bǽtan
To bridle ⬩ rein in ⬩ restrain ⬩ curb ⬩ bit ⬩ frenum equo vel asino injicere ⬩ frenare ⬩ cohibere
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Gif he ǽr þweores windes bǽtte if he first restrained the perverse wind, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 16
fæs
A fringe ⬩ fimbria
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Wíf gehrán fas [fæss, Rush.] oððe wlóh wédes his mŭlier tĕtĭgit fimbriam vestīmenti ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 20: 14, 36. Micclaþ fasu hiora magnĭfĭcant fimbrias, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 5
lád-líce
Hatefully ⬩ detestably ⬩ horribly ⬩ unpleasantly
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Wit gewídost lifdon láðlícost we should live as far apart as possible, and in most grievous sort, Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 17; Kl. 14
un-lígne
Not to be denied or rejected ⬩ incontrovertible
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Wih. 16; Th. i. 40, 12. Þissa ealra áð sié unlégnæ, 21; Th. i. 42, 1
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a-hluttrian
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Áhlútrod wín defecatum. Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 59: ii. 26, 23. Áhluttrad, 138, 22. Þá áhlutredan elucubrate (-am, Ald.), 31, 39. Áhlúttredes hunigteáres defecati nectaris, Hpt. Gl. 468, 36
ealu-geweorc
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On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7
here-strǽt
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Tó ðǽre wîde herestrǽt; ætter ðǽre herestrǽt, C. D. iii. 73, 19. Add
un-stæþþig
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Act i. sc. 4) Hé sǽde ꝥ án wolcn efne þá upp ástige mid þǽre unstæððigan lyfte, efne ðá árás se wind, Hml. S. 18, 150
un-wíslíce
Unwisely ⬩ foolishly
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Ðá beseah Lothes wíf unwíslíce underbæc, Gen. 19, 26. Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg yþelíce gelácnian, and æfter unéð, gif hió bið unwíslíce tó lange forlǽten, Lchdm. ii. 232, 18
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of-þænnan
to moisten
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to moisten Gegníd on wín, ofþæne wel, Lchdm. ii. 90, 7. Ofþæne mid ecede, 184, 15. Obðaenit madidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 72. Ofðæned madefactus, 80, 48. Ofþænda and gesodena on ecede, Lchdm. ii. 180, 15.
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bær-fót
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Deóplic dǽdbót bið ꝥ lǽwede man weallige bærfót wíde, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 18. Nime hé stæf him on hand and gá bærfót, 286, 20. Cume manna gehwilc bærefót tó circan, Wlfst. 181, 1. Bær-fisce (-fót?) nudapes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 19. Add
scort
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Scyrtest, Anglia viii. 306, 8. marking duration, short-lived, brief Ðeáh se hlísa ðara foremǽrena monna hwílum lang sié, hé biþ ðeáh swíðe scort tó metanne wið ðone ðe nǽfre ne geendaþ. Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 66, 18.
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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Wið þone segn foran þengel rád, Exod. 172
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réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Lind. 3, 5. applied to persons in a bad sense Ðes (Ishmael) byþ réðe man and winþ wið ealle and ealle wið hyne, ;ferus; Gen. 16, 12.
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FRIÞ
Peace ⬩ freedom from molestation ⬩ security guaranteed by law to those under special protection ⬩ agreement ⬩ truce ⬩ league ⬩ pax ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ refŭgium
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Icel. fyrirgöra fé ok friði = to be outlawed]: agreement, truce, league; pax, tūtēla, refŭgium Ðæt ðú wille niman friþ æt us: we willaþ eów friþes healdan that thou will accept peace from us: we will keep peace with you, Byrht.
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Ða wácran ðás woruld healdaþ, brúcaþ þurh bisgo, 311, 6; Seef. 88. marking aim, with a view to Hé Drihten mid hondum genom þurh edwít ( with a view to disgrace him ), Cd. Th. 307, 17; Sat. 681.
CLÚS
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He fram ðære clúsan afaren wæs wið ðara scipa he was gone from the pass towards the ships, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 26, 22. Ðá hæfdon hý heora clúsan belocene when they had closed their passes, 3, 7; Bos. 60, 4.
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eofor-þrote
The carline thistle ⬩ carlina acaulis
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Wið heáfodece sceal eofor-þrote carline thistle shall [serve] for head-ache. Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: I. 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 13: 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 19, 28: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16.
here-reáf
Spoil ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty
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Hengest and Æsc gefuhton wið Walas and genámon unárímedlíco herereáf Hengest and Æsc fought with the Britons and took countless spoils. Chr. 473; Erl. 12, 26: 584; Erl. 18, 25. Hé tódǽlþ his herereáf spolia ejus distribuit, Lk. Skt. 11, 22.
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