ge-dafenlíc
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ decent ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ hăbĭlis
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Nis ná gedafenlíc ðæt ðes man ána beó it is not fitting that this man be alone, Homl. Th. i. 14, 17. Uæs gedæfenlíc [gidæfendlic, Rush.] oportebat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 4
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weorold-hláford
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Wé lǽraþ þæt Godes þeówas beón geornlíce Gode þeówigende . . . and ðæt hí beón á heora ealdre holde and gehýrsume . . . and ðæt hí beón heora worldhláfordum eác holde and getrýwe, L. Edg. C. 1; Th. ii. 244, 5
mirrend
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A waster, squanderer, v. mirran ; Se hordere ne sceal beón myrrend (prodigus), Chrd, 19, 13. Ná se hordere ná sí cystig oððe myrrent ǽhte neque cellarius prodigus sit aut stirpator monasterii, R. Ben. l. 62, 3
módigian
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His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg hé módegað, and tó-mergen hé ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.
ing
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Gothic form] may be the same as that found in a genealogy in the Chronicle a. 547 :-- Esa wæs Inguing Ingui Angenwitting, Erl. 16, 11. As a proper name or as part of a proper name Ingi occurs in Icelandic, e.g.
beót-word
a word of threatening ⬩ threats ⬩ minæ ⬩ a word of boasting ⬩ jactationis verbum
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[beót III. a boasting] a word of boasting; jactationis verbum Beówulf beótwordum spræc Beowulf spake in words of boasting Beo. Th. 5014; B. 2510
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tweónung
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Ben. 64, 11. Hí ádrǽfdon ealle twýnunga fram úre heortan, Homl. Th. i. 302, 3
ge-bǽran
To bear one's self ⬩ behave or conduct one's self ⬩ se gerere
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To bear one's self, behave or conduct one's self; se gerere Ne gefrægn ic ða mǽgþe sél gebǽran never have I heard of the tribe bearing themselves better, Beo. Th. 2029; B. 1012 : 5640; B. 2824 : Fins. Th. 77; Fin. 38.
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fers
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Ben. 69, 16. Cweþe ǽrest þis fers, 'Deus in adiutorium meum intende,' 33, 8 (and often)
ómig
rusty (v. óm), rust-coloured ⬩ inflammatory
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rusty (v. óm), rust-coloured Ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig, Beo. Th. 5519; B. 2763. Dýre swyrd ómige bmhetene, 6090; B. 3049. Ðý læs ðæt ómige fæt mid ealle tóberste, gif hé mid ungemete scæfþ, R. Ben. 121, 3. Anfiltes hómiges incudis, Hpt.
wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Eówre beam beóð wórigende on ðisum wéstene felii vestri ernnt vagi in deserto, Num. 14, 33 : Homl. Th. ii. 30, 27. Ǽfre unstaþolfæste and wóriende, R.
on-windan
to unwind, unfasten, loosen ⬩ to retire, retreat
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to unwind, unfasten, loosen Ðonne forstes bend Fæder onlǽteþ, onwindeþ wælrápas, Beo. Th. 3224; B. 1610. Báncofan onband, breóstlocan onwand, Elen. Kmbl. 2498; El. 1250. to retire, retreat Hærn eft onwand ... wædu swæðorodon, Andr.
egesung
A threatening, fear, dread ⬩ commĭnātio
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Ben. interl. 27, Som. Ben. Lye
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beding
Bedding ⬩ covering of a bed ⬩ a bed
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Bedding, covering of a bed, a bed, Ps. Spl. 131, 3
mann-dreám
Human joy ⬩ joyous life among men ⬩ joyous noise
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Cain fág gewát mandreám fleón, Beo. Th. 2533; B. 1264. Lifde and lissa breác Malalehel mon-dreáma hér, Cd. 59; Th. 71, 26; Gen. 1176. Meodo heall monig ᛗ dreáma full, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 14; Ruin. 24. Hé ána hwearf mondreámum from, Beo.
searu-wundor
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The term is applied to Grendel's arm, which had been torn away by Beowulf) Eode scealc monig searowundor seón, Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920
geond-gangan
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about, perambulate Beón gesette an oðþe twégen ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman deputetur unus aut duo seniores qui circumeant monasterium, R. Ben. 74, 15. Geondgongendra (-gang-, Fs. L.) perambulantium, Ps. Srt. 67, 22
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ǽwe
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Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15. Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe, 300, 26
lof-georn
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Manna lofgeornost of all men most desirous to deserve praise (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6347; B. 3183
cnotta
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D. 165, 4. a knotty point, difficulty Hé hine befrán be gehwylcum cnottum þe hé sylf ne cúþe on þǽre hálgan béc, Angl. vii. 2, 13