fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.
lád
a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision
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Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgende monn do not thou let living man divert thee from thy journey, hinder thee from thy way, 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24: Beo. Th. 1142 ; B. 569.
deóp-líce
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Th. i. 334, 24. tó ðám écan lífe ðe hé deóplíce geearnode to the eternal life that he most thoroughly deserved, Hml. Th. ii. 154, 7
frætwe
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Nelle wé ꝥ þǽr mon ǽnig þing inne healde, bútan þá þe tó þǽre cyrcean frætwum belympað, ꝥ is, hálige béc and húselfata and mæssereáf, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 33. Add
ge-weorp
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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat
ge-líca
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Habban þíne ǽhta þíne gelícan, Hml. S. 2, 176.
for-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ suffōcāre
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To smother, choke, suffocate, stifle; suffōcāre Hí synd mid heora lífes lustum forsmorode ... woruldcara and wélan forsmoriaþ ðæs modes þrotan they are choked with the pleasures of their life ... worldly cares and riches choke the throat of the mind,
CLUGGE
A bell, small bell ⬩ campana
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A bell, small bell; campana Hleóðor heora cluggan, ðære hí gewunedon to gebédum gecígde and awehte beón, ðonne heora hwylc of weorulde geféred wæs the sound of their bell, by which they were wont to be called and awaked to prayers, when any of them had
hód
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Ðonne þú cuglan habban wylle, þonne wege þú þínne earmellan and fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17. Nim þú þé be þínum hode, 129, 4.
ge-sleán
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Geslóh ðín fæder fǽhþe mǽste thy father quelled the greatest feud, Beo. Th. 922; B. 459. Geslægene grindlas forged bars, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 26; Gen. 383.
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leód-fruma
a patriarch ⬩ a prince ⬩ chieftain ⬩ king
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The first in time of a people, the founder of a people, a patriarch; the first in rank among a people, a prince, chieftain, king Him wæs án fæder leóf leódfruma one father had they, founder beloved, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 9; Exod. 354. Leódfruma [St.
CLIF
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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Ðæt hie Geáta clifu ongitan meahton that they might perceive the cliffs of the Gauts, Beo. Th. 3826; B. 1911. Ofer cald cleofu over the cold cliffs, Andr. Kmbl. 619; An. 310: Exon. 101b; Th. 384, 15; Rä. 4, 28.
inweard-lic
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Add: earnest, sincere Þá mǽrþa þe God hæfð gegearwud þám þe hine inweardlicere heortan lufiað, E.S. 49, 349
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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Deór efne swá some æfter ðære stefne on ðone stenc faraþ just so goes the beast after the voice in that odour, 96 a; Th. 358, 30; Pa. 53.
æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen.
freoðo-wǽr
A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum
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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306.
Linked entries: freoðu-wǽr frioðo-wǽr friðo-wǽr wǽr
geoguþ-myru
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Th. 103, 21 León hwelpas sécað þæt him grǽdigum ǽt God gedéme) Rä. 39, 2
áþ-sweord
A sword-oath ⬩ a warrior's oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ jusjurandum
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A sword-oath, a warrior's oath, an oath; jusjurandum Ðonne bióþ brocene áþsweord eorla then will be broken the oaths of the warriors, Beo. Th. 4134; B. 2064
cyrten
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Þá geceás man þá twégen cnihtas, for þám þe hí wǽron cáflice and cyrtene, Hml.
ealdor-deófol
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The prince of the devils Þonne þú gesyxt þone ealdordeófol þe líð on bæc gebunden ... and siððan heó bið gelǽdd tó þám ealdordeófle, Nap. 18