gilpen
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Ðǽm gielpnan (gilpnan, v. l.) bið leófre ðæt hé secge on hine selfne gif hé hwæt gódes wát eligit arrogans bona de se jactari 217, 14
irringa
Angrily ⬩ in anger
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Gé mec yrringa up gelǽddon ðæt ic of lyfte londa getimbru geseón meahte, 39 b ; Th. 131, 13 ; Gú. 455, Hé yrringa slóh he angrily smote, Beo. Th. 3135; B. 1565 : 5921; B. 2964
reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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To reek, send forth smoke or steam Ðonne hé ( helleborus albus ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smic of him ǽsænde, Lchdm, i. 260, 8. Muntas reócaþ montes fumigant, Ps. Th. 103, 30 : 143, 6. Reác exalabat, Wrt.
hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Add: of action or motion, violently, furiously, fiercely Hét hé him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10: Hml. S. 15, 24. Þá Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15.
BÆR
BARE ⬩ naked ⬩ open ⬩ nudus
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Wit hér baru standaþ unwered wǽdo we stand here naked, unprotected by garments, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 20; Gen. 811
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be-slítan
To slit, tear ⬩ findere, lacerare
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Hér sculon abídan bán besliten seonwum here shall abide the bones torn from the sinews, Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 20; Seel. 62
ár
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Add: honour Ǽghwylc heáh ár her on worulde bið mid frecnessum embeseald, Wlfst. 262, 2. Seó héhste ár . . . , cyninges þrym, . . . ár and fægernes werum and wífum, 265, 6 — 9. Seó ár and seó eádignes þæs heán heáhengles tíde, Bl. H. 197, 3.
wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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Heo þat her wedlac brekeþ, Misc. 150, 105. Þei wrouȝt wedlokes aȝein goddis wille, Piers P. 9, 152. Wedlok matrimonium. Prompt. Parv. 520. Wedloke maritagium, Wulck. Gl. 595, 5.]
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Hé ðá his here on tú tódǽlde sum ymb ða burg sætt and hé mid sumum hlóþum fór and monega byrg bereáfode on Cheranisse inde propter agendam prædam et curandam obsidionem divisit exercitum.
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feor
Far ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ remōtus
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Hér is gefered ofer feorne weg æðelinga sum innan ceastre here a noble is come from a long way off into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 2348; An. 1175: 382; An. 191: 504; An. 252
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be-týnan
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire
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He hine inne betýnan nolde he would not shut it in, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 31. He ðæt folc úte betýnde he shut the people out, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 40. Hý betýndon Ianes duru they shut the doors of Janus, 6, 7; Bos. 120, 5 : 5, 14; Bos. 113, 42.
módorlíce
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Like a mother Heó wearð gehádod tó abudessan on Élígmynstre ofer manega mynecena, and heó hí módorlíce heóld mid gódum gebysnungum tó þám gástlican lífe, Hml. S. 20, 39
be-healdan
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Hé hét his cnapan behealdan tó þǽre sǽ, Lch. iii. . 276, 24. Behealden(d)ra prospicientium, Kent. Gl. 1030. trans. to look at, gaze on Ic þé beheóld, Bl. H. 235, 26.
heorot
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Hé forbeád þá heortas, swylce eác þá báras, swá swíðe hé lufode þá heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 9. the word occurs in many place-names as the first part of a compound: On heortbróc, C. D. iii. 430, 12.
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Bútan ógan (absque terrore) hé hine gerest, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 4. Ða clypode hé mid micclum ógan, Homl.
horsian
To horse, provide with horses
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To horse, provide with horses West Seaxe horsodon ðone here the people of Wessex provided the Danes with horses, Chr. 1015; Erl. 153, 1. Hé beád ðæt man sceolde his here metian and horsian, 1013; Erl. 148. 3: 1014; Erl. 151, 2
mearu-lic
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Soft, easy, luxurious Þá onféng heó þis bebod æt Sancta Marian, ꝥ heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicre wísan oððe merwelicre, ac ꝥ heó forhæfde hí sylfe fram unnyttum hleahtre and plegan mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve el puellare
of-áxian
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Hé hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe hé ofáxian mihte, 29, 201. the object a thing Dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie, Hml. S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22.
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Th. i. 382, i. the right to compel service in the fird: Nán man ne haue nán onsting ne geold ne feording, Chr. 975; P. 36, 10.] militia, troops, armament, military forces Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde, and seó fyrding dyde þǽre landleóde ǽlcne hearm
swinglung
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For the idea of turning round, seen in vertigo, cf. the following: He dude fore of his cnihtes forte turnen þat hweol . . . ant het swingen hit swift-liche abuten ant tidliche turnen. Jul. 58, 5. See also swengan, geswing] Swinglung scottomia, Wrt.