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deáþ-þénunga

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>deáþ-þegnung,</b> e; f. Ministration to the dead; pl. exequies Deáþþénunga exequias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 24. Hú mæg ic ðé ána gedéfelíce deáðþénunga gegearwian nymðe míne bróþor hider sín gesamnode? . . .

mere-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
mere-deáþ, es; m.

Death in the seadeath by drowning

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Death in the sea, death by drowning, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512. Meredeáþa mǽst (the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), 166; Th. 207, 9; Exod. 464

fǽr-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-deáþ, es; m.

Sudden deathrepentīna mors

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Sudden death; repentīna mors, Cot. 14

Linked entries: deáþ fǽr-cóþu

swylt-deáþ

(n.)
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swylt-deáþ, es; m.
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Death Ðú míne sáwle of swyltdeáðes láþum wiðlǽddest eripuisti animam meam de morte, Ps. Th. 55, 11

wundor-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-deáþ, es; m.

A wondrous death

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A wondrous death Wedra þeóden (Beowulf, killed by the fire-drake) wundordeáðe swealt, Beo. Th. 6067; B. 3037

deáþ-lic

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Substitute: mortal, subject to death Ǽnig deáþlic man, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 7. Ǽlc deáþlic man, 24, 1; F. 80, 6. Hé cóm deáðlic . . . hé árás undeáðlic, Hml. Th. i. 222, 10: Bl. H. 21, 31.

deáþ-beácnigende

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-beácnigende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Threatening death Cumað of heofenum deáðbeácnigende tácn de coelo venient signa minantia mortem (Dóm. L. p. 23, 56), Wlfst. 137, 13: Dóm. L. 112

ende-deáþ

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Death that is the end of life.

deáþ-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-reáf, es; n.
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A garment of a dead person Deáþreáf exuvias (cf. exubiae, uestes mortuorum, Corp. Gl. H. 52, 524: exuviae, spolia reáf, i. uestes mortuorum, Wulck. Gl. 233, 44), Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 32

Linked entry: deád-hrægel

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becomingfitproperseemlyconvenientagreeabledecentquietmildmeekgentlekindbenevolentcongruusconvĕniensdĕcensopportūnushŏnestusquiētusmansuētusbĕnignus

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Ne biþ ðæt gedéfe ðeáþ that is not a seemly death, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 26; Gn. Ex. 117. Beóþ gé gedoefe estote vos perfecta, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 48.

Linked entry: deáf-líc

mán-deorf

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-deorf, adj.

Labouring to do evilwicked

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Labouring to do evil, wicked Ne mæg se yfela preóst mid his yfelnysse, ðeáh hé mándeorf sý and mánful on dǽdum, ne mæg hé nǽfre Godes þénunge gefílan, náðer ne ðæt fulluht, ne ða mæssan, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 12

ge-déman

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Gidoema cuico and deádo judicare uiuos et mortuos, Rtl. 120, 37. Gif ðá twelf mǽgða ána beóð gedémede æt ðám micelum dóme, Hml. Th. i. 396, 3. where the matter of judgement is given Hwæt from iów solfum ne gidoemað ðætte sóðfæst is ?, Lk. R.

deáþ-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-synnig, adj.
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Guilty of death, liable to the punishment of death Sé ðe ofslaeð deádsynig ( reus ) bið tó dóme, Mt. L. 5, 21

Linked entry: deád-synnig

deáþ-bǽre

(adj.)

death-bearing, deadly

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death-bearing, deadly, Som. Ben, Lye

Linked entry: deád-bǽre

deáþ-wyrda

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-wyrda, pl. f. [wyrd fate]

Death-events, fatesfata

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Death-events, fates; fata, Cot. 89

Linked entry: wyrd

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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Uildeár (-deára? -dera?) bestiarum . Rtl. 117, 4. Anweald ofer wilddeórum, Hexam. II; Norm. 18, 16. Hé mid wilddeórum ( cum bestiis ) wæs, Mk. Skt. l, 13: Cd. Th. 256, 34; Dan. 650. Wildeorum, Exon. Th. 146, 21 ; Gú. 713.

Linked entry: wildedeór

deáþ-godas

(n.)
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deáþ-godas, pl. m.

Death-gods, spirits, ghostsmanes

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Death-gods, spirits, ghosts; manes, Cot. 134

deáþ-firen

(n.)
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Cf. deáþ-scyld

Linked entry: firen

gúþ-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-deáþ, es; m.

Death got in fight

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Death got in fight, Beo. Th. 4491; B. 2249

deáþ-berende

(v.; part.)
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deáþ-berende, part.

Death-bearing, deadlymortĭfer

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Death-bearing, deadly; mortĭfer Eue sealde deáþberende gyfl Eve gave the deadly fruit, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 8

Linked entry: deád-bǽrende