þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Hiá geségon ðrymm (ðrym, Rush.) his uiderunt majestatem ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 32: Exon. Th. 63, 23; Cri. 1024: 234, 17; Ph. 541. Ðínes mihtes þrym potentiain tuam, Ps. Th. 70, 18: Exon.
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weorþ
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Rush. 14, 8. Ða gíslas ðe on ðam here weorþuste wǽron, Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 10.
ge-mót
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Oft ic wig seó . . . ic á bídan sceal láðran gemótes, Ru. 6, 10.
DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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To drive, rush with violence; ruĕre Ic com mid ðý heáfde and mid handa on ðone stán drífan I came driving on the stone with my head and hands, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 23
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Rush. 7, 15. Eardode ic in innan, Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 31; Seel. 33. Ne wæs mé feorh ðá gén, ealdor in innan, 103 a; Th. 391, 10; Rä. 10, 3. Innan on ðisses holtes hleó, Cd. 39; Th. 52, 7; Gen. 840. On innan ðé in te, Ps. Th. 147, 2.
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heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Gif mon on níwne weall unádrúgodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreð hé nó healle ac hryre (non habitaculum, sed ruina fabricatur), Past. 383, 33.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Under háligra hyrda gewealdum, 386. used of a person in authority, one who bears rule Is óþer (St. Peter) cyricean hyrde tó Crístes handa, Bl. H. 171, 7.
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Rush. 7, 15. of things, abstract or concrete Gýtsung openlíce wét auaritia palam saenit, Scint. 99, 17. Wédde stíðnes exarsit acerbitas, Hpt. Gl. 517, 15. Gársecg wédde, Cd. Th. 208, 27; Exod. 489.
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medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Rush. 10, 37. Hwelc se beón scolde ðe medome ( dignus ) hierde bión sceolde, Past. 11, 7; Swt. 73, 20, Medeme, Blickl. Homl. 129, 35.
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swincan
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. : winnaþ, Rush. laboraits). Mt. Kmbl. 11, 28: Met. 4, 56. Búton Drihten timbriende hús on ýdel swingaþ ( laboraverunt ) ða ðe timbriaþ, Ps. Spl. 126, 1. Git (Beowulf and Breca in their match) seofon niht swuncon, Beo. Th. 1038; B. 517.
drífan
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To proceed with violence, act impetuously Þá þe hlystan nellað . . . ac willað forð on wóh and gewill drífan and geswícan nyllað those that will not listen . . . but will rush on wrongly and wilfully and will not stop, Wlfst. 304, 13
þúsend
a thousand
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Rush. 5, 13. Tén ðúsendum, Ps. Surt. 67, 18. Mid týn þúsendum cuman ágén ðone ðe him ágén cymþ mid twéntigum þúsendum, Lk. Skt. 14, 31. Fíf hund þúsendum quinquagenis milibus, Hpt. Gl. 426, 11.
weorþan
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Ðá wearþ hyre rúme on móde, Judth. Thw. 22, 39; Jud. 97.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Dæg byþ deóre mannum day is dear to men, Runic pm. 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 344, 10. His se deóra sunu his dear son, Cd. 218; Th. 219, 25; Sat. 243: Exon. 76 a; Th. 286, 2; Jul. 725.
HÝRAN
to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to
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Rush. 1, 13. Ðæt Israhélisce folc hýrdon gode and Moise his þeówe populus crediderunt domino et Moysi servo ejus, Ex. 14, 31. Tó ðǽm landum eallum ðe ðǽrtó hiérdon to all the lands that thereto belonged, Chr. 912; Erl. 100, 32.
swín
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. : suner swina, Rush. grex porcorum) . . . Ða deófla hyne bǽdon . . . ' Asende us on ðás swína heorde' . . . And hig férdon on ða swín, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30-32. Hé (Ohthere) hæfde tamra deóra syx hund . .
wróht
accusation ⬩ a false accusation ⬩ slander ⬩ calumny ⬩ fault ⬩ crime ⬩ offence ⬩ a quarrel ⬩ strife ⬩ cause of complaint ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt
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Rush. 13, 14. Ðú wróhte onstealdest, Cd. Th. 56, 12; Gen. 911: 57, 22; Gen. 932. Hwæt sceal ic má ríman yfel endeleás ? Ic eall gebær wráþe wróhtas geond werþeóde, ða ðe gewurdon from fruman worulde, Exon.
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ge-feallan
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L. 16, 17. to fall to doing something, to fall a-doing, busy one's self at something, apply with energy to Hé ofdúne ástáh and gefeóll on þæs ceorles clyppinge concitus descendit, atque in ejusdem rustici amplexum ruit, Gr. D. 47, 1 [: Ap.
swéte
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Geocc mín suoet ł éðe (wynsum, Rush., W. S.) is jugum meum suave est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 30. Swoete and reht Dryhten dulcis et rectus Dominus, Ps. Surt. 24, 8. Ðú ðín swéte good sealdest þearfum, Ps. Th. 67, 11.
swingan
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Hé byþ geseald ðeódum tó swingenne (tó swinganne, Rush. ad flagellandum), Mt. Kmbl. 20, 19: Exon. Th. 99, ii; Cri. 1623. Hine mid swipum swingende geangsumiaþ. Homl. Th. i. 426, 22. Ðæt hé swá lange swungen wǽre óþþæt hé swylte. Blickl.