on-hnígan
To bend down, bow, press down ⬩ To bend down, bow
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Homl. 203, 23 ; Cd. Th. 227, 3 ; Dan. 181. Man mæg tó ðǽm lástum onhnÉgan, and ða cyssan, Blickl. Homl. 127, 10
Linked entry: á-hnígan
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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Ðá áxode Pilatus hine orgollíce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 29. Orgellíce, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 76. Hé cwæþ orgællíce, 5, 449. He forþ, stæpþ wel orglíce swylce hwyle cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34
Linked entry: orhlíce
dreó-cræft
Magical art, magic ⬩ magĭca ars
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Magical art, magic; magĭca ars Simon se drý þurh dreócræft worhte ǽrene næddran, and ða hie styredan Simon the sorcerer made brazen serpents by magic, and they moved of themselves, Homl. Blick. 173, 21
Linked entry: drý-cræft
lustful-líce
joyfully ⬩ gladly
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Homl. 37, 25
norþ-ende
the north end or part
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Homl. 93, 11. Ðone norþene ðære eaxe ( the north-pole ), Met. 28, 14
ge-treówfull
Faithful ⬩ fĭdēlis
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Homl. 63, 26
sige-beorht
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Homl. 203, 30. Cf. the proper name Sigebryht, -berht, Chr. 755 ; Erl. 48, 18 : Txts. 512
Linked entries: sigor-beorht beorht
steór-mann
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Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe hé becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, Homl. Th. ii. 560, 22
Linked entries: steóres-mann steór-réðra
swinc-leás
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Wé sceolon on andwerdum lífe hine herian, ðæt wé móton becuman tó ðære swincleásan herunge, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 9
tweón
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doubt Nis nán twýn, ðæt eów ne beó forgolden there is no doubt, but that you will be requited, Homl. Th. ii. 444, 10. Búton tweónne without doubt, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 9
Linked entry: twýn
un-forhtmód
Fearless
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Fearless Ic unforhtmód ðæs drences onfó, Homl. Th. i. 72, 17. Sixtus unforhtmód tó his preóstum clypode: 'Míne gebróðra, ne beó gé áfyrhte, and eówer nán him ne ondrǽde ða scortan tintregunga,' 416, 6
Linked entry: forht-mód
un-inseglian
To unseal
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Se portgeréfa hí uninsæglode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 762. Hig uninseglodon ðæt loc and cǽgan, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 11
fore-standan
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to hold one's ground, prevail against Geatt helles ne forestondes wið ðá ilca portae inferi non praevalebunt adversum eam, Mt. L. 16, 18. For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 63, and add:
sǽdere
A sower
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Sum sǽdere férde tó sáwenne his sǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 12: Mk. Skt. 4,3 . Be sǽdere, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 8
wæstmian
To bring forth fruit(lit. or fig.), fructify
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Homl. 109, 2
wafian
To wave
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Þeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne bið hit þeáh bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 151
ofer-hréfan
to roof over, cover with a roof, cover
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Homl. 125, 25
Linked entries: hréfan ofer-hrýfan
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Homl. 245, 36.
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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To ðam swíðe awédde se cwealm ðæt hundeahtatig manna of lífe gewiton the plague raged to that degree that eighty men departed from life, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 18: Exon. 89a; Th. 335, 7; Gn. Ex. 30.
inn
In ⬩ within
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Ðá heó ðá in tó ðære hálgan Elizabethe eode when she went in to the holy Elizabeth, 165, 28. Ðá eode Simon in tó Nerone, 175, 10. Ðá eodan hí in tó swǽsendum, Bd. 3. 14; S. 540, 31.