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beadu-serce

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-serce, an; f.

A war-shirt ⬩ coat of mail ⬩ bellica tunica ⬩ lorica

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A war-shirt, coat of mail; bellica tunica, lorica Ic gefrægn sunu Wihstánes beran beadusercean I heard that Wihstan's son bore the coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5503; B. 2755

Linked entry: serc

feor-cumen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feor-cumen, part.

Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus ⬩ perĕger ventus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus, perĕger ventus Feorcumen [MS. feorcuman] man a far-come man, a foreigner, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15, note 30, MS. B

forþ-steallian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-steallian, p. ode; pp. od

To come to pass ⬩ posthac lŏcum hăbēre

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To come to pass; posthac lŏcum hăbēre Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian that event shall yet come to pass, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 15; Gen. 2390

Linked entry: steallian

a-hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyldan, -hildan; p. -hylde; pp. -hylded, -hyld.

to incline ⬩ recline ⬩ inclinare ⬩ reclinare ⬩ to decline ⬩ turn away ⬩ avert from ⬩ declinare ⬩ inclinare

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to incline, recline: inclinare, reclinare Ahylde ic míne heortan inclinavi cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 112. Ahyld me ðín eáre inclina aurem tuam ad me, 85, 1. Ahylded, 103, 6. Hwár he his heáfod ahylde ubi caput reclinet, Lk.

Linked entries: a-hildan a-hyldendlíce

a-sealcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sealcan, pp. asolcen

To languish ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ idle ⬩ slothful ⬩ remiss ⬩ languescere ⬩ remittere ⬩ desidiosum fieri

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Asolcen iners, Cot. 108. Asolcen remissus, ignavus, Scint. 16

Linked entry: a-solcen

BANA

(n.)
Grammar
BANA, bona, an; m.

A killer ⬩ murderer ⬩ manslayer ⬩ the devil ⬩ interfector ⬩ occisor ⬩ homicida ⬩ diabolus

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Hie nǽfre his banan folgian noldon they never would follow his murderer, Chr. 755; Th. 84, 33, col. 1: L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 7: L.H.E. 2, 3, 4; Th. i. 28, 1, 5, 7. On banan fæðme in the embrace of the murderer, i.e. the devil, Andr.

Linked entry: bona

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, es; m.

DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ⬩ vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est

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ADIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ; vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est Andlang díces along the dike, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 438, 18.

Linked entry: fæsten-díc

heolfor

(n.)
Grammar
heolfor, es; n.

Blood from a wound ⬩ gore ⬩ cruor

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Blood from a wound, gore; cruor Blód út ne com heolfor of hreþre ðeáh mec bite stíðecg stýle there came not out blood or gore from my breast though the steel with stiff edge bit me, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13.

Linked entry: helabr

húðe

(n.)
Grammar
húðe, [v. herehúðe], e; f.

Prey ⬩ spoil ⬩ booty

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Se Chaldéa cining com ðá tó his earde mid ðære húðe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 23: Cd. 174; Th. 220, 2; Dan. 65.

meagol

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol, <b>, megol;</b> adj.

Earnest ⬩ strenuous ⬩ firm

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Mary (cf. the form 'Ego donationem indeclinabiliter consensi,' 322, 6), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 5.

pínian

(v.)
Grammar
pínian, p. ode
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Ðæt hé his heortan and his mód mid hreówsunga suíðe pínige ut per afflictionem poenitentiae cor prematur, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 199, 25. Ðá hét hé hi pínian (pínigan, MS. C.), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 371.

pól

(n.)
Grammar
pól, es; m.
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In tó póle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 424, 17. On pól ; of póle út on Auene, 456, 1-2. In póll, 399, 14. Út on hreódpól, ii. 29, 10

Linked entry: pyll

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lustfullian, p. ode; pp. od.

To be delighted, be pleased, rejoice ⬩ delectāri, lætāri ⬩ To delight, please ⬩ delectāre, jŭvāre

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For ðysum gelustfullod is heorte mín propter hoc lætātum est cor meum, 15, 9. Ðe gelustfullaþ on yfelum lustum that delights in evil pleasures, Homl. Th. i. 496, 13. v. trans. To delight, please; delectāre, jŭvāre Me gelustfullaþ jŭvat me, Ælfc.

sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12, 7-8), Homl. Th. i. 474, 12-15. Sticelse stimulo, monitione, Hpt. Gl. 420, 45. Se yfela gást hine drehte mid deófollícum sticelsum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 10. Sticelsas rhamnos, Ps. Spl. 57, 9

Linked entry: sticel

þrowere

(n.)
Grammar
þrowere, es; m.

a sufferer ⬩ a sufferer for religion ⬩ a martyr

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Sce Ciricius tíd ðæs þroweres, Chr. 916; Th. i. 190, col. 2. Ðrowres, Rtl. 50, 15. Ðrowre martyrem, 2. Monge Godes þrowera, Exon. Th. 113, 5; Gú. 153: 111, 25; Gú. 132. Ðrowara ðínra martyrum tuorum, Rtl. 63, 16, 34. Ðrowerana, 44, 32.

ge-lútan

(v.)
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To bend the head, place on a couch, recline Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges (reclinet), Mt. L. 8, 20: p. 15, 16. of the day, to decline, approach an end Ofernón oððe geloten dæg suprema (cf. suprema, quando sol suppremit, Corp.

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ; ꝥ seax cóm þe hé ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]

or-mǽte

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Cóm Timotheus mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 432. Hé (David) his (Goliath's) ormǽte heáfod of óslóh, 18, 26. of non-material things Ormǽte inormis (facinus inorme, Ald. 139, 11), An. Ox. 18 b, 47.

sprǽc-hús

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naman, ꝥ þár tó gehlystende sí hwæt fram beódende sí háten, Angl. xiii. 432, 965. a place in a monastery for the reception of guests [auditorium, domus vel cubiculum in monasteriis ubi excipiebantur advenientes hospites et salutaturi, Migne] Martinus cóm

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

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Eall ðæt ðider com ðæt wæs ðone hæcce and sume scríne and sume róden all that came there was the crosier and some shrines and some crucifixes, 32