wæter-ordál
The ordeal by boiling water
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The ordeal by boiling water Hæbbe se teónd cyre, swá wæterordál swá ýsenordál, L. Ath. iv. 6;Th. i. 224, 15. Cf. Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæðer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen, L. Eth. iii. 6;Th. i. 296, 4
be-tellan
To speak about, to answer, excuse, justify, clear ⬩ excusare
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To speak about, to answer, excuse, justify, clear; excusare Ðæt he móste hine betellan that he might answer him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 12. Godwine betealde hine Godwin cleared himself, 1052; Ing. 238, 22
twiccian
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Teóh him ða loccas, wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69
bealcettan
To belch ⬩ utter ⬩ send forth ⬩ emit ⬩ eructare ⬩ dicere ⬩ emittere
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To belch, utter, send forth, emit; eructare, dicere, emittere Swéte to bealcetenne pleasant to belch, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 32. Bealcetteþ heorte mín word gód eructat cor meum verbum bonum, Ps. Spl. 44, 1. Bealcettaþ weleras míne lofsang eructabunt labia
hel
a shelter
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A hidden spot (f), a shelter Tó Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16
egeþ-getígu
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getigu (ge-teogu)
Winter-fylleþ
the month of October
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Cf. winter, I Se teóða mónð, October, Winterfylleð, swá hine cíg[a]ð ígbuende, Engle and Seaxe, Menol. Fox 365; Men. 184. Ðone teóðan mónð mon nemneþ on Léden Octember, and on úre geðeóde Winterfylleð, Shrn. 136, 31: 143, 32
dype
Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum
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Teóh hit on dýpan duc in altum, Lk. Bos. 5, 4
ge-orettan
To disturb, confound ⬩ perturbare, confundere
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To disturb, confound; perturbare, confundere Ealle beóþ georette eác gescende omnes confundantur et conturbentur, Ps. Th. 82, 13. Georetan confundere, conturbare, Gl. Prud. 735. Georrettan infamare, Cot. 111
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ǽrend-raca
A messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ an apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ nuntius ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus
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A messenger, ambassador, an apostle, angel; nuntius, apostolus, angelus Se ǽrendraca nys mǽrra ðonne se ðe hine sende non est apostolus major eo qui misit eum, Jn. Bos. 13,16. Sende he ǽrendracan misit legatarios, Bd. 5, 21; S. 64a, 34. Gabriél Godes
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ciric-weard
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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16.
for-cúþlíce
contemptibly ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ feebly ⬩ ignominiously
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Ox. 5044. in a way that expresses contempt, that inflicts disgrace, ignominiously 'Teóð þá cynegas út of þám scræfe, and gange þá yldostan tó and ofstæppað heora swuran swíðe mid fotum.'
EODOR
a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house ⬩ sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum
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a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house; sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum Héht ðá eahta mearas on flet teón in under eoderas he commanded then eight steeds to be led into the court under the enclosures, Beo. Th. 2078; B. 1037.
treaflíce
Grievously ⬩ painfully
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Grievously, painfully Eallum ðe deópe and ful treaflíce teónan þolian omnibus injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 102, 6
fáh
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exposed to the vengeance of a slain man's kin because of the murder Gif fáh mon (gefáh mon, v. l.) cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum nán mon út ne teó if a criminal fly for refuge to a church, for seven days no one shall drag him out, Ll.
Æðelstán
Athelstan
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D. 940, hér, Æðelstán cyning forþférde, and Eádmund Æðeling féng to ríce, and Æðelstán cyning rícsode xiv geár, and teon wucan here, A.
efen-scearp
Equally sharp ⬩ æque acūtus
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Equally sharp; æque acūtus Hí heora tungan teóþ sweorde efen-scearpe exăcuērunt ut glădium linguas suas, Ps. Th. 63. 3
eall-gréne
All-green ⬩ omnīno vĭrĭdis
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All-green; omnīno vĭrĭdis Hwá furðum teóde eorþan eall-gréne who first produced the earth all-green, Andr. Recd. 1599; An. 799
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hearm-plega
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Oft wǽron teónan wǽrfæstra wera weredum gemǽne, heardum hearmplega (cf. Facta est rixa inter pastores gregum Abram et Lot, Gen. 13, 7). Add:
hel
a pretext ⬩ Calumny ⬩ a false charge
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a pretext.Calumny, a false charge Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre, Ll.