fór-rídan
cut off
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to ride and stop, cut off
wéning
supposition ⬩ doubtful thought ⬩ doubt ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ chance
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God ought not to think of the morrow, lest it should come to pass, that through it he should put off any of the good that he might do then on the day, and through the doubt whether he may live to see the morrow Blickl.
ge-wunelíce
According to custom ⬩ ordinarily ⬩ commonly ⬩ rite
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Heó oft gewunolíce cwǽde solita sit dicere, 4, 19; S. 589, 24
un-tǽlwirðlíce
Blamelessly ⬩ laudably
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Blamelessly, laudably Ðætte oft ðæs láreówdómes dénung bið swíðe untǽlwyrðlíce (-wierð-, Cott. MSS., laudabiliter) gewilnad, and eác swíðe untǽlwierðlíce (laudabiliter ) monige beóð tó geniédde, Past. 7; Swt. 47, 20.
Linked entry: tǽlwirð-líc
ge-rádlíce
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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
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stalian
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Add For hwon gédyrstigodest þú ꝥ þú þus oft in þisra muneca wyrtúne stalodest? . . . Gang nú and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her ná má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml.
wæl-grim
Cruel ⬩ destructive ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ cruel ⬩ cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ destructive
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Voc. ii. 151, 63: violentus, Germ. 399, 467. of living things, bloodthirsty, cruel Hwæt standest ðú (the devil) wælgrim (the MS. breaks off here) ... ? quid adstas cruenda bestia ? Blickl. Homl. 227, 26. Wælgrim wiga, Exon. Th. 396, 21; Rä. 16, 8.
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á-breóþan
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To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, of persons, physical Oft hyre hleór ábreóðeð her good looks ore lost, Gn. Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð æt ǽlcere þearfe, Wlfst. 53, 13.
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bord
a board ⬩ board
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Voc. i. 39, 65. side of a ship, board (in larboard) Hí wurpon heora waru ofor bord, Hml. Th. i. 246, 2, 9
sǽ-líc
Of the sea
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Of the sea On sǽlícum strande on the sea-shore, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 10. Of sǽlícum grunde, 138, 11. On sǽlícere ýðe in the water of the sea, 138, 8. Hí fixodon on sǽlícum ýðum, i. 576, 21. Gedréfed on ðám sǽlícum ýðum ðyssere worulde, ii. 388, 7.
cwéming
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Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépð ðæt mód ðæs recceres, and hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean, ðonne berǽst hé oft on ungemetlíce cuéminge and bið hwílum tó ungemetlíce sméðe amor proprius, cum rectoris mentem ceperit, aliquando hanc inordinate ad mollitiem rapit
ge-hlǽg
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc
mód-wlanc
Proud ⬩ haughty ⬩ of high courage
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Proud, haughty, of high courage Nis ðæs mód-wlonc mon ofer eorþan ðæt hé á his sǽfóre sorge næbbe no man upon earth is of courage so high, as on his sea-journey ne'er to feel fear, Exon. 82a; Th. 308, 13; Seef. 39.
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
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Gauls, Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope
micel
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Suá huelc suá wille betweoxn eów mǽst beón (major fieri), 121, 6. of things material or immaterial, of great excellence or work, of importance or significance Hé ( John ) heóld þá clǽnnysse on móde and on líchaman on micelre drohtnunge, Hml.
genge
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Miccle mare genge off Lerninngcnihhtess, 19566: but also of a military host :-- Faraoness genge, 14851. v. N. E. D. ging.]
ge-dreccan
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Manege scíran wurdon þærle gedrehte þurh þone weall þe hí worhton the building of the wall proved very burdensome, Chr. 1097; P. 234, 6.
hweorfan
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Voc. ii. 83, 74. (1 a) fig. of non-material objects :-- Mín hyge hweorfeð ofer hreðer locan, mín módsefa. . . hweorfeð wíde, Seef. 58-60. where the point to or from which motion is directed is marked. of living creatures Hwiðer hweorfað wé ( whither
gálsere
A lustful man ⬩ libīdĭnōsus
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A lustful man; libīdĭnōsus, Off. Reg. 15
gifu
a gift ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ donum ⬩ munas ⬩ beneficium ⬩ gratia ⬩ virtus ⬩ facultas ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ⬩ RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,
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a gift, grace, favour; donum, munas, beneficium, gratia, virtus, facultas Wæs gifu Hróþgáres oft geæhted the gift of Hrothgar was often prized, Beo. Th. 3773; B. 1884.