hrepung
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</b> sexual contact :-- Clǽne hrepunga flǽsclicre mundus contactu carneo, Hy. S. 42, 37. <b>I b.
rǽcan
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R. 19, 29. a non-material thing, to give, bestow Þine dómas rǽcað gehwám ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15. Rǽc fultume tribue auxilium, Rtl. 41, 11: 23,9
sculan
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Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.
wagian
To move (intrans.). ⬩ to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards ⬩ to shake, totter
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Wið tóþa sáre and gyf hý wagegen ( wagigan, wagion, v. ll.).Lchdm. i. 126, 15. [Ðe se is eure wagiende, O. E. Homl. ii. 175, 19. Deor gunnen waȝeȝen (pleoye, 2nd MS.), Laym. 26941
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wearte
A wart
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Wiþ weartan ... lege tó ðám weartan, hé hý fornimeþ, i. 256, 1-2. Wearras and weartan on weg tó dónne ... wrið on ða weartan and on ða wearras, 362, 17. Wið scurfedum nægle, nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta (-an ?), ii. 150, 5
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Dryhtne ðe hyre weorþmynde geaf mǽrþe to the Lord that gave her honour and glory, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 25; Jud. 344. Geceósan swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu, Exon. 16b; Th. 37, 11; Cri. 591.
menigu
A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number
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Manegu, Hy. 10, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 8. Mengu multitudinem, Ps. Surt. 9, 25. Mengo, Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 12; Rä. 81, 29. Mengeo, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 30; Gen. 1726. Meniu exercitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 46.
scúr
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Th. 469, 24; Hy. 11, 7
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wuldrian
to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified
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Th. i. 44, 2 : Hy. 8, 1. Se is tó weorþienne and tó wuldrienne, Blickl. Homl. 197, 6. God wuldriende (wuldrigendo, Lind. : wuldrende, Rush.) and heriende, Lk.
ge-férrǽden
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Hé ágsode hý hwá wolde on þǽre geférrǽddene beón þe hé wǽre, and ꝥ lufian ꝥ hé lufode. Ll.
a-leógan
To lie ⬩ tell lies ⬩ belie ⬩ deceive ⬩ mentiri ⬩ confutare ⬩ non præstare
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Heó hyre gehát aleáh she belied her vow, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 7. He beót ne aléh he belied not his promise, Beo. Th. 160; B. 80. Hí aleógaþ him they tell lies to him, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 18: L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 12
FLAXE
A FLASK ⬩ bottle ⬩ flasca ⬩ fiasco ⬩ lăgēna
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him flaxan ĕgo ĕmo cŭtes et pelles, et făcio ex iis flascōnes, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 37
niht-genga
A creature that goes at night ⬩ a goblin ⬩ evil spirit
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Hió ( betony ) hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihþum and swefnum, i. 70, 5
tácn-bora
a standard-bearer ⬩ a leader, guide, director
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Tácenbora, Hymn. Surt. 113, 3. Tácnboran draconarii vel vexillarii vel signiferi, Wrt.
þwang
A thong ⬩ strip of leather
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Grénre hýde, þwanges recentis corii, Hpt. Gl. 483, 31. Ic ne underfó ánne þwang ( corrigiam caligae ), Gen. 14, 23. Mid ðuongum (ðwongum, Rush.) sandalis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 9.
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wuldor-beáh
A crown
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Hymn. Surt. 133, 1
dæl
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Of þám hylle dún in þæt dæll; ꝥ ollung þæs dæles; ꝥ úp on þone hyll, Cht. E. 235, 2: C. D. iii. 52, 22. Oð ceápmanna del; of ceápmanna dele, vi. 41, 18. On þet deópe del, iii. 130, 32. Add
eorþ-waru
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Heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, 87, 10: Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 20. Grammar eorþ-waru, -waran Samson wæs ealra eorðwarena strengest, Wlfst. 147, 1. uncertain Ætforan eorðwarum, Hml. Th. ii. 604, 5. Hé his þone hálgan sunu sendan wolde tó eorþwarum, Bl.
for-þrysmian
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</b> to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato, An.
hyge-méþe
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. : þæt wæs feohleás gefeoht fyrenum gesyngad hreðre hyge-méðe one brother shot the other . . . that was a fight where no bót could be claimed (cf.