gengan
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For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Fengel geatolic gen[g]de, B. 1401. Ná him streámas gewǽttan fót, þá hí on Jordane gengdan æfter abierunt in sicco flumina, Ps. Th. 104, 36.
hód
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For ' Cot. 31, Lye' substitute
sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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Se is swíðe sárig for ðínum earfoþum and for ðínum wræcsíþe, 10; Fox 28, 18. Ðæs ðe hé swá geómor wearð, sárig for his synnum, Exon. Th. 450, 15; Dóm. 88. Hé wearð swíðe sári graviter accepit, Gen. 48, 17. Ne forseoh sáriges béne, Ps. Th. 54, 1.
hærfest
Harvest, autumn ⬩ autumpnus ⬩ autumn ⬩ autumnus ⬩ autumn
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Se hærfest welig on wæstmum the autumn rich in fruits, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 27 : 21; Fox 74, 22; Bt. Met. Fox 29, 123; Met. 29, 62. Hærfest æstatem, Ps. Spl. 73, 18.
Linked entry: herfest
druncnian
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Beóð druncnude inebriabuntur, 35, 9. v. for-druncian, fore-druncian, ge-druncian
byrd
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Ger. burt.] bearing, Similar entries v. ende-, for-, fore-, mund-, stefn-byrd
leód-scipe
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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add
crýpan
To creep ⬩ repere
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To creep; repere He næfþ his fóta geweald and onginþ crýpan he has not the use of his feet and begins to creep Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 14
FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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Fox 8, 115; Met. 8, 58. Ðe ða frécnan deórwurþnessa funde who found the dangerous treasures, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 24
Linked entries: frǽcne frǽcne ge-frécnod
gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Homl. 25, 1: Num. 11, 4: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 2
Linked entry: giefernes
mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
or-lege
Hostile
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Hostile Wépaþ and heówaþ eall orlegu folc, for ðam úre God eów hæfþ ofercumen . . . orlega þeóda he áléde under úre fét, Ps. Th. 46, 1-3. Ne onégdon ná orlegra níð, ðeáh ðe feónda folc féran cwóme, Cd. Th. 259, 26; Dan. 697
mete-leást
Want of food
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Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt.
un-clǽnsod
Not purified
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Not purified Ðý læs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðære clǽnan ðegnenga ðæs sacerdhádes ne non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 1
Linked entries: clǽnsian un-geclǽnsod
wóþ-gifu
The gift of song
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The gift of song Hyre (a musical instrument) is on fóte fæger hleóþor, wynlícu wóflgiefu . . . seó wiht mæg wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan, Exon. Th. 414, 10; Rä. 32, 8
fore-scynian
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Yflo monigo forescyniga (for this form cf. scyniga, 7, 12: onscynað, Jn. L. 14, 27) mala plurima praecessura, Lk. p. 10, 14
Linked entry: fore-scunian
ge-staðolian
to found ⬩ establish ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm
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to found, establish, strengthen, confirm, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 32: Ps. Lamb. 27, 5: Bt. 25; Fox 88, 4: Andr. Kmbl. 1071; An. 536: Soul Kmbl. 90; Seel. 45
twégen
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MS.), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 32. On twá (twuá, Cott. MS.), 38, 4; Fox 202, 27. Hí on twá férdon they parted, Homl. Th. i. 388, 20.
sceaft
creation,origin ⬩ a creation, what is created, a creature
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For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387
flór-stán
A floor-stone ⬩ stone used for pavement ⬩ tessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta
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A floor-stone, stone used for pavement; tessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt. Voc. 39, 50