wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Ne mæg hit wæter ne wildeór beswícan, Salm. Kmbl. 571; Sal. 285. Wildiór leena Kent. Gl. 989. Wildeór bestiae Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 554, 24: Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 23. Swá hwæt swá wilddeór ábiton, Gen. 31, 39: 37, 20. Wildeór, Blickl.
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stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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Ic gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stǽlan I heard that one kinsman with the edge of the sword brought home to the slayer the death of the other (? Eofor killed Ongentheow, who had slain his brother), Beo. Th. 4964; B. 2485
innan
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Sió sunne ne mæg ealle gesceafta innan geondscínan, Bt. 41, l ; F. 244, 9. Ufan hit is enge and hit is innan hát, Dóm. 22 : 6. 2412. Heó is innan mid éce mægene geweorþod. Bl.
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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ge-hradian
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Hé ꝥ; ilce mynster þus gehradod hét S Marian gehálgian, Lch. iii. 438, 16. to cause to attain an end quickly, to prosper a person or undertaking God hí sóna gehradode, swá ꝥ hí þǽr gemétton áne mǽre þrúh, Hml. S. 20, 78.
samod
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Add Swá þæt ic beó gemét samod on blisse eóweres edleánes, ðeáh ðe ic mid eów swincan ne mæge ( etsi uobiscum laborare nequeo, simul in gaudio retributionis inueniar, Bd. 1, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 128, 12.
un-wreón
To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered ⬩ to reveal
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Ðæt mǽden unwreáh hire heáfod, Ap. Th. 26, 14. Hé unwreáh his rihtwísnesse revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Lamb. 97, 2. Hí unwreogon ðæt hús nudaverunt tectum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 4. Ða lícmen his neb unwrugon, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 31.
hlyn
A sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ clamour, ⬩ din
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A sound, noise, clamour, din Tó ðonðonne hit hát wǽre and mon ða earman men oninnan dón wolde hú se hlynn mǽst wǽre ðonne hie ðæt súsl ðǽron þrowiende wǽron ut cum inclusus ibidem subjectis ignibus torreretur, sonum vocis extortæ capacitas concavi aeris
FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Him yfle ne mæg fácne sceððan evil may not injure them by guile, Exon. 64 b; Th. 237, 25; Ph. 595: 70 b; Th. 263, 15; Jul. 350. Nóðer he ðý fácne mæg biwergan nor may he defend himself from that evil, 87 b; Th. 329, 22; Vy. 38.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Similar entries v. fægerlíce Hú mæg se ungelǽreda lǽwedum folce fægre bodian ?, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 12. Fægere gereorded splendidly entertained, B. 1788. Hé fylde þínne willan fægere mid góde satiat in bonis desiderium tuum, Ps. Th. 102, 4.
a-werian
to ward off ⬩ defend ⬩ restrain ⬩ protect ⬩ cover ⬩ defendere ⬩ prohibere ⬩ protegere ⬩ to ward off from oneself ⬩ spurn from oneself ⬩ aspernari ⬩ to wear ⬩ wear out ⬩ terere ⬩ deterere
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to ward off, defend, restrain, protect, cover; defendere, prohibere, protegere Ðæt he hine eáþ awerian mǽge that he may easily defend him, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 2.
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byre
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Mǽru cwén bǽdde byras geonge the illustrious queen solicited her young sons, Beo. Th. 4040; B. 2018.
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médum-ness
worth ⬩ dignity ⬩ kindness ⬩ condescension ⬩ appreciation of worth in others
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Ealdordómes medomnysse, Shrn. 151, 19. kindness, condescension, appreciation of worth in others (cf. mǽþ,V) Medemnysse ðínre benignitatis tuæ, Blickl. Gl.: Ps. Spl. 64, 12. Medumnysse benignitatem, 51, 3: Blickl. Homl. 145, 33.
wánung
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Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 38.
earm-sceapen
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Mǽrðe þára háligra, earmsceapenra wítu gaudia sanctorum, poenas malorum, 23. Ðá micelan wíta þe þǽr beóð þám earmsceapenan for heora ǽrdǽdum gegearwode, Wlfst. 137, 1
fore-weard
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Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23. Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2.
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for-spanan
allure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure
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Gl. 1079. to lure to destruction Hú fela hé forspanan mæge tó écan forwyrde, Wlfst. 85, 7. On ðone ilcan deáð hié wilniað eal moncynn tó forspananne and tó forlǽdanne, Past. 249, 20
treów
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Add Hí heora treówe (trýwa, v.l.) sealdon ꝥ hie riht mid him healdan woldon his manus dederunt, Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 327, 4. add Án of þám þe se cyng hæfde mǽst trúwe tó, Chr. 992; P. 126, 23.
on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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Ac hit wilnaþ ðæt hit tó ðon onwæcne, ðæt hit mǽge eft weorþan oferdruncen, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 22-25. Ðonne onwæcneþ eft winleás guma, Exon. Th. 289, 8; Wand. 45. Ðá hí onwæcnedun vigilantes, Lk. Skt. 9, 32.
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ge-þyld
Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia
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Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mǽge geþyld biþ middes eádes often forbear when vengeance is in your power, patience is half happiness, Prov. Kmbl. 25