helle-bróga
The terror of hell
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Lamb. 48, 15. Of handa hellebrógan de manu inferi, 48, 16
leágung
Lying
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Lying Ðý læs on mé mǽge íðel spellung oððe scondlíc leágung [leásung?] beón gestǽled ne aut fabulæ aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 21
ge-unlybba
Poison [particularly when used in witchcraft]
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Poison [particularly when used in witchcraft] Ne lǽt ðú lybban ða ðe geunlybban wyrcon thou shalt not suffer a witch to live, Ex. 22, 18
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blód-wíte
Blood ⬩ sanguis
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Lamb. 15, 4
Linked entry: wíte
un-tódállíc
Indivisible ⬩ inseparable
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Indivisible, inseparable Tódǽl ða twá, ðonne byð án tó láfe; ðæt ys untódállíc, Anglia viii. 318, 30. Untódǽllícre[ro] inseparabili, indivisibili, Hpt. Gl. 430, 50
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abbod-leást
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Lack of an abbot Ðæt mynstres þincg ne forwyrþan for abbudleáste ut non res monasterii abbatis privatione depereant, C. D. B. i. B. 155, 37
be-stealcian
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To proceed stealthily so at to surprise (cf. deers*-*talking) Hinguar swá swá wulf on lande bestalcode, and þá leóde slóh, Hml. S. 32, 40
cræfte-líce
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With art, skilfully Hé his láre suá cræftelíce ( tanta arte ) tósceád, Past. 291, 20. Hé sceal gemetgian swá cræftelíce ( tanta arte ) his stemne, 453, 12
for-nirwan
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Ðǽre .x. niht (after Christmas) gif wind byð, treów byóð fornerwede (will come into leaf late?), Lch. iii. 164, 24
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spic
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On tócyme Drihtnes fǽtnyss ys forboden gewislíce spices búton freólsdægum in aduentu Domini pinguedo interdicitur, scilicet lardi, nisi festiuis diebus, Angl. xiii. 399, 487. Add
án-hyrned
One-horned ⬩ having one horn ⬩ unicornis
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Lamb. 91, 10: 77, 69
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fór-weard
Onwards ⬩ continually ⬩ always ⬩ semper
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Onwards, continually, always; semper Gif hie wolden láre Godes fórweard fremman if they would always perform God's precepts. Cd. 37; Th. 49, 6; Gen. 788
ge-þang
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Lang. Rev. xi. 215
cwic-súslen
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Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12
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ge-syndig
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Fair, favourable Tó þon þæt gesyndge windas ús set lande gebróhte adeo ut secundi nos uenti ad terram comitarentur, Bd. 5, 1 ; Sch. 553, 13
hére
dignity
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In the passage Hwæt is hiora here, perhaps hér might be read, which would correspond with the phrase in the prose nú tó láfe
ofer-módness
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God ús lǽreð eádmódnessa and deófol ús lǽrð ofermódnesse, Hml. A. 168, 111
warenian
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Add: Dele the last passage, for which see weornian. [ 2 b. In the first passage one MS. has Warnode hé him, Bd. Sch. 53, 24.]
hlýrian
to puff out the cheeks as in blowing a trumpet, ⬩ to blow [a trumpet]
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Lamb. 80, 4
tó-brǽdedness
Extent, ⬩ an extensive place
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Lamb. 117, 5. On tóbrǽdednesse in latitudinem, 17, 20: Ps. Spl. 17, 22