hyht-lic
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Add: feeling joyous, exultant Hergas wurdon on fleáme . . . him on láste stód hihtlic heorðweorod, Gen. 2076. causing joy or pleasure, pleasant Þæt is sió án rest eallra geswinca, hyhtlicu hýð heáum ceólum módes usses, Met. 21, ll.. nóht hyhtlic hám
Linked entry: hyht-ful
log
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[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward.
sceóh
shy, timid, fearful: ⬩ wanton
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To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt. Parv. 444, col. 2
CRICC
A CRUTCH ⬩ staff ⬩ baculus
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He, mid his crycce hine awreðiende, hám becom baculo innitens domum pervenit 4, 31; S. 610, 17 He mid criccum his féðunge underwreðode he supported his gait with crutches Homl. Th. ii. 134, 24
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on-orettan
to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking)
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to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking) Nó hé ofer Offan eorlscype fremede (he did not excel Offa), ac Offa geslóg cyneríca mǽst; nǽnig efeneald him eorlscipe máran onorette áne sweorde no one of equal age had done such heroic
Linked entry: orettan
scrallettan
to make a loud sound
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan snere wrǽstan lǽtan scralletan one shall sit with a harp at his lord's feet, bend the strings, mate them send forth loud sound, 332, 10; Vy. 83
seld-
Little known ⬩ strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ unfamiliar
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Hé wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes (the sound of Orpheus' harp), Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 23. Hí willaþ simle hwæthwegu níwes and seldcúþes eówian, 34, 4; Fox 138, 29. Ðú hwerfest ymbúton sume wunderlíce and seldcúþe sprǽce, 35, 5; Fox 164, 17.
Linked entry: -síne
ge-tremman
To strengthen ⬩ establish ⬩ confirm ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre
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Hwá hine heálíce torhtne getremede tungolgimmum who had established it bright on high with starry gems, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 5; Cri. 1151. Me gáste ðíne, God, getreme strengthen me, O God, with thy spirit, Ps. C. 50, 102; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 102.
ge-wealc
A rolling ⬩ motion ⬩ an attack ⬩ volutatio ⬩ impetus
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Togeánes ðán he manega gewealc and gewinn hæfde against which he had many a struggle and contest, Chr. 1100; Erl. 237, 9
be-sceáwian
To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere
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Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode that he might watch Alexander's conduct, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55
Linked entry: sceáwian
cyrr
A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair ⬩ versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium
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Se biþ abísgod, on færelde mid óðrum cierrum who is busied, in a journey with other affairs, Past. 4, 1; Hat. 9b, 7
cú-hyrde
A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ⬩ vaccarius, bubulcus
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A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ; vaccarius, bubulcus Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat
dógor-rím
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Is ðes þroht to ðæs heard dógorrímum this suffering is so hard in the days of my life, Elen. Kmbl. 1406; El. 705
fór-wyrcan
To work or place before ⬩ obstruct ⬩ barricade ⬩ oppōnére ⬩ obstruĕre
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He hæfde ealle ða geatu fórworht into him he had barricaded all the entrances against him, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 31. Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 21; Gen. 381
Linked entries: un-forworht for-worhta
hrán
A reindeer
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A reindeer Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 20.
Linked entry: hrǽn
icge gold
- Beo. Th. 2219 ;
- B. 1107.
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Thorpe has 'moreover,' Kemble 'heaped up;' Heyne suggests comparison with Sskr. ic dominare, imperare, and gives 'Schatzgold, reiches gold;' Grein's note is as follows : 'Sollte vielleicht zu icg das Altn. yggr [terror] zu halten sein, da das Gold Altn
néðing
Daring ⬩ audacity
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Ða swá swíðe hiene ondrédan ðe on westeweardum ðisses middangeardes wǽron ðæt hié on swá micle néðinge ... hiene æfter friþe sóhton on eástweardum ðeosan middangearde those who were in the west of this earth feared him (Alexander) so much, that they had
syn-sceaþa
One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant
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One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant Se synscaþa sceaþena þreáte éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 31; Jul. 671. Hié ne móste se synscaþa ( Grendel ) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707.
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teón-rǽden
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Nicanores heáfod hí setton tó tácne for his teónrǽdene ( the wrong he had done to them ), Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 640: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. Gif hé on gehwylcum teónrǽdennum ( injuriis) geþyld lufige . . .
penn
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D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.