HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Se líchoma ðonne on ðone heardestan stenc and on ðone fúlostan biþ gecyrred the body then shall be turned to the strongest and foulest stench, Blickl. Homl. 59, 12.
Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce
haga
A place fenced in, an enclosure, a haw, a dwelling in a town ⬩ yard ⬩ a yard, or enclosure ⬩ a hedged field, a pasture
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Ðis syndon ðæs hagan gemǽru those are the boundaries of the messuage [in the previous part of the charter the gift is spoken of as unam curtem ], iii. 240, 18.
be-faran
to come upon ⬩ surprise ⬩ catch
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Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.
ge-secgan
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove ⬩ dicere, narrare, indicere
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He gesǽde swefen cyninge he said the dream to the king, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 2; Dan. 165: B. 4, 18; S. 587, 2. Ðágesægdon Rómáne Bryttum then the Romans said to the Britons, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 3. Gesege me dicito mihi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1.
Linked entries: ge-sǽccan ge-sagian ge-sæcgan ge-secggan
frǽcne
Fiercely ⬩ severely ⬩ hardly ⬩ dūre ⬩ atrōcĭter ⬩ audacter
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Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce when it seems worst to thee, Prov. Kmbl. 75
leóht-bǽre
Luminous ⬩ brilliant ⬩ splendid
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Luminous, brilliant, splendid Hyra leóhtbǽran ryne their (the stars) luminous course, Lchdm. iii. 272, 10.
bí-sǽce
Disputed ⬩ disputable ⬩ contested
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Substitute: Disputed, disputable, contested Gif ðær hwæt bísæces sý, séme se biscop if there be anything contested, let the bishop arbitrate, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 9. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe, 258, 3. Cf. un-besacen
grund-wela
Earthly wealth
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Earthly wealth Him grundwelan ginne sealde hét ðám sinhíwum sǽs and eorþan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan he gave them ample riches of earth, bade for the man and wife each of sea's and land's productive tribes bring forth fruits, Cd. 46
brægden
Deceitful, cunning, crafty; ⬩ dolosus
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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [sendan MS.] hí Mariurn, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, á swá lytigne, and á swá brægdenne, swá he wæs they sent Marias, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and always so crafty, Ors.
Linked entries: ge-brægden brǽden
wód-líce
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Þeáh þe heora hláford wǽre wódlíce hǽðen, 28, 16. Add
a-bláwan
To blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ flare ⬩ efflare
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God ðá geworhte mannan and ableów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd God then made man and blew into his face the breath of life, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 25
Linked entry: a-bleów
a-rǽman
To raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ elevate ⬩ excitare ⬩ erigere ⬩ elevare ⬩ To raise or lift up one's self ⬩ to arise ⬩ se erigere ⬩ se elevare ⬩ surgere
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To raise or lift up one's self, to arise; se erigere, se elevare, surgere Dæges þriddan ord arǽmde the beginning of the third day arose, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 10; Gen. 2876: 162; Th. 203, 29; Exod. 411
lah-líce
Lawfully
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Lawfully, according to law Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce nor hath any one of us ordered his life as he should, neither those ordained according to their rules nor the laymen according to the
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be-sleán
To beat, strike or cut off, take away, bereave ⬩ decollare, cædendo orbare, privare
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To beat, strike or cut off, take away, bereave; decollare, cædendo orbare, privare Ðǽr wæs heáfde beslagen se strengesta martyr sanct Albanus decollatus itaque martyr fortissimus sanctus Albanus, there the bravest martyr, St.
hræding
Hurry ⬩ haste
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Hí burigdon swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten on swylce [h]rædinge they buried him as best they could in such a hurry, Th. An. 123, 22
hlenca
A link, ⬩ a chain of links, ⬩ a coat of mail formed with links or rings
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their bright arms, Cd. 153; Th. 191, 21; Exod. 218.
hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Se hláford geáhsode ðæt ðæt hrýðer [cf. fear, 7] geond ðæt wésten férde the master learned that the bull was going through the desert, Blickl. Homl. 199, 9, 11, 14, 19, 26. Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl.
hrind
barky ⬩ rinded ⬩ caudex ⬩ codex ⬩ liber ⬩ cortex ⬩ frozen to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dead
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Might hrinde = hringde in the sense placed in a ring or circle, so that hrinde bearwas would be the trees placed round or encircling the mere?
BYRGAN
tumulus ⬩ To raise a mound, to BURY ⬩ tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire
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To raise a mound, to BURY; ¨ tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire Hí his líchaman on cyrican neáh weofode byrgan woldon they would bury his body in the church near the altar, Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 10: Exon. 82b; Th. 311, 27; Seef. 98.