cyperen
Coppery, belonging to copper ⬩ æreus
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Gemultan ealle ða anlícnessa togædere, ðe ðǽr binnan wǽrah, ge gyldene, ge sylfrene, ge ǽrene, ge cyperene all the statues, which were in it, of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of copper, were melted together, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 22.
deriendlíc
Injurious, noxious, hurtful ⬩ nocīvus, noxius, nŏceus
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Him wǽron derigendlíce dracan and næddran serpents and adders were noxious to them, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 32. Híg swiðe gedrehton ða deriendlícan the hurtful greatly afflicted them, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 35.
FYLL
a FALL ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ death ⬩ cāsus ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ a FALL ⬩ case ⬩ inflection in grammar ⬩ cāsus ⬩ inflectio
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Míne innoþas on ðam fylle tolocene wǽron interānea essent ruendo convulsa, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 31. Se bisceop sárgode be ðam fylle and míne forwyrde episcŏpus de cāsu et intĕrĭtu meo dŏlēbat, 5, 6; S. 619, 32. Æt fylle at the fall, L.
pise
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Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene, 286, 29. Ðonne sceal man ða langnysse ( of the root ) tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, i. 260, 15. On pysena wóse, 260, 25. Pysena seáw, ii. 220, 10. Pysena broþ, 278, 18.
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gneáð
Sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ stingy ⬩ scanty ⬩ small ⬩ parcus
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He ðám ðe on scearan máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa ne gnéðra wæs eis quæ tonsura majores sunt virtutibus, humilitatis et obedientiæ, non mediocriter insignitus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 18.
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Grécisc
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Greek, Grecian Heora discipulas wǽron well gelǽrede ge on Grécisc gereorde ge on Lédennisc eorum discipuli Latinam Græcamque linguam æque ut propriam in qua nati sunt norunt, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 27: 4, 1; S. 563, 33. Gréccisc, 5, 8; S. 622, 2.
boga
A BOW, an arch, a corner ⬩ arcus, angulus ⬩ arcus
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Hí léton gáras fleógan, bogan wǽron bysige they let the arrows fly, bows were busy, Byrht. Th. 134, 66; By. 110. Bogan [MS. bogen] streng a bow-string; anquina, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 37; Wrt. Voc. 35, 26
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reliquias
Relics of saints
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Ofer his reliquias ðæt heofonleóht wæs scínende and deófolseóce æt his reliquium wǽron gelácnóde, Bd. 3, 11;S. 535, 6-8. Ðæt þurh his reliquias geworden wæs, 4, 32;S. 611, 12. Hé sette ða reliquias on heora cyste, S. 612, 1.
wódlíce
madly ⬩ furiously ⬩ franticly ⬩ blasphemously
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Ðam wulfe gelíc ðe wóðlíce ábíteþ ða sceáp, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 23. blasphemously, Similar entries v. wód (1 a) Ðæt óðer ðæra hospworda hé wiðsóc, ðæt hé deófol hæfde; ac hí wǽron witodlíce mid deófle áfylled, ðá ðá hí swá wódlíce tó ðam Hǽlende
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bóc-cræft
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Men þe wǽron geswincfulleste on bóccræfte men that studied most laboriously, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 21. Mid mé þú bóccræft leornodest thou wert my scholar, Ap. Th. 21, 17.
first-mearc
an interval ⬩ a respite
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Him wǽron gehátene þurh þá swefn lange fyrstmearce þises lífes ei per somnium longa spatia hujus vitae promissa sunt, Gr. D. 339, 26. a respite, v. first, 2 Ðá ongan hé willian fyrstmearce coepit inductae petere, Gr. D. 325, 31.
fót-welm
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Wǽron his fét niðer áwende ... áwendað míne fótwelmas tó ðan heofonlican wege, 382, 13. Áwendan úre fótwylmas fram deádbǽrum síðfæte, 96, 25. Oþ þá fótwylmas (-mylmas, MS., -welmes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 32) plantatenus, i. usque ad plantas, i. pedes, An.
ge-fylce
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Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An. Ox. 2555: manipulo, caterua, legione, 3688. Se módiga deófol mid his gefilce wyle wið þínre sáwle campian, Wlfst. 249, 2.
ge-swebban
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Ox. 4975. þá weardmenn wǽron ǽr geswefode, Hml. S. <b>II,</b> 200. <b>Ia.
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nídþearf-ness
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Ox. 1987. add: where there is idea of want Hí wǽron gefédde mid þaes gecyndes neádþearfnysse (with what is needed by nature) . . . ꝥ is mid þám wyrtum þe on þám wéstene weóxon, Hml. S. 23 b, 130: 153.
tellan
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</b> add :-- Hié tealdon and him þúhte (putabant ) ꝥ him þá áne miðene deáhle wǽron, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 515, 4. Add Gif þú nelt hine tellan eác tó þám mónan swá swá tó þǽre sunnan, þonne áwǽst þú þone eástorlican regol, Lch. iii. 264, 15
ádlig
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Wǽron gehǽlede fela ádlige menn, Hml. S. 20, 114. Unhálra ł ádligra languentium, Jn. L. R. 5, 3. Ádligum dǽdum morbidis actibus, R. Ben. I. 12, 9, Ádlige valitudinarios, An. Ox. 4938. Hí settað heora handa ofer ádlige men and him bið tela, Hml.
ǽfen-gereord
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Wǽron geworden Drihtnes ǽfengereordu facta est cena Domini, Hml. A. 153, 41. Seó gálnes æt hyre ǽfengereordum in caena sitt, Prud. 40 a. Hé sæt mid him æt ðǽm ǽfengereordum, Bl. H. 73, 5: 143, 6. Martha gearwode ðám Hǽlende ǽfengereordu, 67, 26.
hám-weard
Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro
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Ðá hý hámweard wǽron when they were on the way home, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38, Égeas wearþ gelǽht fram atelícum deófle hámwerd be wege ǽrðan hé tó húse cóme Ægeas was seized by a horrible devil on the way home, before he came to his house, Homl.
heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Hit gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for recceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron quam multos clarissimos suis temporibus viros scriptorum inops delevit oblivio