un-forgifende
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Unforgiving Hé wæs heard and unforgyfende þám forwyrhtum mannum, Gr. D. 320, l
eall-íren
All of iron ⬩ omnīno ferrĕus
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All of iron; omnīno ferrĕus He héht gewyrcean eall-írenne wígbord wrætlíc he commanded a wondrous battle-shield, all of iron, to be made, Beo. Th. 4665; B. 2338
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cwǽn
a queen
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a queen Æðelfriþ cwǽn, seó wæs Ælfrédes swuster, forþférde, and hire líc líþ æt Pauian queen Æthelfrith, who was Alfred's sister, died, and her body lies at Pavia, Chr. 888; Erl. 87, 16-18
ge-monan
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Seó leó gemonþ [ = geman] ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrena [MS. eldrana] the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12
wamb-ádl
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Disease of the stomach Hér sint tácn be wambe coþum and ádlum, and hú mon ða yfelan wǽtan ðære wambe lácnian scyle. Ðonne wambádl tóweard sié, ðonne beóþ ða tácn . . . Lchdm. ii. 216, 19
fæderen-feoh
dowry
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Property given by the father to the daughter on her marriage, dowry (cf. quicquid de sede paterna secum attulit, lex alam, 55. v. Grmm. R. A. 429) Fædrenfeoh dos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 80
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ge-strúdian
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To commit rapine, prey on Þá biód þǽr on mǽstre nearonesse forþylmed þá þe hér hiora líchaman mid mǽstum unrihtum byldað and ꝥ on óðrum mannum mid wó gestrúdiaþ, Nap. 32. See next word
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ge-bréfan
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To state briefly, epitomize: Gif hwylcum cnihte lyste má þinga and deópra gesetnyssa be him witan þonne wé hér habbað gebréued, Angl. viii. 308, 11. Nú wé þás þing habbað sceortlíce gebréued, 322, 22. —
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ge-angsumian
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Hé læg geancsumod, orwéne lífes, 21, 114. Geancsumod on móde, 9, 116. Geangsumod (-anc-, v. l. ), 25, 224. Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13.
ge-winnan
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he could do for the good of their souls, Bl.
un-cýðig
Ignorant ⬩ unacquainted
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Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom, how in so little space and (previously) so ignorant he should ever become so full of belief
wiþþe
with ⬩ a thong ⬩ cord
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Hé hét hí ( Agatha ) on hencgene ástreccan, and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113. Hé bebeád ðám cwellerum, ðæt hí hine mid wiððum handum and fótum on ðære róde gebundon, Homl. Th. i. 594, 31: 596, 21
eówd
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Hé hét nýtenu faran tó þǽre eówode þe hí of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23. Ðý lǽs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ðá eówde besmíte, i. 124, 33: Gr. D. 109, 11
Deniscan
The Danish men, the Danes ⬩ Dānĭci viri, Dāni
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The Danish men, the Danes; Dānĭci viri, Dāni Hér, A. D. 835, Ecgbryht, Westseaxna cing, geflýmde ge ða Wealas ge ða Deniscan here, A.
líðian
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Biþ ðæs innoþes sár líðigende ðæt hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ the disease of the stomach will grow easier, so that soon it will be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10
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a-cwellan
To kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ interficere ⬩ necare
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Acwelleþ ða wyrmas killeth the worms, Herb. 137; Lchdm. i. 254, 22. Ðá ðe égor-here eorþan tuddor eall acwealde when the water-host destroyed all the progeny of earth. Cd. 69; Th. 84, 25; Gen. 1403.
drygan
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Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde, Bl. H. 69, 2. Drégde, 73, 19. Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent.
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.
snód
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Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde . . . Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring on ðam wege mid snóde mid ealle . . .
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Wæs hé eallum his leódum leóf ipse [Oswin] amabilis omnibus præfuit, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 33. Bæd hé Theodor ðæt hé him and his leódum bisceop funde [ sibi suisque ], 4, 3; S. 566, 25. Tó nytnysse his leódum utilitati suæ gentis, 2, 16; S. 520, 3.