handlian
To handle, feel ⬩ tractare
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To handle, feel Gif mín fæder mé handlaþ si attrectaverit me pater meus, Gen. 27, 12. Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg.
on-bæcling
Back, backward, behind ⬩ retrorsum
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Ðá feól hé fǽringa onbæcling, Blickl. Homl. 223, 11
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on-sǽge
Falling upon, assailing, attacking
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Falling upon, assailing, attacking Wé ǽr ðysan oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, and ðý is ðisse þeóde fela onsǽge. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wulfst. 159, 7: 128, 14: 243, 2.
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seóþan
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Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ Hrothgar had that care ever ready to feed his mind with, 382 ; B. 190
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dóm-leás
Inglorious, powerless, hapless ⬩ inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus
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Ealle swylt fornam, druron dómleáse death tore them all away, hapless they fell, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997
DILEGIAN
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Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps. Spl. 17, 44. To dielgianne hira synna to blot out their sins, Past. 55, 2; Hat. MS
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firen-full
Sinful ⬩ făcĭnŏrōsus ⬩ scĕlestus
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Gif ðú wylt ða firen-fullan fyllan mid deáþe if thou wilt fell the wicked with death, Ps. Th. 138, 16. Firenfulra of the wicked, Exon. 40b; Th. 135, 30; Gú. 532: Ps. Th. 81, 4: 124, 3
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frettan
To feed upon ⬩ eat up ⬩ consume ⬩ depasci
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To feed upon, eat up, consume; depasci Hine [wíngeard] wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singŭlāris fĕrus depastus est eam [vīneam ], Ps. Th. 79, 13.
hréð
Glory ⬩ fame ⬩ triumph ⬩ honour
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Glory, fame, triumph, honour Siððan him gesǽlde sigorworca hréð ðæt hé ealdordóm ágan sceolde ofer cynerícu afterwards fell to him the glory of victorious deeds, that he should have dominion over kingdoms, Cd. 158; Th. 198, 2; Exod. 316.
Norþan-hymbre
The Northumbrians ⬩ Northumbria ⬩ the people or province north of the Humber
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The Northumbrians, Northumbria, the people or province north of the Humber Hé Ida féng tó ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cynecyn onwóc, Chr. 547; Erl. 16, 7. Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslægen Norþanhymbra, 867; Erl. 72, 15.
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bisceop-þénung
The duty or office of a bishop ⬩ episcopi officium
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Féng Eádulf to ðære bisceopþénunge Eadulf succeeded to the bishop's office, 5, 23; S. 645, 19
twelf-gilde
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To be restored twelve-fold Godes feoh and ciricean .xii.
under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10
á-ríman
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Ðis ðæt wé nú feám wordum árímdon haec quae breviter enumerando perstrinximus, Past. 75, 16. Árím letanias, Lch. i. 400, 10. Hwá is þætte áríman mæge hwæt þǽr moncynnes forwearð, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 13: Bl. H. 59, 33: 63, 1.
drý-man
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Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, Iamnes and Mambres, 17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. Þurhdrýmanna dydrunge, Hml. S. 21, 474. Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen, Wlfst. 194, 17; Hml. Th. ii. 472, 14
healf
Half
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Þæt (the Minotaur) wæs healf mon, healf leó Minotauro, utrum fero homini, an humanae bestiae aptius dicam nescio, Ors. 1. 8; S. 42, 29. Centauri, þæt sindon healf hors, healf menn equites veluti unum corpus equorum et hominum viderentur, S. 44, 1
hríman
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To cover with hoar frost Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð, ofer þǽm hongiað hrímde (hrinde, MS.) bearwas (cf. wǽron . . . swíðe hrímige bearwas . . . and on ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm isgean bearwum manige swearte sáula, Bl.
tó-slúpan
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Add His liþa tóslupon on þám láðum tintregum his joints were dislocated in those fell tortures. Hml. S. 37, 171. Add Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan coeperunt se caligarum corrigiae dissolvere, Gr. D. 221, 23. <b>IV a.
sand-corn
a grain of sand
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Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum quantas pontus versat arenas, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 27. Hí beóþ ofer sandcorn manige super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. Th. 138, 16
gýmeleás
Careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ uncared for ⬩ wandering ⬩ stray ⬩ negligens
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Careless, negligent, uncared for, wandering, stray; negligens Gýmeleás feoh [giémeleás fioh] stray cattle, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9; Ps. Th. 70, 10.