hréd-eádig
Glorious ⬩ noble ⬩ triumphant
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Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts, 78 b; Th. 295,23; Crä. 37. [Thorpe and Grem take hréðeádigra as gen., but see Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78 for another comparative.]
Íras
The Irish
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Scotta sum dǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene, 18. Þrie Scottas cuómon tó Ælfréde of Hibernia, 891; Erl. 88, 5. So in Alfred's Orosius it is said Igbernia ðæt wé Scotland hátaþ, 1, 1; Swt. 24, 16
mildheort-ness
Mercy ⬩ compassion ⬩ pity ⬩ clemency
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Surt. 115, 27: Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 13. Mildheort God ... ðú ðe gehilst mildheortnysse Deus misericors ... qui custodis misericordiam, Ex. 34, 6. Hí náne mildheortnesse ne geearnodon, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 202, 28.
neádian
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ constrain
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Surt. 56, 13 : 84, 17. Útlagan ús wépan neádiaþ exules nos flere cogunt, 56, 3. Se ðe óðerne neádaþ ofer his mihte tó drincenne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 31. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, ac lét hine habban his ágene cyre, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 30.
Linked entry: neódian
stunian
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to crash, make a loud sound Sum biþ wíges heard, beadocræftig man ðǽr bord stunaþ where the shield resounds, Exon. Th. 295, 29; Crä. 40.
Linked entry: stinan
un-bildu
Want of boldness ⬩ weakness ⬩ irresolution ⬩ inconstancy
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Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte pusillanimes dum nimis infirmitatis suae sunt conscii, 32; Swt. 209, 7
weorold-gesceaft
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Fægerust woruldgesceafta ( the sun ), Menol. Fox 227; Men. 115. Weroda Waldend, woruldgesceafta, Cd. Th. 237, 4; Dan. 332 : 53, 19 ; Gen. 863.
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wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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Then it did not suit him to come to meet the king and the army that was with him in order to defend himself (or? in order that the case against him might be brought; cf.
wyrcness
work ⬩ labour ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ performance
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Surt. 106, 23. working, doing, operation. Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Ðurh swá hwylces béne swá hé gehǽled sí, ðysses geleáfa and wyrcnes (operatio) sí gelýfed Gode andfenge, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 23.
Linked entry: wircness
ceafl
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Ic úp áhóf míne nyþeran cæflas ł mínre undertungan exaltavi sub lingua mea, Ps. L. 65, 17. Add
cwalu
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Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32. Dón tó cwale to put to death, Hml. S. 21, 372. v. morþor-, súsl-cwalu. Add
hǽþen-gilda
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Férde sum æðelboren man fram Alexandrian byrig tó Róme byrig Polemius geháten; sé wæs hǽþengilda, Hml. S. 35, 4. Eóden þá hǽðengyldan intó heora temple clypigende tó ðám leásan gode, 4, 153. Se ealdorman wolde ðá hǽðengildan forbærnan . . .
Lunden
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Innan Lundene fenn; andlang súð on Temese, 73, 20. Lundéne ware biscop, iv. 291, 33. Lundene waru griðede wið þone here, Chr. 1016 ; P. 153, 8. Tó Lundene weard, P. 148, 14: 1052; P. 179, 7. On Paules byrig binnan Lundene, C. D. iv. 290, 15.
mylen-gear
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úp of þǽm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone ealdan mylengear; þæt þǽr andlanges þæs ealdan myle[n]geares oð hit fácað on þǽm ífihtan æsce; þæt súð
hord-gestreón
Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'
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Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord' Sum wæs ǽhtwelig in commedia heóld hordgestreón there was one of large possessions, he kept in Nicomedia his stored-up wealth, Exon. 66 a; Th. 244, 3; Jul. 22.
ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from
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Surt. 21, 13. Ofersétun sáwle mine occupaverunt animam meam, 58, 4. Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond.
slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error
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Surt. 7, 17
spátl
Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,
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Surt. 80, 1
ge-temprian
To temper ⬩ moderate ⬩ govern ⬩ cure ⬩ temperare
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To temper, moderate, govern, cure; temperare Seó sunne ða eorþan getempraþ the sun tempers the earth, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. Scienc. 9, 3; Lchdm. iii. 250, 14.
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beán
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Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml. S. 23 b, 128. Beána sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 7. Add