á-mearcian
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Yfen hér æfter ys ámearkod the symbol for the hyphen is given afterwards, 333, 30.
Linked entry: mearcian
hiwleás-ness
want of form; ⬩ deformitas.
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want of form; deformitas. Som
ge-nýdan
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Wǽron genýdde were forced, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 21
á
Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper ⬩ quite (as) ⬩ at any time ⬩ unquam ⬩ in any case, at all ⬩ strengthening a negation ⬩ (why) ever ⬩ in any degree, any
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Á forþ heonan, Cri. 582. emphasized by noun phrases Ǽfre sig Dryhten gebletsod, á worulda woruld, Nic. 19, 24. Á on worlda forþ, Hy. 7, 123. Á tó worulde forþ, 6, 13. Á tó worulde, á bútan ende, Sat. 315. Á bútan ende éce, Cri. 415.
Linked entry: á-bet
líf-bysig
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Busy about saving life, struggling for life, anxious about life Ðæt hé for mundgripe mínum scolde licgean lífbysig bútan his líce swice that for my handgrip he should lie struggling for life, unless his body should escape, Beo. Th. 1936; B. 966
un-arodscipe
Inactivity ⬩ spiritlessness
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Inactivity, spiritlessness Oft mon bið suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ men ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and bið ðeáh for wísdóme and for wærscipe sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur, Past
béd-rǽden
Prayers
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and substitute: Prayers Bist ðú on úre bedrǽdene we will pray for you, Wlfst. 290, 17. Wé habbaþ heom geunnen þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe we have promised to pray for them while alive and after death, Cht. Th. 436, 15
brant
High, deep, steep, difficult; ⬩ altus, arduus
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Ymb brontne ford about the deep ford, 1140; B. 568. Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþísan they let the high ships go over the ocean-wave, Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238
Linked entry: bront
forcel
a pitch-fork
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A fork with two or three prongs (?), a pitch-fork (cf. furculus tridens, merga, Migne) Þæt hús (hell) is mid swíðe egeslican fýre áfylled, and helle hús hafað forclas miccle, Nap. 23
-wyrde
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Add: v. fore-wyrde, fracoþ-wyrde
geafle
a fork
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Dele, and see geafel a fork
mis-tímian
To happen amiss ⬩ to do amiss
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mediate for him, Chart.
furþra
fore ⬩ more excellent
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Add: of an animal's foot, fore Nim þone swýþran fót þone furðran take the right fore-foot (of a badger), Lch. i. 328, 4. more excellent Furþra prestantior, i. excellentior, Germ. 395, 40
Streónes-halh
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For the forms streanæs, streunaes, strenes, found in Bede's History, v. Txts. 489. In Bd. 3, 25 the word is explained by sinus fari
þrece
Force ⬩ oppression ⬩ the result of oppression ⬩ weariness ⬩ exhaustion
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Hneppade sáwle mín for ðrece dormitavit anima men prae taedio, Ps. Lamb. 118, 28
sáwlung
expiring
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wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.'
Linked entry: sáwlian
hláford-þrymm
majesty
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Lordly greatness, majesty For heora woroldwuldre and for hláfordbryrnrne, Chrd. 66, 20
fæst-gongel
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For 'faithful' substitute ' steady-going, ' and for 'faithful soul' substitute ' constant mind. '
þeód-wrecan
to avenge thoroughly, ⬩ take great vengeance for
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-, which is compounded with verbs, and has the force of per-; see the verbs in the Dictionary.
gefóg-stán
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A stone hewn so as to be ready for use in building Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid swingellan, tó ðǽm ðæt wé eft sión geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean nunc foris per
Linked entry: stán-gefóg