streng
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Icel. strengr in this sense Ðæt scyp úte on ðære sǽ byþ gesund, gyf se streng (v. ancer-streng, 1. 18) áþolaþ, for ðam hýs byþ se óðer ende fast on ðære eorðan and se óðer on ðam scype...
oret-mæcg
A combatant, warrior, champion
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Weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum eác byre Æðelrédes, Englum and Sexum, oretmæcgum. Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 30
ge-lengan
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Ben. 37, 8. to defer Hopa þe byð gelencged geswencð sáwle spes quae differtur affligit animam, Scint. 130, 9. Remmingce wæs gelengced ( debita vicissitudo, quasi quodam dilationis) obstaculo, tricabatur (i. tardebatur ), An. Ox. 5451
gelimplic
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H. 131, 22: 133, 24. fitted for, adapted to Ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lifes tilunge, Hex. 16, 4. JOS ealle lima mé gesceópe tó menniscum bricum gemǽte and gelimplice (apta), Angl. xi. 112, 18
ídel
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Ne nemn þú Drihtnes naman on ýdel ( in vanum); ne byð unscyldig sé þe his naman on ýdel (frustra ), nemð, Ex. 20, 7. Ne dwela ðú on ídel be not deceived without cause (2 Mace. vii. 18), Hml. S. 25 157. idleness, Prov. Kmbl. 1: 61 (in Dict.)
GRINDAN
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Twi beóþ æt cwyrne grindende, án byþ genumen, and óðer byþ lǽfed duæ molentes in mola, una assumetur, et una relinquetur, Mt. Bos. 24, 41: L. Ethb. 11; Th. i. 6, 6. Sume ðara munecena cómon to grindanne some of the nuns came to grind, Th.
ÁR
A messenger ⬩ legate ⬩ herald ⬩ apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ minister ⬩ servant ⬩ man ⬩ soldier ⬩ nuntius ⬩ legatus ⬩ præco ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus ⬩ minister ⬩ vir
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Th. 132, 34; By. 26. Æðelcyninges ár the noble King's messenger [Christ's apostle ], Andr. Kmbl. 3354; An. 1681.
a-sceacan
to shake off ⬩ remove ⬩ excutere ⬩ to be removed ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ flee ⬩ excuti ⬩ fugere ⬩ aufugere ⬩ deserere ⬩ to shake ⬩ brandish ⬩ to be shaken ⬩ vibrare ⬩ quatere ⬩ concuti ⬩ labefieri ⬩ infirmari
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Th. 138, 35; By. 230. Wilsumne regn wolcen brincgeþ, and ðonne ascaceþ God sundoryrfe pluviam voluntariam segregabis, Deus, hereditati tuæ, etenim infirmata est, Ps. Th. 67, 10
Cantwara burg
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Brǽcon Cantwara burh they took Canterbury by storm, 853; Th. 120, 28, col. 3.
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Datia
The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci
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At a later period Dacia was invaded by the Goths; and as Aurelian considered it more prudent to make the Danube the boundary of the Empire, he resigned Dacia to the barbarians, removed the Roman inhabitants to Mœsia, and gave to the Dacians the name of
for-gýman
To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi
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To neglect, pass by, transgress; neglĭgĕre, prætĕrīre, transgrĕdi He ða forþgesceaft forgyteþ and forgýmeþ he forgets and neglects the future state, Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751.
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for-rǽdan
to give counsel against ⬩ to condemn ⬩ plot against ⬩ deprive by treachery, wrong ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ insĭdias părāre
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v. a. to give counsel against, to condemn, plot against, deprive by treachery, wrong; condemnāre, insĭdias părāre We beódaþ ðæt man Cristene men for ealles tó lytlum to deáþe ne forrǽde we command that Christian men be not for altogether too little condemned
hid
A hide of land.
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Kmbl. ii. 5, 25, seems to shew that the word is connected with híwan, hígan, and this etymology is supported by the use of familia and híd in the Latin and English versions respectively of Bede's Ecclesiastical History.
hrind
barky ⬩ rinded ⬩ caudex ⬩ codex ⬩ liber ⬩ cortex ⬩ frozen to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dead
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Grem compares the word with forms given by Halliwell rind frozen to death, rinde to destroy, and suggests dead; Heyne takes hrinde = hrínende and compares with Icel. hrína, sonare.
lendenu
The loins ⬩ reins
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By the girded loins virginity is to be understood, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 25. Beóþ eówre lændenæ ymbgirde ... on ðá lendenum is getácnad swá swá wé leorniaþ on bócum seó fúle gálnes, L. Ælfc. P. 13-14; Th. ii. 368, 32-35.
ge-sceot
the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart ⬩ jaculum ⬩ an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute ⬩ a part of a building shut off from the rest
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Ðǽr forwearþ micel Alexandres heres for geǽtredum gescotum there much of Alexander's army perished by poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38. [O. H. Ger. gaseoz jaculum: Ger. geschoss.] an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute [cf.
ge-sellan
To give, give up, betray, sell ⬩ dare, tradere, vendere
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Th. 137, 11; By. 184
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á-ginnan
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Þá anlícnessa hé gemacode þurh drýcræft þæt hý águnnon swylce hý cwice wǽron he made the images by magic to act as if they were alive , Wlfst. 99, l
flǽsc-lic
human ⬩ mortal ⬩ animal ⬩ natural ⬩ carnal ⬩ worldly ⬩ carnal ⬩ sensual ⬩ sexual
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H. 16, 8. connected by, or based upon, ties of flesh and blood, natural Þám filigde sum flǽsclic bróðor tó mynstre, ná for gecnyrdnysse góddre drohtnunge, ac for flǽsclicere lufe. Se gástlica brðdor . . . and his flǽsclica bróðor, Hml.
geómor-mód
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Þám folce geómormódum ( the people threatened by Holofernes' army ), Jud. 144. of birds Fugelas cyrrað from þám gúþfrecan geómormóde eft tó earde, Ph. 353