wíg-plega
The game of war ⬩ battle
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The game of war, battle Hé ne wandode ná æt ðam wígplegan, Byrht. Th. 139, 43; By. 268 : 141, 2 ; By. 316. Hé sumum dǽleþ gúþe blǽd, gewealdenne wígplegan, Exon. Th. 331, 16 ; Vy. 69
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Nán man nehwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse let no man exchange any property without the witness of the reeve, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 17. Nán man ne bycge ne hwyrfe [hwirfe, MS.
CWELAN
To die ⬩ mori
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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36
dógor-rím
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Náne forlét deáþ dógorríme death lets none escape after a number of days, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 133; Met. 10, 67. Is ðes þroht to ðæs heard dógorrímum this suffering is so hard in the days of my life, Elen. Kmbl. 1406; El. 705
Gandis
The river Ganges ⬩ Ganges ⬩ Γάγγ951;s
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Æt Gande ðære eá, Nar. 3, 22
micel-líc
Great ⬩ grand ⬩ magnificent ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
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Hwæt ðæt síe mǽrlíces and micellíces ðæt git mec gehátaþ quid sit illud quod mihi tam illustre et tam magnificum pollicemini, Nar. 25, 12: Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 21. Hú micellíce ( magnificata ) sind werc ðín, Ps. Surt. 91, 6
dæges
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Substitute: By day, during the day, day Se sunnan seáð bið dæges hát and nihtes ceald, and se mónan seáð bið nihtes hát and dæges ceald, Nar. 36, 26. Ymb his ǽ smeágende dæges and nihtes, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bl. H. 47, 11.
regn
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Ðá sægde se bisceop ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme arbores . . . cum dicerem frequentibus imbribus in tantum creuisse, acerdos affirmabat nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 2-5. Hrægnas pluuias, Ps. L. 104, 32. Add
wealh-hafoc
A foreign hawk ⬩ a gerfalcon ⬩ herodius
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Ða fugelas nocticoraces hátton wǽron in wealhhafoces gelícnesse (vulturibus similes ), Nar. 16, 13. Wealhhafeca falconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 68: 37, 23
un-gelǽredlíce
Without instruction ⬩ ignorantly ⬩ in an undisciplined manner
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Ungelǽredlíce ( indisciplinate ) ná geþwǽrlíce múþ ðín, Scint. 136, 2
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castel-burg
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[Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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God forbeád þæt mon ná ðǽr eft ne timbrede, Ors. 6, 7. S. 262, 22.
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91.
leán
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Se consul forseah þá sægene þe þá hlyttan him sǽdon, and him lógan ꝥ hé æt þǽm gefeohte ne cóme wið Gallie contemtis auspiciis quibus pugnare prohibebatur adversum Gallos, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 27 : Nar. 6, 27 (in Dict.).
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Nán cræft nis Gode deórwyrðra ðonne sió lufu ne eft ðæm deófle nán cræft leóftǽlra ðonne hié mon slíte nihil pretiosius est Deo virtute dilectionis, nil est desiderabilius diabolo extinctione caritatis Past. 47, 2; Swt. 359, 24.
sugu
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Æt strǽthã .xx. sugen[a] . . . æt [m]eldeburnan .xxiii. suge[na]. Cam. Phil. Trans. 1902, p. 15. Cf. Tó suge-bróce, C. D. B. ii. 284, 30. On suga-róde, C. D. iii. 48, 9. Add
ge-sprǽcelíc
Loquelaris
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Loquelaris Ðás synd gehátene loquelares, loquela is sprǽc and loquelares synd gesprǽcelíce forþan ðe ðás syx prepositiones ne beóþ ná hwár ána ac beóþ ǽfre to sumum óðrum worde gefégede, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 49
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tó-cwilman
To afflict grievously, ⬩ torment
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To afflict grievously, torment Ða druncengeornan ná ðæt án ðæt hí on ðam tóweardan lífe mid écum tintregum tócwylmede synt, ac eác hý synt on ðisum andweardan lífe mid mænigfealdum untrumnyssum gewǽhte, Homl. Ass. 146, 56
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geán
Against ⬩ over against ⬩ on the opposite side ⬩ contra
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Against, over against, on the opposite side; contra Mónaþ is ðonne se móna gecyrþ niwe fram ðære sunnan, óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán a month is when the moon returns new from the sun, until it [the moon] again comes opposite it [the sun], Bd. de nat
páwa
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On ðære ylcan stówe byþ óðer fugelcynn fenix hátte ða habbaþ cambas on heáfde swá páwan in eo monte est avis fenix que habet cristas quasi orbes pavonis, Nar. 39, 4. Se fugel ( the phenix ) is onlícost peán, Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312