DRACA
a dragon ⬩ draco ⬩ a serpent ⬩ serpens ⬩ the serpent = the devil ⬩ diabŏlus
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Th. 148, 7. a serpent; serpens Is ðæt deór pandher, se is æt-hwám freónd, bútan dracan ánum the beast is the panther, which is to each a friend, save to the serpent only, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 24; Pa. 16. the serpent = the devil; diabŏlus Worpaþ hine
écan
EKE, increase, prolong, add ⬩ augēre, appōnĕre
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Ðæt se awyrgeda ne éce, ðæt he hine leng myclie ofer eorþan ut non appōnat ultra magnifĭcāre se hŏmo sŭper terram, 9, 38.
for-déman
To condemn ⬩ damn ⬩ dijudĭcāre ⬩ damnāre ⬩ condemnāre
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To condemn, damn; dijudĭcāre, damnāre, condemnāre Ðæt hig hine gesealdon ðam ealdron to dóme, and to ðæs déman ánwalde to fordémanne ut tradĕrent illum princĭpātui, et potestāti præsĭdis, Lk. Bos. 20, 20.
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nytenness
ignorance ⬩ laziness ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy
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Ðæt hyra nán þurh nytennesse hine beládian ne mǽge, R. Ben. 127, 10. laziness, disgrace, ignominy Netenes ðam se ðe forlét ignominia ei qui deserit, Kent. Gl. 454. On his netenesse in ignominia sua, 615.
be-scúfan
To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate ⬩ intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare
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To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate; intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare Hét hine ðá niman, and ðǽr on bescúfan then ordered to take him, and to shove him in there, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 38.
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ge-eádmédan
To humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ submit one's self ⬩ humble one's self ⬩ deign ⬩ condescend ⬩ adore ⬩ worship ⬩ humiliare ⬩ dignari ⬩ condescendere ⬩ adorare
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Hine to him geeaþmédde he submitted himself to him, 8, 2 : Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 9. We cómon us him to ge-eádmédenne venimus adorare eum, Mt. Bos. 2, 2. Geeámédun ðe ealle mǽgþa may all nations adore thee, Gen. 27, 29 : Ex. 11, 8; Mt. Bos. 20, 20
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ge-hyrwan
To make game of ⬩ despise ⬩ disparage ⬩ traduce ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ cavillāri ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ detrăhĕre
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Seó langung hine swíðe gehyrde and ðreáde that longing much oppressed and afflicted him, Blickl. Homl. 113, 14. Hí wurdon gehergode and gehyrde they were wasted and oppressed; Jud. 10, 8
ster-melda
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The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage Gif frigman mannan forstele gif hé eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif hé mǽge if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information
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þurh-þeówan
to thrust through ⬩ pierce through ⬩ transfix
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Dauides þegnas hine ( Absalom ) þurhðýdon, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 223. Ðá wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid swurde, 12, 225. Þurhþíende transverberans, transfigens, Hpt. Gl. 411, 66. Þurhþéd confossa, transfixa, 501, 29.
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un-sýfre
Impure ⬩ unclean ⬩ foul
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Be ðam sacerde ðe hine sylfne besmít þurh unsýfre sprǽce ( impuro sermone ), L. Ecg. C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 14. Þurh unsýfre sprǽce per turpiloquium, 5; Th. ii. 138, 4
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un-sófte
not at ease ⬩ in discomfort ⬩ not gently ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ hardly ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ with trouble
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Ða ðe hine unsófte ádle gebundne gesóhtun, Exon. Th. 155, l0; Gú. 858: 83, 16; Cri. 1357. Hí wrehton unsófte ealdgeníþlan, Judth. Thw. 24, 37; Jud. 228: Blickl.
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be-windan
girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround
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Hé hine biwand in líne turn involvit sindone. Mk. R. 15, 46. Biuundun (ligauerunt) mid hræglum, Jn. L. 19, 40. Bewindan (involvant) hi þæs cildes hand on weofodsceate, R. Ben. 102, 14. Hét bewindan heora handa mid flexe, Hml. S. 4, 392.
cæppe
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Ðá dyde Albanus on hine þæs preóstes cæppan (caracallam, Bd. 1, 7), Shrn. 93, 31. Se bisceop brǽd of his cæppan (ceppan, v. l.), Hml. S. 31, 469: 913. Þis synd þá mádmas þe Adeluuold bisceop sealde . . . ꝥ is . . . iiii. cæppan, Cht. Th. 244, 6.
butsa-carlas
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Þá butsecarlas (butsa-, v.l. ) hine forsócan. Chr. 1066 ; P. 197, 8, Hé nam of þám buttekarlon sume mid him, P. 196, 7. Hé gespeón him tó ealle þá butsecarlas (-karlas) of Hæstingan, 1052; P. 178, 25
ge-líþigian
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Hine gelíðegode seó árfæste behreówsung þǽre mildheortnysse pectus pietas vicit, Gr. D. 18, 20. Bið gelíðgod lenietur (princeps), Kent. Gl. 964. to make a person glad (?) Þú gelíþegodest delectasli, Ps.
ge-ortrúwian
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</b> reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair, to despair :-- Ne geortrúwige nán man hine sylfne for his synna micelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 30. ¶ ge-ortrúwod desperate :-- Hwilc ánwilnys and geortrúwad wylla, Hml.
ge-sceapennys
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Adam næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan. Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce.
healt
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Gif ðín fót swicað þé, ceorf hine of; betere þé is ꝥ þú healt (halt, L., R.) gá on éce íf. . . Mk. 9, 45. ꝥ hé þám healtan cnapan (cf. se cnapa wæs creópere, 20) Blinde geseóð, healte (claudi) gáð, Mt. 11, 5.
munuc-hád
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Ne mót man iungum men wíf forgyfan, gif hé hine ǽr tó munucháde ( monachismo ) gemynte, Ll. Th. ii. 142, 9.
sceafan
To shave, scrape, shred, polish
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Ðú scealt hine scafan on wæter . . . and ðære reádan eorþan dǽl scafe ðǽrtð, ii. 290, 11-13