ge-flíman
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Take here <b>ge-nǽman, ge-fléman, ge-fliéman, ge-flýman</b> in Dict., and add: to put to flight a defeated enemy Þá Gotan hié mid gefeohte gefliémdon victo exercitu, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 25.
treów
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Take here trúw in Dict., and: Add Hé nam þone deácon in his treówþe (treówa, v.l.) diaconum in suam suscepit fidem, Gr. D. 253, 16. Add Hwæt is ðæt, ðæt mon hreówsige his synna, búton ðæt mon eówað Gode his eáðmódnesse and his treówa?
un-gedéfe
Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.
þenden
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Þenden þá tunglu hér lýhtaþ on ðysse deádlican worolde, 64, 29. Add
wóh-gestreón
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Þí lígeas forbærnaþ . . . þá þe nú hér syndon on unnyttre gesyhðe . . . wóggestreóna, Verc. Först. 87, 5. Add
wæl-fill
Slaughter ⬩ carnage
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Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92,11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 154, 29; Gen. 2563
Linked entry: wæl-feall
un-gilde
Not entitled to wergild
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Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical name of the crime here referred to was forsteal (cf. si in via regia fiat assaltus super aliquem, forestel est, L. H.
cnapa
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Grn. 21, 21. a (young) man in service, a servant (take here Coll. M. 19, 27: Gen. 22, 3, 5, 19 given under in Dict.) Mín cnapa líð on mínum húse lama, Mt. 8, 6: 12, 18. His cnapa wæs áwéd ðurh deófol . . . Se áwyrgeda gást gewát of ðámmen, Hml.
ge-léd
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Of the five forms which here gloss catasta the only one to which a meaning may easily be given is gloed, which elsewhere translates carbo. This form might apply to the fire used in the form of torture denoted by catasta.
sígan
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Bellatores . . . healdað úrne eard wið þone sígendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 24. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke hwænne heó tó síge kyningum and crístenum folce tó wurðfulre blisse, Angl. viii. 326, 13.
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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Ne furðon án bán næfde hé mid óþrum ac tóscǽnede ofer eall lágon and tóworpene geond ða wídan eorban he had not even one bone along with another, but broken to pieces they lay in all directions and flung here and there throughout the wide world, Homl.
meaht-leás
Powerless
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Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23
gærs
herbage ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ the blade ⬩ pasture, grazing ⬩ the grass-covered ground
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Basilius underféng þæt gærs ðus cweðende: 'Ðú ús sealdest nýtena andlyfene,' Hml, Th. i. 450, 5-8. a herb, plant Mára allum wyrtum ł græsum (grasum, R.) majus omnibus holeribus, Mk.
a-delfan
To dig ⬩ delve ⬩ fodere ⬩ effodere
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To dig, delve: fodere, effodere Cleopatra hét adelfan hyre byrigenne Cleopatra ordered her burying place to be dug, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 22. Seáþ adealf lacum effodit. Ps.
CYND
nature, KIND ⬩ natura ⬩ a sort, gender ⬩ natura, genus
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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS.
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eornoste
in earnest, earnestly, seriously, courageously, strongly ⬩ sērio, strēnue, sēdŭlo, vĕhĕmenter
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Hió onginþ eorneste racentan slítan she will begin in earnest to sever her chains, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 56; Met. 13, 28: 16, 44; Met. 16, 22
fætnes
FATNESS ⬩ pinguēdo, adeps
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Fætnysse heora hí beclýsdon thei han closide togidere her fatnesse, Wyc; ădĭpem suum conclūsērunt, Ps. Spl. 16, 11. Mid ungle oððe mid fætnysse lamba cum ădĭpe agnōrum, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 192 a, 14
be-sylian
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Hér líð se ealdorman (Holafernes) mid his blóde besyled, Hml. A. 113, 369. Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute
sac-leás
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Her kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Gesfræg gebohte Gidið . . . tó .x. sciłł freoh and saclés, Cht. Th. 631, 26. Sacclés of élcre crauigge, 645, 4
byrig
A city ⬩ urbs, civitas
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A city; urbs, civitas Hér Cúþa gefeaht wið Brytwalas æt Biedcan forda, and genam Lygeanbyrig and Ægles byrig in this year Cutha fought against the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, and took Lenbury and Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28.
Linked entries: burig byrig-man byri-weard