be-licgan
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D. be-lie, 4) Ic hebbe bicweðen Portland and eall ðæt ðértó bilýð, C. D. iv. 229, 21
norþ-ende
the north end or part
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Ðone norþene ðære eaxe ( the north-pole ), Met. 28, 14
á-masian
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Stent hé heortleás and earh, ámasod and ámarod, mihtleás, áfǽred pavor percutiet stupidis cunctorum corda querelis, Dóm. L. 125: Wlfst. 137, 23
Linked entry: masian
BLÓMA
Metal, the metal taken from the ore ⬩ a mass ⬩ metallum, massa ⬩ that which adheres together like a dough
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Voc. 85, 16;Lye says truly, referring to this quotation,-'Inter ea quæ pertinent ad metalla.' Blóma is contained in one of our oldest glossaries Dáh [MS. dað] vel blóma massa, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 9; Wrt. Voc. 34, 68.
Linked entry: gold-blóma
ge-beótian
To promise in a boastful manner ⬩ to vow ⬩ glōriōse pollĭcēri
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To promise in a boastful manner, to vow; glōriōse pollĭcēri Gebeótode án þegena, ðæt he mid sunde ða eá oferfaran woldon one of the officers vowed that he by swimming would cross over the river, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 2, 4.
Linked entry: beótian
un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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sed ea ipsa est vel maxima nostri caussa moeroris; quod..., Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 2-4.
Linked entry: rótness
ofer-hygd
pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia
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, high spirit Gif ðú gesáwe sumne swíðe wísne man ðe hæfde swíðe góda oferhýda and wǽre ðeáh swíðe earm hwæðer ðú woldest cweþan ðæt hé wǽre unwyrþe anwealdes and weorþscipes si quem sapientia praeditum videres, num posses eum vel reverentia, vel ea,
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sweord
A sword
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They are precious heirlooms, handed down through many years (v. epithet eald above); so Beowulf speaks of his sword as 'eald láf,' Beo.
Linked entry: swyrd
ǽn-lípig
Each ⬩ every ⬩ singular ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ singuli ⬩ solus
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Each, every, singular, solitary, private; singuli, solus Þurh ǽnlípige dagas per singulos dies, Ps. Spl. 41, 15. Be ǽnlípigum mannum per singulos viros, Jos. Grn. 7, 14: C. R. Ben. 22
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in-cúðlíce
Grievously ⬩ sorely
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Grievously, sorely Ðá begann se ealda incúðlíce siccetan and mid wópe wearþ ofergoten then the old man began to sigh grievously and became suffused with tears, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1
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in-drencan
To soak ⬩ saturate ⬩ inebriate
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To soak, saturate, inebriate Hí ðá sylfe betweónum indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse they mutually saturated each other with the wines of evangelic sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7
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mynele
Desire ⬩ longing
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Desire, longing Ðæt hé tó his earde ǽnige nyste módes mynlan so that he (Ulysses) felt no heart's desire for his native land, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 133; Met. 26, 67
geond-wlítan
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Hé his ágen weorc eall geondwlíteþ ( cuncta tuetur ) endemes þurhsyhð ealle gesceafta (cf. hé geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta ændemest, Bt. 41, 1; F. 244, 11), Met. 30, 15. Add
múþettan
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To chatter, let out a secret Hí ( the guards at Christ's sepulchre ) námon þone sceatt and swá þeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum ꝥ riht eall rǽddon, Hml. A. 79, 160
of-drǽd
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Se þridda cnapa wacode swíðor for ege þonne for his gebedum . . . se ofdrǽdda cnapa ꝥ eall geseah, Vis. Lfc. 59. Daria cwæð tó þám ofdrǽddan men, Hml. S. 35, 269. Add
scilian
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Hí tóscyledon they parted (from each other), Nap. 87. ]
weardes
Wards in to-wards
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Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes, 599
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wígbed-hrægel
An altar-covering
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An altar-covering Hé sende ða ðing eall ða ðe tó cyrican ðénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron, húselfatu and wígbidhrægl (-bed-, Bd. M. 90, 2) ( veslimenía altarium ), Bd. 1. 29; S. 498, 9
ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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Ða wiðerweardan gesceafta betwux him winnaþ contrary creatures strive with each other, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 13: Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 21; Jul. 183. Ealle gesceafte forhte geweorþaþ all creatures shall tremble, Andr.
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Grammar þrítig, used in forming ordinals Se wæs fram Agusto ðridde eác ðrittigum tricesimus tertius ab Augusto, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 17