren on hergaþ he was then gone out a harrying, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 20: 911; Erl. 100, 25: 918; Erl. 102, 30. Faran on hergoþ to wage war. Thw. 162, 37
geond-sécan
To search thoroughly, pervade ⬩ pervestigare
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His intinga wæs geondsóhte his business was thoroughly searched, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 28
Ter-finnas
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Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29
twifeald-líc
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[Ðysra deáð wæs heora freóndan twyfealolíc sár; án, ðet hí swá feárlícee]
árlíce
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Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add
begen
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and add Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ( utrimque) and þǽr wǽron þá cyningas bégen (ambo reges ) gewundod, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 1-3. Gedó bégea emfela on ampullan, Lch. ii. 30, 18
be-hreósan
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Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I
bord-weall
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Similar entries Cf. scild-weall Hí bord-weal clufan, heówan heaþolinde, Chr. 937; P. 106, 13. the side of a ship: Wiht (an iceberg) cwom æfter wǽge líðan . . . bord-weallas gróf, Rá. 34, 6
frimdig
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Hé underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá hé frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Cf. firmettan. Add
ge-mæc
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Of ðǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten, ꝥ heora bégra geearnung wæs gemæce (mæcc ?; -mæc, v.l.) qua ex re colligitur, quia utrorumque par fuerat meritum, Gr. D. 313, 23. Add
ge-botl
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511
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geár-dagas
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Add: days, lifetime Heora geárdagum in their days, Gen. 1657, days of yore Án wæs on geárdagum Gode wel gecwéme, Isaias se wítega, Wlfst. 44, 21. Hit gewearð on geárdagum þæt God sylf spæc of Synai munte, 66, 9
mótian
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Þá gehýrdon hí mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add
næs-þyrel
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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add
wæter-seáþ
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Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add
orf-cwealm
Pestilence among cattle, murrain
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Pestilence among cattle, murrain On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr, Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5. Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10
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be-creópan
To creep ⬩ reach by creeping
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Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian, swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon, Blickl. Homl. 33, 33. Ðes is sóð wítega, Jn. Skt. 7, 40. Sóð leóht wæs erat lux vera, 1, 9: 15, 1.
fædera
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Ðá Eádwine wæs ofslegen, þá féng tó ríce his fæderan (patrui) sunu Ælfríces, Ósríc wæs háten (Ælfric and Ælle, the fathers of Osric and Eadwine respectively, were sons of Yffe), Bd. 3, 1; Sch. 190, 9.
and-lang
All-along ⬩ throughout ⬩ continuous ⬩ extended ⬩ per totum ⬩ continuus ⬩ in longum porrectus
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All-along, throughout, continuous, extended; per totum, continuus, in longum porrectus Wæs andlangne dæg swungen was beaten all day long, Andr. Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115