werlíce
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Ðeáh gif wífmann bið werlíce geworht, and strang tó Godes willan, heó bið ðonne geteald tó ðám werum ðe æt Godes mýsan sittaþ, Homl. Th. i. 188, 28-34: 360, 13: 542, 25
wérigian
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Ꝥ ilce mód ǽgþer ge mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað, and eác of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað (ex infirmitate lacesscat), Gr. D. 204, 23.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Hwilc sió gecynd sié þæs líchoman, hwæþer hió sié strang þe heard and eáþelíce mæge þá strangan lǽcedómas áberan, þe hió sié hnesce and mearwe and þynne and ne mæge áberan þá lǽcedómas, Lch. ii. 84, 13
á-beran
to bear off, bring, carry ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ to bear a child ⬩ to bring to light ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to bear, endure, not to give way under trial, suffering, &c. ⬩ to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
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Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman sié strang, and eáþelíce mæge ðá strangan lǽcedómas áberan, Lch. ii. 84, 13.
god
A god
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Gif ðú fremdu godu forþ bigongest if thou dost continue to worship strange gods, 67 b; Th. 250, 2; Jul. 121
seld-cúþ
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Add: strange Uppon Sc̃e Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra on ǽfen scýnende and sóna tó setle gangende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 27. various, different, not of one kind Hé forgeaf ǽlcum ðǽra wyrhtena seltcúð gereord, and heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce
ymb-standan
to stand about or around ⬩ to surround
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I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. to surround Mé ymbstódan strange manige circumdantes circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 117, 11. Hý habbaþ mé útan ymbstanden circumdederunt me, 16, 10.
a-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ suffocare
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To smother, choke, strangle, suffocate; suffocare Asmoraþ ðæt word suffocat verbum, Mt. Rush. Stv. 13, 22. Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5.
Linked entry: smorian
eornostlíce
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Wiðstandaþ þám eornostlíce (georne, v. l.) strange on geleáfan, Hml. A. 52, 56. (adverbial) conj.
ge-líhtan
To alight ⬩ approach ⬩ come
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Ðá gelíhte se cuma then the stranger alighted, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 34. He gelíhte to ðæm hearge propiabat ad fanum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11.
for-þrǽstan
to destroy by pressure ⬩ to crush ⬩ break to pieces ⬩ to strangle ⬩ choke
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Ox. 805. to strangle, choke Forsmored, forþrǽstum suffocato, An. Ox. 1481. Woruldcara forsmoriað ðæs módes ðrotan ... swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12
hwæt-hwega
Something ⬩ somewhat ⬩ a little
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Hwæthwegu seldcúþes something strange, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 28. Hwæthwygo aliquid, Nar. 1, 18. Ic hwæthwugo on bócum geleornode, 39, 19. Huodhuoegu aliquid, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 4. Hwæthwega paulisper, parumper, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 65.
Linked entries: æt-hwæga hwæt-hwoegno
weþer
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Is nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga winter lǽfæd hæfð nigon eald hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþæra, 163, 4. Weðera vervecum Hpt. Gl. 524, 17. His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . hundteóntig weðera ( centum arietes 1 Kings 4, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 576, 33.
leó
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Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him . . . þá arn seó leó . . . se leó heora ne oðhrán, Hml. S. 30, 415-420. Woldon þá hǽþenan hentan þǽre leó (cf. þurh ðá león, 306), 35, 280. Hwelp þæs león catulus leonis, Ps. L. 16, 12.
þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.
sand-ceosol
Sand, gravel
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Sandceosol on sǽlícum strande, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 9. Sandcysel, Wulfst. 198, 22. Hé getimbrode hys hús ofer sandceosel supra arenam, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 26.
feor-cund
Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus
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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway
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el-þeódig
foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign
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H. 23, 3. stranger to,alien from Elðídig (ælðiódig, v. l.) from Gode auctori extraneus, Past. 140, 21. used substantively, a foreigner, stranger: Fordwán se foresǽda ælðeódiga, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Þás ealle úp cóman for þissum ælþeódigum (St.
in-gán
To go in ⬩ enter
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Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29 : Lk. Skt. 8, 51. Hé nolde ingán nolebat introire, 15, 28
út-lendisc
Outlandish ⬩ foreign ⬩ a stranger
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Outlandish, foreign; substantivally, a stranger Sí hé landes man, sí hé útlendisc (peregrinus), Lev. 24, 22. Ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 28. Útlendisc exul, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 10; Zup. 39, 15.