sǽ-þeóf
A sea-thief, a pirate
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A sea-thief, a pirate Heáh sǽþeóf archipiratta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 28
weá-þearf
Grievous need
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Grievous need Ic mé féran gewát folgað sécan, wineleás wræcca, for mínre weáþearfe, Exon. Th. 442, 10; Kl. 10
heáh-þearf
Great need
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Great need Æt heáhþearfe at my greatest need, Ps. Th. 117, 16, 20, 27
ofer-þearf
Extreme need
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Extreme need Gif ðæs oferþearf síe ǽr mete, ðæt hé spíwan mǽge. Lchdm. ii. 226, 9: Wulfst. 134, 21. Ágan ða yldran ðæs oferþearfe, ðæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan, 38, 23. For oferþearfe ilda cynnes. Elen. Kmbl. 1039; El. 521. Ða unþeáwas habbaþ
smeoru-þearm
An entrail
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An entrail Smeruþearm extale Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 29. Smæreþerm julium (in a list 'de suibus') i. 286, 61
ge-þearf
I have ⬩ or he has need or necessity
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I have, or he has need or necessity
ge-þeót
shall join
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shall join, = 3rd pres. sing. of ge-þeódan
ge-þersc
a stripe ⬩ blow ⬩ verber,
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a stripe, blow; verber, Dial. 1, 2
Linked entry: -þersc
hof-þela
tesqua
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tesqua, Lye
tintreg-þegn
An officer who torments, ⬩ an executioner
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An officer who torments, an executioner Tinter[g]ðegnum lictoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 47. His dryhten hine salde tintergaþægnum (tortoribus), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18, 34
þwur
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-þot
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freoðo-þeáw
Peaceful behaviour or manner ⬩ pacĭfĭci mōres
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Peaceful behaviour or manner; pacĭfĭci mōres Ðá wæs sibb on heofnum, freoðobeáwas then there was agreement in heaven, peaceful manners, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 29; Gen. 79
sinc-þegu
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men learn your inglorious deed (the desertion of their lord, Beowulf, at his need ), Beo.
heáh-þeód
A great, chief people
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A great, chief people Was sum æþela man on ðære héhþeóde Myrcna ríce there was a certain noble man in the great kingdom of Mercia, Guthl. 1; Gdwin. 8, 2
þeód-wrecan
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-, which is compounded with verbs, and has the force of per-; see the verbs in the Dictionary.
þeóf-feng
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In other passages, however, the word implies advantage, and seems to refer to the right to receive the fines which might be exacted in case of conviction for theft. For such emoluments cf.
þeorf-symbel
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The feast of unleavened bread Ðú ytst þeorf-symbel, Ex. 23, 14
þeód-bealu
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Sax. thiod-quálu, applied to the crucifixion, and to the agony in the garden ), Andr. Kmbl. 2273; An. 1138. Cf. þeód-þreá