þeósterness
Darkness
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Ðá com ðære nihte þýsternys, Homl. Ass. 203, 265. Þǽsternes (cf þióstro,) (Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4. On ðýsternesse in obscuro, Ps. Spl. 10, 2
wíglian
To practise divination or sorcery
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Homl. Th. i. 100, 19. Ne sceal nán cristen mann nán þincg be ðám mónan wíglian, Lchdm. iii. 266, 17
spircan
to sparkle ⬩ to fall in drops.
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Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele with oil that bespattered her Homl. Skt. i. 9, 118
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Míne gebróðra ða leófostan my dearest brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 4, 19. Men ða leófostan, 188, 25: Blickl. Homl. 165, 33. Leófestan, 9, 13.
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ÍSEN
Iron ⬩ steel
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The two following passages refer to the ordeal [v. ísen-ordál] by hot iron :-- Gif hé hine ládian wille ðonne gá hé tó ðam hátum ísene and ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ if he be willing to clear himself, then let him go to the hot iron, and clear the
nacod
naked ⬩ bare ⬩ nudus ⬩ without clothing ⬩ unsaddled ⬩ bare-backed ⬩ naked ⬩ unsheathed ⬩ bare ⬩ destitute ⬩ stripped of property ⬩ not accompanied by deeds
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Nacode wé wǽron ácennede, and nacode wé gewítaþ, Homl. Th. i. 64, 28. Gé géfon hrægl nacedum, Exon. Th. 83, 13; Cri. 1355. Nacode scrýdan, Blickl. Homl. 213, 18.
stalu
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theft, stealing Stalu ne lufaþ náne yldinge stealing loves not any delay, Homl. Th. i. 220, 9. Be stale. Gif hwá stalie, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14. Gif hwá Godes cyricean brece for stale, L. Ecg. P. iv. 24; Th. ii. 210, 30: Blickl. Homl. 75, 31.
wíd-gil
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Tó ánre wídgyllan byrig, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 82. On ðam wídgillan lande, Num. 21, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. Geond ðone wídgillan munt, Blickl. Homl. 199, 12 : Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða wídgillan sǽ, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24.
þæs-líc
suitable ⬩ seemly ⬩ becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ meet ⬩ congruous ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ elegant ⬩ accordant ⬩ in agreement ⬩ in harmony
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Swíde þæslíc anginn menniscre álýsednysse wæs ðæt se engel wearð ásend fram Gode tó ðam mǽdene, Homl. Th. i. 194, 27. Hit nis ná gedafenlíc ne þæslíc, ðæt ic ðe swá grimlíce forworht eom, ðæt ic ðíne anlícnysse sceáwige, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 434.
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apostolíc
Apostolic ⬩ apostolicus
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Se papa ðe on ðam tíman ðæt apostolíce setl gesæt the pope who at that time occupied the apostolic seat, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 10
driht-ealdor
The lord of a feast ⬩ architriclīnus
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The lord of a feast; architriclīnus Se drihtealdor cwæþ to ðam brýdguman the lord of the feast said to the bridegroom, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 25, 28. Se drihte ealdor ðæs wínes onbýrgde gustāvit architriclīnus vinum, Jn. Bos. 2, 9.
deóflíc
Devilish, diabolical ⬩ diabŏlĭcus
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Undergeat se apostol ðás deóflícan fácn the apostle perceived these diabolical wiles, Homl. Th. i. 62, 31. Mid deóflícum wiglungum with diabolical incantations, i. 102, 15
floterian
To FLUTTER ⬩ be disquieted or troubled ⬩ be carried by the waves ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ fluctibus ferri
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To FLUTTER, be disquieted or troubled, be carried by the waves; fluctuāre, fluctibus ferri Ðín heorte floteraþ on gýtsunge thy heart flutters or is disquieted with covetousness; cor tuum fluctuat avārĭtia, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 28.
for-dwínan
To dwindle away ⬩ vanish ⬩ evānescĕre
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Mannes ege hrædlíce fordwínþ awe of man quickly vanishes, Homl. Th. i. 592, 12. Se sceocca fordwán of his gesihþe Satan vanished from his sight, ii. 504, 4
frécendlíc
Dangerous ⬩ perīculōsus
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Dangerous; perīculōsus Hú frécendlíc ðæt dysig is how dangerous the error is! Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 6.
ildend
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tó ðam ðæt syððan hí on ðæt hús cómon hí ðá sóna ðone hálgan wer gebundon there was no one, after they had got into the house, who delayed at once to bind the holy man, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 5
in-hírness
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A belonging to any one Ðe Æðelréd cyning geúðe God elmihtigum and his hálgan apostolan Petre and Paule on éce inhýrnesse which king Ethelred granted to Almighty God and to his holy apostles Peter and. Paul to belong to them for ever, Cod. Dipl.
líf-fæstan
quicken ⬩ vivify
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Hé is se líffæstenda God, Homl, Th. i, 280, 23. ii. 598, 7
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mid-niht
Mid-night
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Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 4
stulor
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Voc. ii. 38, 30. acting with stealth, stealthy Seó hreóhnys is open costung, and seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 24. stolen Wæteru stulre swéttran synd aque furtiuae dulciores sunt, Scint. 110, 11