wilm
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Ða welmas ða ðe beóþ gehwǽr geond ðone líchoman, 204, 14. violent movement, violence, raging, tempestuous movement of water Oððe fýres feng, oððe flódes wylm, Beo. Th. 3533 ; B. 1764.
fús
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Hé gemétte Hingwar mid eallre his fyrde fúse tó Eádmunde ( hurrying to Edmund ), Hml. S. 32, 96. of a material object Woruldcandel scán, sigel súðan fús, B. 1966.
ge-líca
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Add: the like of another (gen. or possessive pronoun), one that has the same characteristics as another. of persons Hwæt wǽron hí búton fearra gelícan, þá ðá hí heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon?, Hml. Th. i. 522, 24.
hyngrian
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Gif ðínum fýnd hingrige, féd hine, Hml. S. 21, 375
smiþ
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Fýres god, helle smiþ Vulcanus, ii. 95, 7.
Linked entry: helle-smiþ
un-gelimp
Misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Ðæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes, Ps. Th. 34, 23, 24. Hí blissedon on mínum ungelimpe, 34, 15. Wé sceolon ǽgðer ge on gelimpe ge on ungelimpe cweðan: 'Ic herige mínne Drihten on ǽlcne tíman, Homl. Th. i. 252, 13: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 251.
wicu
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Ymb fyrst wucan bútan ánre niht, Menol. Fox 172; Men. 87. Hé ǽlcere wucan dæg mid nihte ætgædere áfæste in omni septimana diem cum nocte jejunus transiret, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 12.
campian
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Se eorðlica kempa kampað mid his wǽpnum ongeán gesewenlice feónd, and ðú scealt campian wið ðá ungesewenlican fýnd, Hex. 34, 24. Mid gástlican wǽpnan campian wið deófol, Ll. Th. ii. 388, 5: Hml. S. 17, 162. Campian wið leahtras, Hml. Th. i. 360, 17.
medume
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Add:, me(o)dum. add: small, little. of amount Hí cómon ǽrest mid medemum fultume, ac siððan hý wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, þá . . . léton hí beódan mycele fyrde, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 17. of quality, status, &c.
ládung
An excusing ⬩ an apology ⬩ excuse ⬩ a defence ⬩ exculpation ⬩ purgation
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God lǽt him fyrst ðæt hé his mándǽda geswíce gif hé wile: gif hé nele ðæt hé beó bútan ǽlcere ládunge swíðe rihtlíce tó deófles handa ásceofen God allows the wicked man time, that he may, if he will, cease from his wicked deeds: that, if he will not,
Linked entry: be-ládung
ge-stillan
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To restrain, still, stop, stay, calm, keep in; compescĕre, cŏhĭbēre, sĕdāre, mītĭgāre, rĕtĭnēre Hilde calla héht ða folctogan fyrde gestillan the herald of war bade the folk-leaders make the army still, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 2; Exod. 254.
Linked entries: ge-styllan ge-stellan ge-styllan
þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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'Vil ek, at þú gefir upp ríkit fyrir mér; en at öðrum kosti mun ek sœkja til með styrk hers'), Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 25
ge-hál
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Ðǽra steorrena nán ne fylð of ðám rodere ðá hwíle ðe ðeós woruld wunað swá gehál, Hex. 14, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. <b>II a.
wesan
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Mǽst ealle . . . wǽron wið þæs fýres weard . . . Hió wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard, 4, 10; S. 200, 16-19. (a) Add Hé in þá ylcan tíd híwcúðlíce mid him waes ei ipso in tempore familiarissimus fuit, Gr. D. 14, 10. add Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor, Hml.
ge-gaderian
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Micel hearm gedón wæs . . . oð ꝥ folc gegaderede . . . hí gegaderedan ealle on Gleáwcesterscíre æt Langa treó, mycel fyrd and unárímedlic, 1052; P. 175, 4-11.
losian
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Hine in fýr sende ꝥte hine losade ł fordyde, Mk. L. R. 9, 22. Cwóme ðú losige ł tó losane úsig, l, 24. Losiga, Lk. L. 6, 9. Sóhtun hine tó losanne, Jn. R. 10, 39. of spiritual destruction Hé sáuel his losað, Lk. L. R. 9, 24, 25.
teón
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Ðá sceolde se ealdorman Ælfríc lǽdan ða fyrde, ac hé teáh forð ðá his ealdan wrenceas he brought out his old tricks, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 7.
þanan
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Cunnaþ fýr eft tó his éðle, ðanon hit ǽror cwom, Salm. Kmbl. 834; Sal. 416. Hé gewát on Hibernia, ðonan hé ǽr com, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 13. Þonan, Exon. Th. 17, 12; Cri. 269. He tó ðæm fæderlícan setle eode, þonon hé nǽfre onweg ne gewát, Blickl.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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L. 23, 4. of great specific gravity, dense ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít, and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere ut pendulus ignis surgat in altum terraegue graves pondere sidant, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12: Met. 29, 53.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Eodon of ðam fýre feorh unwemme, wuldre ge-wlitenad. Exon. Th. 197, 8; Az. 187. Hé (the Phenix) is wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad regali plena decore, 220, ii; Ph. 318. Ge-wíteþ mid ðý wuldre niǽre tungol (the sun), 350, 23; Sch. 68.
Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full