heald
Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus
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Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26
on-gitenness
understanding, knowledge
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Similar entries and-git. ) Ðeós ongitenys (þes ongitenysse, MS. ) mínre untrumnysse ys ðæt of ðisum líchaman sceal beón se gást álǽded the meaning of my illness is, that the spirit shall be taken away from the body, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 22
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for-wyrnan
To prohibit ⬩ deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ hinder ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ denĕgāre ⬩ renuĕre
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Se ilca forwyrnþ ðære [MS. ðæræ] sǽ ðæt heó ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan ðære eorþan the same restrains the sea that it may not overstep the threshold of the earth, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 25.
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in-lendisc
Native ⬩ indigenous
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Se forsǽda bisceop angan tó befrínenne sume inlendisce ymbe ðæs íglondes gewunan the aforesaid bishop began to ask some of the natives about the customs of the island, Lchdm. iii. 432, 28.
heals-wærc
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Pain in the neck Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5
Cwat-brycg
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2.
earh-faru
A flight of arrows ⬩ sagittārum vŏlātus
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Ða us gescildaþ wið sceððendra eglum [MS englum] earhfarum they shall shield us against the enemies' noxious flights of arrows, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 28; Cri. 762
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FECCAN
FETCH ⬩ bring to ⬩ draw ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ tollĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ haurīre
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Hig feccaþ ðíne sáwle fram ðé they will fetch away thy soul from thee, Lk. Bos. 12, 20. Ðás menn ðé feccaþ these men fetch thee, Num. 22, 20. Gif preóst crisman ne fecce [fæcce MS. B.] if a priest fetch not the chrism, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 11.
gér
a year ⬩ annus
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and þearfum the year is the hope of men, when God letteth the earth give her bright fruits to rich and poor, Runic pm. 12; Kmbl. 341, 20; Hick.
hleówan
to make warm, ⬩ cherish, ⬩ protect, ⬩ shelter ⬩ to become warm
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the groves protect the earth's wealth, Exon 54 a; Th. 191, 8; Az. 85. Se king ðǽr sæt hleówwinde hine beo ðan fýre the king sat there warming himself by the fire, Shrn. 16, 16.
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ile
callosity
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From his hnolle ufewerdan óþ his ilas neoþewerde from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27. Mid ísenum pílum heora ilas gefæstnode fastened the soles of their feet with iron nails, Homl.
butsa-carlas
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.
friþ-mǽl
An article of peace ⬩ pācis pactio
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An article of peace; pācis pactio Ðis synd ða friþmál and ða fórword these are the articles of peace and the agreements, L. Eth. ii. prm; Th. i. 284, 6
ge-cyssan
To kiss ⬩ oscŭlāri
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To kiss; oscŭlāri Gecyste cyning þegn betstan the king kissed the best of thanes, Beo. Th. 3744; B. 1870. Gecyste foet his osculabatur pedes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38
eádan
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For second passage substitute Þonne is gromra tó fela æfestum eáden hæbbe ic þonne æt freán frófre when fate maliciously brings too many foes, then may I have comfort from the Lord, Hy. 4, 46. Add:
middel
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and stód on ðára midle he jumped into the mere and stood in the midst of them (the thirty-nine soldiers), Shrn. 62, 10.
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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their settings), Wulfst. 148, 18-24: 263, 8.
a-þolian
To sustain ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ sustinere ⬩ perdurare ⬩ pati
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Ðæt him frécne on feorh aþolude that their soul in them suffered violently; anima eorum in ipsis defecit, Ps. Th. 106, 4
cawl
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Hý heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43
cearig
Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, dire ⬩ sollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus
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Wæs Meotud on beám bunden fæste cearian clomme the Creator was bound fast on the tree with dire bond, Exon. 116b; Th. 449, 6; Dóm. 67.