wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Wið weormum, Lchdm. iii. 4, 5. Wið wyrmas on innoðe, i. 272, 10. fig. Ic eam wyrm (vermis) and nales mon, Ps. Surt. 21,-7. Wyrm (weorm, v.l.), R. Ben. 29, 13
floc-rád
A riding company ⬩ a troop ⬩ turma
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A riding company, a troop; turma Ðá fundon hie óðre flocráde, ðæt rád út wið Lygtúnes then they raised another troop, which rode out towards Leighton, Chr. 917, Erl. 102, 15.
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hlyta
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A diviner, one who divines by casting lots Flaminius forseah ða sægene ðe ða hlyttan him sǽdon ðæt hé æt ðæm gefeohte ne cóme wið Gallíe Flaminius contemtis auspiciis quibus pugnare prohibebatur adversum Gallos, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 26.
hyge-teóna
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Deliberate injury or offence Ic him hygeteónan hwítan seolfre béte with white silver will I make reparation to him for injury, Cd. 130; Th. 165, 13; Gen. 2731: 69; Th. 83, 16; Gen. 1380.
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leás-bregd
Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ a trick ⬩ cheat ⬩ wile
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Mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian to harm poor men with tricks, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 25
ge-yrsian
to anger ⬩ make angry ⬩ to be angry
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Th. ii. 476, 34. to be angry He nele swá micclum swá we geearniaþ us geyrsian he will not be angry with us so much as we deserve, 126, 6
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blód-hreów
Blood-thirsty, cruel ⬩ sanguinolentus, crudelis
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[hreów cruel] Blood-thirsty, cruel; sanguinolentus, crudelis Me wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle save me from the wickedness of the blood-thirsty man, Ps. Th. 58, 2. Blódhreówe weras ge bebúgaþ me viri sanguinum declinate a me, 138, 17.
stæl-here
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Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas behealden, Past. 33; Swt. 229, 5
swǽsness
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Ne áwurpe gé eówerne sige for wífa swǽsnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 54-58. Ðæt hé ðissere worulde swǽsnyssa ( blanditias ) warnige, Scint. 216, 12
eám
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Ródbert þæs cynges sunu Willelmes hleóp fram his fæder tó his eáme Rótbryhte ( this Robert was brother of Matilda, William's wife ) on Flandron, Chr. 213, 33. Add
fæstlic
firm ⬩ solid ⬩ resolute ⬩ vigorous
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Þæt hé þý fæstlecre gewinn mehte habban wið hiene, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 8
ge-swincan
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to labour, toil Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. to labour under, be afflicted with þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, Lch
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ge-cwémnes
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Þonne hé sceáwaþ þus eádmódlice geþingunge and gecwémnesse úres módes wið úre þá néhstan dum tale placitum nostrae mentis aspexerit. Gr. D. 349, 34. On gecwémnessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Rdr. 140, 5. Add
scencan
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Eustachius gelǽdde hí intó his gesthúse, and út gangende bohte him wín and him scencte for heora micclan geswince, Hml. S. 30, 259.
wealh-land
a foreign land ⬩ Normandy
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a foreign land Ǽghwǽr eorðan dǽr wit earda leás mid wealandum wunian (winnan, MS.) sceoldon (cf. mé ellþeódigne, l. 20), Cd. Th. 163, 30; Gen. 2706. Normandy (cf.
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of-rídan
to overtake by riding, overtake
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Abram éfste wið ðæs heres óþ ðæt hé hig ofrád, Gen. 14, 14. Se cyng hét rídan æfter, and ne mehte hine mon ofrídan, Chr. 901; Erl. 98, l: 877; Erl. 78, 21
ge-eácnian
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Þæt wíf mid bearne geeácnod wæs, Guth. 8, 12. to conceive a child Geeácnaþ concipit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 22. An mǽden sceal geeácnian (concipiet) and ácennan sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 2. Geécnande concipiens, Lk. L. l, 31.
ge-þafa
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Hí nyllað geðáfan beón óðerra monna geðeahtes alienis consiliis non acquiescunt, Past. 305, 15. with gen. and clause Gif his wolde mínra þegna hwilc geþafa wurðan þæt hé úp heonon mihte cuman, Gen. 414. with dat.
háw
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Gl. 257, 29. to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort:- Ic wille mid tintreg-um æt ðé ofgán ðises þinges insiht I will extort from thee with torments an account of this thing, Homl. Th. i. 590, 22.
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