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líc

(adj.)
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</b> the body in contrast with the soul or vital principle of which it is the seat :-- Sáwel mid líce, Ph. 525. Seó eádge sáwl hió wið þám líce gedǽleð, Cri. 1668. Gedǽlan líf wið líce, B. 2423 : Ap. 83. Of líce aldor onsendan, Gen. 2789.

be-swápan

to sweepto wrap upcover up

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Substitute: to sweep; fig. to sweep into the mind, inspire with a resolution (cf. on-swápan under swápan, II in Dict.)

hetol

malignantferocioussevere

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Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194. Leódhatan hetele. Wlfst. 310, 4. Ðá hǽðenan þe him hetole wǽron, Hml, S. 25, 685. Cwǽdon þá weardmenn tó þám hetelum Júdéiscum, Hml. A. 79, 176. Þá hǽðengildon þe þǽr heteloste wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: hetollíce

þrymm

(n.)
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þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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Hé þrymmum ( mightily, with power ) cwehte mægenwudu mundum, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235. Seraphinnes cyan unáþreótendum þrymmum singaþ the seraphim with unwearying powers sing, Exon.

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be-hýdan

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Ne mæg hine nán man behýdan wið hire hǽto, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Nis mín bán wið þé behýded (occultatum), 138, 13: Bl. H. 93, 35. Behéd lác munus absconditum, Kent. Gl. 780. Of þám díglum stówum þe hí on behýdde (abditi) wǽron. Bd. I. 16; Sch. 44, 14.

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROPstilla, gutta, stillicĭdium

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morbus, parăly̆sis = παράλυσιs Wið fót-ádle, and wið ðone dropan against gout [foot disease] and against the paralysis [the drop], Lchdm. i. 376, 1. Wið ðone dropan against the paralysis [the drop], Herb. 59; Lchdm. i. 162, 4, 7.

cot-líf

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Wo is him þat uvel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf (cf. wif hom bryngeþ, 265) Misc. 118, 259.] in the charters of Edward the Confessor the word seems used in the sense of manor; the places to which it is applied are in the possession of individuals, and have

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Wið forliger and wið ǽghwilce fýlðe, Wlfst. 115, 10. Maþelunge fýlþe garrulitatis incestum, An. Ox. 2948. Fýlþa spurcalia, 2060. Hé geclǽnsod hæfde Godes templ fram eallum þám fýlðum þe hé þǽr árǽrde, Hml. S. 25, 538

willes

(adv.)
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willes, adv.

Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord

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M. 27, 2. v. self-willes, un-wil[l], wil[l]

ge-þolian

(v.)
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ge-þolian, to -þolianne, -þolienne, -þoligenne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [þolienne to bear, suffer] .

to bearsufferenduresustainsufferrepătisustĭnēreto have patienceendurewaitremainperdūrāremănērewith the gen. To suffer loss offorfeitlosecărēre

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Kmbl, 213; An. 107. to have patience, endure, wait, remain; perdūrāre, mănēre Ðú scealt geþolian sume hwíle thou must bear [with me] for some time, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 8. Gif he inne geþolian wille if he will remain within, L.

lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽstan, p. te.

to followattendaccompanyto doperformobservecarry outexecutedischargeto continuelast

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Th. 1629; B. 812. to do, perform, observe, carry out, execute, discharge [a debt or duty] Ic lufan symle lǽste wið eówic I will ever love you, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 10; Cri. 471.

HORS

(n.)
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HORS, es; n.
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Ðá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebæted wicg wundenfeax then for Hrothgar was a horse bitted, a steed with plaited mane, Beo. Th. 2803; B. 1399.

ge-wunelic

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Ben. 95, 17. in accordance with the natural order of things Hit nis náuht gecynde ne náuht gewunelic ꝥ ǽnig wiþerweard þing bión gemenged wiþ óðrum wiþerweardum oþþe ǽnige geférrædenne wið habban neque sibi solent adversa sociari, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 11

lócian

(v.)
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wíf him cwæð tó, &#39; Cniht, nim þín gold þe lǽs þé hit losige. &#39; Swá orsorh wæs ꝥ wíf . . . ꝥ heó lócode his goldes þe hí belífian wolde, Hml. S. 12, 221

ge-gán

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For þan ðæs wíte on eówre handa geeóde, Ps.

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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R. 12, 25. to have fellowship with, associate (intrans.), have to do with Ic ne gemǽnsumige mid gecorenum heora non communicabo cum electis eorum, Ps. L. 140, 4.

Linked entry: -mǽnsumian

feówer

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Bifora feóro nétno ante quatuor animalia, Rtl. 47, 28. with a pronoun: Ðás féwera godspelles haec quattuor evangelia, Mt. p. 9, 8. as multiplicative, four times: Se earma man wile drincan feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml.

GÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GÁR, es; m.

A dartjavelinspearshaftarrowweaponarmsacŭlumpīlumhastahastæ cuspissăgittatēlumarma

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Gárum gehyrsted adorned with javelins, Andr. Kmbl. 90; An. 45 : 2287; An. 1145 : Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 18; Æðelst. 18

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossessbetray

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D. be- rede ): þǽr ðá mihtigan wíf hyra mægen berǽddon, Lch. iii. 52, 22

wæl-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm; adj.

Crueldestructivebloodthirstycruelcrueldiredestructive

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Hé geseah wíde fleógan wælgrimme réc (the smoke from the burning cities of the plain) 155, 26; Gen. 2578. Wælgrimme wyrd (the fall of man) 61, 12; Gen. 996. Ðé sind heardlícu, wundrum wælgrim (wel-, MS.) wítu geteohhad, Exon. Th. 258, 12; Jul. 264.

Linked entry: wæl-hreów