fǽr-wyrd
A terrible fate, destruction, perdition ⬩ terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio
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A terrible fate, destruction, perdition; terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Hat. MS
ifiht
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On ðone ibihttan alr; of ðam ibihtan alre, v,124, 27
gilp-sceaða
An arrogant, boasting criminal
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Ðone gelpscaðan that proud and wicked man [Nero], Bt. Met. Fox 9, 98; Met. 9, 49
gleow-stól
A glee-stool ⬩ seat of joy ⬩ lætitiæ sedes ⬩ sella
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A glee-stool, seat of joy; lætitiæ sedes vel sella Ðone gleowstól [MS. gleáw- prudens, gnarus] bróðor mín ágnade my brother possessed the seat of joy, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 1; Rä. 88, 9
ge-ceówan
To chew ⬩ rūmĭnāre
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Lege dweorgedwostlan gecowene on ðone nafolan lay chewed pennyroyal on the navel, 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 20
Linked entry: ceówan
ge-fetrian
To fetter ⬩ bind ⬩ compĕdīre ⬩ vincīre
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To fetter, bind; compĕdīre, vincīre Ðone he gefetrade fýrnum teágum whom he fettered with fiery shackles, Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 9; Pa. 60. Drihten ða gefetredan alýseþ Dŏmĭnus solvit compĕdītos, Ps. Th. 145, 7
un-geþeáwe
Not in accordance with one's habits
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Not in accordance with one's habits Se biscop bæd ðone hálgan wer ðæt hé scolde tó gereorde fón mid him; and hé swá dyde, þeáh hit his lífe ungeþeáwe wǽre, Guthl. 17; Gdwin, 72, 27
eág-dúru
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Geseah hé sittan ðone Hálgan Gást on culfran híwe on ðæs carcernes eágdura, 54, 15, Þurh þá eágduru, 78, 27
gór
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Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)
wicu
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Add: where the reference is to any day but Sunday, week as in week-day Gyf se terminus becymð on ðone Sunnandæg . . . Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 17
hád-bót
A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders, or hád-bryce ⬩ sacri ordinis violati compensatio
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A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders, or hád-bryce; sacri ordinis violati compensatio, L. E. B. 4; Th. ii. 240, 17 : L. O. 12; Th. i. 182, 13
Linked entry: hád-bryce
Sunnan-niht
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His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27-33. Se ðe stalaþ on Sunnanniht. . . oððe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22.
Linked entry: Wódnes-niht
þurh-sceótan
to shoot through ⬩ transfix ⬩ pierce
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Besyrian ðone earman and þurhsceótan ða unscæðfullan heortan, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Ðá wurdon hí mid deófles flán þurhscotene, Homl. Th. i. 62, 28
þweor-tíme
given to opposition ⬩ contentious ⬩ given to evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ depraved
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Similar entries v. þweorh, II Ðone réþan, ðe biþ þweortéme, ðú scealt hátan hund, nallas mann ferox, atque inquies linguam litigiis exercet?
un-sceþþende
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11. Hí ða unscæþþendan ( innoxiam ) ðeóde forhergodon, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 6. Unsceaþþiendra fordémednesse proscriptionibus innocentum, 1, 6; S. 476, 25.
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palm
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Vos. 91, 13, a branch of a palm-tree : — Sceole wé healdan úrne palm, oð þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian þonne Gode ðone palm. Palm getácnað syge, Hml. Th. i. 218, 8-11.
pytt
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On ðone grundlǽsan pyt; of ðám putte, vi. 41, 23. <b>I a.</b> figurative :-- Ðæt hí for hira úpáhæfennesse befeallen on ðone pytt ofermétta ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 439, 3. v. col-, wíðig-, wulf-pytt
for-gifan
to give ⬩ grant ⬩ supply ⬩ permit ⬩ give up ⬩ leave off ⬩ dăre ⬩ dōnāre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ indulgēre ⬩ dēdĕre ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ FORGIVE ⬩ remit ⬩ remittĕre ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ condōnāre
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Siððan ðis gedón wæs, gesceóp God Adam, and him sáwle forgeaf after this was done, God created Adam, and gave him a soul, Ælfc. T. 4, 25-5, 1. Ðisum men ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 21.
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mótian
to address one's self ⬩ speak (to a person) ⬩ converse ⬩ to address an assembly ⬩ to discuss ⬩ dispute ⬩ moot a question
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Th. ii. 382, 30. to discuss, dispute, moot a question (cf. a moot point) Ðú scealt gelýfan on ðone lifigendan God, and ná ofer ðíne mǽðe mótian be him. Hexam. 3; Norm. 6, 17
árian
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Ára þínum fæder (árig ðone fæder, L., áre fæder ðín honora patrem, R. Mt. 19, 19), Ll. Th. i. 44, 15. with acc., Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 19 (in Dict.). to shew mercy, kindness, with dat. inst. to do kindness Ára mé and genere mé of deáþes bendum, Bl.