bysmor-full
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Polluted, abominable, disgraceful; pollutus, detestabilis, turpis Ðæt híg búgan ne sceoldon to ðam bysmorfullum hǽðengilde that they should not bow to the abominable heathen idol, Jos. 23, 7
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gearo-þoncol
Very considerate or prudent ⬩ valde considĕrātus vel provĭdus
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Very considerate or prudent; valde considĕrātus vel provĭdus Hí ðæt idese ageáfon gearoþoncolre they gave it to the very prudent woman, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 23; Jud. 342
ge-geótan
To found ⬩ cast
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To found, cast He of golde gegeát and geworhte he cast and wrought them of gold, Nar. 19, 29. Ða gelícnessa wǽron gegotene the images were cast, 32
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ge-líc
Likeness ⬩ similitude ⬩ sĭmĭlĭtūdo
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Likeness, similitude; sĭmĭlĭtūdo Næfdon hí máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc they had no more likeness to men than the mind, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 186; Met. 26, 93
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sweord-leóma
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The glitter of swords:?-Swurdleóma stód swylce eal Finnsburuh fýrenu wǽre there was flashing of swords, as if all Finnsburg were on fire, Fins. Th. 71; Fin. 35
á-nægled
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Covered with that which is nailed on Þá wágas wǽron mid gyldnum þelum ánæglede the walls were covered with golden plates nailed on to them, Nar. 4, 25
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riht-full
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Good, virtuous Eall þet þe Gode wæs láð and rihtfullan mannan, eall ꝥ wæs gewunelic on þisan lande on his (William Rufus) týman, Chr. 1100; P. 235, 33
wǽpen-hete
Armed hate ⬩ hate that resorts to arms
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Armed hate, hate that resorts to arms Æðele sceoldon ðurh wǽpenhete weorc þrowian the noble ones were to be slain by their foes, Apstls. Kmbl. 159; Ap. 80
hiwung
Forming, ⬩ shaping, ⬩ form, ⬩ figure, ⬩ pretence, ⬩ feigning, ⬩ hypocrisy, ⬩ dissimulation
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Hí on fruman tó Godes hiwunga gesceapene wǽron in the beginning they were created in the image of God, Blickl. Homl. 61, 7. Þurh hiwwinge per figuras, Num. 12, 8.
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Assan dún
Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex
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Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex Se cyning offérde hí innon Eást-Seaxan, æt ðære dúne ðe man hǽt Assandún the king overtook them in Essex, at the hill which is called Assingdon, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 19, col. 2: 1020; Th. 286, 16, 19, col. 1
geatolíc
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ stately ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ ornātus
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Wísa fengel geatolíc gengde the wise prince went stately, 2806; B. 1401
wæter-fæsten
A place protected by water
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A place protected by water Hé gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne he encamped as near to the Danes as the wood and water, which protected their position, would allow him to find sufficient room, Chr. 894; Erl
hring
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Add: Though a noun, hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase
a-striénan
To engender ⬩ procreate ⬩ beget ⬩ gignere
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To engender, procreate, beget; gignere Hie ðá ongunnon bearn astriénan they began then to beget children, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 19; Gen. 966. He bearn astrýnde he begat children, 57; Th. 70, 5; Gen. 1148
tó-hlídan
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On þám sixtan dæge æt þére sixtan tíde dæges þes heofon tóhlýt fram eástdǽle oþ þæne westðǽl, Verc. Först. 133, 2. Þá tóhlád se hróf þæs gebedhúses aperto tecto oratorii, Gr. D. 275, 16. Add
deáþ-stede
A death-place ⬩ mortis campus
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A death-place; mortis campus Lágon on deáþstede drihtfolca mǽst the greatest of people lay on their death-place, Cd. 171; Th. 216, 1; Exod. 589
gár-wudu
Spear-wood ⬩ a javelin ⬩ hastæ lignum ⬩ hasta
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Spear-wood, a javelin; hastæ lignum, hasta Hie to gúþe gárwudu rǽrdon they raised the spear-wood to battle, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 20; Exod. 325
heáh-stede
A high place ⬩ a high place
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A high place Ðenden ðǽr wunaþ on heáhstede húsa sélest whilst there in its lofty place the best of houses continues, Beo. Th. 575; B. 285
irfan
To inherit
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Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant
weorod
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Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml.