ge-frægen
Heard of ⬩ known
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Heard of, known Egsa mára, ðonne from frumgesceape gefrægen wurde ǽfre on eorðan greater terror than was ever heard of on earth since the creation, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 28; Cri. 840.
ge-sceón
To happen, come upon ⬩ accidere, contingere
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Egyptum wearþ ðæs dægweorces deóp leán gesceód to the Egyptians for that day's work a deep requital was given, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 29; Ex. 506
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síþlíce
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Næs Petrus gewunod tó nánre wǽpnunge ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd síþ*-*líce gebrohte Peter was not accustomed to arms, but two swords had lately (?) been brought there, 248, 4
un-mǽþlíce
immoderately ⬩ out of measure ⬩ inhumanely
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immoderately, out of measure Seó wydewe mænigfealde sceattas hyre unmǽðlíce beád ( was immoderate in her offers ), Homl. Skt. i. 2, 147. Hé hét ðone bisceop unscrýdan and unmǽðlíce ( or II) swingan, ii. 29, 231. inhumanely.
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ge-hýdan
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eálond sum eágum wlíten, and bonne gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde (the whale) oncyrrápum, . . . and þonne in þæt églond úp gewítað (cf. an ealond he (the sailors) wenen it (the whale) is, . . . sipes on festen and alle up gangen, Misc. 17, 533), Wal
ge-blǽdfæstness
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Prosperity, success Ðá gemétte ic sumne man þe mé þrý penegas sealde, mid þám ic mé þrý hláfas bohte; þá ic mé hæfde genóh gehýðe tó mínes síðfætes geblǽdfæstnysse ( I had abundantly what was of advantage to the success of my journey.
sceáda
The top of the head, parting of the hair
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Crulle was his heer, and as the gold it schon . . . Ful streyt and evene lay his joly schood. Miller's Tale, 130. The nayl y-dryven in the schode a-nyght. Knight's Tale, 1149. schodynge of the heede discrimen Prompt. Parv.:
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forhtian
To fear
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Þý lǽs wá . . . lǽs Godes dóm forhtige, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 503, 18. Þone forhti[g]endan (tremendum) dóm, 1, 27; Sch. 71, 5: Wlfst. 239, 6. with gen. Ꝥ þú mé ne genýde tó áreccenne míne gescyndnysse; God wát ꝥ ic heora forhtige, Hml. S. 23 b, 361
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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To cleanse, clean thoroughly, purge, wash away; mundare, emundare, permundare, diluere Mid besmum afeormod scopis mundatus, Lk. Bos. 11, 25. He afeormaþ his þyrscelflóre permundabit aream suam. Mt. Bos 3, 12.
dolh-swæþ
A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix
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Ðæt seó þynneste dolhswaðo and seó læste ætýwde that the thinnest and the least scar was to be seen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19
teón-cwide
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Þurh teóncwide by their blasphemous language (saying that a miracle was wrought by magic), 1541; An. 772. Godscyld wrecan, teóncwide, Exon. Th. 254, 30; Jul. 205. Tióncwida conviciorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 44. Mið teáncuidum contumelia, Lk. Skt.
teón-word
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33
heaðu-sceared
blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share
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In the former case may not the word be connected with scear [q. v. share in ploughshare] used here of the blade of a sword, heaðo-scear a war-share, blade? and hearde heaðo-scearede = with hard and deadly blades.
hlynnan
To sound, ⬩ make a noise, ⬩ shout
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To sound, make a noise, shout Gúþwudu hlynneþ scyld scefte oncwyþ the war-wood resounds, shield replies to shaft, Fins. Th. ii; Fin. 6. Gársecg hlynede the ocean roared, Andr. Kmbl. 476; An. 238.
torne
In a way that causes grief or distress, ⬩ grievously, ⬩ distressingly
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In a way that causes grief or distress, grievously, distressingly Hé wíse dómas déþ (ðám) ðe hér deorce ǽr teónan manigetorne geþoledan facit judicium injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 145, 6.
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wídness
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Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs . . . on wídnysse twéntig fæðma. . .
streónan
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Wá ðám mannum þe . . . eorðlicum spédum tiliað and strýnað, Verc. Först. 120, 17
FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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By the simple appellation of fyrd the land-force was to be understood. The naval armament was denominated the scip-fyrd. Similar entries v. folc-land I [c] Be ðon ðe gesíþcund man fyrde forsitte.
open-líce
Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large
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Openly. publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected Eft cymþ God swíðe openlíce (in a way to be seen by all), Ps. Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton (they publicly decreed) ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 3.