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hyge-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-grim, adj.

fiercesavage

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Cruel of mind, fierce, savage, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 9: Jul. 595

hreóh-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-mód, adj.

Savagefierce of mindferocioustroubled in mind

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Savage, fierce of mind, ferocious, troubled in mind Hát and hreóhmód angry and savage, Beo. Th. 4581; B. 2296. Hreóhmód wæs se hǽðena þeóden fierce of heart was the heathen prince, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 4; Dan. 242.

firsn

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Take here fiersn in Dict., and add

Linked entries: fiersn fyrsn

wilm-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
wilm-fýr, es; n.

Fierce fireflaming fire

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Fierce fire, flaming fire Fore Dryhtne færeþ wælmfýra mǽst, hlemmeþ háta lég, Exon. Th. 58, 7; Cri. 932

ge-wurþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurþan, he -wurþ; subj. pres. -wurþe, pl. -wurþon.

to bebecomefiĕriTo happencome to passcome togetheragreeevĕnīreconvĕnīre

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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle, hwæt be me gewurþe quam te silentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, donec sciam quid de me fiĕri velit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 38.

á-weorþan

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Ꝥte áworðe ł ꝥte hiá sé áworden fieri, Lk. L. 21, 31. Add The p. p. occurs frequently

Linked entry: weorþan

grimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
grimlíc, adj.
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Grim, fierce, cruel, sharp, severe, bloody; atrox, dirus, cruentus, crudelis Ðone grimlícan gársecg the fierce ocean, Homl. Th. i. 454, 15. Hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc and grimlíc things will then become awful and terrible, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5.

níþ-hete

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-hete, es; m.

rancoroushateenmityafflictiongrievous troublemalicewickedness

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Th. 219, 2; Dan. 48. affliction, grievous trouble Ðe hié generede wið ðam níþhete ( the fiery furnace ), 233, 22; Dan. 279. malice, wickedness Æfter níþhete wiðmétednyssa heora secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. T. 27, 5.

Linked entry: -hete

un-rótlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rótlíce, adv.

Gloomilysadly

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Unrótlíce dóþ exterminant (but perhaps the word is adjective, as the passage to which the gloss belongs is Mt. 6, 16: Nolite fieri sicut hypocritae tristes: exterminant facies suas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 21: 30, 64

Linked entry: rót-líce

wæfþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæfþ, wæft, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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Hwá mæg forbæran ðæt hé swylcre wæfte ne wundrige, ðætte ǽfre swylc yfel gewyrþan sceolde under ðæs ælmihtigan Godes anwealde quae fieri in regno potentis omnia Dei nemo satis potest admirari, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 14

eorre

(adj.)
Grammar
eorre, adj.

Angry, enraged, fierce īrātus, īrācundus

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Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend to ðam orlege the fierce spear-bearers were not slow to the onset, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078

lorh

(n.)
Grammar
lorh, lorg, e; f.

A pole

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A pole, a weaver's beam Lorh vel webbeám liciatorium [lignum in quo licium involvitur, et laqueus qui de filo solet fieri, Ducange], Ælfc. Gl, 110; Som. 79, 48; Wrt. Voc. 59, 19.

wylfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wylfen, adj.

Wolfishfierce

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Wolfish, fierce Wé geáscodan Eormanríces wylfenne geþóht; ðæt wæs grim cyning, Exon. Th. 378, 24; Deór. 22

á-holian

(v.)
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Wæs beboden Ezechiele ðæt hé scolde ðone alter habban uppan áholodne ad Ezechielem in altari fieri fossa praecipitur, Past. 217, 19

gram-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
gram-mód, adj.
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Of fierce or cruel mind Hine nǽnig man grammódne ne funde no one found him cruel, Blickl. Homl. 223, 33

stand

(n.)
Grammar
stand, es; m.
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A stand, stay, pause, delay Miððý stondas (stando, Lind.) monige wérun cum mora multa fieret, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35

sweord-geswing

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-geswing, es; n.
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-Swyrdgeswing swíþlíc eówan to make a fierce attack, Judth. Thw. 25, 3; Jud. 240

grimman

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For substitute: to be fierce Gúþmód grummon martial minds were fierce, B. 306. [For gúþ-mód as a noun cf. miht-mód, Exod. 149, the only other case in which mód occurs compounded with a noun.] Add:(?)

grim-full

(adj.)
Grammar
grim-full, adj.
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Fierce, terrible Gif on Wódnesdseg bið ácenned, sé bið scearp on gewinne and grimful, E. S. 39, 348. [v. N. E. D. grimful.]

in-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
in-líce, adv.

Inwardlyinternallythoroughlyheartily

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Inwardly, internally, thoroughly, heartily Hé hine bæd and hét ðæt hé inlíce ðam biscope freónd wǽre amicum episcopo fieri petiit et impetravit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 8.

Linked entry: for-inlíce