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ǽ-gleáw

(adj.)
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ǽ-gleáw, adj.

Skilled in the lawlearnedwiselegis peritussaga-cissimussapientissimus

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Skilled in the law, learned, wise; legis peritus, saga-cissimus, sapientissimus Ðá andswarode him sum ǽgleáw respondit quidam ex legis peritis, Lk. Bos. 11, 45. Ealde ǽgleáwe elders skilled in laws, Menol. Fox 37; Men. 19.

floc-rád

(n.)
Grammar
floc-rád, e; f.

A riding companya troopturma

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A riding company, a troop; turma Ðá fundon hie óðre flocráde, ðæt rád út wið Lygtúnes then they raised another troop, which rode out towards Leighton, Chr. 917, Erl. 102, 15.

Linked entry: rád

folc-gesíþas

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gesíþas, gen. -gesíþa; m.

The nobles of a countrypăresnōbĭlesgentis cŏmĭtespŏpŭlāres

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Wið ðám néhstum folcgesíþum with the nearest rulers of the people, Cd. 193; Th. 241, 29; Dan. 412

blód-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-hreów, def. se blóð-hreówa; adj.

Blood-thirsty, cruelsanguinolentus, crudelis

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[hreów cruel] Blood-thirsty, cruel; sanguinolentus, crudelis Me wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle save me from the wickedness of the blood-thirsty man, Ps. Th. 58, 2. Blódhreówe weras ge bebúgaþ me viri sanguinum declinate a me, 138, 17.

þúsend-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þúsend-mǽlum, adv.

In thousands

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In thousands Weras and wíf somod wornum and heápum þrungen and urnon þúsendmǽlum, Judth. Thw. 23, 40; Jud. 165: Cd. Th. 190, 8; Exod. 196: 304, 18; Sat. 632.

fæstlic

firmsolidresolutevigorous

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Þæt hé þý fæstlecre gewinn mehte habban wið hiene, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 8

ge-rádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rádlíce, adv.
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Þá epactas þe wise preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliað, Angl. viii. 300, 45. Wé habbað ymbe þǽre sunnan ryne manega þing gerádlíce átrahtnod, 308, 15. Cf. ge-rǽdelíce

Linked entry: ge-rádelíce

ge-swincan

(v.)
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to labour, toil Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. to labour under, be afflicted with þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, Lch

Linked entry: swincan

ge-cwémnes

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Þonne hé sceáwaþ þus eádmódlice geþingunge and gecwémnesse úres módes wið úre þá néhstan dum tale placitum nostrae mentis aspexerit. Gr. D. 349, 34. On gecwémnessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Rdr. 140, 5. Add

scencan

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Eustachius gelǽdde hí intó his gesthúse, and út gangende bohte him wín and him scencte for heora micclan geswince, Hml. S. 30, 259.

wealh-land

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-land, es; n.

a foreign landNormandy

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a foreign land Ǽghwǽr eorðan dǽr wit earda leás mid wealandum wunian (winnan, MS.) sceoldon (cf. mé ellþeódigne, l. 20), Cd. Th. 163, 30; Gen. 2706. Normandy (cf.

Linked entry: wealand

of-rídan

(v.)

to overtake by riding, overtake

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Abram éfste wið ðæs heres óþ ðæt hé hig ofrád, Gen. 14, 14. Se cyng hét rídan æfter, and ne mehte hine mon ofrídan, Chr. 901; Erl. 98, l: 877; Erl. 78, 21

hlyta

(n.)
Grammar
hlyta, hlytta, an; m.

A diviner, one who divines by casting lots

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A diviner, one who divines by casting lots Flaminius forseah ða sægene ðe ða hlyttan him sǽdon ðæt hé æt ðæm gefeohte ne cóme wið Gallíe Flaminius contemtis auspiciis quibus pugnare prohibebatur adversum Gallos, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 26.

stæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-here, g. -her(i)ges; m.

A marauding bandpredatory army

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Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas behealden, Past. 33; Swt. 229, 5

CEOLE

(n.)
Grammar
CEOLE, ciole, an; f.

The throat, JOWLguttur, fauces

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Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2.

Linked entry: ceoler

tǽlness

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlness, e: f.

Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction

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Ða ðe tǽlnessa teónan wið heora ðam néhstan níð áhófan detrahentem adversus proximum suum, Ps. Th. 100, 4. Ðú tǽlnissum wiþ ða sélestan sacan ongunne, Exon. Th. 254, 31; Jul. 205. Tǽlnyssa (télnisse, Ps. Surt.) vituperationem, Ps. Spl. 30, 16

Linked entry: télnis

ge-witleás

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Voc. ii. 150, 51. out of one's mind, mad. v. ge-wit; Ic wénde ꝥ heó gewitleás wǽre (cf. þú forlure þín gewitt, 311), Hml. S. 36, 352.

ban-cóða

(n.)
Grammar
ban-cóða, an; m: -cóþ, -cóðu, e; f: -cóðe, an; f. [ban, bana a killer, cóða a disease]

A baneful diseasea fatal or deadly maladyerysipelaslethalis morbusignis sacer

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Wið bancóðe, ðæt is óman, nim eolonan for the baneful disease, that is erysipelas, take elecampane, L.M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 16

Cerdices leáh

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices leáh, leáge; f.

Cerdic's leyCerdăci campus

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Cinric] fuhtan wið Bryttas on ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Cerdices leág [MS. Land ford] in this year Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Cerdic's ley, Chr. 527; Th. 26, 30-33, col. 3

flyge

(n.)
Grammar
flyge, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flyingflightvŏlātus

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Wið flyge gáres against an arrow's flight, 79a; Th. 297, 11; Crä. 66. Ic sceal on flyge earda neósan I shall in flight visit lands, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 28; Sat. 112