ATOL
Dire ⬩ terrific ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid ⬩ foul ⬩ loathsome ⬩ dirus ⬩ atrox ⬩ terribilis ⬩ horridus ⬩ fœ́dus, ⬩ teter
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Th. 1700; B. 848 : Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 11 ; Seef. 6. Se atola the horrid one [the devil], Cd. 222; Th. 290, 10; Sat. 413. In ðeossum atolan ǽðele in this horrid country, 215; Th. 271, 20; Sat. 108.
ge-wildan
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Ágifan þá mágas hine swá gewyld swá hine ǽr út æt þám ordále námon let the kinsmen give him up as safely secured as he was when they took him from the ordeal, Ll. Th. i. 230, 2. Hé bið mid ðám deófellicum bendum gewyld, and tó tintregum gelǽdd, Hml.
líf-wela
life
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Ða lífwelan, swáse swegldreámas, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 33; Cri. 1348. Lífwelan the wealth of this world, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 17; Dan. 56
cwyddian
To speak, say ⬩ dicere
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To speak, say ; dicere Ðæt me oferhydige ǽfre ne mótan hearm cwyddian that the proud may never speak evil of me, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Crist hí befran hú men cwyddodon be him Christ asked them how men spake concerning him, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 31
rand-wígend
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Nú ic gumena gehwæne ðyssa burhleóda biddan wylle randwíggendra ( the people of Bethulia), 24, 14; Jud. 188 : (the descendants of Abraham ), Cd. Th. 205, 13; Exod. 435
gift
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For the need, in the case of a king, of having gifts to give, see B. 1719-23) and wǽpnu . . . and gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 4. v. feoh-, hand-gift. the giving of a woman in marriage, marriage, v. gífan ; [The word is
ge-win
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Þylce nabbað méde, for þí þe hí næfdon geswinces gewinnu; þá sóðlíce geanbidað wyrðscype on þám beóð geswincfulle gewinnu ( certamina ) Scint. 70, 11-13. cf. (1 b α) Níwe campas and gewin ( certamina ) þæs ealdan feóndes ongǽn þone Godes þeów, Gr.
geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Ðú geond holt wunast thou shalt dwell among the groves, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 6; Dan. 574. Geond ða þeóda among the people, Andr. Kmbl. 49; An. 25.
Linked entries: gind giond gond eond giend geond-innan be-geondan geondan gynd
eádig
Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect ⬩ beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves
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Habbaþ eádigne bearn ealle ymbfangen all have encircled the blessed child, 216; Th. 273, 29; Sat. 144. Eádigra gedryht the company of the blessed, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 26; Cri. 1664.
hogian
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Hogodon georne hwá ðǽr mid orde ǽrost mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan they eagerly strove who there first with the sword's point might of the fey man win the life, Byrht. Th. 135, 25; By. 123. Ne hoga ðú embe ðæt be not anxious about that, Homl.
hin-síþ
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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be
beótung
A threatening ⬩ raging ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ
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A threatening, raging; comminatio, minæ Beótunge dǽdum gefyldon [they] followed the threatening with deeds, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 39.
feorh-ner
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Ꝥ hié oncnáwan mihton hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, Bl. H. 105, 32. Tó hwon féddest þú þé ǽnne of þǽm þe ic inc bám gesceóp tó welan and tó wiste and tó feorhrere?, Wlfst. 259, 17. Substitute: and add
hǽþen-gilda
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Þá wurdon getealde án hund þǽra hǽðengylda þe ðæs temples gýmdon, and nán man ne mihte heora ǽhta geríman, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 22. Hé ofslóh ðá hǽðengildan (cf. deofolgildan, 112) he slew the priests of Baal, Hml. S. 18, 155
a-hýðan
To destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ despoil ⬩ vastare ⬩ abo-lere ⬩ subvertere
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To destroy, lay waste, despoil; vastare, abo-lere, subvertere Hí woldon Rómwara ríce geþringan, hergum ahýðan they would conquer the empire of the Romans, lay it waste with their armies, Elen. Kmbl. 81; El. 41. Hungor he ahýðeþ [MS.
láðian
hateful ⬩ loathed
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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.
hrægel-talu
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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3
hréman
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Substitute: <b>hréman;</b> p. de To vaunt, boast Nó þæt þín aldor ǽfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þý hraðor hrémde þeáh þe here brohte Israéla gestreón in his ǽhte geweald, Dan. 756.Hár hilderinc hréman ne þorfte mecga gemánan
melda
a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer
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Sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf the axe is an informer, not a thief (i. e. the noise made by hewing with an axe would attract the attention, which a thief would certainly shun, v. Grmm. R. A. 47), L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23: L. Edg.
heóflan
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Add: absolute In þám dæge heofene and eorðe cwaciað and heófiað and ealle þá ðing þe on him syndon in quo omnis creatura congemescit. Wlfst. 182, 9. Eádige beóð ðá þe heófiað beati qui lugent, Hml. Th. i. 550, 27.