nídwræclíce
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As if acting under compulsion, as if forcibly driven Þá ongan ic nýdwræclíce gemang þám folce wið þæs folces þringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 404
mid-niht
Mid-night
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Mid-night Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ...
stulor
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Voc. ii. 38, 30. acting with stealth, stealthy Seó hreóhnys is open costung, and seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 24. stolen Wæteru stulre swéttran synd aque furtiuae dulciores sunt, Scint. 110, 11
innung
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Add: what is contained in something, contents Mín is eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, and eall hyre innuncg meus est orbis terras, et plenitudo ejus, Ps.
of-dæl
Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior
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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2.
Linked entry: æf-dæl
cwicbeám-rind
Bark of quickbeam
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Bark of quickbeam Wyl on wætere cwicbeámrinde boil bark of quickbeam in water, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 12: 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5
medu-rǽden
Strong drinks ⬩ cellar
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Strong drinks, cellar (in the sense of the liquors contained in it) Rúmheort beón meodorǽdenne liberal with liquors, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 3; Gn. Ex. 88
Scildingas
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The word occurs often in Beowulf, and is also found in the compounds Ár-, Here-, Sige-, Þeód-Sciídingas
Linked entry: Scild
un-
expresses negation
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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)
Linked entries: staþol-fæst tíþe treówness un-earfoþlíce weorþscipe un-gémæn wyn-sum be-sceáwod blis fægernes fǽhþ smóþ
ang-seta
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Voc. ii. 68, 51: cronculus, i. 45, 33. Ongseta, ii. 22, 68. Frunculus, quasi ferunculus, id est ongseta, Graece antrax, ab igne39, 16. Add: —
ofer-hragan
to come in storms ⬩ to sleet ⬩ a storm
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to come in storms(?) Wǽtum hé oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305
Linked entry: hragan
drinca
Drink ⬩ potus
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M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2
searu-níþ
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hostility to which effect is given by treachery, crafty enmity Ic ne sóhte searoníþas ne ne swór fela áþa on unriht I had not recourse to the arts of the treacherous foe, nor swore many oaths wrongfully, Beo. Th. 5469; B. 2738: 2405; B. 1200.
ge-frǽge
Known ⬩ renowned ⬩ celebrated ⬩ remarkable ⬩ noted ⬩ famous ⬩ notorious ⬩ infamous ⬩ nŏtus ⬩ mănĭfestus ⬩ celĕber ⬩ fāmōsus
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Known, renowned, celebrated, remarkable, noted, famous, notorious, infamous; nŏtus, mănĭfestus, celĕber, fāmōsus Hæbbe ic gefrugnen ðætte is eástdǽlum on æðelast londa, firum gefrǽge I have heard tell that in eastern parts there is a land most noble,
ge-niwian
To renew, make new, change ⬩ renovare, innovare
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in some years it is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 22.
geárlic
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Take here gérlic in Dict., and add Gérlicae annua, Txts. 42, 94. Gérlice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 67. that occurs yearly Geárlic freólsdæg annua festiuitas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 12. Ðes freólsdæg is ús geárlic, ac hé is heofonwarum singallic, Hml.
ge-swebban
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<b>II,</b> 200. <b>Ia.
Linked entry: ge-swefian
hrægel-talu
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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3
gum-cyst
Manly virtue ⬩ excellence, munificence,liberality
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Nú is þearf micel ðæt we gumcystum georne hýran now is it very needful that we with virtuous zeal attend, Andr. Kmbl. 3210; An. 1608.
þing-stów
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Compitum, i. villa vel þingstów vel þrop, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 55. In spréc[stów] ł in ðingstów in foro, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 3. From ðingstówe (-stów, Lind.) a foro, Mk. Skt. Rush. 7, 4