up-weard
turned upwards ⬩ moving upwards.
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Th. 479, 11; Rä. 62, 6.
wæl-grim
Cruel ⬩ destructive ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ cruel ⬩ cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ destructive
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Th. 396, 21; Rä. 16, 8. Heó wæs ǽryst hǽðen and wælgrim, Shrn. 139, 5. Ðone Iacóbum se wælgrimma hyrde (Herod) ácwealde mid sweorde, 108, 23. Hí wælgrimme wyrmas slítaþ, Wulfst. 139, 10: Dóm.
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DEÁF
DEAF ⬩ surdus
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Bos. 7, 32: Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 3; Rä. 50, 2. Anlíc nædran seó hí deáfe déþ like an adder which makes herself deaf, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Eálá deáfa and dumba gást surde et mute spīrĭtus, Mk. Bos 9, 25. Deáfe gehýraþ surdi audiunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 5: Mk.
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FORHT
fearful ⬩ timid ⬩ affrighted ⬩ tĭmĭdus ⬩ păvĭdus ⬩ terrĭtus ⬩ trĕpĭdus ⬩ terrible ⬩ dreadful ⬩ formidable ⬩ terrĭbilis ⬩ formīdŏlōsus
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Gúþláces gǽst the soul of Guthlac was not the more fearful, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 14; Gú. 172. terrible, dreadful, formidable; terrĭbilis, formīdŏlōsus Ne wile forht wesan bróðor oðrum a brother will not be formidable to another, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 20; Rä
hreppan
to touch ⬩ treat
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Se ðe wudu hrepeþ he who touches the wood, Exon. 127 b; Th. 490, 7; Rä. 79, 7. Ða wé ne hreppaþ those [nouns] we shall not treat of, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 12, 30.
hyse
A young man ⬩ warrior
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A young man, warrior Hyse cwom gangan there came a young man, Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 14; Rä. 55, 1. Him be healfe stód hyse unweaxen cniht on gecampe by his side stood a youth not yet grown up, a boy in battle, Byrht. Th. 136, 17; By. 152.
meldian
to declare ⬩ announce ⬩ tell ⬩ to inform against ⬩ accuse
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or told no man ), Exon. 126 a; Th. 485, 17; Rä. 71, 15. Meldadun vel wroegdun defferuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 17. Meldedun, 25, 26. Desequunt vel meldadan i. accusabant, 139, 15.
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grǽdig
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Gífrost and grǽdgost most rapacious and most greedy, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24
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swétness
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Th. 423, 30; Rä. 41, 30. of taste Suoetnis ambrosea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 14. Ðæs monnan swétnes, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 23.
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eád
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Þá hyra týr and eád ýcað, Rä. 27, 23. wealth, riches Siððan his eaforan eád bryttedon ... him wæs beorht wela, Gen. 1602. Hié eád bryttedon, oð þæt hié ne meahton leng somed ... heora bégra þǽr ǽhte habban, 1891.
fród
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Treów . . . fród dagum, Rä. 54, 4. of things Fród fyrngeweorc (a statue), An. 738: the universe, Ph. 84. Fród fyrngewritu ( the Old Testament ), El. 431
onettan
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substitute 1579. add: expressing quickness of movement or procedure Heó gewát hyre west þonan feran, forð ónette, Rä. 30, 11.
on-bærnan
to set fire to, to light (a fire), to kindle ⬩ to burn, consume by burning ⬩ to heat, inflame ⬩ to kindle desire for anything, to incite
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Th. 78, 5. to burn, consume by burning Fýr onbærneþ, 79, 15. to heat, inflame Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbærned Paulus hujus sartaginis urebatur frix ra, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 3.
on-hebban
to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice) ⬩ to raise (as barm does), to leaven ⬩ to take up, begin ⬩ to take away ⬩ metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)
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Th. 412, 28; Rä. 31. 7. Ðá onhóf Laurentius his égan up, Shrn. 116, 4. Petrus onhóf his stefne, Blickl. Homl. 149, 21. to raise (as barm does), to leaven Ne ete gé nán þing onhafenes. Ex. 12, 19. to take up, begin (cf.
bærnan
to expose to the action of heat ⬩ to cauterize ⬩ to cause to give light ⬩ to consume by fire
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H. 145, 4. to consume by fire Ic folcsalo bærne, Rä. 2, 5. Gif man óðres wudu bærneð, Ll. Th. i. 70, 4. Swá se byrnenda swefl ðone munt bærnþ, Bt. 16, 1;F. 50, 5. Hý hergiað and bærnað, Wlfst. 163, 12.
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Adames cyn the race of Adam, Cd. 222 ; Th. 289, 35; Sat. 408: Exon. 22a ; Th. 59, 33; Cri. 961 .
práfost
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Gif ... hit ðam abbode rǽd þince, swá hwilcne swá se abbod geceóse mid geþeahte ðara bróðra ðe God ondrǽdaþ, sette ðæne him tó práuoste.
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á-beódan
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Ðæt ic wiþ ðé sceolde ǽrendsprǽce ábeódan, Räi. 61, 16. Áboden bið praedicabitur Lk. R. 12, 3: 24, 47.
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sagu
a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling
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Gehýr ðú ðás race ná swilce leáse sagu ac geworden þing audi fabulam, non fabulam sed rem gestam, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 12. Geendebrednege ða sago þinga ordinary narrationem rerum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 2, 9.