word-fæst
Adhering to what one says ⬩ keeping one's word
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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E.
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yfel-sacung
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Calumny, vituperation On yfylsacunge heora in malitia eorum, Ps. Spl. C. 93, 23. Módignys ácenð andan and yfelsacunge, ceorunge and gelómlíce tála, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 7. Þurh yfelsacunge per blasphemiam, Confess. Peccat.
geó-dæg
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Iúdagum Rómáni gehálgedon on þissa tungla gemynde heora dagas, Angl. viii. 321, 4. Iúdagum se biscop Theophilus wrát ǽnne pistol, 322, 45. See geó in Dict., and cf. ǽr-dæg
of-tredan
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Ne lǽt þú mé oftredan þá ofermódan under heora fótum non veniat mihi pes superbiae, 35, 11. See next word
sundor-land
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Sume hí woldon sellan heora sundorland mynster on tó getimbrianne alii ad construendum monasterium praedia offerre volebant, Gr. D. 200, 29
CRÁWE
a CROW ⬩ cornix ⬩ a raven ⬩ corvus
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Voc. 29, 31; 62, 29; 280, 34. a raven; corvus Se selþ nýtenum mete heora, and briddum cráwan cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvi invocantibus eum Ps. Spl. T. 146, 10
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á-spendan
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Hí on heora lustum heora líf áspendað, 17, 240. Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum, 14, 14. Hé on swilce weorc áspende his ðing, 31, 68. Þone ofereácan his ǽhta hé áspende on Godes þearfum, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 31.
sefa
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Ic heom ábleonde hera sefan, 45, 7. Þurh rúmne sefan rǽd gelǽran, Beo. Th. 561 ; B. 278. Begém úrum sefum intende nostris sensibus, Hymn. Surt. 22, 3.
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Fela wóde menn heora gewit underféngon, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 130. Hé wódum mannum gewitt forgeaf, Homl. Th. i. 480, 14. Hé ða deóflu áfligde of dám wódum wyrhtum, Homl.
sprǽc
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Add Spǽce (printed swæce) heów leáse false fashions of speech; insanias falsas Ps. Rdr. 39, 5. Gemetigian ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2. Add Þá wæs seó tunge álýsed tó sprǽce, Gr. D. 184, 10.
ealdor
ELDER, parent, head of a family, author ⬩ părens, paterfamilias, auctor ⬩ an elder, chief, governor, prince ⬩ sĕnior, præpŏsītus, princeps
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Ðæt wæs ealdor heora that was their chief, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 27; Sat. 373. Heofna ealdor the prince of the heavens, Cd. 226; Th. 300, 20; Sat. 567. Ealdor þegna the prince of thanes, Beo. Th. 3293; B. 1644.
for-glendran
To eat greedily ⬩ devour voraciously ⬩ lurcāri ⬩ devŏrāre
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Ealle heora snytru beóþ yfele forglendred omnis săpientia eōrum devŏrāta est, Ps. Th. 106, 26; Blickl. Horn. 99, 9. Forglendred serviunculus? Wrt. Voc. 290, 49. Forglendrad conglūtĭnātus? = glūtĭtus devoured, vel glūtĭnātus glued together, Ps.
ranclíce
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 6. boldly (v. ranc, III) Ymbe ða feówer tíman wé wyllaþ cýðan iungum preóstum má þinga ðæt hig mágon ðé ranclícor ðás þing heora clericum geswutelian, Anglia viii. 312, 18
gripa
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Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8
ge-deorfan
To labour
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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon
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scúr-heard
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Made hard by blows (v. scúr, <b>I b;</b> and cf. heoru hamere geþuren, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285) Sweordes ecg, scerp and scúrheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2267; An. 1135. Ðæt him féla láf ( the sword ) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo.
swegel-torht
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Cf. heofon-torht
un-áþrotenlíce
Unweariedly ⬩ unceasingly
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Unweariedly, unceasingly Hí sint tó manienne ðæt hí unáðrotenlíce ða gedónan synna gelǽden beforan heora módes eágan admonendi sunt, ut incessanter admissa ante oculos reducant, Past. 53; Swt. 413, 14.
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bile
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Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, Hml. S. 23, 80. Add