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galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Cf. galan, (3) Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944

gryre

(n.)
Grammar
gryre, es; m.

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful

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Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel, Beo. Th. 960; B. 478: Cd. 143; Th. 178, 32; Exod. 20. Mid gryrum ecga with the terrors of swords, Beo. Th. 971; B. 483: 1187; B. 591

smale

(adv.)
Grammar
smale, smæle; adv.

finely not loudly

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Ðeáh ðú hié smale tódǽle swá dust Bt. 13; Fox 38, 33. Ic hí tódǽlde swá smæle and swá swá dust beforan winde comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti Ps. Th. 17, 40. Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes Lchdm. i. 286, 2. Gegníd smæle on mortere ii. 60, 1.

Linked entries: smæl smæle

forþ

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Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 13. from a point of rest Se engel hié lǽrde ðæt hié æt þǽre þriddan tíde hié forð trymedan ongeán heora feóndum, Bl.

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Ðá ðe swigiað ðæt hié ðá hálgan ǽ ne bodiað (bodigeað, 4) qui sacrae legis verba non loquuntur, Past. 365, 7. Birinus bodude West-Seaxum fulwuht, Chr. 634; P. 26, l. Felix bodade Eást-Englum Crístes geleáfan, 636; P. 26, 5.

lim

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Ðá gódan láreówas nó ðæt án wilniað sécean ðæt hálige heáfoð ðære gesomnunge, ðæt is Dryhten, ac wiln[i]að ðæt hié ofdúne ástígen tó his limum. Past. 101, 24.

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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Ðeáh hira hiéremenn hie mid ryhte heregen though their subjects with justice praise them, Past. 19; Swt. 145, 22. Herian, Ps. Th. 65, 1. Hergen, Exon. 54b; Th. 191, 27: Az. 94.

Linked entry: hergan

morþor

(n.)
Grammar
morþor, es; n. m.

murdermortal singreat wickednesstormentdeadly injurygreat misery

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Ðeáh hié (cannibals) morþres feala gefremed habben, Andr. Kmbl. 1950; An. 977. Morþres on luste, 2282; An. 1142. Draca morþre swealt the dragon perished by the sword, Beo. Th. 1789; B. 892.

Linked entry: morþ

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Hié ongunnon mid sweordum and mid strengþum þyder gán; þohton ðæt hié woldan ofsleán ða apostolas, Blickl. Homl. 151, 1. referring to things, strength, efficacy, virtue, beneficial power Hæfþ hit ða strængðe hyne tó gewyrmenne Lchdm. i. 116, 1.

trúwian

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
trúwian, ; p. ode
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Hwý hié ðara geearnunga hiora dígelnesse (and diégelnesse, Hatt. MS. ) and incite bet truwien donne ðære hú hié óðerra monna mǽst gehelpen qua mente utilitati ceterorum secretum praeponit suum, Past. 5 ; Swt. 46, 2. <b>II a.

Linked entry: trúgian

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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Homl. 75, 24. to get bad, of persons Hié beóð swíðe ungesǽlige, ðonne hié yfeliaþ (yfliaþ, v. l.) for ðæm ðe óðre menn gódigaþ quantae infelicitatis sint, qui melioratione proximi deteriores fiunt, Past. 34; Swt. 231, 18. of things or circumstances

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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God wæs beótiende (beótode, v. l.) mid þám écum wítum tó synfullum mannum Deus pec-cantibus aeternam poenam minatus est, 334, 12. with clause of evil threatened: Hié mé tó beótedan, ꝥ hié mé gegrípan woldon mini-tabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12;

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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Hí habbaþ démena naman, and ... hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde, Bl. H. 63, 11. Heó nolde seccgan unsóð and hí sylfe fordéman, Hml. S. 12, 241. 'Ðú eart fordémed.'

frófor

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Hié him frófre and fultomes wilnodan, ꝥ hié móston ðǽra feónda searo ofercuman, Bl. H. 201, 28. Se engel cwóm on fultum and on frófre, 203, 21: B. 1273.

ge-wemman

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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfdan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse pulchram copulae speciem admixtis voluptatibus foedant, Past. 397, 13. Of gewemmedum racum probrosis factionibus, An. Ox. 2, 119. <b>IV a.

ge-wunelic

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A. 58, 184. accustomed to, in the habit of making use of Þá cwómon þǽr scorpiones swá hié ǽr gewunelice wǽron þæs wætersciepes scorpiones consuetam petentes aquationem, Nar. 13, 11. to which one is accustomed. habitually used, wonted Hié þá gewunelican

hatian

(v.)
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worlde welan and þá þing þe hié nú lufiaþ, Bl.

hǽlan

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Críst hié hǽlan wolde, BI. H. 105, 26. Hǽla ðá unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk. L. 9, 2. to cure an infirmity of body or mind, a disease, &amp;c. Bledsa sáwul mín Dryhten, sé haeleð ( sanat ) alle áðle ðíne, Ps. Srt. 102, 3.

pening

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., money :-- Ne wéne hé nó ðæt Godes ryhtwísnes sié tó ceápe, swelce hé hié mæge mid his peningum (-engum, v. l.) gebygcgean . . . ðá hwíle ðe hié peningas (-engas) hæbben mid tó gieldanne ne venalem Dei justitiam aestiment. . . cum curant. . . nummos

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A toothtusk

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Hié (walruses; so Icel. tönn is used of walrus-tusk) habbaþ swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóðum; ða téð hié brohton sume ðæm cyninge. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1. Hé tóðum gristbitaþ stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18.

Linked entry: fóre-téþ