hagal
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Add: [m. and] n. (v. Ps. L. 147, 17). hawl (v. N. E. D. hail) 'Ic sende micelne hagol . . . sweltað ealle þá þing þe úte beóð and se hagol him onufan fealð.' . . . Drihten sende hagul, Ex. 9, 18-23. Eall þæt se hagol lǽfde, 10, 15. Ic ásende ǽlcne untíman
traisc
tragicus
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In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by tróiesc, tróisc (q. v.) Trojan, perhaps the same meaning
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ge-sǽlignes
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Add: hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Gesǽlinesse fatu, An. Ox. 2627. Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse? quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ? Bt. 14, 2 ;
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feoht
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Hé gehýrde þæs feohtes hreám, Hml. S. 25, 422. Eall úre folc mid fleáme ætwand, búton wé feówertig þe on ðám feohte stódon, 11, 74. Cynig farende tó gesettanne feht rex iturus committere bellum, Lk. L. 14, 31. Add
tó-haccian
To hack to pieces, ⬩ cut to pieces
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To hack to pieces, cut to pieces Sume hig wǽron on feówer dǽias tóhaccode, eall swá lug ðæs Hǽlendes tunecan on feówer tódǽldon, Homl. Ass. 186, 166. To smale peces ich hym wolde to-hakke, R. Glouc. 141, 14
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ge-fædlíce
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Blíþlíce and gefædlíce blande et quiete, Germ. 395, 63. Miht ðú ásmeágan hú gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add
scíma
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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add
or-lege
Hostile
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Hostile Wépaþ and heówaþ eall orlegu folc, for ðam úre God eów hæfþ ofercumen . . . orlega þeóda he áléde under úre fét, Ps. Th. 46, 1-3. Ne onégdon ná orlegra níð, ðeáh ðe feónda folc féran cwóme, Cd. Th. 259, 26; Dan. 697
eówer
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pron Biþ eówer blǽd micel your prosperity shall be great, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 3; Exod. 563. Sceal eall éðel-wyn eówram cynne leófum alicgean all joy of country shall fail to your beloved kindred, Beo. Th. 5763; B. 2885
éðelíce
Easily ⬩ facĭlĭter
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Easily; facĭlĭter Ðú eall þing birest éðelíce búton geswince thou bearest all things easily without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 552; Met. 20, 276. Ðæt ðú mǽge cumon éðelícost that thou mayest most easily come, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 17
riht-gefég
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26
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rúwa
A rug, covering, tapestry
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A rug, covering, tapestry Hió becwiþ Eádgyfe línnennerúwan, Chart. Th. 537, 27. Ðeáh ðe ða rícestan hátan him reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne and mid goldfrætwum and mid gimcynnum eal ástǽned and mid seolfrenum rúwum and godwebbe eall oferwrigen, Wulfst
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éðe
Easy, ready, mild, soft ⬩ făcĭlis, mītis
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Easy, ready, mild, soft; făcĭlis, mītis Ne wæs ðæt éðe síþ that was no easy enterprise, Beo. Th. 5166; B. 2586. Eall ðú ðín yrre éðre gedydest mĭtĭgasti omnem ĭram tuam, Ps. Th. 84, 3: Mk. Bos. 2, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 2586; El. 1294
ful-strang
Full strong ⬩ very severe or overwhelming ⬩ valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus
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Full strong, very severe or overwhelming; valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus Wæs him eall fulstrang it was all very severe to them, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 23; Sat. 226. Is ðeós þrag fulstrong this moment is very overwhelming, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 13; Jul. 464
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ge-hentan
To take ⬩ seize ⬩ căpĕre ⬩ prehendĕre
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To take, seize; căpĕre, prehendĕre Hió abít hæleða gehwilcne ðe hió gehentan mæg she devours every man whom she can seize, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 64; Met. 13, 32. Eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton all that they could seize, Chron. 905; Erl. 98, 17
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wís-bóc
A book ⬩ a record
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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14
á-íþan
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To lay waste, destroy, devastate Áiéþan abolere, Wrt.Voc. ii. 5, 7. Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H. Ger. ar-óden vastare, devastare
be-smirwan
to besmear
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to besmear, rub with ointment, &c. Besmyra eall ꝥ scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. ꝥ se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (v. be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51
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cyne-stól
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Add: a throne Hé eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte, H. R. 101, 2. a seat of government, capital Hierusalem, Iudéa cynestól, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 26. Babilon ðe ic self átimbrede tó kynestóle Babilon quam ego aedificavi in domum regni, Past. 39
for-spildness
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Destruction, perdition Þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hé sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (-spildnyssum, -spilnisse, -spillednysse, v. ll.) ne ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret, Gr. D. 95, 24. Seó nǽdre sende hí selfe in forspildnesse
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